Helmut Fath

Helmut Fath
Helmut Fath wearing the race winner's garland
Nationality	German
Born	(1929-05-24)24 May 1929 Ursenbach, Germany
Died	Heidelberg, Germany
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1956 - 1969 First race 1956 Belgian Sidecar Grand Prix Last race 1969 Belgian Grand Prix First win 1960 French Sidecar Grand Prix Last win 1969 Belgian Sidecar Grand Prix Team(s) BMW URS Championships 2 (1960, 1968) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 11 N/A N/A Isle of Man TT career TTs contested 6 (1958 - 1969) TT wins 1 First TT win 1960 Sidecar TT Last TT win 1960 Sidecar TT Podiums 2

Helmut Fath (24 May 1929, Ursenbach –19 June 1993, Heidelberg) was a German sidecar racer and engineer. He won the Sidecar World Championship in 1960 and 1968. His early racing was on BMW R50 sidecars with a chassis of his own design, but after a bad accident in 1961 took time off only to return with his own design URS four-cylinder machine and win the title in 1968. The URS engine was also used in solo competition as well as powering Horst Owesle/Peter Rutterford to the 1971 World Sidecar Championship.

External links

• http://www.classic-motorrad.de/sidecar/fath/faht.html
• http://www.classic-motorrad.de/galerie/displayimage.php?album=84&pos=65

Sporting positions
Preceded by Walter Schneider with Hans Strauß	World Sidecar Champion with Alfred Wohlgemuth 1960	Succeeded by Max Deubel with Emil Hörner
Preceded by Klaus Enders with Ralf Engelhardt	World Sidecar Champion with Wolfgang Kalauch 1968	Succeeded by Klaus Enders with Ralf Engelhardt