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

Riders

Jeffrey Sayle

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Nationality: Australia
Bike: Yamaha

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 350cc at Imola in 1979.

In 350cc (1979): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1979): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 350cc (1979): 2 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 500cc (1980): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1980–1981): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1981): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1981–1982): 2 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1982–1989): 3 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Spa 1979 (250cc).

In all, 14 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 3 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 1 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1980 350cc (NAT)

Season by season

250cc350cc500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1979–1989 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1979–1989

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate25.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P7.3

43 pts · Poles 0

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

350cc1979–1982

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate20.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P6.7

71 pts · Poles 0

Includes 3 points from races with no result in the official records (counted from the official standings).

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

500cc1980–1980

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P11.0

0 pts · Poles 0

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1979–1989 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1979. Of the 102 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Anton Mang 5 world titles
20 races together: ahead 2, behind 18, both out 0
Carlos Lavado 2 world titles
11 races together: ahead 4, behind 6, 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 28 races · 250cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Assen (average P6.0, 5 races)

Spa250cc 2avg P3.0

Nogaro350cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P3.0

Imola350cc 1avg P5.0

Buenos Aires350cc 1avg P5.0

Assen350cc 2 · 500cc 1 · 250cc 2avg P6.0

Nürburgring350cc 1avg P7.0

Rijeka250cc 1avg P7.0

Silverstone350cc 3 · 250cc 2avg P7.3

Le Mans350cc 1avg P8.0

Jarama250cc 1avg P8.0

Salzburgring350cc 1avg P9.0

Brno250cc 1 · 350cc 2avg P10.0

Paul Ricard350cc 1avg P11.0

Hockenheim350cc 1avg P12.0

Mugello250cc 1—

Phillip Island250cc 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 12 races · 1979–1989

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Spa2 racesavg P3.0

Nogaro1 racesavg P3.0

Assen2 racesavg P4.0

Rijeka1 racesavg P7.0

Jarama1 racesavg P8.0

Silverstone2 racesavg P12.0

Brno1 racesavg P17.0

Mugello1 races—

Phillip Island1 races—

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

350cc 15 races · 1979–1982

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Nogaro1 racesavg P3.0

Silverstone3 racesavg P5.0

Imola1 racesavg P5.0

Buenos Aires1 racesavg P5.0

Assen2 racesavg P5.5

Brno2 racesavg P6.5

Nürburgring1 racesavg P7.0

Le Mans1 racesavg P8.0

Salzburgring1 racesavg P9.0

Paul Ricard1 racesavg P11.0

Hockenheim1 racesavg P12.0

350cc: no track-condition records; always on the grid Grid 1–3.

500cc 1 races · 1980

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, 1979–1989 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)4 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 290 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 92 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 16,437 miles
0.7× around the Earth · at least 1.6 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

62.5%Start rate (10/16)

2Longest run of absences (races)

5Longest run of starts (races)

13.3Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1979 350cc P10 · 24 pts

1980 350cc P5 · 25 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, 1979–1989 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

1979	Spa		3 +10
1979	Brno		17
1981	Assen		5 +6
1981	Spa		DNF
1981	Silverstone		12
1982	Nogaro		3 +10
1982	Jarama		8 +3
1982	Assen		3 +10
1982	Rijeka		7 +4
1982	Mugello		DNF
1983	Silverstone		DNF
1989	Phillip Island	grid 19	DNF

1979	Hockenheim		12
1979	Imola		5 +6
1979	Assen		7 +4
1979	Silverstone		3 +10
1979	Brno		10 +1
1979	Le Mans		8 +3
1980	Paul Ricard		11
1980	Assen		4 +8
1980	Brno		3 +10
1980	Nürburgring		7 +4
1981	Buenos Aires		5 +6
1981	Silverstone		7 +4
1982	Salzburgring		9 +2
1982	Nogaro	grid 3	3 +10
1982	Silverstone		DNF