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

Riders

Graeme Crosby

No freely licensed photo found, so the race number and team colour are shown instead. About photos

Nationality: New Zealand
Number: 5

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Misano in 1980.

In 500cc (1980–1982): 20 starts, 0 wins, 6 podiums.

First podium: Nürburgring 1980 (500cc).

In all, 20 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 6 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
1981	British GP	500cc	1	1'30.400
1982	BELGIUM GRAND PRIX	500cc	3

Season by season

500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1980–1982 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

500cc1980–1982

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate37.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P5.0

173 pts · Poles 4

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, 1980–1982 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1980. Of the 52 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Kork Ballington 4 world titles
22 races together: ahead 15, behind 5, both out 2
Kenny Roberts 3 world titles
20 races together: ahead 7, behind 13, both out 0
Freddie Spencer 3 world titles
11 races together: ahead 6, behind 4, both out 1
Barry Sheene 2 world titles
20 races together: ahead 9, behind 10, both out 1

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)

500cc 27 races · 1980–1982

By grid positionSmall sample

Starting Grid 4–6: average finish 4.2

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 1–3	1.5 → 5.5	0 wins / 4 races
Grid 4–6	4.8 → 4.2	0 wins / 14 races
Grid 7–9	8.0 → 3.5	0 wins / 4 races
Grid 10–15	11.7 → 9.5	0 wins / 3 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Nürburgring1 racesavg P2.0

Monza1 racesavg P2.0

Salzburgring2 racesavg P3.0

Misano2 racesavg P3.0

Rijeka2 racesavg P3.0

Imola1 racesavg P3.0

Mugello1 racesavg P3.0

Paul Ricard2 racesavg P4.0

Anderstorp2 racesavg P4.0

Imatra1 racesavg P5.0

Spa2 racesavg P5.5

Assen3 racesavg P6.0

Jarama2 racesavg P8.0

Silverstone2 racesavg P8.0

Hockenheim2 racesavg P13.0

Buenos Aires1 races—

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

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1980–1982 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)18 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 2,113 miles
0.1× around the Earth · 793 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 3,813 miles
0.2× around the Earth · at least 0.5 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

87.1%Start rate (27/31)

1Longest run of absences (races)

10Longest run of starts (races)

23.1Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1980 500cc P8 · 29 pts

1981 500cc P5 · 68 pts

1982 500cc P2 · 76 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, 1980–1982 (the rider's racing years)

1980	Misano	grid 15	DNF
1980	Jarama	grid 10	12
1980	Paul Ricard		5 +6
1980	Assen		8 +3
1980	Spa	grid 9	4 +8
1980	Silverstone	grid 6	13
1980	Nürburgring	grid 7	2 +12
1981	Salzburgring	grid 1	2 +12
1981	Hockenheim	grid 1	13
1981	Monza	grid 4	2 +12
1981	Paul Ricard	grid 5	3 +10
1981	Rijeka	grid 4	4 +8
1981	Assen	grid 5	DNF
1981	Spa	grid 10	7 +4
1981	Imola	grid 4	3 +10
1981	Imatra	grid 9	5 +6
1981	Anderstorp	grid 6	5 +6
1982	Buenos Aires	grid 6	DNF
1982	Salzburgring	grid 1	4 +8
1982	Jarama	grid 5	4 +8
1982	Misano	grid 3	3 +10
1982	Assen	grid 4	4 +8
1982	Rijeka	grid 4	2 +12
1982	Silverstone	grid 4	3 +10
1982	Anderstorp	grid 7	3 +10
1982	Mugello	grid 4	3 +10
1982	Hockenheim	grid 6	DNF