Jorge Kissling

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Nationality: Argentina
Bike: Norton
Born: March 10, 1940(age 86)

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Buenos Aires in 1961.

In 500cc (1961): 1 starts, 1 wins, 1 podiums. In 125cc (1962): 2 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 500cc (1963): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums.

First podium: Buenos Aires 1961 (500cc). First win: Buenos Aires 1961 (500cc).

In all, 4 Grand Prix starts, 1 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 1 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1963 500cc (TT)

Season by season

500cc125cc ★ Champion

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

Teams in years without official results: 1963 250cc

Scope: official results DB, 1961–1963 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

125cc1962–1962

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate50.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P4.0

7 pts · Poles 0

500cc1961–1963

Win rate50.0%

Podium rate100.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P1.5

14 pts · Poles 0

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1961–1963 (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 1961. Of the 50 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 4 races · 125cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Buenos Aires500cc 2 · 125cc 1avg P1.7

Clermont-Ferrand125cc 1avg P6.0

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 2 races · 1961–1963

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

125cc 2 races · 1962

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Buenos Aires1 racesavg P2.0

Clermont-Ferrand1 racesavg P6.0

125cc: 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, 1961–1963 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

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, 1961–1963 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data