Rolf Blatter

{{short description|Swiss motorcycle racer}} {{Infobox motorcycle rider |image = |caption = |name= Rolf Blatter |nationality = [[Switzerland|Swiss]] |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|2|18|df=y}} |GP Active years = [[1973 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1973]] - [[1982 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1982]] |GP Teams = |GP Race Starts = 39 |GP Championships = |GP Race Wins = 0 |GP Podiums = 7 |GP Total Points = 210 |GP Poles = 0 |GP Fastest laps = 0 |GP First race = [[1973 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1973]] 50cc [[German motorcycle Grand Prix|German Grand Prix]] |GP First win = |GP Last win = |GP Last race = [[1982 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1982]] 50cc [[Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|Spanish Grand Prix]] }}

'''Rolf Blatter''' (born 18 February 1951<ref>[http://www.eggersdorfer.info/blatter/rolf_blatter.htm Biography on eggersdorfer.info]</ref>) is a former [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] [[motorcycle]] [[road racing|road racer]] from [[Switzerland]]. His most successful year was in [[1979 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1979]] when he finished in second place in the [[50cc]] world championship.<ref>[http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Rolf+Blatter Rolf Blatter career statistics at MotoGP.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902201132/http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Rolf+Blatter |date=September 2, 2012 }}</ref> Blatter also won both the 50cc Swiss championship in 1972 and the 125cc Swiss championship in 1985.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-21 |title=Rolf Blatter: «Meine Wohnung ist die Werkstatt» / Moto3 - SPEEDWEEK.com |url=https://www.speedweek.com/moto3/news/210984/Rolf-Blatter-Meine-Wohnung-ist-die-Werkstatt.html |access-date=2025-09-13 |website=www.speedweek.com |language=de}}</ref>

