Reinhold Roth

Reinhold Roth (4 March 1953 – 15 October 2021) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Germany. His most successful years were in 1987, when he won the French Grand Prix, and finished the season in second place behind Anton Mang, and in 1989, when he won the Dutch and Czechoslovak Grand Prix Grand Prix and finished second to Sito Pons for the 250 world championship. Roth suffered severe injuries in a June 1990 racing accident and retired from competition.

The accident Rijeka (Yugoslavia) 1990 in the 250cc GP a series of events that started with Wilco Zeelenberg falling on Saturday, so he did not race on Sunday, hence there was a free space for the race, and Australian Darren Milner, whose time was out of classification, got a chance to race. Rain started and the race was stopped the lap before the accident, but the flags did not show up on time to stop the leading group. On a left hand curve, all the front riders were at full speed despite rain, including Roth, who collided with Milner who was riding very slow. In fact Reinhold Roth got the 6th place for the race, in the last season he was intended to participate. 2 months after the accident he woke up from the coma.

Motorcycle Grand Prix Results Points system from 1969 to 1987: Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 Points system from 1988 to 1992: Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Points 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 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 14 15 Points Rank Wins 1979 350cc Yamaha VEN- AUT- GER- NAT8 ESP- YUG- NED- FIN- GBR- CZE- FRA- 3 28th 0 1980 250cc Yamaha NAT8 ESP10 FRA- YUG- NED- BEL- FIN- GBR- CZE- GER- 4 27th 01982 250cc Yamaha FRA- ESP- NAT- NED- BEL- YUG- GBR- SWE- FIN- CZE- RSM7 GER- 4 26th 0 500cc Suzuki ARG- AUT15 FRA- ESP- NAT- NED- BEL- YUG13 GBR- SWE- RSM- GER- 0 - 0 1983 250cc Yamaha RSA- FRA18 NAT11 GER5 ESP15 AUT8 YUGNC NED- BEL- GBR6 SWE16 14 17th 0 1984 500cc Honda RSA11 NAT9 ESP8 AUT7 GERNC FRA8 YUG12 NED9 BELNC GBR12 SWENC RSMNC 14 15th 0 1985 250cc Romer-Juchem RSA22 ESP5 GER11 NAT8 AUT- YUG7 NED- BEL- FRA- GBR2 SWE13 RSM10 29 9th 0 1986 250cc HB-Honda ESP13 NAT15 GERNC AUT11 YUG10 NED10 BEL16 FRA15 GBR4 SWENC RSM14 10 16th 0 1987 250cc HB-Honda JPN3 ESP8 GER3 NAT2 AUT3 YUG3 NED2 FRA1 GBR5 SWE11 CZE10 RSM9 POR7 BRA4 ARG6 108 2nd 1 1988 250cc HB-Honda JPN- USA9 ESP6 EXP6 NAT6 GER5 AUT2 NED7 BEL4 YUG4 FRA5 GBR5 SWE4 CZE6 BRA4 158 5th 0 1989 250cc HB-Honda JPNNC AUS5 USA8 ESP6 NAT5 GER2 AUT7 YUG2 NED1 BEL4 FRA6 GBR2 SWE2 CZE1 BRA6 190 2nd 2 1990 250cc HB-Honda JPNNC USA4 ESP- NAT7 GER7 AUT5 YUG6 NED- BEL- FRA- GBR- SWE- CZE- HUN- AUS- 52 14th 0