Rodney Gould (10 March 1943 – 16 April 2024) was a British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and UK short circuit specialist.

Gould began racing in 1961 and made his first Isle of Man TT appearance in 1967. He rode a variety of machines including Manx Nortons and two-stroke Bultacos for the smaller classes, and was supported by UK Aermacchi concessionaire Syd Lawton from 1966,'Full Chat', Motorcycle Mechanics, August 1966. Retrieved 16 April 2013 before turning to Yamaha TD2s and TR2s.

Gould won the 1970 FIM 250cc world championship on a Yamaha. After finishing third in the 250 class and fourth in the 500 class in 1972, Gould retired from competition and took a position as Yamaha's European racing manager.

In 1979, Gould established a retail motorcycle dealership in Birmingham named Hailwood and Gould, in partnership with famous former-racer Mike Hailwood, who was subsequently killed in a road traffic accident in 1981. In 1984, Gould was briefly Sales Manager for the second incarnation of Hesketh Motorcycles based at Lord Hesketh's Easton Neston stately home.

Gould died at his home in Cheltenham on 16 April 2024, at the age of 81.

Motorcycle Grand Prix results Sources:

Points system from 1950 to 1968: Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 8 6 4 3 2 1

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 13 Points Rank Wins1967 350cc AJS GER- IOMNC NED- DDR- CZE- ULS- NAT- JPN- 0 – 0 500cc Norton GER- IOMNC NED- BEL- DDR5 CZE- FIN- ULS- NAT- CAN- 2 19th 01968250cc Yamaha GER4 ESP- IOM5 NED5 DDR4 CZE4 FIN3 ULS3 NAT-214th0 Kawasaki BEL3 500cc Norton GER6 ESP- IOMNC NED- BEL- DDR- CZE- FIN- ULS- NAT- 1 24th 01969 250cc Yamaha ESP- GER- FRA2 IOMNC NED4 BEL2 DDR- CZE2 FIN- ULS- NAT- YUG- 44 6th 0 350cc Yamaha ESP- GER- IOMNC NED- DDR2 CZE2 FIN2 ULS- NAT- YUG- 36 5th 01970 250cc Yamaha GER- FRA1 YUG3 IOM2 NED1 BEL1 DDR1 CZE- FIN1 ULS2 NAT1 ESP- 102 1st 6 350cc Yamaha GER- YUG5 IOMNC NED- DDR- CZE- FIN3 ULS- NAT- ESP2 28 6th 01971 125cc Yamaha AUT- GER- IOM- NED- BEL7 DDR- CZE- SWE- FIN- NAT- ESP- 4 24th 0 250cc Yamaha AUT- GER- IOM4 NED- BEL6 DDR2 CZE- SWE1 FIN1 ULS6 NAT4 ESP- 68 2nd 2 350cc Yamaha AUT- GER- IOMNC NED4 DDR- CZE- SWE4 FIN- ULS- NAT- ESP- 16 13th 01972 250cc Yamaha GER6 FRA- AUT- NAT2 IOM2 YUG2 NED1 BEL2 DDR3 CZE4 SWE1 FIN- ESP- 88 3rd 2 350cc Yamaha GER- FRA- AUT- NAT6 IOMNC YUG- NED- DDR- CZE- SWE- FIN- ESP- 6 25th 0 500cc Yamaha GER- FRA- AUT- NAT- IOM- YUG- NED- BEL3 DDR2 CZE4 SWE2 FIN3 ESP- 52 4th 0

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