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

Riders

Maurice Hawthorne

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Nationality: United Kingdom
Bike: Rieju

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Sachsenring in 1969.

In 500cc (1969): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1969): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1970): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1971): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1971): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1971–1972): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1972): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1990): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 10 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 0 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: 1966 500cc (TT) / 1970 250cc (TT) / 1972 500cc (TT)

Season by season

500cc350cc250cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1964–1990 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1970–1990

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P8.0

3 pts · Poles 0

350cc1969–1972

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P8.2

14 pts · Poles 0

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

500cc1964–1972

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P9.4

15 pts · Poles 0

7 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, 1964–1990 (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 1964. Of the 49 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Giacomo Agostini 15 world titles
11 races together: ahead 0, behind 11, 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 18 races · 250cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Sachsenring (average P7.0, 3 races)

Hockenheim500cc 1avg P4.0

Sachsenring500cc 2 · 350cc 1avg P7.0

Imatra500cc 2 · 350cc 1avg P7.0

Opatija500cc 1 · 350cc 2avg P9.0

Montjuïc250cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P9.0

Salzburgring350cc 1avg P9.0

Monza500cc 1avg P11.0

Spa500cc 1avg P12.0

Brno500cc 1avg P15.0

Nürburgring500cc 1—

Phillip Island250cc 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.

250cc 2 races · 1970–1990

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Montjuïc1 racesavg P8.0

Phillip Island1 races—

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

350cc 5 races · 1969–1972

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Sachsenring1 racesavg P7.0

Imatra1 racesavg P8.0

Opatija2 racesavg P8.5

Salzburgring1 racesavg P9.0

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

500cc 11 races · 1964–1972

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Hockenheim1 racesavg P4.0

Imatra2 racesavg P6.0

Sachsenring2 racesavg P7.0

Opatija1 racesavg P10.0

Montjuïc1 racesavg P10.0

Monza1 racesavg P11.0

Spa1 racesavg P12.0

Brno1 racesavg P15.0

Nürburgring1 races—

500cc: 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, 1964–1990 (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)4 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 1,113 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 293 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 10,200 miles
0.4× around the Earth · at least 0.9 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

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, 1964–1990 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

1969	Opatija	8 +3
1971	Salzburgring	9 +2
1971	Sachsenring	7 +4
1971	Imatra	8 +3
1972	Opatija	9 +2

1964	Monza	11
1965	Brno	15
1966	Spa	12
1967	Imatra	6 +1
1968	Sachsenring	DNF
1969	Sachsenring	7 +4
1969	Imatra	DNF
1969	Opatija	10 +1
1971	Hockenheim	4 +8
1972	Nürburgring	DNF
1972	Montjuïc	10 +1