Reinhold Roth

Reinhold Roth
Roth at Japanese GP in 1990
Nationality	German
Born	(1953-03-04)4 March 1953 Amtzell, West Germany
Died	15 October 2021(2021-10-15) (aged 68) Wangen im Allgäu, Germany
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1979 - 1980, 1982 - 1990 First race 1979 350cc Nations Grand Prix Last race 1990 250cc Yugoslavian Grand Prix First win 1987 250cc French Grand Prix Last win 1989 250cc Czechoslovakian Grand Prix Team(s) Honda Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 96 3 15 2 3 586

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 Czechoslovakian 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 completed 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 pilots 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 -	NAT 8	ESP -	YUG -	NED -	FIN -	GBR -	CZE -	FRA -					3	28th	0
1980	250cc	Yamaha	NAT 8	ESP 10	FRA -	YUG -	NED -	BEL -	FIN -	GBR -	CZE -	GER -						4	27th	0
1982	250cc	Yamaha			FRA -	ESP -	NAT -	NED -	BEL -	YUG -	GBR -	SWE -	FIN -	CZE -	RSM 7	GER -		4	26th	0
	500cc	Suzuki	ARG -	AUT 15	FRA -	ESP -	NAT -	NED -	BEL -	YUG 13	GBR -	SWE -			RSM -	GER -		0	-	0
1983	250cc	Yamaha	RSA -	FRA 18	NAT 11	GER 5	ESP 15	AUT 8	YUG NC	NED -	BEL -	GBR 6	SWE 16					14	17th	0
1984	500cc	Honda	RSA 11	NAT 9	ESP 8	AUT 7	GER NC	FRA 8	YUG 12	NED 9	BEL NC	GBR 12	SWE NC	RSM NC				14	15th	0
1985	250cc	Romer-Juchem	RSA 22	ESP 5	GER 11	NAT 8	AUT -	YUG 7	NED -	BEL -	FRA -	GBR 2	SWE 13	RSM 10				29	9th	0
1986	250cc	HB-Honda	ESP 13	NAT 15	GER NC	AUT 11	YUG 10	NED 10	BEL 16	FRA 15	GBR 4	SWE NC	RSM 14					10	16th	0
1987	250cc	HB-Honda	JPN 3	ESP 8	GER 3	NAT 2	AUT 3	YUG 3	NED 2	FRA 1	GBR 5	SWE 11	CZE 10	RSM 9	POR 7	BRA 4	ARG 6	108	2nd	1
1988	250cc	HB-Honda	JPN -	USA 9	ESP 6	EXP 6	NAT 6	GER 5	AUT 2	NED 7	BEL 4	YUG 4	FRA 5	GBR 5	SWE 4	CZE 6	BRA 4	158	5th	0
1989	250cc	HB-Honda	JPN NC	AUS 5	USA 8	ESP 6	NAT 5	GER 2	AUT 7	YUG 2	NED 1	BEL 4	FRA 6	GBR 2	SWE 2	CZE 1	BRA 6	190	2nd	2
1990	250cc	HB-Honda	JPN NC	USA 4	ESP -	NAT 7	GER 7	AUT 5	YUG 6	NED -	BEL -	FRA -	GBR -	SWE -	CZE -	HUN -	AUS -	52	14th	0