Rinus Van Kasteren

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Nationality: Netherlands

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 250cc at Spa in 1979.

In 250cc (1979): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 1 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 1 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1980 350cc (NAT)

Season by season

250cc350cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1979–1980 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1979–1979

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P10.0

1 pts · Poles 0

350cc1980–1980

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P18.0

0 pts · Poles 0

1 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, 1979–1980 (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 1979. Of the 100 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 2 races · 250cc / 350cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Spa250cc 1avg P10.0

Assen350cc 1avg P18.0

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.

350cc 1 races · 1980

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

350cc: no track-condition records; no grid records; one circuit only.

250cc 1 races · 1979

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, 1979–1980 (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, 1979–1980 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data