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

Riders

Frank Gross

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Nationality: France

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Rijeka in 1981.

In 500cc (1981–1984): 12 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums.

First podium: Nogaro 1982 (500cc).

In all, 12 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 1 podiums (within the official results database).

Written automatically from the official results database (no opinions about the rider)

Season by season

500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1980–1984 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

500cc1980–1984

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate5.9%

Average finish (when classified)avg P13.4

14 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, 1980–1984 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1980. Of the 53 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Eddie Lawson 4 world titles
11 races together: ahead 0, behind 11, both out 0
Freddie Spencer 3 world titles
12 races together: ahead 0, behind 11, both out 1
Barry Sheene 2 world titles
12 races together: ahead 2, behind 9, 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 17 races · 1980–1984

By grid positionSmall sample

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 7–9	9.0 → 2.0	0 wins / 1 races
Grid 10–15	13.4 → 18.5	0 wins / 5 races
Grid 16〜	20.2 → 14.6	0 wins / 6 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Nogaro1 racesavg P2.0

Imatra2 racesavg P10.0

Spa2 racesavg P13.0

Misano1 racesavg P13.0

Rijeka3 racesavg P15.5

Nürburgring1 racesavg P18.0

Silverstone1 racesavg P18.0

Imola1 racesavg P19.0

Paul Ricard1 races—

Jarama1 races—

Assen1 races—

Hockenheim1 races—

Salzburgring1 races—

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, 1980–1984 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)8 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 661 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 247 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 1,005 miles
0.0× around the Earth · at least 0.1 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

50%Start rate (6/12)

3Longest run of absences (races)

5Longest run of starts (races)

0Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1984 500cc

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, 1980–1984 (the rider's racing years)

1980	Imatra		11
1981	Rijeka		15
1981	Imatra		9 +2
1982	Nogaro	grid 9	2 +12
1982	Misano	grid 18	13
1982	Hockenheim		DNF
1983	Rijeka	grid 21	16
1983	Assen	grid 22	DNF
1983	Spa	grid 17	14
1983	Silverstone	grid 24	18
1983	Imola	grid 12	19
1984	Jarama	grid 14	DNF
1984	Salzburgring		DNF
1984	Nürburgring	grid 15	18
1984	Paul Ricard	grid 14	DNF
1984	Rijeka	grid 12	DNF
1984	Spa	grid 19	12