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

Riders

Josef Doppler

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Nationality: Austria
Bike: ROC Yamaha

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Rijeka in 1984.

In 500cc (1984–1992): 30 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 30 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)

Season by season

500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1984–1992 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

500cc1984–1992

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P19.6

15 pts · Poles 0

15 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, 1984–1992 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1984. Of the 87 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Mick Doohan 5 world titles
19 races together: ahead 2, behind 17, both out 0
Eddie Lawson 4 world titles
43 races together: ahead 5, behind 35, both out 3
Wayne Rainey 3 world titles
30 races together: ahead 2, behind 27, both out 1
Freddie Spencer 3 world titles
11 races together: ahead 1, behind 10, 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)

500cc 44 races · 1984–1992

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Spa (average P18.5, 3 races)

Misano1 racesavg P5.0

Shah Alam2 racesavg P13.0

Paul Ricard2 racesavg P15.0

Mugello2 racesavg P16.0

Jarama1 racesavg P17.0

Magny-Cours1 racesavg P17.0

Spa3 racesavg P18.5

Jerez3 racesavg P19.3

Salzburgring5 racesavg P20.0

Brno4 racesavg P20.0

Assen4 racesavg P21.0

Donington2 racesavg P21.0

Hockenheim2 racesavg P21.0

Hungaroring1 racesavg P21.0

Nürburgring2 racesavg P23.5

Catalunya1 racesavg P24.0

Kyalami1 racesavg P24.0

Rijeka3 racesavg P25.0

Eastern Creek1 races—

Interlagos1 races—

Anderstorp1 races—

Monza1 races—

500cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; always on the grid Grid 16〜.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1984–1992 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)30 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 2,027 miles
0.1× around the Earth · 714 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 13,000 miles
0.5× around the Earth · at least 1.4 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

69.2%Start rate (27/39)

4Longest run of absences (races)

12Longest run of starts (races)

3.7Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1986 500cc

1987〜1988 no Grand Prix starts

1989 500cc P23 · 11 pts

1990〜1991 no Grand Prix starts

1992 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, 1984–1992 (the rider's racing years)

1984	Rijeka	grid 23	24
1985	Salzburgring	grid 29	26
1985	Rijeka		26
1986	Monza	grid 31	DNF
1986	Nürburgring	grid 29	27
1986	Salzburgring		DNF
1986	Rijeka	grid 28	DNF
1986	Assen	grid 28	DNF
1986	Spa		DNF
1986	Anderstorp	grid 23	DNF
1987	Salzburgring	grid 29	DNF
1987	Brno	grid 29	20
1988	Jerez	grid 25	17
1988	Nürburgring	grid 32	20
1988	Salzburgring	grid 26	18
1988	Assen	grid 30	21
1988	Spa	grid 29	21
1988	Paul Ricard		DNF
1988	Brno	grid 32	DNF
1989	Jerez	grid 24	18
1989	Misano	grid 25	5 +11
1989	Hockenheim	grid 24	22
1989	Salzburgring	grid 17	16
1989	Assen	grid 26	DNF
1989	Spa	grid 21	16
1989	Donington	grid 27	21
1989	Anderstorp		Did not start
1989	Brno	grid 26	24
1991	Jarama		17
1991	Paul Ricard		15 +1
1991	Mugello		16
1991	Brno		16
1991	Shah Alam		13 +3
1992	Eastern Creek	grid 28	DNF
1992	Shah Alam	grid 23	DNF
1992	Jerez	grid 28	23
1992	Mugello	grid 26	DNF
1992	Catalunya	grid 30	24
1992	Hockenheim	grid 30	20
1992	Assen	grid 25	21
1992	Hungaroring	grid 26	21
1992	Magny-Cours	grid 26	17
1992	Donington	grid 29	DNF
1992	Interlagos	grid 29	DNF
1992	Kyalami	grid 31	24