Adolf Weil (motorcyclist)

Adolf Weil ( born December 25, 1938 in Solingen, † 12 May 2011) was the most successful motocross riders in the Federal Republic of Germany.

His GP debut Adolf Weil in 1960 when 250 cc Championship run in Leichlingen. Only nine years later the then already 30 -year-old drove his first full World Cup season as Maico factory rider and finished the 500cc World Championship in 1969 as the Fourteenth, next year already in sixth. 1971 Because won the 500cc GP in Bielenstein and was third in the World Cup, 1972 World Cup fifth place. In 1973, because in the 250 cc class in which he runner-up behind the Swede Hakan Andersson was with three GP wins. In the three years that followed, he came third in the World Cup (1974 and 1976 in the 500cc World Championship in 1975 in the 250cc World Championship ). The 1977 season ended because as tenth in the 500 cc class. After the 1978 season, in which he was Sixteenth in the 500 cc class, Weil finished his career as a nearly 40 -year-old.

In addition to his international success, because it brought on a total of 14 National Motocross Championships, as he won the 1973 American Trans - AMA Championship.

In 1976, the Silver Laurel Leaf, he was awarded the highest state award for sporting excellence in Germany.