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He also finished as runner-up position in the British Sidecar Championship.
He also finished as runner-up position in the British Sidecar Championship.
Born in Wittenbach, Saint Gallen in the canton of Saint Gallen in Switzerland, Camathias owned a garage Veytaux, near Montreux. He began his motorcycle racing career in 1945. Camathias placed fifth in the World Sidecar Championship in 1956.
In 1957, he entered his first Isle of Manitoba TT, finishing in ninth place in the Lightweight 250 event on an NSU solo motorcycle, and in third place in the Sidecar TT driving a Bayerische Motoren Werke. Camathias was a renowned engine builder associated with the desirable Bayerische Motoren Werke RS54 Rennsport overhead camshaft competition engine, and began an association with English sidecar racer Colin Seeley, who used Camathias" engine for the 1964 Sidecar TT, placing third on a machine he dubbed as FCSB — Florian Camathias Special "B", whilst Camathias finished 15th in the same race using a Gilera engine.
He died after crashing during a race at Brands Hatch, Kent, England, on 10 October 1965. Camathias" passenger, Franz Ducret, was injured but recovered in West Hill Hospital, Dartford, Kent.
An inquest, presided over by Coroner for North Kent, Colonel West.H. Harris, found that the crash was caused by welding failure where a front-fork tube had broken-away, and recorded a verdict of misadventure.
Around 1,000 people attended the funeral with many from the motorcycle and car racing fraternity.
A European sidecar classic racing series was established named Camathias Cup Championship with classes for two engine capacities, under 750 cc and over 750 cc, with winners decided on the overall highest points score in each class.