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

Riders

Jose Kuhn

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Nationality: France
Number: 40

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 250cc at Magny-Cours in 1992.

In 250cc (1992): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1993–1995): 10 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 12 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)

Starts with no race result

The official records keep only the qualifying order and the starting grid for these races; the race result is missing (the official site has none either).

Year	Event	Class	Grid	Qualifying
1993	Japanese GP	500cc	29

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: 1993 500cc (JPN)

Season by season

250cc500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1992–1995 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1992–1992

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P21.3

0 pts · Poles 0

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

500cc1993–1995

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P13.2

45 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, 1992–1995 (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 1992. Of the 46 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Mick Doohan 5 world titles
16 races together: ahead 3, behind 12, both out 1
Luca Cadalora 3 world titles
21 races together: ahead 3, behind 18, both out 0
Wayne Rainey 3 world titles
11 races together: ahead 1, behind 10, both out 0
Alex Criville 2 world titles
17 races together: ahead 4, behind 13, 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 22 races · 250cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Salzburgring500cc 1avg P9.0

Mugello500cc 1avg P10.0

Jarama500cc 1avg P10.0

Laguna Seca500cc 1avg P11.0

Assen500cc 1avg P13.0

Eastern Creek500cc 1avg P13.0

Catalunya500cc 2avg P13.5

Jerez500cc 1avg P14.0

Brno500cc 2avg P15.0

Donington250cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P15.0

Misano500cc 1avg P16.0

Hungaroring250cc 1avg P20.0

Rio500cc 1avg P21.0

Kyalami250cc 1avg P26.0

Buenos Aires500cc 1—

Shah Alam500cc 1—

Hockenheim500cc 1—

Magny-Cours250cc 1—

Interlagos250cc 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 17 races · 1993–1995

By grid positionSmall sample

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 10–15	13.8 → 10.7	0 wins / 4 races
Grid 16〜	20.8 → 13.9	0 wins / 12 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Salzburgring1 racesavg P9.0

Mugello1 racesavg P10.0

Jarama1 racesavg P10.0

Laguna Seca1 racesavg P11.0

Donington1 racesavg P12.0

Assen1 racesavg P13.0

Eastern Creek1 racesavg P13.0

Catalunya2 racesavg P13.5

Jerez1 racesavg P14.0

Brno2 racesavg P15.0

Misano1 racesavg P16.0

Rio1 racesavg P21.0

Buenos Aires1 races—

Shah Alam1 races—

Hockenheim1 races—

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

250cc 5 races · 1992

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Donington1 racesavg P18.0

Hungaroring1 racesavg P20.0

Kyalami1 racesavg P26.0

Magny-Cours1 races—

Interlagos1 races—

250cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; always on the grid Grid 16〜.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1992–1995 (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)21 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 1,255 miles
0.1× around the Earth · 461 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 28,982 miles
1.2× around the Earth · at least 2.7 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

100%Start rate (13/13)

0Longest run of absences (races)

13Longest run of starts (races)

0Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1993 500cc P14 · 45 pts

Tap a cell for the event, qualifying, sprint and race results and points

? 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, 1992–1995 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

1992	Hungaroring	grid 26	20
1992	Magny-Cours	grid 32	DNF
1992	Donington	grid 28	18
1992	Interlagos	grid 22	DNF
1992	Kyalami	grid 30	26

1993	Eastern Creek	grid 17	13 +3
1993	Shah Alam	grid 17	DNF
1993	Jerez	grid 23	14 +2
1993	Salzburgring	grid 14	9 +7
1993	Hockenheim	grid 14	DNF
1993	Assen	grid 19	13 +3
1993	Catalunya	grid 13	8 +8
1993	Mugello	grid 22	10 +6
1993	Donington	grid 25	12 +4
1993	Brno	grid 14	15 +1
1993	Misano	grid 21	16
1993	Laguna Seca	grid 16	11 +5
1993	Jarama	grid 18	10 +6
1995	Brno	grid 27	DNF
1995	Rio	grid 26	21
1995	Buenos Aires		DNF
1995	Catalunya	grid 18	19