Gyula Marsovszky (3 January 1936 – 17 December 2004) was a

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of Hungarian descent. His best years were the

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500cc world championship season, when he rode a

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to third place behind Giacomo Agostini and Jack Findlay, then in 1969 when he finished second to Agostini, this time riding a Linto. In

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

, he won his first and only Grand Prix race when he triumphed at the 250cc Nations Grand Prix held at

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.Gyula Marsovsky career statistics at MotoGP.com
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Grand Prix motorcycle racing results

Points system from 1950 to 1968: Points system from 1969 onwards: ( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

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