From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rupert Hollaus
Rupert Hollaus
Position 1 2 3 4 5 6
Points 8 6 4 3 2 1
Year Class Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Rank Wins
1953 125cc NSU IOM NED GER ULS NAT ESP 4 9th 0
- - - - - 3
250cc Moto Guzzi IOM NED GER ULS SUI NAT ESP 1 15th 0
- - 6 - - - -
1954 125cc NSU IOM ULS NED GER NAT ESP 32 1st 4
1 1 1 1 - -
250cc NSU FRA IOM ULS NED GER SUI NAT 26 2nd 1
3 2 - 2 2 1 -
Preceded by 125cc Motorcycle World Champion Succeeded by
Werner Haas 1954 Carlo Ubbiali
Rupert Hollaus [3] ^ Rupert Hollaus career profile at the Isle of Man
TT Homepage
Nationality Austrian
Rupert Hollaus (4 September 1931 in Traisen - 11 Septem-
ber 1954) was an Austrian Grand Prix motorcycle road
racer who competed for the NSU factory racing team. He
is the only Austrian to win a road racing World Champi-
onship.
Hollaus began his Grand Prix career in the 1953 sea-
son. In the 1954 season, he dominated the 125cc class
by winning the first four Grands Prix. Later that same
year, he was killed in practice for the Italian Grand Prix
at Monza.[1] Hollaus became the first posthumous World
Champion in 1954, in the 125cc class and was runner
up to his NSU team-mate, Werner Haas, in the 250cc
class.[2][3] Rupert Hollaus grave at Traisen
Persondata
Motorcycle Grand Prix re- Name Hollaus, Rupert
sults[2][3] Alternative names
(Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Short description
Date of birth 4 September 1931
References Place of birth
[1] Rupert Hollaus career profile at Motorsport Date of death 11 September 1954
Memorial Place of death
[2] ^ Rupert Hollaus career statistics at the MotoGP
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