Photo: his accumulation of points. By the halfway point of the season, Tragter had amassed a 56-point lead over his nearest rival and from there it was just a matter of managing the situation and that’s exactly what he did. At the final GP of the year in Australia, Tragter wrapped up the title in the second of three races with a very cautious 7th to become world champion for the first and only time, and just the third rider from The Netherlands to do so. When Pedro Tragter clinched the 125cc world title in 1993, another page was written in 80
the history of Suzuki. When the brand entered the 125cc world championship in 1975, Suzuki was victorious for ten years in a row from 1975, culminating with Michele Rinaldi’s success in 1984. A six-year dry spell followed and when Donny Schmit and Stefan Everts won respectively in 1990 and 1991 it looked very much like Suzuki was back on track. Sadly, it was not to be and Pedro Tragter’s title in 1993 would be the last from the Japanese brand in the 125cc 2-stroke class before it was upgraded to MX2 and 4-stroke status in 2004.
Suzuki world champions – 125cc Gaston Rahier (Belgium) – 1975, ’76, ‘77 Akira Watanabe (Japan) – 1978 Harry Everts (Belgium) – 1979, ’80, ‘81 Eric Geboers (Belgium) – 1982, ‘83 Michele Rinaldi (Italy) – 1984 Donny Schmit (USA) – 1990 Stefan Everts (Belgium) – 1991 Pedro Tragter (Holland) 1993