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

Riders

Rene Deláby

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Nationality
Belgium Belgium
Bike
Yamaha

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

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Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 250cc at Assen in 1980.

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In 250cc (1980): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1981): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1983–1989): 24 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 27 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)

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: 1980 350cc (NAT)

Season by season

250cc350cc ★ Champion

11020301978198019821984198619881980 250cc: P33 / 1 pts / 0 wins250cc1981 350cc: P27 / 3 pts / 0 wins350cc

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Scope: official results DB, 1978–1989 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1978–1989
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate0.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P21.6

1 pts · Poles 0

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

350cc1979–1982
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate0.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P15.1

3 pts · Poles 0

6 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, 1978–1989 (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 1978. Of the 87 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 59 races · 250cc / 350cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Silverstone (average P17.4, 6 races)

Silverstone250cc 4 · 350cc 2avg P17.4
Brno250cc 3 · 350cc 2avg P17.8
Jarama250cc 3avg P19.0
Anderstorp250cc 2avg P19.0
Le Mans250cc 1avg P19.0
Assen250cc 5 · 350cc 1avg P19.2
Hockenheim350cc 1 · 250cc 3avg P19.5
Paul Ricard350cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P19.5
Rijeka250cc 5avg P21.0
Mugello250cc 2avg P21.0
Spa250cc 6avg P21.4
Misano250cc 3avg P22.3
Jerez250cc 2avg P23.5
Laguna Seca250cc 1avg P24.0
Monza250cc 2avg P24.5
Suzuka250cc 1avg P27.0
Nürburgring250cc 2avg P29.0
Salzburgring350cc 1 · 250cc 3—
Donington250cc 1—
Karlskoga250cc 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.

250cc 51 races · 1978–1989

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 250cc, best at Silverstone (average P18.3, 4 races)

Silverstone4 racesavg P18.3
Jarama3 racesavg P19.0
Hockenheim3 racesavg P19.0
Anderstorp2 racesavg P19.0
Le Mans1 racesavg P19.0
Brno3 racesavg P20.7
Rijeka5 racesavg P21.0
Mugello2 racesavg P21.0
Assen5 racesavg P21.3
Spa6 racesavg P21.4
Misano3 racesavg P22.3
Paul Ricard1 racesavg P23.0
Jerez2 racesavg P23.5
Laguna Seca1 racesavg P24.0
Monza2 racesavg P24.5
Suzuka1 racesavg P27.0
Nürburgring2 racesavg P29.0
Salzburgring3 races—
Donington1 races—
Karlskoga1 races—

250cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; always on the grid Grid 16〜.

350cc 8 races · 1979–1982

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate
Podium rate
Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Assen1 racesavg P11.0
Brno2 racesavg P13.5
Silverstone2 racesavg P16.0
Paul Ricard1 racesavg P16.0
Hockenheim1 racesavg P20.0
Salzburgring1 races—

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

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1978–1989 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)21 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 1,429 miles
0.1× around the Earth · 482 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 33,947 miles
1.4× around the Earth · at least 3.4 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

63.6%Start rate (35/55)
4Longest run of absences (races)
12Longest run of starts (races)
0Estimated points lost to absences
1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent
1980 350cc

1981〜1983 no Grand Prix starts

1984 250cc
1985 250cc
1986 250cc
1987 250cc

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? 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, 1978–1989 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

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