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

Riders

Steve Ellis

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

Nationality: United Kingdom

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Le Mans in 1969.

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

First podium: Sachsenring 1969 (500cc).

In all, 7 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 3 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: 1972 500cc (TT) / 1973 250cc (TT) / 1975 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, 1969–1975 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1971–1973

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P10.0

1 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 rate100.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P3.0

10 pts · Poles 0

500cc1969–1975

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate30.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P5.8

49 pts · Poles 0

5 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, 1969–1975 (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 1969. Of the 79 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 13 races · 250cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Salzburgring (average P6.5, 3 races)

Opatija500cc 2avg P2.5

Sachsenring500cc 1avg P3.0

Salzburgring250cc 1 · 350cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P6.5

Imatra500cc 3avg P6.7

Le Mans500cc 1avg P8.0

Spa500cc 1avg P10.0

Jarama250cc 1—

Nürburgring500cc 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 10 races · 1969–1975

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Opatija2 racesavg P2.5

Sachsenring1 racesavg P3.0

Imatra3 racesavg P6.7

Le Mans1 racesavg P8.0

Spa1 racesavg P10.0

Nürburgring1 races—

Salzburgring1 races—

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

250cc 2 races · 1971–1973

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Salzburgring1 racesavg P10.0

Jarama1 races—

250cc: 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.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1969–1975 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)1 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 269 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 98 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 594 miles
0.0× around the Earth · at least 0.1 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

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, 1969–1975 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

1969	Le Mans	8 +3
1969	Sachsenring	3 +10
1969	Imatra	8 +3
1969	Opatija	3 +10
1970	Spa	10 +1
1970	Imatra	7 +4
1972	Nürburgring	DNF
1973	Opatija	2 +12
1975	Salzburgring	DNF
1975	Imatra	5 +6