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

Riders

Bruno Ruffo

Nationality: Italy
Bike: Moto Guzzi
Born: December 9, 1920(age 105)

Photos (3)

1950
At this race · Winterbergen / Anefo · CC0
1952
· Public domain
2014
thievingjoker · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 250cc at Bremgarten in 1949.

In 250cc (1949): 2 starts, 1 wins, 1 podiums. In 125cc (1950): 1 starts, 1 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1950): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 125cc (1950): 2 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1951–1952): 5 starts, 1 wins, 4 podiums.

First podium: Bremgarten 1949 (250cc). First win: Bremgarten 1949 (250cc). World champion: 1949 250cc, 1950 125cc.

In all, 11 Grand Prix starts, 3 wins and 8 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: 1949 250cc (TT) / 1951 500cc (TT)

Season by season

250cc125cc500cc ★ Champion

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Scope: official results DB, 1949–1952 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Totals

125cc1950–1950 ★ 1 titles (1950)

Win rate33.3%

Podium rate66.7%

Average finish (when classified)avg P2.3

17 pts · Poles 0

250cc1949–1952 ★ 2 titles (1949, 1951)

Win rate22.2%

Podium rate77.8%

Average finish (when classified)avg P2.6

55 pts · Poles 0

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

500cc1951–1951

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P5.0

2 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, 1949–1952 (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 1949. Of the 67 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 13 races · 125cc / 250cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Bremgarten (average P1.7, 3 races)

Albi250cc 1avg P1.0

Assen125cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P1.5

Bremgarten250cc 3avg P1.7

Ulster250cc 1 · 125cc 1avg P2.0

Monza250cc 2 · 125cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P4.0

Isle of Man250cc 1avg P6.0

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.

250cc 9 races · 1949–1952

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Albi1 racesavg P1.0

Bremgarten3 racesavg P1.7

Assen1 racesavg P2.0

Ulster1 racesavg P2.0

Monza2 racesavg P3.5

Isle of Man1 racesavg P6.0

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

500cc 1 races · 1951

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

125cc 3 races · 1950

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Assen1 racesavg P1.0

Ulster1 racesavg P2.0

Monza1 racesavg P4.0

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

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1949–1952 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Every race

100%Start rate (9/9)

0Longest run of absences (races)

9Longest run of starts (races)

0Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1949 250cc P1 · 24 pts

1950 125cc P1 · 17 pts

1951 250cc P1 · 18 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, 1949–1952 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

1949	Bremgarten	1 +10
1949	Ulster	2 +8
1949	Monza	4 +6
1950	Bremgarten	2 +6
1951	Bremgarten	2 +6
1951	Albi	1 +8
1951	Monza	3 +4
1952	Isle of Man	6 +1
1952	Assen	2 +6