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Adu Celso

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Adu Celso-Santos

Nationality

Brazilian

Motorcycle racing career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Active years

1972 - 1975

First race

1972 350cc French Grand Prix

Last race

1975 500cc West German Grand Prix

First win

1973 350cc Spanish Grand Prix

Last win

1973 350cc Spanish Grand Prix

Starts	Wins	Podiums	Poles	F. laps	Points
15	1	3	0	0	137

Adu Celso-Santos (born Eduardo Celso Santos, 7 August 1945 - 6 February 2005) was a Brazilian professional motorcycle road racer. He was the first Brazilian to compete in Grand Prix motorcycle racing.

Celso-Santos was popular on the Grand Prix circuit during first half of the 1970s. He raced from 1972 to the 1975 season before returning to Brazil.

In the 1973 Grand Prix season, he gained his only victory in a race counting for world championship points when he won the 350cc class at the Spanish Grand Prix held at the Jarama Circuit.^[1]

Motorcycle Grand Prix results[edit]

Points system from 1969 onwards:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	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	12	Points	Rank	Wins
1972	350cc	Yamaha	GER -	FRA 7	AUT -	NAT -	IOM -	YUG -	NED 4	DDR -	CZE -	SWE -	FIN -	ESP 4	12	14th	0
1973	250cc	Yamaha	FRA -	AUT -	GER 4		IOM -	YUG 6	NED 6	BEL -	CZE -	SWE 3	FIN -	ESP -	20	12th	0
1973	350cc	Yamaha	FRA 10	AUT -	GER -	NAT -	IOM -	YUG 5	NED 7		CZE 10	SWE 5	FIN -	ESP 1	33	7th	1
1974	350cc	Yamaha	FRA -	GER -	AUT -	NAT 9	IOM -	NED -	SWE -	FIN -	YUG -	ESP -			2	45th	0
1975	350cc	Yamaha	FRA -	ESP 9	AUT 3	GER -	NAT -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	FIN -	CZE -	YUG -	12	18th	0
1975	500cc	Yamaha	FRA -	ESP -	AUT -	GER 9	NAT -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	FIN -	CZE -	YUG -	2	41st	0

^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Adu Celso-Santos". MotoGP.com. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

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