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

Riders

Dave Petersen

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

Nationality: Zimbabwe
Bike: Suzuki

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 250cc at Kyalami in 1983.

In 250cc (1983): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1984–1986): 16 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 17 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

250cc500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1983–1986 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

250cc1983–1983

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)—

0 pts · Poles 0

500cc1984–1986

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P12.1

6 pts · Poles 0

8 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, 1983–1986 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1983. Of the 76 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Eddie Lawson 4 world titles
24 races together: ahead 0, behind 22, both out 2
Freddie Spencer 3 world titles
17 races together: ahead 2, behind 13, both out 2
Sito Pons 2 world titles
13 races together: ahead 5, behind 7, 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 25 races · 250cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Paul Ricard500cc 2avg P10.0

Nürburgring500cc 1avg P10.0

Rijeka500cc 3avg P10.7

Silverstone500cc 1avg P11.0

Monza500cc 1avg P11.0

Jarama500cc 2avg P12.0

Kyalami250cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P12.0

Anderstorp500cc 1avg P12.0

Misano500cc 2avg P14.0

Spa500cc 2avg P14.0

Mugello500cc 1avg P14.0

Salzburgring500cc 2avg P16.0

Assen500cc 3—

Le Mans500cc 1—

Hockenheim500cc 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 24 races · 1984–1986

By grid positionSmall sample

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 10–15	12.1 → 11.0	0 wins / 8 races
Grid 16〜	19.9 → 13.4	0 wins / 10 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Paul Ricard2 racesavg P10.0

Nürburgring1 racesavg P10.0

Rijeka3 racesavg P10.7

Silverstone1 racesavg P11.0

Monza1 racesavg P11.0

Jarama2 racesavg P12.0

Kyalami1 racesavg P12.0

Anderstorp1 racesavg P12.0

Misano2 racesavg P14.0

Spa2 racesavg P14.0

Mugello1 racesavg P14.0

Salzburgring2 racesavg P16.0

Assen3 races—

Le Mans1 races—

Hockenheim1 races—

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

250cc 1 races · 1983

250cc: 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, 1983–1986 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)13 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 987 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 360 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 4,255 miles
0.2× around the Earth · at least 0.5 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

87%Start rate (20/23)

3Longest run of absences (races)

19Longest run of starts (races)

4Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1985 500cc P24 · 1 pts

1986 500cc P16 · 5 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, 1983–1986 (the rider's racing years)

1984	Paul Ricard	grid 23	11
1984	Rijeka	grid 17	13
1984	Assen	grid 18	DNF
1984	Spa	grid 32	14
1985	Kyalami	grid 15	12
1985	Jarama		DNF
1985	Hockenheim		DNF
1985	Mugello	grid 22	14
1985	Salzburgring	grid 22	20
1985	Rijeka		10 +1
1985	Assen	grid 16	DNF
1985	Spa	grid 10	DNF
1985	Le Mans	grid 12	DNF
1985	Silverstone	grid 16	11
1985	Anderstorp		12
1985	Misano	grid 11	14
1986	Jarama	grid 15	12
1986	Monza	grid 17	11
1986	Nürburgring	grid 12	10 +1
1986	Salzburgring		12
1986	Rijeka	grid 12	9 +2
1986	Paul Ricard	grid 10	9 +2
1986	Assen		DNF
1986	Misano	grid 16	DNF