As of round 17 Race · updated 10/13/2026, 07:18 PM (Japan time)

Riders

Benedicto Caldarella

Nationality: Argentina
Born: September 1, 1939(age 87)

Photos (3)

1964
Joop van Bilsen / Anefo · CC0
2026
GCBA · CC BY 2.5 ar
El Gráfico · Public domain

Freely licensed photos from Wikimedia Commons. Tap a photo for its source page (photographer, licence). The year is when it was taken.

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Buenos Aires in 1962.

In 500cc (1962–1963): 2 starts, 1 wins, 2 podiums. In 125cc (1963): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums.

First podium: Buenos Aires 1962 (500cc). First win: Buenos Aires 1962 (500cc).

In all, 3 Grand Prix starts, 1 wins and 3 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 1 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1963 500cc (TT)

Season by season

250cc500cc125cc ★ Champion

The strip shows each year's team (team colour). Tap for team and machine

Scope: official results DB, 1961–1964 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

125cc1963–1963

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate100.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P3.0

4 pts · Poles 0

250cc1961–1961

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)—

0 pts · Poles 0

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

500cc1962–1964

Win rate25.0%

Podium rate75.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P2.0

18 pts · Poles 0

2 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, 1961–1964 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1961. Of the 50 riders who debuted that year, 0 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 6 races · 125cc / 250cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Monza500cc 1avg P2.0

Buenos Aires250cc 1 · 500cc 2 · 125cc 1avg P2.3

Spa500cc 1—

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 4 races · 1962–1964

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Buenos Aires2 racesavg P2.0

Monza1 racesavg P2.0

Spa1 races—

500cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; no grid records.

125cc 1 races · 1963

125cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; no grid records; one circuit only.

250cc 1 races · 1961

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

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1961–1964 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 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 158 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 97 laps

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

No season as a regular (starting at least half of the races)

? 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, 1961–1964 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

1962	Buenos Aires	1 +8
1963	Buenos Aires	3 +4
1964	Spa	DNF
1964	Monza	2 +6