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

Riders

Keith Turner

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Nationality: New Zealand

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

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

In 500cc (1969): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1970): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1971): 5 starts, 0 wins, 2 podiums. In 350cc (1971): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1971): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Salzburgring 1971 (500cc).

In all, 10 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 2 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: 1969 250cc (TT) / 1970 250cc (TT) / 1972 500cc (TT)

Season by season

500cc250cc350cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1967–1972 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1969–1970

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P7.0

8 pts · Poles 0

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

350cc1971–1971

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P8.0

3 pts · Poles 0

500cc1967–1972

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate20.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P5.5

73 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, 1967–1972 (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 1967. Of the 50 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Giacomo Agostini 15 world titles
12 races together: ahead 0, behind 12, 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 Imatra (average P5.7, 4 races)

Salzburgring500cc 1avg P2.0

Anderstorp500cc 1avg P2.0

Assen500cc 2avg P4.0

Jarama500cc 1avg P5.0

Opatija500cc 1avg P5.0

Imatra500cc 3 · 250cc 1avg P5.7

Sachsenring500cc 3 · 250cc 1avg P6.3

Monza500cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P7.0

Isle of Man500cc 1avg P7.0

Nürburgring500cc 1avg P13.0

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.

500cc 15 races · 1967–1972

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Sachsenring (average P5.0, 3 races)

Salzburgring1 racesavg P2.0

Anderstorp1 racesavg P2.0

Assen2 racesavg P4.0

Sachsenring3 racesavg P5.0

Jarama1 racesavg P5.0

Opatija1 racesavg P5.0

Imatra3 racesavg P6.0

Monza1 racesavg P6.0

Isle of Man1 racesavg P7.0

Nürburgring1 racesavg P13.0

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

350cc 1 races · 1971

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

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

250cc 2 races · 1969–1970

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Imatra1 racesavg P5.0

Sachsenring1 racesavg P9.0

250cc: 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, 1967–1972 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Every race

72.7%Start rate (8/11)

1Longest run of absences (races)

3Longest run of starts (races)

30.7Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1971 500cc P2 · 58 pts

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? 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, 1967–1972 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

1967	Imatra	8
1968	Assen	DNF
1968	Sachsenring	8
1969	Imatra	DNF
1969	Opatija	5 +6
1971	Salzburgring	2 +12
1971	Isle of Man	7 +4
1971	Assen	4 +8
1971	Sachsenring	2 +12
1971	Anderstorp	2 +12
1971	Imatra	4 +8
1971	Monza	6 +5
1971	Jarama	5 +6
1972	Nürburgring	13
1972	Sachsenring	DNF