Florian Camathias

Florian Camathias
Camathias demonstrating the kneeling riding position on an unfinished race-replica, a road-version BMW pushrod-engined motorcycle and sidecar configuration, known as kneeler, which he was famously associated with in 500 cc Grand Prix racing using the BMW RS54 Rennsport overhead camshaft competition engine.
Nationality Swiss
Born(1924-03-23)23 March 1924
San Gallo
Died10 October 1965(1965-10-10) (aged 41)
Brands Hatch, Kent, England
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years1953 - 1965
First win1958 Dutch TT
Isle of Man TT career
TTs contested9, 1957-1965
TT wins1
First TT win1963
Last TT win1963
TT podiums4, 1957, third place
1958, second place
1959, second place

Florian Camathias (23 March 1924 – 10 October 1965) was a Swiss professional Grand Prix motorcycle and sidecar racer.

Born in Wittenbach, St. Gallen in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, Camathias owned a garage Veytaux, near Montreux.

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