Rodney Gould


Rodney Gould is a British former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and UK short circuit specialist.
Gould began racing in 1961 and made his first Isle of Man TT appearance in 1967. He rode a variety of machines including Manx Nortons and two-stroke Bultacos for the smaller classes, and was supported by UK Aermacchi concessionaire Syd Lawton from 1966, before turning to Yamaha TD2s and TR2s.
He won the 1970 FIM 250cc world championship on a Yamaha. After finishing third in the 250 class and fourth in the 500 class in 1972, Gould retired from competition and took a position as Yamaha's European racing manager.
In 1979 Gould established a retail motorcycle dealership in Birmingham named Hailwood and Gould, in partnership with famous former-racer Mike Hailwood, who was subsequently killed in a road traffic accident in 1981. In 1984, Gould was briefly Sales Manager for the second incarnation of Hesketh Motorcycles based at Lord
Hesketh's Easton Neston stately home.

Motorcycle Grand Prix results

Points system from 1950 to 1968:
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Points system from 1969 onwards:
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YearClassTeam12345678910111213PointsRankWins
1967350ccAJSGER
-
IOM
NC
NED
-
DDR
-
CZE
-
ULS
-
NAT
-
JPN
-
00
1967500ccNortonGER
-
IOM
NC
NED
-
BEL
-
DDR
5
CZE
-
FIN
-
ULS
-
NAT
-
CAN
-
219th0
1968250ccYamahaGER
4
ESP
-
IOM
5
NED
5
DDR
4
CZE
4
FIN
3
ULS
3
NAT
-
214th0
1968250ccKawasakiBEL
3
214th0
1968500ccNortonGER
6
ESP
-
IOM
NC
NED
-
BEL
-
DDR
-
CZE
-
FIN
-
ULS
-
NAT
-
124th0
1969250ccYamahaESP
-
GER
-
FRA
2
IOM
NC
NED
4
BEL
2
DDR
-
CZE
2
FIN
-
ULS
-
NAT
-
YUG
-
446th0
1969350ccYamahaESP
-
GER
-
IOM
NC
NED
-
DDR
2
CZE
2
FIN
2
ULS
-
NAT
-
YUG
-
365th0
1970250ccYamahaGER
-
FRA
1
YUG
3
IOM
2
NED
1
BEL
1
DDR
1
CZE
-
FIN
1
ULS
2
NAT
1
ESP
-
1021st6
1970350ccYamahaGER
-
YUG
5
IOM
NC
NED
-
DDR
-
CZE
-
FIN
3
ULS
-
NAT
-
ESP
2
286th0
1971125ccYamahaAUT
-
GER
-
IOM
-
NED
-
BEL
7
DDR
-
CZE
-
SWE
-
FIN
-
NAT
-
ESP
-
424th0
1971250ccYamahaAUT
-
GER
-
IOM
4
NED
-
BEL
6
DDR
2
CZE
-
SWE
1
FIN
1
ULS
6
NAT
4
ESP
-
682nd2
1971350ccYamahaAUT
-
GER
-
IOM
NC
NED
4
DDR
-
CZE
-
SWE
4
FIN
-
ULS
-
NAT
-
ESP
-
1613th0
1972250ccYamahaGER
6
FRA
-
AUT
-
NAT
2
IOM
2
YUG
2
NED
1
BEL
2
DDR
3
CZE
4
SWE
1
FIN
-
ESP
-
883rd2
1972350ccYamahaGER
-
FRA
-
AUT
-
NAT
6
IOM
NC
YUG
-
NED
-
DDR
-
CZE
-
SWE
-
FIN
-
ESP
-
625th0
1972500ccYamahaGER
-
FRA
-
AUT
-
NAT
-
IOM
-
YUG
-
NED
-
BEL
3
DDR
2
CZE
4
SWE
2
FIN
3
ESP
-
524th0