Cees van Dongen

Cees van Dongen (1932 – 23 December 2011) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from the Netherlands.

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 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 48 1 5 N/A N/A 219

Van Dongen was born in Rotterdam. 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]

Career statistics

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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
		Yamaha					NED 6	BEL	DDR	CZE	FIN	ULS	NAT	SPA 9
1971	50cc	Jamathi	AUT	GER	NED	BEL	DDR 5	CZE	SWE	NAT	SPA					22nd	6
	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
		Roton								SPA 9
	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
	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
	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
		Bridgestone							BEL 6	SWE Ret
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
		Morbidelli			YUG 6	NED 7	BEL 10	SWE	FIN DNS	GER	SPA 10
1977	50cc	Kreidler	GER Ret	NAT Ret	SPA	YUG 4	NED Ret	BEL 12	SWE Ret							13th	8
	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
	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
	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
		Morbidelli				YUG DNQ	NED 18	BEL	FIN	GBR	CZE	GER

References

1. Cees van Dongen career statistics at MotoGP.com