== Motorcycle Grand Prix results ==

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center;" |- ! '''Position''' |style="background:#FFFFBF;" width=20| 1 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" width=20| 2 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" width=20| 3 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" width=20| 4 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" width=20| 5 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" width=20| 6 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" width=20| 7 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" width=20| 8 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" width=20| 9 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" width=20| 10 |- ! '''Points''' | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center;" |+ !Year !Class !Team ! 1 !2 !3 !4 !5 !6 !7 !8 !9 !10 !11 !12 !13 !14 !Points !Rank |- ![[1973 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1973]] !50cc ![[Kreidler]] | | | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |GER 10 | NAT - | | YUG - | DUT - | BEL - | | SWE - | | SPA - | | !1 !28th |- ![[1974 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1974]] !50cc ![[Kreidler]] | FRE - | GER - | | NAT - | | DUT - | BEL - | SWE - | FIN - | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |CZE 10 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |YUG 8 | SPA - | | !4 !22nd |- ![[1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1975]] !50cc ![[Kreidler]] | | SPA - | | [[1975 German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] - | [[1975 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] - | | [[1975 Dutch TT|DUT]] - | [[1975 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]] - | [[1975 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix|SWE]] - | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |[[1975 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix|FIN]] 7 | | YUG - | | !4 !18th |- ! rowspan=2|[[1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1976]] !50cc ![[Kreidler]] |style="background:#EFCFFF;" | [[1976 French motorcycle Grand Prix|FRE]] Ret | | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |[[1976 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] 6 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |[[1976 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix|YUG]] 9 | |style="background:#EFCFFF;" | [[1976 Dutch TT|DUT]] Ret |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1976 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]] 14 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | [[1976 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix|SWE]] 10 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |[[1976 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix|FIN]] 7 | | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |[[1976 German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] 5 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |[[1976 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|SPA]] 4 | | !26 !7th |- !125cc ![[Morbidelli]] | | |[[1976 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix|AUS]] - |[[1976 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] - |style="background:#DFFFDF;" |[[1976 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix|YUG]] 7 | |[[1976 Dutch TT|DUT]] - |[[1976 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]] - |[[1976 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix|SWE]] - |[[1976 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix|FIN]] - | |[[1976 German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] - |[[1976 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|SPA]] - | !4 !27th |- ! rowspan=2|[[1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1977]] !50cc ![[Kreidler]] | | | [[1977 German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] - | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |[[1977 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] 5 |[[1977 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|SPA]] - | |[[1977 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix|YUG]] - |[[1977 Dutch TT|DUT]] - | [[1977 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]] - | [[1977 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix|SWE]] - | | | | !6 !17th |- !125cc ![[Morbidelli]] |[[1977 Venezuelan motorcycle Grand Prix|VEN]] - |style="background:#DFFFDF;" |[[1977 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix|AUS]] 9 |style="background:#DFFFDF;" |[[1977 German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] 8 |[[1977 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] - |[[1977 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|SPA]] - |[[1977 French motorcycle Grand Prix|FRE]] - |[[1977 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix|YUG]] - |[[1977 Dutch TT|DUT]] - |[[1977 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]] - |[[1977 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix|SWE]] - |[[1977 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix|FIN]] - | |[[1977 British motorcycle Grand Prix|GBR]] - | !5 !23rd |- ! rowspan=2|[[1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1978]] !50cc ![[Kreidler]] | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1978 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|SPA]] 13 | | |style="background:#DFFFDF;" |[[1978 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] 4 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |[[1978 Dutch TT|DUT]] 8 | style="background:#EFCFFF;" |[[1978 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]] Ret | | | | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |[[1978 German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] 5 |style="background:#EFCFFF;" | [[1978 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix|CZE]] Ret | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |[[1978 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix|YUG]] 4 | !25 !5th |- !125cc ![[Morbidelli]] |[[1978 Venezuelan motorcycle Grand Prix|VEN]] - |[[1978 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|SPA]] - |[[1978 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix|AUS]] - |[[1978 French motorcycle Grand Prix|FRE]] - |[[1978 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] - |[[1978 Dutch TT|DUT]] - | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |[[1978 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]] 8 |[[1978 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix|SWE]] - |[[1978 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix|FIN]] - |[[1978 British motorcycle Grand Prix|GBR]] - |[[1978 German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] - | |[[1978 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix|YUG]] - | !3 !27th |- ! rowspan=2|[[1979 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1979]] !50cc ![[Kreidler]] | | | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |[[1979 German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] 4 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1979 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] 2 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |[[1979 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|SPA]] 3 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"|[[1979 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix|YUG]] 2 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |[[1979 Dutch TT|DUT]] 3 | style="background:#EFCFFF;" | [[1979 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]] Ret | | | | | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |[[1979 French motorcycle Grand Prix|FRE]] 3 | | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |'''62''' | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |'''2nd''' |- !125cc ![[Morbidelli]] |[[1979 Venezuelan motorcycle Grand Prix|VEN]] - |style="background:#DFFFDF;" |[[1979 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix|AUS]] 7 |[[1979 German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] - |[[1979 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] - |[[1979 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|SPA]] - |[[1979 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix|YUG]] - |[[1979 Dutch TT|DUT]] - |[[1979 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]] - |[[1979 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix|SWE]] - |[[1979 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix|FIN]] - |[[1979 British motorcycle Grand Prix|GBR]] - |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|CZE 7 |[[1979 French motorcycle Grand Prix|FRE]] - | !8 !26th |- ! rowspan=2|[[1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1980]] !50cc ![[Kreidler]] | style="background:#EFCFFF;" | [[1980 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] Ret | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |[[1980 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|SPA]] 4 | | style="background:#EFCFFF;" | YUG Ret | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |[[1980 Dutch TT|DUT]] 8 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |[[1980 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]] 8 | | | | style="background:#EFCFFF;" | [[1980 German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] Ret | | | | !14 !11th |- !125cc ![[Morbidelli]] | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |[[1980 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] 10 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |[[1980 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|SPA]] 6 |[[1980 French motorcycle Grand Prix|FRE]] - |YUG - |[[1980 Dutch TT|DUT]] - |[[1980 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]] - |[[1980 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix|FIN]] - |[[1980 British motorcycle Grand Prix|GBR]] - | style="background:#DFFFDF;" | CZE 9 |[[1980 German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] - | | | | !8 !18th |- ![[1981 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1981]] !50cc ![[Kreidler]] | | | style="background:#EFCFFF;" |[[1981 German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] Ret | style="background:#EFCFFF;" |[[1981 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] Ret | | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |SPA 5 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |[[1981 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix|YUG]] 3 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |[[1981 Dutch TT|DUT]] 3 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |[[1981 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|BEL]] 4 | style="background:#EFCFFF;" |[[1981 San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix|SMR]] Ret | | | | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |CZE 6 !39 !6th |- ![[1982 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1982]] !50cc ![[Kreidler]] | | | | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |[[1982 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix|SPA]] 9 |[[1982 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix|NAT]] - |[[1982 Dutch TT|DUT]] - | |[[1982 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix|YUG]] - | | | | |[[1982 San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix|SMR]] - | [[1982 German motorcycle Grand Prix|GER]] - !2 !17th |}

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