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

Riders

Olivier Chevallier

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Nationality: France
Bike: Yamaha
Born: February 6, 1949(age 77)

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 250cc at Montjuïc in 1972.

In 250cc (1972): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1973–1974): 5 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1974): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1975): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1975–1976): 2 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 350cc (1976): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1976): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1976): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1976): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1977): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1977): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 350cc (1977): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1977): 4 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1977): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1978): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1978): 6 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1979): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1979): 3 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1979): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Brno 1975 (350cc).

In all, 38 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 4 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1973 250cc (TT) / 1974 350cc (TT) / 1975 500cc (TT) / 1976 350cc (TT)

Season by season

250cc350cc500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1972–1979 (the rider's racing years); excludes 4 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1972–1979

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate6.3%

Average finish (when classified)avg P8.5

108 pts · Poles 0

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

350cc1973–1979

Win rate2.6%

Podium rate13.2%

Average finish (when classified)avg P7.6

135 pts · Poles 0

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

500cc1975–1979

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P9.7

11 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, 1972–1979 (the rider's racing years); excludes 4 races with no official result data

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1972. Of the 78 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Giacomo Agostini 15 world titles
14 races together: ahead 4, behind 10, both out 0
Anton Mang 5 world titles
20 races together: ahead 7, behind 11, both out 2
Kork Ballington 4 world titles
38 races together: ahead 6, behind 32, both out 0
Walter Villa 4 world titles
36 races together: ahead 9, behind 23, both out 4

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 75 races · 250cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Jarama (average P5.0, 4 races)

Hockenheim350cc 1avg P3.0

Jarama250cc 2 · 500cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P5.0

Opatija350cc 4 · 250cc 2avg P5.2

Silverstone250cc 3 · 350cc 3avg P5.5

San Carlos250cc 3 · 350cc 1avg P6.3

Le Mans350cc 2 · 250cc 2avg P7.0

Rijeka350cc 1avg P7.0

Brno250cc 4 · 500cc 2 · 350cc 1avg P7.3

Nogaro350cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P7.5

Nürburgring250cc 1 · 350cc 2avg P7.7

Montjuïc250cc 2 · 350cc 2avg P7.8

Imatra350cc 4 · 250cc 2avg P8.0

Mugello250cc 2 · 350cc 1avg P8.0

Anderstorp350cc 2 · 250cc 2avg P9.3

Imola250cc 1 · 350cc 3avg P9.7

Salzburgring500cc 2 · 350cc 2avg P10.0

Karlskoga350cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P10.5

Assen350cc 4avg P10.7

Clermont-Ferrand350cc 1avg P11.0

Paul Ricard250cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P13.0

Spa250cc 3avg P16.3

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.

250cc 32 races · 1972–1979

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

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

Jarama2 racesavg P5.0

Silverstone3 racesavg P5.3

San Carlos3 racesavg P5.3

Opatija2 racesavg P5.5

Le Mans2 racesavg P6.0

Nürburgring1 racesavg P6.0

Imola1 racesavg P7.0

Mugello2 racesavg P8.0

Anderstorp2 racesavg P8.0

Nogaro1 racesavg P8.0

Montjuïc2 racesavg P9.0

Karlskoga1 racesavg P9.0

Brno4 racesavg P10.3

Imatra2 racesavg P10.5

Spa3 racesavg P16.3

Paul Ricard1 racesavg P18.0

250cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; no grid records.

350cc 38 races · 1973–1979

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 350cc, best at Opatija (average P5.0, 4 races)

Brno1 racesavg P2.0

Hockenheim1 racesavg P3.0

Opatija4 racesavg P5.0

Silverstone3 racesavg P5.7

Salzburgring2 racesavg P6.0

Imatra4 racesavg P6.3

Montjuïc2 racesavg P6.5

Rijeka1 racesavg P7.0

Nogaro1 racesavg P7.0

Le Mans2 racesavg P8.0

Mugello1 racesavg P8.0

Paul Ricard1 racesavg P8.0

Nürburgring2 racesavg P8.5

San Carlos1 racesavg P9.0

Anderstorp2 racesavg P10.0

Assen4 racesavg P10.7

Imola3 racesavg P11.0

Clermont-Ferrand1 racesavg P11.0

Karlskoga1 racesavg P12.0

Jarama1 races—

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

500cc 5 races · 1975–1979

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Brno2 racesavg P5.5

Salzburgring2 racesavg P18.0

Jarama1 races—

500cc: 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, 1972–1979 (the rider's racing years); excludes 4 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 62 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 29 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 8,999 miles
0.4× around the Earth · at least 1.1 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

62.7%Start rate (47/75)

4Longest run of absences (races)

8Longest run of starts (races)

101.8Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1974 350cc P15 · 15 pts

1975 no Grand Prix starts

1976 350cc P10 · 27 pts

1977 250cc P13 · 25 pts

1977 350cc P6 · 39 pts

1978 250cc P12 · 25 pts

1978 350cc P10 · 27 pts

1979 350cc P20 · 8 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, 1972–1979 (the rider's racing years); excludes 4 races with no official result data

1972	Spa	16
1972	Montjuïc	10 +1
1973	Paul Ricard	18
1973	Anderstorp	DNF
1974	Imola	7 +4
1974	Spa	15
1974	Brno	DNF
1974	Montjuïc	8 +3
1975	Opatija	8 +3
1976	Opatija	3 +10
1976	Le Mans	4 +8
1976	Mugello	9 +2
1976	Nürburgring	6 +5
1977	San Carlos	8 +3
1977	Jarama	3 +10
1977	Spa	18
1977	Anderstorp	8 +3
1977	Imatra	10 +1
1977	Brno	9 +2
1977	Silverstone	5 +6
1978	San Carlos	4 +8
1978	Jarama	7 +4
1978	Nogaro	8 +3
1978	Mugello	7 +4
1978	Imatra	11
1978	Silverstone	5 +6
1978	Brno	15
1979	San Carlos	4 +8
1979	Karlskoga	9 +2
1979	Silverstone	6 +5
1979	Brno	7 +4
1979	Le Mans	8 +3