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

Riders

Michel Rougerie

Nationality: France
Born: April 21, 1950(age 76)

Photos (4)

1978
Panini · Public domain
2018
Thesupermat · CC BY-SA 4.0
2018
Y.Leclercq · CC BY-SA 4.0
2018
Thesupermat · CC BY-SA 4.0

Freely licensed photos from Wikimedia Commons. Tap a photo for its source page (photographer, licence). The year is when it was taken.

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 350cc at Clermont-Ferrand in 1972.

In 350cc (1972): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 125cc (1972): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1973): 2 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 500cc (1973): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1973): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1974): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1974): 2 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 500cc (1974): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1974): 2 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 500cc (1974–1975): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1975): 6 starts, 2 wins, 6 podiums. In 500cc (1976): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1977): 2 starts, 1 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1977): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1977): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 500cc (1977): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1977–1978): 4 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1978): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1978): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1978): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1978): 2 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 500cc (1978): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1978): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 500cc (1979): 3 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1979): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1979–1980): 4 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1981): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Assen 1973 (250cc). First win: Imatra 1975 (250cc).

In all, 48 Grand Prix starts, 3 wins and 13 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
1977	YUGOSLAVIAN GRAND PRIX	250cc	1	2'20.700
1979	NATIONS GRAND PRIX	500cc	11
1979	Dutch GP	500cc	11
1979	BELGIUM GRAND PRIX	500cc	2
1979	SWEDISH GRAND PRIX	500cc	13
1979	FINLAND GRAND PRIX	500cc	12
1980	British GP	500cc	9

Note: these totals are incomplete. The official data has no result for 3 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1973 250cc (TT) / 1974 350cc (TT) / 1975 500cc (TT)

Season by season

125cc250cc350cc500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1972–1981 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Totals

125cc1972–1972

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P9.0

2 pts · Poles 0

250cc1972–1981

Win rate8.7%

Podium rate43.5%

Average finish (when classified)avg P3.9

162 pts · Poles 5

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

350cc1972–1981

Win rate3.4%

Podium rate20.7%

Average finish (when classified)avg P6.1

140 pts · Poles 0

Includes 1 points from races with no result in the official records (counted from the official standings).

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

500cc1973–1980

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate3.3%

Average finish (when classified)avg P7.5

104 pts · Poles 1

11 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, 1972–1981 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1972. Of the 78 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Giacomo Agostini 15 world titles
25 races together: ahead 8, behind 15, both out 2
Anton Mang 5 world titles
13 races together: ahead 5, behind 5, both out 3
Walter Villa 4 world titles
24 races together: ahead 8, behind 13, both out 3
Kork Ballington 4 world titles
22 races together: ahead 3, behind 18, 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 83 races · 125cc / 250cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Imola (average P3.3, 4 races)

Opatija350cc 1avg P3.0

Imola250cc 2 · 350cc 2avg P3.3

Mugello350cc 1avg P4.0

Nürburgring500cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P4.5

Brno250cc 3 · 350cc 3 · 500cc 2avg P4.6

San Carlos500cc 1avg P5.0

Spa250cc 4 · 500cc 4avg P5.3

Paul Ricard250cc 2 · 500cc 3avg P5.3

Salzburgring350cc 2 · 500cc 2avg P5.3

Hockenheim250cc 1 · 350cc 2 · 500cc 1avg P5.5

Rijeka500cc 1avg P6.0

Imatra350cc 4 · 250cc 2 · 500cc 3avg P6.2

Assen250cc 2 · 350cc 3 · 500cc 3avg P6.7

Silverstone500cc 3 · 350cc 2avg P7.0

Clermont-Ferrand350cc 2 · 125cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P7.0

Le Mans250cc 1 · 350cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P7.0

Jarama250cc 4 · 350cc 2 · 500cc 3avg P7.6

Anderstorp250cc 2 · 500cc 1avg P9.5

Monza350cc 1avg P10.0

Nogaro350cc 1avg P10.0

Karlskoga350cc 1avg P10.0

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 23 races · 1972–1981

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 250cc, best at Brno (average P1.5, 3 races)

Brno3 racesavg P1.5

Imatra2 racesavg P1.5

Assen2 racesavg P2.0

Hockenheim1 racesavg P2.0

Imola2 racesavg P3.0

Paul Ricard2 racesavg P3.5

Spa4 racesavg P5.8

Jarama4 racesavg P6.0

Anderstorp2 racesavg P8.0

Le Mans1 races—

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

350cc 29 races · 1972–1981

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 350cc, best at Brno (average P6.0, 3 races)

