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| Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 October 1937 Delfzijl, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 November 2016 (aged 79) Rijswijk, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jan Huberts (12 October 1937 – 19 November 2016) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from the Netherlands. He had his best year in 1962 when he won two Grand Prix races and finished the season in third place behind Ernst Degner and Hans-Georg Anscheidt.[1]
He is holder of the official world speed record for 50cc motorcycles.[2]
Huberts (12) leads Hans-Georg Anscheidt (9) and Seiiche Suzuki (6) during the 1962 50cc Dutch TT.
Huberts owned and managed a motorcycle racing team. His team contested the 500cc world championship between 1999 and 2001 using Honda NSR500V bikes.
References
- ↑ Jan Huberts career statistics at MotoGP.com
- ↑ Jan Huberts at motorracehistorie.nl. (in Dutch)
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