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Gianfranco Bonera (photo from Wikimedia Commons)
MV350_6C_1969_Bonera.jpg: KlausNahr derivative work: Ligabo (talk) · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 2011 · Wikimedia Commons

Gianfranco Bonera

Nationality
Italy Italy
Bike
Yamaha
Born
April 2, 1945(age 81)
Birthplace
Santa Maria Hoe

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

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Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 350cc at Brno in 1973.

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In 350cc (1973): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1974–1975): 10 starts, 1 wins, 5 podiums. In 250cc (1976): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1976): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1976): 4 starts, 0 wins, 3 podiums. In 350cc (1976): 2 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1976): 1 starts, 1 wins, 1 podiums. In 500cc (1977): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 350cc (1978): 3 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1978): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1978–1979): 3 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1980): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Clermont-Ferrand 1974 (500cc). First win: Imola 1974 (500cc).

In all, 29 Grand Prix starts, 2 wins and 11 podiums (within the official results database).

Written automatically from the official results database (no opinions about the rider)

Note: these totals are incomplete. The official data has no result for 3 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1974 350cc (TT) / 1975 500cc (TT) / 1976 350cc (TT)

Season by season

350cc500cc250cc ★ Champion

1102030197319741975197619771978197919801973 350cc: P24 / 8 pts / 0 wins1976 350cc: P15 / 15 pts / 0 wins1978 350cc: P7 / 37 pts / 0 wins1979 350cc: P37 / 2 pts / 0 wins350cc1973 500cc: P19 / 10 pts / 0 wins1974 500cc: P2 / 69 pts / 1 wins1975 500cc: P15 / 13 pts / 0 wins1977 500cc: P7 / 37 pts / 0 wins1978 500cc: P28 / 2 pts / 0 wins500cc1976 250cc: P3 / 61 pts / 1 wins250cc

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Scope: official results DB, 1973–1980 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1976–1976
Win rate12.5%
Podium rate62.5%
Average finish (when classified)avg P3.4

77 pts · Poles 0

2 of these races have no result in the official data; their results come from the Italian Wikipedia.

350cc1973–1979
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate21.4%
Average finish (when classified)avg P6.6

62 pts · Poles 0

4 of these races have no result in the official data; their results come from the Italian Wikipedia.

500cc1973–1980
Win rate4.5%
Podium rate31.8%
Average finish (when classified)avg P5.4

140 pts · Poles 1

9 of these races have no result in the official data; their results come from the Italian Wikipedia.

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1973–1980 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1973. Of the 107 riders who debuted that year, 1 also raced in 2026.

Greats: 2+ world titles or 30+ MotoGP / 500cc wins. Up to 4 who shared 10+ races, most titles first. A finisher counts as ahead of a non-finisher.

Results by condition (races)

All classes 44 races · 250cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Imatra (average P2.7, 4 races)

Imola500cc 1avg P1.0
Montjuïc250cc 1avg P1.0
Le Mans250cc 1avg P2.0
Imatra500cc 3 · 250cc 1avg P2.7
Clermont-Ferrand500cc 1avg P3.0
Brno350cc 2 · 500cc 2 · 250cc 1avg P4.0
Paul Ricard500cc 1avg P4.0
Anderstorp500cc 3 · 250cc 1avg P4.3
Silverstone500cc 2 · 350cc 1avg P4.5
Opatija500cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P5.0
Assen500cc 2 · 350cc 3 · 250cc 1avg P5.2
Rijeka350cc 2avg P6.0
Spa500cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P7.5
Nürburgring350cc 2 · 500cc 1avg P7.7
Salzburgring500cc 2 · 350cc 2avg P7.8
San Carlos350cc 1avg P8.0
Hockenheim500cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P12.0
Misano500cc 1avg P12.0

Average finish across classes (Moto3, Moto2, MotoGP and so on together). See each class below for class-only figures. Only circuits with 3+ races count as a best track.

500cc 22 races · 1973–1980

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Imatra (average P2.5, 3 races)

Imola1 racesavg P1.0
Imatra3 racesavg P2.5
Opatija1 racesavg P3.0
Clermont-Ferrand1 racesavg P3.0
Brno2 racesavg P3.5
Silverstone2 racesavg P4.0
Paul Ricard1 racesavg P4.0
Anderstorp3 racesavg P4.7
Assen2 racesavg P5.0
Salzburgring2 racesavg P5.5
Spa1 racesavg P10.0
Nürburgring1 racesavg P12.0
Hockenheim1 racesavg P12.0
Misano1 racesavg P12.0

500cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; always on the grid Grid 10–15.

350cc 14 races · 1973–1979

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate
Podium rate
Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Silverstone1 racesavg P5.0
Brno2 racesavg P5.5
Nürburgring2 racesavg P5.5
Assen3 racesavg P6.0
Rijeka2 racesavg P6.0
San Carlos1 racesavg P8.0
Salzburgring2 racesavg P10.0
Hockenheim1 races—

350cc: no track-condition records; no grid records.

250cc 8 races · 1976

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Montjuïc1 racesavg P1.0
Le Mans1 racesavg P2.0
Brno1 racesavg P2.0
Anderstorp1 racesavg P3.0
Imatra1 racesavg P3.0
Assen1 racesavg P4.0
Spa1 racesavg P5.0
Opatija1 racesavg P7.0

250cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; no grid records.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1973–1980 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)1 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 87 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 40 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 5,334 miles
0.2× around the Earth · at least 0.7 days

From 1949. Every session in the seasons with the lap analysis documents, races only before. Tests not included. Laps × that year's lap length.A minimum, calculated from straight-line distances between circuits. Connections, tests and trips home are not included, so the real figures are longer.

Every race

65.1%Start rate (28/43)
2Longest run of absences (races)
7Longest run of starts (races)
78.7Estimated points lost to absences
1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent
1974 500cc P2 · 69 pts

1975 no Grand Prix starts

1976 250cc P3 · 61 pts
1977 500cc P7 · 37 pts
1978 350cc P7 · 37 pts

Tap a cell for the event, qualifying, sprint and race results and points

? How the estimate is made

Estimate = average of the last 3 races before each absence

Seasons in which at least half of the races were started | Scope: official results DB, 1973–1980 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

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