Jarama2 racesavg P1.0

Nürburgring1 racesavg P3.0

Opatija1 racesavg P3.0

Imola2 racesavg P3.5

Mugello1 racesavg P4.0

Silverstone2 racesavg P5.0

Salzburgring2 racesavg P5.5

Brno3 racesavg P6.0

Le Mans1 racesavg P6.0

Clermont-Ferrand2 racesavg P7.0

Imatra4 racesavg P7.5

Assen3 racesavg P7.5

Hockenheim2 racesavg P9.0

Monza1 racesavg P10.0

Nogaro1 racesavg P10.0

Karlskoga1 racesavg P10.0

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

500cc 30 races · 1973–1980

By grid positionSmall sample

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 1–3	1.0 → 11.0	0 wins / 1 races
Grid 4–6	4.5 → 6.0	0 wins / 2 races
Grid 7–9	9.0 → 9.0	0 wins / 1 races
Grid 10–15	11.3 → 6.7	0 wins / 3 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Spa (average P4.8, 4 races)

Spa4 racesavg P4.8

Salzburgring2 racesavg P5.0

San Carlos1 racesavg P5.0

Clermont-Ferrand1 racesavg P5.0

Brno2 racesavg P5.5

Nürburgring1 racesavg P6.0

Rijeka1 racesavg P6.0

Paul Ricard3 racesavg P7.0

Le Mans1 racesavg P8.0

Assen3 racesavg P9.3

Imatra3 racesavg P9.5

Silverstone3 racesavg P11.0

Anderstorp1 racesavg P11.0

Jarama3 racesavg P11.3

Hockenheim1 races—

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

125cc 1 races · 1972

125cc: 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, 1972–1981 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)6 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 1,061 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 460 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 9,077 miles
0.4× around the Earth · at least 1.1 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

63%Start rate (58/92)

3Longest run of absences (races)

9Longest run of starts (races)

146Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1973 250cc P5 · 45 pts

1974 250cc P9 · 21 pts

1974 350cc P8 · 25 pts

1975 250cc P2 · 76 pts

1976 no Grand Prix starts

1977 350cc P4 · 50 pts

1977 500cc P13 · 21 pts

1978 350cc P6 · 47 pts

1978 500cc P10 · 23 pts

1979 no Grand Prix starts

1980 500cc P18 · 4 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, 1972–1981 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

1972	Spa		12
1973	Paul Ricard		4 +8
1973	Assen		2 +12
1973	Spa		4 +8
1973	Brno		2 +12
1973	Anderstorp		DNF
1973	Jarama		6 +5
1974	Imola		DNF
1974	Spa		5 +6
1974	Anderstorp		8 +3
1974	Imatra	grid 1	2 +12
1974	Brno	grid 1	DNF
1975	Paul Ricard		3 +10
1975	Jarama		6 +5
1975	Hockenheim		2 +12
1975	Imola		3 +10
1975	Assen		2 +12
1975	Spa		2 +12
1975	Imatra	grid 1	1 +15
1975	Brno	grid 1	1 +15
1976	Le Mans		DNF
1977	Jarama		6 +5
1981	Jarama		DNF

1972	Clermont-Ferrand	9 +2
1973	Brno	7 +4
1974	Clermont-Ferrand	5 +6
1974	Salzburgring	5 +6
1974	Imola	3 +10
1974	Assen	13
1974	Imatra	8 +3
1977	Hockenheim	9 +2
1977	Imola	4 +8
1977	Jarama	1 +15
1977	Opatija	3 +10
1977	Assen	2 +12
1977	Imatra	DNF
1977	Brno	8 +3
1978	Salzburgring	6 +5
1978	Nogaro	10 +1
1978	Mugello	4 +8
1978	Assen	DNF
1978	Karlskoga	10 +1
1978	Imatra	7 +4
1978	Silverstone	4 +8
1978	Nürburgring	3 +10
1978	Brno	3 +10
1979	Hockenheim	DNF
1979	Jarama	DNF
1979	Imatra	DNF
1979	Silverstone	6 +5
1979	Le Mans	6 +5
1981	Monza	10 +1