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

Riders

Salvador Cañellas (photo from Wikimedia Commons)
Peprovira · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2017 · Wikimedia Commons

Salvador Cañellas

Nationality
Spain Spain
Bike
Derbi
Born
December 1, 1944(age 81)

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

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Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 125cc at Assen in 1968.

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In 125cc (1968): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 50cc (1970): 7 starts, 1 wins, 4 podiums.

First podium: Assen 1970 (50cc). First win: Montjuïc 1970 (50cc).

In all, 8 Grand Prix starts, 1 wins and 4 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 2 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1965 50cc (USA) / 1967 50cc (TT)

Season by season

50cc250cc125cc ★ Champion

12468101965196619671968196919701970 50cc: P4 / 63 pts / 1 wins50cc1968 125cc: P5 / 11 pts / 1 wins125cc

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Scope: official results DB, 1965–1970 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Totals

50cc1965–1970
Win rate9.1%
Podium rate36.4%
Average finish (when classified)avg P4.3

74 pts · Poles 0

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

125cc1968–1968
Win rate50.0%
Podium rate50.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P2.5

11 pts · Poles 0

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

250cc1966–1966
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.

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1965–1970 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1965. Of the 46 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 14 races · 50cc / 125cc / 250cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Montjuïc50cc 3 · 250cc 1 · 125cc 1avg P1.0
Ulster50cc 1avg P2.0
Brno50cc 1avg P3.0
Assen125cc 1 · 50cc 1avg P3.5
Nürburgring50cc 1avg P4.0
Spa50cc 1avg P4.0
Le Mans50cc 1avg P6.0
Monza50cc 1avg P8.0
Opatija50cc 1avg P8.0

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.

50cc 11 races · 1965–1970

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate
Podium rate
Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Montjuïc3 racesavg P1.0
Ulster1 racesavg P2.0
Assen1 racesavg P3.0
Brno1 racesavg P3.0
Nürburgring1 racesavg P4.0
Spa1 racesavg P4.0
Le Mans1 racesavg P6.0
Monza1 racesavg P8.0
Opatija1 racesavg P8.0

50cc: no track-condition records; no grid records.

125cc 2 races · 1968

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Montjuïc1 racesavg P1.0
Assen1 racesavg P4.0

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

250cc 1 races · 1966

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, 1965–1970 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Every race

90%Start rate (9/10)
1Longest run of absences (races)
5Longest run of starts (races)
7Estimated points lost to absences
1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent
1970 50cc P4 · 63 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, 1965–1970 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

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