Gary Hocking : biography
30 September 1937 – 21 December 1962
Gary Stuart Hocking (30 September 1937 – 21 December 1962) was a Grand Prix motorcycle racing world champion from Rhodesia who raced in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Motorcycle Grand Prix results
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Points | Rank | Wins |
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1958 | 500cc | Norton | IOM- | NED6 | BEL- | GER3 | SWE4 | ULS- | NAT- | 8 | 6th | 0 | ||||
1959 | 125cc | MZ | IOM- | GER- | NED- | BEL- | SWE- | ULS2 | 7 | 9th | 0 | |||||
MV Agusta | NAT6 | |||||||||||||||
250cc | MZ | IOM- | GER- | NED- | BEL- | SWE1 | ULS1 | NAT- | 16 | 2nd | 2 | |||||
350cc | Norton | FRA2 | IOM12 | GER2 | SWE- | ULS- | NAT- | 12 | 4th | 0 | ||||||
500cc | Norton | FRA3 | IOM- | GER- | NED- | BEL2 | ULS- | NAT- | 10 | 5th | 0 | |||||
1960 | 125cc | MV Agusta | IOM2 | NED2 | BEL5 | ULS2 | NAT5 | 18 | 2nd | 0 | ||||||
250cc | MV Agusta | IOM1 | NED2 | BEL2 | GER1 | ULS- | NAT- | 28 | 2nd | 2 | ||||||
350cc | MV Agusta | FRA1 | IOM- | NED2 | ULS- | NAT1 | 22 | 2nd | 2 | |||||||
1961 | 250cc | MV Agusta | ESP1 | GER- | FRA- | IOMNC | NED- | BEL- | DDR- | ULS- | NAT- | SWE- | ARG- | 8 | 8th | 1 |
350cc | MV Agusta | GER- | IOM2 | NED1 | DDR1 | ULS1 | NAT1 | SWE- | 32 | 1st | 4 | |||||
500cc | MV Agusta | GER1 | FRA1 | IOMNC | NED1 | BEL1 | DDR1 | ULS1 | NAT- | SWE1 | ARG- | 48 | 1st | 7 | ||
1962 | 350cc | MV Agusta | IOM2 | NED- | ULS- | DDR- | NAT- | FIN- | 6 | 8th | 0 | |||||
500cc | MV Agusta | IOM1 | NED- | BEL- | ULS- | DDR- | NAT- | FIN- | ARG- | 8 | 5th | 1 |