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Cees van Dongen
Cees van Dongen
	van Dongen at the Bavaria City Races in 2005.
Nationality	Dutch
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years	1964, 1966 - 1979, 1981
First race	1964 50cc Dutch TT
Last race	1981 50cc Dutch TT
First win	1969 125cc Spanish Grand Prix
Last win	1969 125cc Spanish Grand Prix
Team(s)	Kreidler
Championships	0

Cees van Dongen (1 February 1932 – 23 December 2011) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from the Netherlands. He competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1969 to 1981.^[1]

Motorcycle racing career

Van Dongen was born in Rotterdam. He was the first non-Japanese competitor to ride a Yamaha in a World Championship Grand Prix race, when he rode a Yamaha RA41 to a 13th place finish at the 1961 125cc Dutch TT.^[2] His best season was in 1969 when he won the 125cc Spanish Grand Prix and finished the season in third place behind Dave Simmonds and Dieter Braun.^[1] Van Dongen was a 14-time Dutch National Champion in classes ranging from 50 cc to 500 cc.^[2]

Career statistics

Source:^[1]

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Races by year

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

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Pts
1961	125cc	Yamaha	SPA	GER	FRA	IOM	NED 13	BEL	DDR	ULS	NAT	SWE	ARG			NC	0
1962	50cc	Honda	SPA	FRA	IOM	NED 8	BEL	GER	DDR	NAT	FIN	ARG				NC	0
1963	50cc	Kreidler	SPA	GER	FRA	IOM	NED 8	BEL	FIN	ARG	JPN					NC	0
	125cc	Honda	SPA	GER	FRA	IOM	NED 7	BEL	ULS	DDR	FIN	NAT	ARG	JPN		NC	0
	250cc	Honda	SPA	GER	IOM	NED	BEL 7	ULS	DDR	NAT	ARG	JPN				NC	0
1964	50cc	Kreidler	USA	SPA	FRA	IOM	NED 5	BEL	GER	FIN	JPN					10th	2
1964	125cc	MZ	USA	SPA	FRA	IOM	NED 8	GER	DDR	ULS	FIN	NAT	JPN			NC	0
1965	50cc	Kreidler	USA	GER	SPA	FRA	IOM	NED 6	BEL 6	JPN						14th	2
1965	250cc	Bultaco	USA	GER	SPA	FRA	IOM	NED 14	BEL	DDR	CZE	ULS	FIN	NAT	JPN	NC	0
1966	50cc	Kreidler	SPA	GER 6	NED	IOM	NAT	JPN								13th	1
1966	125cc	Honda	SPA	GER	NED 8	DDR	CZE	FIN	ULS	IOM	NAT	JPN				NC	0
1967	50cc	Honda	SPA	GER	FRA	IOM	NED	BEL 7	JPN							NC	0
1967	125cc	Honda	SPA	GER	FRA	IOM	NED 5	BEL	DDR	CZE	FIN	ULS	NAT	CAN	JPN	21st	2
1968	50cc	Kreidler	GER 5	SPA	IOM	NED	BEL									13th	2
1968	250cc	Yamaha	GER	SPA	IOM	NED 11	BEL 16	DDR	CZE	FIN	ULS	NAT				NC	0
1969	50cc	Kreidler	SPA	GER	FRA	NED	BEL 4	DDR	CZE 5	ULS	NAT	YUG				11th	14
1969	125cc	Suzuki	SPA 1	GER Ret	FRA	IOM	NED Ret	BEL 3	DDR 5	CZE 3	FIN 3	NAT	YUG			3rd	51
