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

Riders

Sven Gunnarsson

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Nationality: Sweden
Bike: Kawasaki

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 350cc at Tampere in 1962.

In 350cc (1962): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1962): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 125cc (1963): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1972): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1972): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1972–1973): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Tampere 1962 (500cc).

In all, 8 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)

Note: these totals are incomplete. The official data has no result for 3 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1962 350cc (TT) / 1963 500cc (TT) / 1972 500cc (TT)

Season by season

500cc350cc125cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1961–1973 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Totals

125cc1963–1963

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P10.0

0 pts · Poles 0

350cc1962–1973

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate25.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P5.0

10 pts · Poles 0

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

500cc1961–1973

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate6.7%

Average finish (when classified)avg P8.4

27 pts · Poles 0

10 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, 1961–1973 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1961. Of the 50 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Giacomo Agostini 15 world titles
10 races together: ahead 2, behind 8, both out 0

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 20 races · 125cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Tampere (average P3.0, 4 races)

Tampere350cc 2 · 500cc 2avg P3.0

Montjuïc500cc 1avg P5.0

Brno500cc 1avg P6.0

Anderstorp500cc 2avg P7.0

Assen125cc 1 · 500cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P8.0

Imatra500cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P8.0

Hockenheim500cc 1avg P10.0

Salzburgring500cc 1avg P11.0

Nürburgring500cc 1avg P12.0

Sachsenring500cc 2avg P13.0

Kristianstad500cc 1avg P13.0

Opatija500cc 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 15 races · 1961–1973

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Tampere2 racesavg P2.0

Montjuïc1 racesavg P5.0

Assen1 racesavg P6.0

Brno1 racesavg P6.0

Anderstorp2 racesavg P7.0

Hockenheim1 racesavg P10.0

Salzburgring1 racesavg P11.0

Nürburgring1 racesavg P12.0

Sachsenring2 racesavg P13.0

Kristianstad1 racesavg P13.0

Imatra1 races—

Opatija1 races—

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

350cc 4 races · 1962–1973

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Tampere2 racesavg P3.5

Imatra1 racesavg P8.0

Assen1 races—

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

125cc 1 races · 1963

125cc: 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, 1961–1973 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

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, 1961–1973 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

1961	Kristianstad	13
1962	Tampere	2 +6
1963	Assen	6 +1
1963	Tampere	DNF
1964	Imatra	DNF
1970	Sachsenring	13
1972	Nürburgring	12
1972	Sachsenring	DNF
1972	Brno	6 +5
1972	Anderstorp	6 +5
1972	Montjuïc	5 +6
1973	Salzburgring	11
1973	Hockenheim	10 +1
1973	Opatija	DNF
1973	Anderstorp	8 +3