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

Riders

Roland Freymond

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Nationality: Switzerland
Bike: Yamaha
Born: March 15, 1953(age 73)

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 250cc at Rijeka in 1978.

In 250cc (1978): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1979): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1979): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1979): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1979): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1979): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1979–1986): 43 starts, 1 wins, 6 podiums.

First podium: Imatra 1980 (250cc). First win: Anderstorp 1982 (250cc).

In all, 50 Grand Prix starts, 1 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 2 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1976 350cc (TT) / 1980 350cc (NAT)

Season by season

350cc500cc250cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1976–1986 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1978–1986

Win rate1.3%

Podium rate11.7%

Average finish (when classified)avg P9.4

226 pts · Poles 0

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

350cc1976–1980

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate7.7%

Average finish (when classified)avg P6.9

68 pts · Poles 0

Includes 28 points from races with no result in the official records (counted from the official standings).

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

500cc1976–1977

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P14.0

0 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, 1976–1986 (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 1976. Of the 53 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Anton Mang 5 world titles
74 races together: ahead 6, behind 63, both out 5
Kork Ballington 4 world titles
26 races together: ahead 4, behind 22, both out 0
Walter Villa 4 world titles
16 races together: ahead 9, behind 3, both out 4
Wayne Rainey 3 world titles
12 races together: ahead 0, behind 8, both out 4

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 92 races · 250cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Mugello (average P4.5, 3 races)

Imola250cc 1avg P2.0

Nogaro250cc 2avg P4.0

Mugello250cc 3avg P4.5

Buenos Aires250cc 1avg P5.0

Silverstone250cc 9 · 350cc 1avg P5.5

Hockenheim350cc 1 · 250cc 4avg P5.8

Brno500cc 2 · 250cc 4 · 350cc 2avg P7.0

Imatra250cc 4 · 350cc 1avg P7.0

Anderstorp250cc 6avg P7.5

Karlskoga350cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P8.0

Le Mans350cc 1 · 250cc 3avg P9.0

Assen250cc 6 · 350cc 1avg P9.3

Misano250cc 4avg P9.5

Paul Ricard350cc 1 · 250cc 2avg P9.7

Montjuïc350cc 1avg P11.0

Kyalami250cc 2avg P12.0

Jarama350cc 1 · 250cc 6avg P12.4

Rijeka250cc 5 · 350cc 2avg P13.0

Spa250cc 7avg P14.0

Nürburgring250cc 3avg P15.0

Salzburgring250cc 3avg P16.0

Monza250cc 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.

250cc 77 races · 1978–1986

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 250cc, best at Mugello (average P4.5, 3 races)

Imola1 racesavg P2.0

Nogaro2 racesavg P4.0

Mugello3 racesavg P4.5

Buenos Aires1 racesavg P5.0

Brno4 racesavg P5.5

Silverstone9 racesavg P5.6

Hockenheim4 racesavg P5.7

Anderstorp6 racesavg P7.5

Imatra4 racesavg P7.7

Karlskoga1 racesavg P8.0

Assen6 racesavg P9.3

Misano4 racesavg P9.5

Paul Ricard2 racesavg P9.5

Kyalami2 racesavg P12.0

Jarama6 racesavg P12.4

Le Mans3 racesavg P12.5

Spa7 racesavg P14.0

Nürburgring3 racesavg P15.0

Rijeka5 racesavg P16.0

Salzburgring3 racesavg P16.0

Monza1 races—

250cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; always on the grid Grid 1–3.

350cc 13 races · 1976–1980

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Le Mans1 racesavg P2.0

Silverstone1 racesavg P5.0

Imatra1 racesavg P5.0

Brno2 racesavg P6.0

Hockenheim1 racesavg P6.0

Rijeka2 racesavg P8.5

Paul Ricard1 racesavg P10.0

Montjuïc1 racesavg P11.0

Jarama1 races—

Assen1 races—

Karlskoga1 races—

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

500cc 2 races · 1976–1977

500cc: 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, 1976–1986 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)26 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 1,755 miles
0.1× around the Earth · 575 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 16,698 miles
0.7× around the Earth · at least 2.0 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

76.9%Start rate (83/108)

5Longest run of absences (races)

29Longest run of starts (races)

65.5Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1979 250cc P10 · 22 pts

1979 350cc P6 · 60 pts

1980 250cc P5 · 46 pts

1980 350cc P14 · 7 pts

1981 250cc P3 · 72 pts

1982 250cc P3 · 72 pts

1983 250cc P22 · 5 pts

1984 250cc

1985 250cc P25 · 5 pts

1986 250cc

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, 1976–1986 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

1978	Nogaro		DNF
1978	Imatra		16
1978	Silverstone		9 +2
1978	Rijeka		9 +2
1979	Assen		8 +3
1979	Karlskoga		8 +3
1979	Imatra		4 +8
1979	Silverstone		5 +6
1979	Brno		10 +1
1979	Le Mans		10 +1
1980	Jarama		5 +6
1980	Paul Ricard		4 +8
1980	Spa		4 +8
1980	Imatra		3 +10
1980	Silverstone		8 +3
1980	Brno		4 +8
1980	Nürburgring		8 +3
1981	Buenos Aires		5 +6
1981	Hockenheim		3 +10
1981	Jarama		13
1981	Assen		4 +8
1981	Spa		11
1981	Imola		2 +12
1981	Silverstone		2 +12
1981	Anderstorp		2 +12
1981	Brno		2 +12
1982	Nogaro		4 +8
1982	Misano		2 +12
1982	Assen		8 +3
1982	Spa		4 +8
1982	Silverstone		4 +8
1982	Anderstorp	grid 2	1 +15
1982	Imatra		DNF
1982	Brno		6 +5
1982	Mugello		3 +10
1982	Hockenheim		8 +3
1983	Kyalami		12
1983	Le Mans		DNF
1983	Monza		DNF
1983	Hockenheim		6 +5
1983	Jarama		12
1983	Salzburgring		DNF
1983	Rijeka		DNF
1983	Assen		DNF
1983	Spa		21
1983	Silverstone		DNF
1983	Anderstorp		DNF
1984	Kyalami		DNF
1984	Misano		DNF
1984	Jarama		DNF
1984	Salzburgring		DNF
1984	Nürburgring		DNF
1984	Paul Ricard		15
1984	Rijeka		DNF
1984	Assen		DNF
1984	Spa		DNF
1984	Silverstone		DNF
1984	Anderstorp		DNF
1984	Mugello		DNF
1985	Jarama		13
1985	Hockenheim		DNF
1985	Mugello		6 +5
1985	Salzburgring		16
1985	Rijeka		19
1985	Assen		17
1985	Spa		22
1985	Le Mans		15
1985	Silverstone		DNF
1985	Anderstorp		12
1985	Misano		DNF
1986	Jarama		19
1986	Nürburgring		22
1986	Rijeka		20
1986	Spa		22
1986	Silverstone		DNF
1986	Anderstorp		15
1986	Misano		17

1976	Montjuïc	11
1978	Karlskoga	DNF
1978	Rijeka	10 +1
1979	Hockenheim	6 +5
1979	Jarama	DNF
1979	Rijeka	7 +4
1979	Imatra	5 +6
1979	Silverstone	5 +6
1979	Brno	6 +5
1979	Le Mans	2 +12
1980	Paul Ricard	10 +1
1980	Assen	DNF
1980	Brno	DNF