1970	50cc	Kreidler	GER	FRA 23	YUG 7	NED	BEL 8	DDR	CZE	ULS	NAT	SPA				16th	7
	125cc	Yamaha	GER	FRA Ret	YUG	IOM	NED DNS	BEL	DDR	CZE	FIN	NAT 3	SPA 11			17th	10
	250cc	MZ	GER	FRA 8	YUG	IOM										22nd	10
	250cc	Yamaha					NED 6	BEL	DDR	CZE	FIN	ULS	NAT	SPA 9		22nd	10
1971	50cc	Jamathi	AUT	GER	NED	BEL	DDR 5	CZE	SWE	NAT	SPA					22nd	6
1971	125cc	Yamaha	AUT 6	GER	IOM	NED Ret	BEL 4	DDR 5	CZE	SWE	FIN	NAT	SPA			13th	19
1972	50cc	Kreidler	GER	NAT	YUG	NED 11	BEL	DDR	SWE							29th	2
	50cc	Roton								SPA 9						29th	2
	125cc	Yamaha	GER 8	FRA	AUT	NAT	IOM	YUG	NED 5	BEL	DDR	CZE	SWE	FIN	SPA 7	14th	13
1973	50cc	Kreidler	GER	NAT	YUG	NED Ret	BEL 10	SWE	SPA							28th	1
1973	125cc	Yamaha	FRA	AUT	GER	NAT	IOM	YUG	NED Ret	BEL 14	CZE	SWE	FIN	SPA		NC	0
1974	50cc	Kreidler	FRA	GER	NAT	NED	BEL 6	SWE	FIN	CZE	YUG	SPA Ret				21st	5
1974	125cc	Yamaha	FRA	GER	AUT	NAT	NED Ret	BEL Ret	SWE	CZE	YUG	SPA				NC	0
1975	50cc	Kreidler	SPA 8	GER 11	NAT	NED Ret	BEL 6	SWE Ret	FIN 11	YUG Ret						16th	8
	125cc	Yamaha	FRA DNQ	SPA 13	AUT Ret	GER 19	NAT	NED Ret			CZE 11	YUG 7				13th	9
	125cc	Bridgestone							BEL 6	SWE Ret						13th	9
1976	50cc	Kreidler	FRA 18	NAT 11	YUG 8	NED Ret	BEL 8	SWE Ret	FIN 8	GER	SPA Ret					15th	9
	125cc	Bridgestone	AUT Ret	NAT Ret												13th	11
	125cc	Morbidelli			YUG 6	NED 7	BEL 10	SWE	FIN DNS	GER	SPA 10					13th	11
1977	50cc	Kreidler	GER Ret	NAT Ret	SPA	YUG 4	NED Ret	BEL 12	SWE Ret							13th	8
1977	125cc	Morbidelli	VEN	AUT 17	GER 25	NAT DNQ	SPA	FRA	YUG 8	NED 13	BEL 9	SWE Ret	FIN 13	GBR 21		24th	5
1978	50cc	Kreidler	SPA 5	NAT	NED 9	BEL 9	GER 20	CZE 12	YUG							15th	10
1978	125cc	Morbidelli	VEN	SPA 15	AUT Ret	FRA	NAT	NED 7	BEL 9	SWE	FIN	GBR 12	GER Ret	YUG		21st	6
1979	50cc	Kreidler	GER Ret	NAT	SPA Ret	YUG	NED Ret	BEL 10	FRA							28th	1
1979	125cc	Morbidelli	VEN	AUT	GER 18	NAT	SPA DNQ	YUG	NED Ret	BEL	SWE	FIN	GBR	CZE	FRA	NC	0
1980	50cc	Kreidler	NAT	SPA 15	YUG	NED 15	BEL	GER								NC	0
	125cc	MBA	NAT	SPA 19	FRA											NC	0
	125cc	Morbidelli				YUG DNQ	NED 18	BEL	FIN	GBR	CZE	GER				NC	0

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Rider Statistics - Cees van Dongen". MotoGP.com. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
^ ^a ^b "Cees van Dongen rider profile". yamaha-motor.com. Retrieved 2023-12-05.

[Rider_Statistics_-_Cees_van_Dongen-1] "Rider Statistics - Cees van Dongen". MotoGP.com. Retrieved 2023-12-05.

[Cees_van_Dongen_rider_profile-2] "Cees van Dongen rider profile". yamaha-motor.com. Retrieved 2023-12-05.

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