William Dunlop

Nationality: Ireland
Number: 33
Team (2009 250cc): Bigman Racing
Bike: Honda
Born: July 23, 1985(age 41)

Photos (4)

2012
Phil Long · CC BY 2.0
2015
Harvey Milligan · CC BY-SA 4.0
2015
Harvey Milligan · CC BY-SA 4.0
· Public domain

Freely licensed photos from Wikimedia Commons. Tap a photo for its source page (photographer, licence). The year is when it was taken.

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 250cc at Valencia in 2009.

In 250cc (2009): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. Teams: Bigman Racing.

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)

Season by season

250cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 2009–2009 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

250cc2009–2009

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P18.0

0 pts · Poles 0

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 2009–2009 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 2009. Of the 43 riders who debuted that year, 1 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)

250cc 1 races · 2009

250cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; Dry races only; always on the grid Grid 16〜; one circuit only.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 2009–2009 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 241 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 97 laps

Time on the bike: at least 3 hours (0.1 days)
Average 127.3 km/h, top 245.7 km/h
Time and average speed only from 2009–2009, the seasons with every session's lap analysis

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, 2009–2009 (the rider's racing years)