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

Riders

Bruce Beale

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Nationality
RH Rhodesia
Bike
Honda

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

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Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 125cc at Montjuïc in 1964.

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In 125cc (1964): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1964): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 125cc (1964): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1964): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 125cc (1964): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1964): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1964): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1964): 2 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1964): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1964): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1965): 2 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 350cc (1965): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1965): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1965): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 125cc (1965): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1965): 2 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 125cc (1966): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1966): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 125cc (1966): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1966): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 125cc (1966): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1966): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1966): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1966): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 125cc (1966): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Imatra 1964 (350cc).

In all, 33 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 6 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: 1964 250cc (TT) / 1965 125cc (TT) / 1966 350cc (BEL)

Season by season

125cc250cc350cc ★ Champion

151015201964196519661964 125cc: P23 / 2 pts / 0 wins125cc1964 250cc: P8 / 9 pts / 0 wins1965 250cc: P6 / 14 pts / 0 wins1966 250cc: P19 / 4 pts / 0 wins250cc1964 350cc: P2 / 24 pts / 0 wins1965 350cc: P4 / 15 pts / 0 wins1966 350cc: P10 / 7 pts / 0 wins350cc

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Scope: official results DB, 1964–1966 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Totals

125cc1964–1966
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate0.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P8.7

8 pts · Poles 0

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

250cc1964–1966
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate11.8%
Average finish (when classified)avg P5.7

27 pts · Poles 0

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

350cc1964–1966
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate46.2%
Average finish (when classified)avg P3.9

46 pts · Poles 0

2 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, 1964–1966 (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 1964. Of the 49 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

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 42 races · 125cc / 250cc / 350cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Imatra (average P3.6, 5 races)

Solitude350cc 1 · 125cc 1avg P2.0
Rouen250cc 1 · 125cc 1avg P3.5
Imatra350cc 3 · 250cc 2avg P3.6
Ulster250cc 1 · 350cc 2 · 125cc 1avg P4.0
Sachsenring250cc 2 · 125cc 2 · 350cc 1avg P4.6
Clermont-Ferrand250cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P5.0
Monza250cc 2 · 350cc 2 · 125cc 1avg P6.3
Spa250cc 3avg P6.7
Isle of Man350cc 2 · 125cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P7.0
Hockenheim125cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P8.0
Montjuïc125cc 2 · 250cc 1avg P8.5
Assen125cc 1 · 250cc 3avg P9.0
Brno125cc 1avg P17.0

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.

125cc 12 races · 1964–1966

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Rouen1 racesavg P5.0
Ulster1 racesavg P5.0
Sachsenring2 racesavg P5.5
Isle of Man1 racesavg P6.0
Montjuïc2 racesavg P8.5
Monza1 racesavg P9.0
Assen1 racesavg P13.0
Hockenheim1 racesavg P13.0
Brno1 racesavg P17.0
Solitude1 races—

125cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; no grid records.

250cc 17 races · 1964–1966

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 250cc, best at Spa (average P6.7, 3 races)

Rouen1 racesavg P2.0
Sachsenring2 racesavg P4.0
Clermont-Ferrand1 racesavg P4.0
Imatra2 racesavg P4.5
Ulster1 racesavg P5.0
Spa3 racesavg P6.7
Monza2 racesavg P7.0
Assen3 racesavg P7.7
Isle of Man1 races—
Montjuïc1 races—

250cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; no grid records.

350cc 13 races · 1964–1966

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate
Podium rate
Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Monza2 racesavg P2.0
Solitude1 racesavg P2.0
Imatra3 racesavg P3.0
Ulster2 racesavg P3.0
Hockenheim1 racesavg P3.0
Sachsenring1 racesavg P4.0
Clermont-Ferrand1 racesavg P6.0
Isle of Man2 racesavg P7.5

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

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1964–1966 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)2 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 717 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 196 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 1,713 miles
0.1× around the Earth · at least 0.2 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

66.7%Start rate (12/18)
2Longest run of absences (races)
5Longest run of starts (races)
8Estimated points lost to absences
1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent
1964 250cc P8 · 9 pts
1964 350cc P2 · 24 pts

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? 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, 1964–1966 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

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