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

Riders

Stuart Avant

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Nationality: New Zealand
Bike: Suzuki

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Le Mans in 1976.

In 500cc (1976–1983): 12 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 12 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
1982	Austrian GP	500cc	15
1982	British GP	500cc	13

Season by season

500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1976–1983 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

500cc1976–1983

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P11.9

30 pts · Poles 0

7 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, 1976–1983 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1976. Of the 53 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Kenny Roberts 3 world titles
10 races together: ahead 0, behind 9, both out 1
Barry Sheene 2 world titles
14 races together: ahead 2, behind 11, 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)

500cc 19 races · 1976–1983

By grid positionSmall sample

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 10–15	13.0 → 8.5	0 wins / 2 races
Grid 16〜	20.4 → 17.8	0 wins / 5 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Salzburgring2 racesavg P5.0

Anderstorp1 racesavg P5.0

Nogaro1 racesavg P5.0

Silverstone2 racesavg P7.0

Mugello1 racesavg P7.0

Le Mans2 racesavg P12.0

Assen2 racesavg P13.0

Spa2 racesavg P14.0

Nürburgring1 racesavg P14.0

Paul Ricard2 racesavg P16.0

Hockenheim3 racesavg P20.5

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

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1976–1983 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)9 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 713 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 190 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 2,607 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

No season as a regular (starting at least half of the races)

? 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, 1976–1983 (the rider's racing years)

1976	Le Mans		7 +4
1976	Salzburgring		5 +6
1976	Mugello		7 +4
1976	Anderstorp		5 +6
1977	Hockenheim		11
1977	Paul Ricard		DNF
1977	Silverstone		DNF
1980	Nürburgring		14
1981	Salzburgring		DNF
1981	Paul Ricard		16
1981	Silverstone		7 +4
1982	Nogaro	grid 11	5 +6
1982	Assen	grid 18	15
1982	Spa	grid 15	12
1982	Hockenheim		DNF
1983	Le Mans	grid 23	17
1983	Hockenheim	grid 18	30
1983	Assen	grid 25	11
1983	Spa	grid 18	16