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

Riders

Philippe Coulon

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Nationality: Switzerland
Bike: Suzuki

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 350cc at Jarama in 1973.

In 350cc (1973): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1974): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1975): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1976–1983): 39 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 42 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
1979	Austrian GP	500cc	9
1979	YUGOSLAVIAN GRAND PRIX	500cc	7
1980	French GP	500cc	5
1980	Dutch GP	500cc	2
1980	WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX	500cc	14
1981	BELGIUM GRAND PRIX	500cc	14
1982	Dutch GP	500cc	14
1982	British GP	500cc	15

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: 1975 500cc (TT)

Season by season

350cc250cc500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1973–1983 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1974–1974

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.

350cc1973–1977

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P4.7

21 pts · Poles 0

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

500cc1974–1983

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate3.3%

Average finish (when classified)avg P10.7

117 pts · Poles 1

20 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, 1973–1983 (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 1973. Of the 107 riders who debuted that year, 1 also raced in 2026.

Giacomo Agostini 15 world titles
13 races together: ahead 6, behind 6, both out 1
Kork Ballington 4 world titles
21 races together: ahead 5, behind 15, both out 1
Eddie Lawson 4 world titles
11 races together: ahead 1, behind 10, both out 0
Kenny Roberts 3 world titles
39 races together: ahead 3, behind 35, 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 67 races · 250cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Imatra (average P8.6, 6 races)

Brno500cc 2avg P3.0

Paul Ricard500cc 2avg P5.0

San Carlos500cc 1avg P5.0

Imatra500cc 6avg P8.6

Imola250cc 1 · 350cc 2 · 500cc 4avg P9.0

Le Mans500cc 2avg P9.0

Karlskoga500cc 2avg P9.0

Hockenheim350cc 1 · 500cc 5avg P9.7

Mugello500cc 3avg P9.7

Nogaro500cc 1avg P10.0

Jarama350cc 1 · 500cc 5avg P10.2

Assen500cc 4avg P10.5

Misano500cc 2avg P10.5

Spa500cc 4avg P10.7

Salzburgring350cc 1 · 500cc 4avg P11.0

Anderstorp500cc 5avg P12.5

Silverstone500cc 4avg P14.0

Rijeka500cc 2avg P14.0

Buenos Aires500cc 1avg P15.0

Monza500cc 1—

Opatija350cc 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 60 races · 1974–1983

By grid positionSmall sample

From Grid 10–15, they move up from an average grid of 12.8 to an average finish of 10.3

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 1–3	2.0 → 5.5	0 wins / 2 races
Grid 4–6	5.0 → 6.0	0 wins / 2 races
Grid 7–9	7.0 → 8.0	0 wins / 1 races
Grid 10–15	12.8 → 10.3	0 wins / 17 races
Grid 16〜	20.9 → 15.6	0 wins / 12 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Imatra (average P8.6, 6 races)

Brno2 racesavg P3.0

Paul Ricard2 racesavg P5.0

San Carlos1 racesavg P5.0

Imatra6 racesavg P8.6

Imola4 racesavg P9.0

Le Mans2 racesavg P9.0

Karlskoga2 racesavg P9.0

Mugello3 racesavg P9.7

Nogaro1 racesavg P10.0

Assen4 racesavg P10.5

Misano2 racesavg P10.5

Spa4 racesavg P10.7

Hockenheim5 racesavg P10.8

Jarama5 racesavg P11.3

Anderstorp5 racesavg P12.5

Salzburgring4 racesavg P12.8

Silverstone4 racesavg P14.0

Rijeka2 racesavg P14.0

Buenos Aires1 racesavg P15.0

Monza1 races—

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

350cc 6 races · 1973–1977

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Salzburgring1 racesavg P4.0

Hockenheim1 racesavg P4.0

Jarama1 racesavg P6.0

Imola2 races—

Opatija1 races—

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

250cc 1 races · 1974

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, 1973–1983 (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)25 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 2,654 miles
0.1× around the Earth · 1,036 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 7,697 miles
0.3× around the Earth · at least 1.0 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

72.7%Start rate (48/66)

5Longest run of absences (races)

11Longest run of starts (races)

34.3Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1977 500cc P8 · 36 pts

1978 no Grand Prix starts

1979 500cc P9 · 29 pts

1980 500cc P13 · 11 pts

1981 500cc

1982 500cc P22 · 6 pts

1983 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, 1973–1983 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

1973	Jarama	6 +5
1975	Salzburgring	4 +8
1975	Hockenheim	4 +8
1975	Imola	DNF
1975	Opatija	DNF
1977	Imola	DNF

1974	Imatra		9 +2
1975	Imatra		DNF
1975	Brno		DNF
1976	Mugello		8 +3
1976	Anderstorp		6 +5
1976	Imatra		3 +10
1976	Brno		3 +10
1977	San Carlos		5 +6
1977	Hockenheim		5 +6
1977	Imola		6 +5
1977	Paul Ricard		5 +6
1977	Assen		4 +8
1977	Spa	grid 1	6 +5
1977	Anderstorp		DNF
1978	Jarama		DNF
1978	Salzburgring		11
1978	Mugello		8 +3
1978	Karlskoga		9 +2
1978	Silverstone		16
1979	Hockenheim	grid 11	5 +6
1979	Imola	grid 15	8 +3
1979	Jarama	grid 12	8 +3
1979	Assen	grid 3	5 +6
1979	Karlskoga	grid 4	DNF
1979	Imatra	grid 11	8 +3
1979	Silverstone	grid 13	8 +3
1979	Le Mans	grid 6	6 +5
1980	Misano		9 +2
1980	Jarama	grid 11	8 +3
1980	Spa	grid 14	11
1980	Imatra	grid 7	8 +3
1980	Silverstone	grid 13	8 +3
1981	Salzburgring		11
1981	Hockenheim	grid 14	12
1981	Paul Ricard		DNF
1981	Assen		15
1981	Imola	grid 13	DNF
1981	Imatra		15
1981	Anderstorp		17
1982	Buenos Aires		15
1982	Salzburgring		13
1982	Nogaro	grid 13	10 +1
1982	Jarama	grid 11	12
1982	Misano	grid 14	12
1982	Spa	grid 17	15
1982	Rijeka	grid 16	14
1982	Anderstorp	grid 11	8 +3
1982	Mugello	grid 15	13
1982	Hockenheim	grid 16	9 +2
1983	Le Mans	grid 24	12
1983	Monza	grid 19	DNF
1983	Hockenheim	grid 13	23
1983	Jarama	grid 22	17
1983	Salzburgring	grid 26	16
1983	Rijeka	grid 16	14
1983	Assen	grid 19	18
1983	Spa	grid 14	DNF
1983	Silverstone	grid 31	24
1983	Anderstorp	grid 16	19
1983	Imola	grid 29	13