Edmund Czihak

Edmund Czihak

Nation:	Germany
Motorcycle world championship
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR 1 1 - 1
World Cup points:	15th
Podiums:	1
According to class (es): 500 cc class First start: 1974 German Grand Prix Last start: 1974 German Grand Prix Constructors 1974 Yamaha World Cup balance WM-13. ( 1974 ) Starts Victories Poles SR 1 1 - 1 World Cup points: 15th Podiums: 1

Chihak on April 27, 1974 during training for the Eifel race

Edmund Czihak (born June 20, 1944 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a former German motorcycle racer .

Career

Czihak attracted attention with his only start in the motorcycle world championship at the Eifel race on the Nürburgring . There he competed on a Yamaha in the 500 cc class at the German Grand Prix .

This race was held on the dangerous Nordschleife and boycotted by the top drivers Phil Read , Giacomo Agostini and Gianfranco Bonera due to a lack of safety . The race was finally won by Czihak ahead of his compatriots Helmut Kassner and Walter Kaletsch , which to date is the only victory of a German rider in the premier class of the motorcycle world championship.

Czihak drove the seven laps on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring or 159.845 km in 1: 12: 19.9 hours; Average speed 132.6 km / h.

Despite good prospects for further success, Czihak ended his active career a little later.

Statistics in the motorcycle world championship

season	class	motorcycle	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	Nice Race laps	Points	position
1974	500 cc	Yamaha	1	1	-	-	-	1	15th	15th
total			1	1	-	-	-	1	15th	-

References

Web links

• Edmund Czihak on the official website of the Motorcycle World Championship (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Marco Bosch: Boycott favored only German victory. www.mz-web.de, July 4, 2012, accessed on May 16, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Michael Behrndt, Jörg-Thomas Födisch, Matthias Behrndt: ADAC Eifelrennen . Heel Verlag, Königswinter 2009, ISBN 978-3-86852-070-5 .