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

Riders

Godfrey Nash

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Nationality
United Kingdom United Kingdom

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

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Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 350cc at Jarama in 1969.

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In 350cc (1969): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1969–1970): 7 starts, 1 wins, 1 podiums. In 350cc (1971): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Opatija 1969 (500cc). First win: Opatija 1969 (500cc).

In all, 9 Grand Prix starts, 1 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: 1972 500cc (TT)

Season by season

500cc350cc ★ Champion

110203040196819691970197119721968 500cc: P26 / 1 pts / 0 wins1969 500cc: P3 / 45 pts / 1 wins1970 500cc: P26 / 7 pts / 0 wins500cc1969 350cc: P52 / 1 pts / 0 wins1971 350cc: P56 / 1 pts / 0 wins350cc

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Scope: official results DB, 1968–1972 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

350cc1969–1971
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate0.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P10.0

2 pts · Poles 0

500cc1968–1972
Win rate8.3%
Podium rate16.7%
Average finish (when classified)avg P6.0

53 pts · Poles 0

5 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, 1968–1972 (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 1968. Of the 43 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 14 races · 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Opatija500cc 1avg P1.0
Imatra500cc 2avg P4.5
Le Mans500cc 1avg P5.0
Jarama500cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P7.5
Sachsenring500cc 2avg P7.5
Assen500cc 2 · 350cc 1avg P8.5
Brno500cc 1avg P9.0
Hockenheim500cc 1avg P9.0
Nürburgring500cc 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 · 1968–1972

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Opatija1 racesavg P1.0
Imatra2 racesavg P4.5
Le Mans1 racesavg P5.0
Jarama1 racesavg P5.0
Assen2 racesavg P7.0
Sachsenring2 racesavg P7.5
Brno1 racesavg P9.0
Hockenheim1 racesavg P9.0
Nürburgring1 races—

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

350cc 2 races · 1969–1971

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate
Podium rate
Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Assen1 racesavg P10.0
Jarama1 racesavg P10.0

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, 1968–1972 (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 412 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 98 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 2,344 miles
0.1× around the Earth · at least 0.3 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

58.3%Start rate (7/12)
2Longest run of absences (races)
3Longest run of starts (races)
23.3Estimated points lost to absences
1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent
1969 500cc P3 · 45 pts

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? 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, 1968–1972 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

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