Kent Andersson

Kent Andersson (August 1, 1942 – August 29, 2006) was a Swedish professional motorcycle road racer. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing between 1966 and 1975, most prominently as a member of the Yamaha factory racing team where he was a two-time 125cc World Champion. Andersson was notable for being the only Swedish rider to win an FIM road racing world championship.

Motorcycle racing career Born in Landvetter, Sweden, Andersson rode in his first national championship races at the age of 19 in Sweden and Denmark on a Monark in the 250 cc class. He then rode a 250 cc Bultaco for the 1962 season. He went on to finish second in the 1972 on the water-cooled development model designated YZ623C, and claim the 1973 125cc World Championship. Among other projects, Andersson had an important role in developing the three-cylinder 350 cc bike that Takazumi Katayama rode to win the 350cc road racing world championship in 1977. Andersson continued racing in his later years just for fun at an amateur level in Sweden, but did so well that he won the Supermono National Championship in 1995 at the age of 53. He was a successful member of Ferry Brouwer's Dutch Yamaha Classic Racing Team. He often participated in historic motorsport exhibition races all over Europe. Andersson sometimes served as expert Road Racing commentator for Swedish Eurosport. Andersson died in August 2006 in Landvetter at the age of 64.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing results Points system from 1950 to 1968: Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 8 6 4 3 2 1

Points system from 1969 onwards: Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Class Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Points Rank Wins 1966 250cc Husqvarna ESP5 GER- FRA- NED- BEL- DDR- CZE- FIN6 ULS- IOM- NAT- JPN6 4 20th 0 350cc Husqvarna GER- FRA- NED- DDR- CZE- FIN- ULS- IOM- NAT- JPN6 1 25th 01968 125cc MZ GER5 ESP- IOM- NED- DDR- CZE- FIN- ULS- NAT- 2 17th 0 250cc Yamaha GER3 ESP- IOM- NED- BEL6 DDR- CZE- FIN- ULS6 NAT- 6 8th 01969 125cc Maico ESP2 GER- FRA- IOM- NED2 BEL4 DDR7 CZE- FIN- NAT- YUG- 36 4th 0 250cc Yamaha ESP2 GER1 FRA3 IOM- NED7 BEL4 DDR4 CZE7 FIN1 ULS2 NAT3 YUG3 84 2nd 21970 250cc Yamaha GER- FRA- YUG2 IOM- NED- BEL5 DDR3 CZE2 FIN2 ULS- NAT- ESP1 67 3rd 1 350cc Yamaha GER- YUG- IOM- NED5 DDR5 CZE3 FIN2 ULS- NAT- ESP3 44 4th 01971 125cc Yamaha AUT- GER3 IOM- NED- BEL- DDR- CZE- SWE3 FIN- NAT7 ESP5 30 9th 0 250cc Yamaha AUT4 GER5 IOM- NED- BEL- DDR- CZE- SWE- FIN- ULS- NAT- ESP- 14 14th 01972 50cc Kreidler GER- NAT- YUG- NED- BEL- DDR- SWE- ESP3 10 12th 0 125cc Yamaha GER5 FRA- AUT3 NAT- IOM- YUG1 NED- BEL3 DDR3 CZE3 SWE2 FIN1 ESP1 87 2nd 3 250cc Yamaha GER- FRA- AUT- NAT- IOM- YUG3 NED- BEL7 DDR5 CZE10 SWE4 FIN3 ESP- 39 7th 01973 125cc Yamaha FRA1 AUT1 GER1 NAT1 IOM- YUG1 NED- BEL- CZE- SWE2 FIN2 ESP- 99 1st 5 350cc Yamaha FRA5 AUT7 GER- NAT3 IOM- YUG4 NED6 CZE- SWE- FIN6 ESP- 38 6th 01974 125cc Yamaha FRA1 GER- AUT1 NAT2 NED3 BEL2 SWE1 CZE1 YUG1 ESP4 87 1st 5 250cc Yamaha GER- NAT5 IOM- NED- BEL- SWE- FIN4 CZE6 YUG- ESP- 34 8th 0 1975 125cc Yamaha FRA1 ESP2 AUT4 GER3 NAT- NED- BEL3 SWE4 CZE2 YUG4 67 3rd 1