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

Riders

Jack Middelburg

Nationality: Netherlands
Bike: Honda
Born: April 13, 1952(age 74)

Photos (23)

1978
Koen Suyk / Anefo · CC0
1978
At this race · Koen Suyk / Anefo · CC0
1978
At this race · Koen Suyk / Anefo · CC0
1979
Koen Suyk / Anefo · CC0
1979
Koen Suyk / Anefo · CC0
1979
Hans van Dijk for Anefo · CC0
1980
Marcel Antonisse / Anefo · CC0
1980
Marcel Antonisse / Anefo · CC0
1980
Marcel Antonisse / Anefo · CC0
1980
At this race · Fernando Pereira / Anefo · CC0
1980
At this race · Fernando Pereira / Anefo · CC0
1980
At this race · Fernando Pereira / Anefo · CC0
1980
At this race · Fernando Pereira / Anefo · CC0
1980
At this race · Fernando Pereira / Anefo · CC0
1980
At this race · Fernando Pereira / Anefo · CC0
1980
At this race · Fernando Pereira / Anefo · CC0
1980
At this race · Fernando Pereira / Anefo · CC0
1982
At this race · Hans van Dijk for Anefo · CC0
1984
Marcel Antonisse / Anefo · CC0
1984
Marcel Antonisse / Anefo · CC0
1984
Marcel Antonisse / Anefo · CC0
1984
Marcel Antonisse / Anefo · CC0
2005
Piero at Dutch Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Nürburgring in 1978.

In 500cc (1978–1983): 30 starts, 2 wins, 3 podiums.

First podium: Karlskoga 1979 (500cc). First win: Assen 1980 (500cc).

In all, 30 Grand Prix starts, 2 wins and 3 podiums (within the official results database).

Written automatically from the official results database (no opinions about the rider)

Starts with no race result

The official records keep only the qualifying order and the starting grid for these races; the race result is missing (the official site has none either).

Year	Event	Class	Grid	Qualifying
1979	BELGIUM GRAND PRIX	500cc	3
1982	Austrian GP	500cc	13
1982	Dutch GP	500cc	5
1982	BELGIUM GRAND PRIX	500cc	1	2'39.100

Season by season

350cc500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1977–1983 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

350cc1977–1978

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P12.0

0 pts · Poles 0

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

500cc1978–1983

Win rate4.9%

Podium rate9.8%

Average finish (when classified)avg P7.5

141 pts · Poles 2

12 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, 1977–1983 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1977. Of the 90 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Kork Ballington 4 world titles
18 races together: ahead 5, behind 12, both out 1
Eddie Lawson 4 world titles
11 races together: ahead 1, behind 10, both out 0
Kenny Roberts 3 world titles
36 races together: ahead 8, behind 27, both out 1
Freddie Spencer 3 world titles
15 races together: ahead 1, behind 13, both out 1

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 44 races · 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Imatra (average P4.0, 3 races)

Karlskoga350cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P2.0

Anderstorp500cc 2avg P3.0

Imatra500cc 3avg P4.0

Mugello500cc 1avg P5.0

Spa500cc 2avg P6.0

Imola500cc 3avg P7.0

Monza500cc 2avg P7.0

Assen350cc 2 · 500cc 4avg P7.2

Silverstone500cc 4avg P8.0

Rijeka500cc 3avg P8.5

Hockenheim500cc 4avg P8.7

Paul Ricard500cc 1avg P9.0

Buenos Aires500cc 1avg P9.0

Nürburgring500cc 2avg P9.5

Jarama500cc 3avg P10.0

Le Mans500cc 1avg P10.0

Salzburgring500cc 4avg P10.3

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.

500cc 41 races · 1978–1983

By grid positionSmall sample

From Grid 10–15, they move up from an average grid of 11.4 to an average finish of 8.6

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 1–3	2.0 → 2.0	2 wins / 5 races
Grid 4–6	5.2 → 6.7	0 wins / 8 races
Grid 7–9	8.7 → 7.1	0 wins / 9 races
Grid 10–15	11.4 → 8.6	0 wins / 14 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Imatra (average P4.0, 3 races)

Karlskoga1 racesavg P2.0

Anderstorp2 racesavg P3.0

Imatra3 racesavg P4.0

Assen4 racesavg P4.8

Mugello1 racesavg P5.0

Spa2 racesavg P6.0

Imola3 racesavg P7.0

Monza2 racesavg P7.0

Silverstone4 racesavg P8.0

Rijeka3 racesavg P8.5

Hockenheim4 racesavg P8.7

Paul Ricard1 racesavg P9.0

Buenos Aires1 racesavg P9.0

Nürburgring2 racesavg P9.5

Jarama3 racesavg P10.0

Le Mans1 racesavg P10.0

Salzburgring4 racesavg P10.3

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

350cc 3 races · 1977–1978

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Assen2 racesavg P12.0

Karlskoga1 races—

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, 1977–1983 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)18 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 2,100 miles
0.1× around the Earth · 765 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 3,779 miles
0.2× around the Earth · at least 0.5 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

79.1%Start rate (34/43)

3Longest run of absences (races)

11Longest run of starts (races)

29.2Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1979 500cc P7 · 36 pts

1980 500cc P9 · 20 pts

1981 500cc P7 · 60 pts

1982 no Grand Prix starts

1983 500cc P12 · 12 pts

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, 1977–1983 (the rider's racing years)

1978	Salzburgring		DNF
1978	Silverstone		14
1978	Nürburgring		11
1979	Salzburgring	grid 10	15
1979	Hockenheim	grid 9	7 +4
1979	Imola	grid 10	7 +4
1979	Jarama	grid 11	7 +4
1979	Rijeka	grid 2	DNF
1979	Assen	grid 6	7 +4
1979	Karlskoga	grid 2	2 +12
1979	Imatra	grid 10	4 +8
1979	Silverstone	grid 11	Did not start
1980	Jarama		15
1980	Assen	grid 1	1 +15
1980	Imatra	grid 9	DNF
1980	Silverstone	grid 11	9 +2
1980	Nürburgring	grid 9	8 +3
1981	Salzburgring	grid 13	8 +3
1981	Hockenheim	grid 7	8 +3
1981	Monza	grid 11	7 +4
1981	Paul Ricard	grid 9	9 +2
1981	Assen	grid 9	5 +6
1981	Spa	grid 5	6 +5
1981	Imola	grid 5	7 +4
1981	Silverstone	grid 3	1 +15
1981	Imatra	grid 2	4 +8
1981	Anderstorp	grid 5	3 +10
1982	Buenos Aires	grid 8	9 +2
1982	Rijeka	grid 5	6 +5
1982	Mugello	grid 9	5 +6
1982	Hockenheim	grid 4	DNF
1983	Le Mans	grid 13	10 +1
1983	Monza	grid 13	DNF
1983	Hockenheim	grid 6	11
1983	Jarama	grid 11	8 +3
1983	Salzburgring	grid 13	8 +3
1983	Rijeka	grid 10	11
1983	Assen	grid 9	6 +5
1983	Spa	grid 6	DNF
1983	Silverstone	grid 11	DNF
1983	Anderstorp		DNF
1983	Imola	grid 13	DNF