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

Riders

Gyula Marsovszky

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Nationality: Switzerland
Bike: Yamaha
Born: January 3, 1936(age 90)

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Solitude in 1964.

In 500cc (1964–1966): 2 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1966): 2 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 500cc (1967): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1967): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1967): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1967): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1968): 3 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1968): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1969): 7 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1969–1970): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1970): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1970): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1970): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1970): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1970): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1970–1971): 7 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 350cc (1973): 4 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Brno 1966 (500cc).

In all, 42 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 5 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 5 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1963 500cc (TT) / 1966 500cc (TT) / 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, 1961–1973 (the rider's racing years); excludes 5 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1966–1971

Win rate4.0%

Podium rate12.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P5.7

112 pts · Poles 0

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

350cc1973–1973

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P9.8

12 pts · Poles 0

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

500cc1961–1973

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate12.2%

Average finish (when classified)avg P5.4

112 pts · Poles 0

23 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, 1961–1973 (the rider's racing years); excludes 5 races with no official result data

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1961. Of the 49 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Giacomo Agostini 15 world titles
34 races together: ahead 1, behind 32, both out 1
Mike Hailwood 9 world titles
21 races together: ahead 3, behind 17, both out 1
Phil Read 7 world titles
17 races together: ahead 2, behind 13, both out 2
Kent Andersson 2 world titles
12 races together: ahead 4, behind 8, 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 71 races · 250cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Brno (average P3.4, 5 races)

Brno500cc 4 · 250cc 1avg P3.4

Solitude500cc 1avg P4.0

Clermont-Ferrand500cc 1avg P4.0

Montjuïc500cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P4.5

Hockenheim500cc 2 · 250cc 2 · 350cc 1avg P4.6

Ulster250cc 3avg P5.0

Imatra500cc 5 · 250cc 3avg P5.2

Monza500cc 4 · 250cc 2 · 350cc 1avg P5.2

Salzburgring250cc 1 · 500cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P5.5

Spa500cc 6 · 250cc 3avg P6.0

Isle of Man250cc 1avg P6.0

Le Mans500cc 2 · 250cc 1avg P6.3

Sachsenring500cc 3 · 250cc 3avg P6.4

Jarama500cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P6.5

Imola500cc 1avg P7.0

Nürburgring500cc 3 · 250cc 1avg P7.7

Opatija250cc 2 · 500cc 2avg P8.5

Assen500cc 4 · 250cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P8.6

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.

350cc 5 races · 1973

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Hockenheim1 racesavg P5.0

Salzburgring1 racesavg P8.0

Jarama1 racesavg P9.0

Monza1 racesavg P10.0

Assen1 racesavg P17.0

350cc: no track-condition records; no grid records.

500cc 41 races · 1961–1973

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Brno (average P3.0, 4 races)

Brno4 racesavg P3.0

Solitude1 racesavg P4.0

Jarama1 racesavg P4.0

Clermont-Ferrand1 racesavg P4.0

Hockenheim2 racesavg P4.5

Spa6 racesavg P5.0

Monza4 racesavg P5.0

Montjuïc1 racesavg P5.0

Imatra5 racesavg P5.3

Le Mans2 racesavg P6.0

Assen4 racesavg P6.7

Imola1 racesavg P7.0

Nürburgring3 racesavg P7.5

Opatija2 racesavg P7.5

Sachsenring3 racesavg P8.0

Salzburgring1 races—

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

250cc 25 races · 1966–1971

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 250cc, best at Imatra (average P5.0, 3 races)

Monza2 racesavg P3.0

Salzburgring1 racesavg P3.0

Montjuïc1 racesavg P4.0

Hockenheim2 racesavg P4.5

Imatra3 racesavg P5.0

Ulster3 racesavg P5.0

Brno1 racesavg P5.0

Sachsenring3 racesavg P5.3

Assen1 racesavg P6.0

Isle of Man1 racesavg P6.0

Le Mans1 racesavg P7.0

Spa3 racesavg P7.7

Nürburgring1 racesavg P8.0

Opatija2 racesavg P9.5

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, 1961–1973 (the rider's racing years); excludes 5 races with no official result data

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)7 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 2,433 miles
0.1× around the Earth · 685 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 6,298 miles
0.3× around the Earth · at least 0.9 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

64.2%Start rate (34/53)

3Longest run of absences (races)

8Longest run of starts (races)

76.2Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1966 500cc P7 · 13 pts

1967 no Grand Prix starts

1968 500cc P3 · 10 pts

1969 500cc P2 · 47 pts

1970 250cc P7 · 28 pts

1971 250cc P6 · 57 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, 1961–1973 (the rider's racing years); excludes 5 races with no official result data

1966	Brno	5 +2
1966	Ulster	2 +6
1967	Hockenheim	5 +2
1967	Spa	6 +1
1967	Sachsenring	6 +1
1967	Imatra	4 +3
1967	Ulster	6 +1
1968	Imatra	6 +1
1969	Spa	10 +1
1969	Opatija	10 +1
1970	Nürburgring	8 +3
1970	Le Mans	7 +4
1970	Opatija	9 +2
1970	Sachsenring	6 +5
1970	Monza	5 +6
1970	Montjuïc	4 +8
1971	Salzburgring	3 +10
1971	Hockenheim	4 +8
1971	Isle of Man	6 +5
1971	Assen	6 +5
1971	Spa	7 +4
1971	Sachsenring	4 +8
1971	Imatra	5 +6
1971	Ulster	7 +4
1971	Monza	1 +15

1973	Salzburgring	8 +3
1973	Hockenheim	5 +6
1973	Monza	10 +1
1973	Assen	17
1973	Jarama	9 +2

1961	Clermont-Ferrand	4 +3
1963	Spa	6 +1
1963	Monza	DNF
1964	Spa	DNF
1964	Solitude	4 +3
1964	Imatra	3 +4
1964	Monza	DNF
1965	Spa	6 +1
1965	Monza	6 +1
1966	Hockenheim	3 +4
1966	Spa	4 +3
1966	Sachsenring	5 +2
1966	Brno	3 +4
1966	Imatra	7
1967	Assen	5 +2
1967	Spa	5 +2
1967	Brno	4 +3
1967	Imatra	DNF
1968	Nürburgring	4 +3
1968	Montjuïc	5 +2
1968	Assen	DNF
1968	Sachsenring	11
1968	Brno	3 +4
1968	Imatra	6 +1
1969	Jarama	4 +8
1969	Hockenheim	6 +5
1969	Le Mans	6 +5
1969	Assen	6 +5
1969	Spa	4 +8
1969	Brno	2 +12
1969	Imatra	DNF
1969	Imola	7 +4
1970	Nürburgring	11
1970	Le Mans	6 +5
1970	Opatija	8 +3
1970	Assen	9 +2
1970	Monza	4 +8
1972	Nürburgring	DNF
1972	Sachsenring	DNF
1973	Salzburgring	DNF
1973	Opatija	7 +4