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

Riders

Tony Head

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Nationality: United Kingdom
Bike: Armstrong

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 350cc at Silverstone in 1979.

In 350cc (1979): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1979): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1980–1982): 6 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1983–1985): 11 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 19 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)

Starts with no race result

The official records keep only the qualifying order and the starting grid for these races; the race result is missing (the official site has none either).

Year	Event	Class	Grid	Qualifying
1979	BELGIUM GRAND PRIX	500cc	13

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

250cc350cc125cc ★ Champion

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Scope: official results DB, 1979–1985 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

125cc1984–1984

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)—

0 pts · Poles 0

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

250cc1979–1985

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P14.3

19 pts · Poles 0

12 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 P9.5

30 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, 1979–1985 (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 1979. Of the 102 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Anton Mang 5 world titles
24 races together: ahead 1, behind 23, both out 0
Carlos Lavado 2 world titles
26 races together: ahead 8, behind 18, both out 0
Sito Pons 2 world titles
12 races together: ahead 5, behind 6, both out 1

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 38 races · 125cc / 250cc / 350cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Imatra (average P10.3, 3 races)

Brno350cc 2avg P7.5

Le Mans350cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P8.5

Nogaro250cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P8.5

Imatra350cc 2 · 250cc 1avg P10.3

Mugello250cc 1avg P12.0

Silverstone350cc 3 · 250cc 5avg P12.1

Salzburgring350cc 2 · 250cc 1avg P12.7

Monza250cc 1avg P13.0

Karlskoga250cc 1avg P13.0

Assen350cc 2 · 250cc 3avg P13.4

Anderstorp250cc 2avg P14.5

Kyalami250cc 1avg P16.0

Hockenheim250cc 1avg P18.0

Rijeka250cc 1avg P19.0

Jarama250cc 1avg P21.0

Nürburgring125cc 1 · 250cc 1—

Spa250cc 2—

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 24 races · 1979–1985

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 250cc, best at Silverstone (average P14.8, 5 races)

Le Mans1 racesavg P5.0

Nogaro1 racesavg P8.0

Imatra1 racesavg P10.0

Mugello1 racesavg P12.0

Monza1 racesavg P13.0

Karlskoga1 racesavg P13.0

Anderstorp2 racesavg P14.5

Silverstone5 racesavg P14.8

Assen3 racesavg P15.0

Kyalami1 racesavg P16.0

Salzburgring1 racesavg P17.0

Hockenheim1 racesavg P18.0

Rijeka1 racesavg P19.0

Jarama1 racesavg P21.0

Spa2 races—

Nürburgring1 races—

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

125cc 1 races · 1984

125cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; no grid records; one circuit only.

350cc 13 races · 1979–1982

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Brno2 racesavg P7.5

Silverstone3 racesavg P7.7

Nogaro1 racesavg P9.0

Salzburgring2 racesavg P10.5

Imatra2 racesavg P10.5

Assen2 racesavg P11.0

Le Mans1 racesavg P12.0

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, 1979–1985 (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)10 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 703 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 240 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 6,512 miles
0.3× around the Earth · at least 0.8 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

76%Start rate (19/25)

2Longest run of absences (races)

6Longest run of starts (races)

9.7Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1980 350cc P12 · 9 pts

1981 no Grand Prix starts

1982 350cc P12 · 16 pts

1983 250cc P16 · 14 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, 1979–1985 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

1979	Karlskoga	13
1979	Silverstone	10 +1
1980	Spa	DNF
1980	Silverstone	12
1981	Jarama	21
1981	Silverstone	18
1982	Nogaro	8 +3
1982	Assen	15
1982	Imatra	10 +1
1982	Mugello	12
1983	Kyalami	16
1983	Le Mans	5 +6
1983	Monza	13
1983	Hockenheim	18
1983	Salzburgring	17
1983	Rijeka	19
1983	Assen	14
1983	Spa	DNF
1983	Silverstone	22
1983	Anderstorp	4 +8
1984	Nürburgring	DNF
1984	Assen	16
1985	Silverstone	12
1985	Anderstorp	25