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

Riders

John Cooper

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Nationality: United Kingdom

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Assen in 1965.

In 500cc (1965): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1965): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1966–1967): 4 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 350cc (1968): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1968): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Brno 1967 (500cc).

In all, 9 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 1 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: 1966 500cc (TT)

Season by season

350cc500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1965–1968 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

350cc1965–1968

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P5.3

5 pts · Poles 0

500cc1965–1968

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate16.7%

Average finish (when classified)avg P5.1

22 pts · Poles 0

6 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, 1965–1968 (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 1965. Of the 46 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Giacomo Agostini 15 world titles
14 races together: ahead 2, behind 12, both out 0

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 15 races · 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Assen (average P4.3, 4 races)

Brno500cc 1avg P3.0

Sachsenring500cc 1avg P4.0

Assen500cc 3 · 350cc 1avg P4.3

Isle of Man500cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P4.5

Ulster350cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P5.5

Spa500cc 4avg P9.0

Hockenheim500cc 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 12 races · 1965–1968

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Assen (average P3.7, 3 races)

Brno1 racesavg P3.0

Assen3 racesavg P3.7

Sachsenring1 racesavg P4.0

Isle of Man1 racesavg P4.0

Ulster1 racesavg P6.0

Spa4 racesavg P9.0

Hockenheim1 races—

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

350cc 3 races · 1965–1968

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Isle of Man1 racesavg P5.0

Ulster1 racesavg P5.0

Assen1 racesavg P6.0

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

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1965–1968 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

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, 1965–1968 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

1965	Assen	4 +3
1965	Spa	DNF
1966	Hockenheim	DNF
1966	Assen	4 +3
1966	Spa	DNF
1967	Isle of Man	4 +3
1967	Spa	12
1967	Brno	3 +4
1967	Ulster	6 +1
1968	Assen	3 +4
1968	Spa	6 +1
1968	Sachsenring	4 +3