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

Riders

Lorenzo Ghiselli

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

Nationality: Italy
Bike: Suzuki

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 125cc at Imola in 1974.

In 125cc (1974): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1982–1984): 13 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 14 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 0 podiums (within the official results database).

Written automatically from the official results database (no opinions about the rider)

Season by season

125cc500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1974–1984 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

125cc1974–1974

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P5.0

6 pts · Poles 0

500cc1982–1984

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P16.3

0 pts · Poles 0

2 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, 1974–1984 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1974. Of the 71 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Eddie Lawson 4 world titles
11 races together: ahead 0, behind 11, both out 0
Freddie Spencer 3 world titles
11 races together: ahead 2, behind 9, both out 0
Barry Sheene 2 world titles
12 races together: ahead 2, behind 8, both out 2

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 16 races · 125cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Imola125cc 1avg P5.0

Jarama500cc 1avg P11.0

Mugello500cc 2avg P11.5

Nogaro500cc 1avg P12.0

Misano500cc 2avg P15.0

Spa500cc 1avg P15.0

Paul Ricard500cc 1avg P16.0

Nürburgring500cc 1avg P16.0

Assen500cc 1avg P19.0

Monza500cc 1avg P19.0

Salzburgring500cc 1avg P21.0

Silverstone500cc 1avg P29.0

Rijeka500cc 1—

Anderstorp500cc 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 15 races · 1982–1984

By grid positionSmall sample

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 10–15	12.0 → 11.7	0 wins / 4 races
Grid 16〜	23.1 → 17.5	0 wins / 10 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Jarama1 racesavg P11.0

Mugello2 racesavg P11.5

Nogaro1 racesavg P12.0

Misano2 racesavg P15.0

Spa1 racesavg P15.0

Paul Ricard1 racesavg P16.0

Nürburgring1 racesavg P16.0

Assen1 racesavg P19.0

Monza1 racesavg P19.0

Salzburgring1 racesavg P21.0

Silverstone1 racesavg P29.0

Rijeka1 races—

Anderstorp1 races—

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

125cc 1 races · 1974

125cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; 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, 1974–1984 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)11 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 864 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 308 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 1,933 miles
0.1× around the Earth · at least 0.3 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

83.3%Start rate (10/12)

1Longest run of absences (races)

9Longest run of starts (races)

0Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1984 500cc

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, 1974–1984 (the rider's racing years)

1982	Nogaro	grid 10	12
1982	Jarama	grid 13	11
1982	Misano	grid 19	15
1982	Mugello	grid 12	12
1983	Monza	grid 20	19
1984	Misano	grid 28	DNF
1984	Salzburgring		21
1984	Nürburgring	grid 26	16
1984	Paul Ricard	grid 25	16
1984	Rijeka	grid 16	DNF
1984	Assen	grid 22	19
1984	Spa	grid 23	15
1984	Silverstone	grid 22	29
1984	Anderstorp	grid 13	DNF
1984	Mugello	grid 30	11