Back in the saddle for Yamaha, West Germany's Dieter Braun wins the 250cc Class Czechoslovakian Grand Prix at Brno Circuit enroute to his 250cc World Championship.
After a disappointing 1972 season riding for Maico, Braun returns to the 250cc GP Class on a works Yamaha. Not sure if it was the bike or the lucky rabbit's foot he kept tucked under the Yamaha's saddle, but something clicked in 1973 as Dieter would win the Yugoslavian Grand Prix, Dutch TT, Czechoslovakian and Swedish GP's plus a hard-fought second in the Finnish Grand Prix. All the frustration of '72 became a distant memory as he is crowned the 1973 250cc FIM World Champion.
His lucky rabbit's foot was allegedly lost after a minor scuffle in Paris in 1974, but Braun would never win a Grand Prix Champion title again. He would finish second in '74 and third in 1975.
