Fumio Ito

Fumio Ito
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1939-10-10)10 October 1939
Died	10 March 1991(1991-03-10) (aged 51)
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1960 - 1961, 1963 First race 1960 500cc French Grand Prix Last race 1963 250cc Japanese Grand Prix First win 1963 250cc Belgian Grand Prix Last win 1963 250cc Belgian Grand Prix Team(s) Yamaha Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 9 1 4 0 2 34

Fumio Ito (10 October 1939 - 10 March 1991) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Japan. Ito began his Grand Prix career in 1960, although he did make an earlier appearance racing a Factory YD Racer at the Catalina Grand Prix in 1958, as the lead rider in a team of 5.. The Catalina YD machines were actually the 1957 machines that were so devastating in the Asama highlands race, where Yamaha took the first 3 places with Matsuko on a YD-A taking the honors. Ito himself would have easily won the race and had set the fastest lap, but his YD-A machine seized and cost him the race. The machines were modified for the States with smaller fuel tanks taken from the YA 125 machines, high pipes and high footpegs. He enjoyed his best season in 1963 when he won the 250cc Belgian Grand Prix and finished the season in third place in the 250cc world championship, behind Jim Redman and Tarquinio Provini.

Motorcycle Grand Prix results

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6
Points	8	6	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	Points	Rank	Wins
1960	500cc	BMW	FRA 6	IOM -	NED 10	BEL 10	GER -	ULS -	NAT -					1	15th	0
1961	125cc	Yamaha	ESP -	GER -	FRA -	IOM 11	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	ULS -	NAT -	SWE -	ARG -	0	-	0
	250cc	Yamaha	ESP -	GER -	FRA -	IOM 6	NED 6	BEL 5	DDR -	ULS -	NAT -	SWE -	ARG 4	7	9th	0
1963	250cc	Yamaha	ESP -	GER -	IOM 2	NED 2	BEL 1	ULS -	DDR -	NAT -	ARG -	JPN 2		26	3rd	1