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

Riders

Rob Bron

No freely licensed photo found, so the race number and team colour are shown instead. About photos

Nationality: Netherlands

Photos (8)

1971
At this race · Anefo · CC0
1971
At this race · Anefo · CC0
1971
At this race · Rob Mieremet / Anefo · CC0
1971
At this race · Anefo · CC0
1973
Bert Verhoeff / Anefo · CC0
1976
At this race · Hans Peters for Anefo · CC0
1977
At this race · Hans Peters for Anefo · CC0
2011
Wilna Bron, The Netherlands · CC BY 2.0

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 50cc at Assen in 1970.

In 50cc (1970): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1970–1972): 9 starts, 0 wins, 5 podiums. In 250cc (1973): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1976): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Hockenheim 1971 (500cc).

In all, 12 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 5 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 3 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1972 500cc (TT) / 1973 250cc (TT) / 1974 350cc (TT)

Season by season

500cc50cc250cc350cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1970–1977 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Totals

50cc1970–1970

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P8.0

3 pts · Poles 0

250cc1973–1973

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P8.0

3 pts · Poles 0

350cc1973–1977

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P19.0

0 pts · Poles 0

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

500cc1970–1976

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate38.5%

Average finish (when classified)avg P5.7

83 pts · Poles 0

3 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, 1970–1977 (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 1970. Of the 65 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Giacomo Agostini 15 world titles
14 races together: ahead 3, behind 11, 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)

All classes 18 races · 50cc / 250cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Ulster500cc 1avg P2.0

Clermont-Ferrand500cc 1avg P3.0

Salzburgring500cc 1avg P4.0

Spa500cc 1avg P4.0

Imatra500cc 2avg P7.5

Hockenheim500cc 2avg P8.0

Sachsenring500cc 1avg P8.0

Assen50cc 1 · 500cc 3 · 350cc 3 · 250cc 1avg P8.5

Nürburgring500cc 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.

350cc 3 races · 1973–1977

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

350cc: no track-condition records; no grid records; one circuit only.

500cc 13 races · 1970–1976

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Ulster1 racesavg P2.0

Clermont-Ferrand1 racesavg P3.0

Salzburgring1 racesavg P4.0

Spa1 racesavg P4.0

Assen3 racesavg P5.3

Imatra2 racesavg P7.5

Hockenheim2 racesavg P8.0

Sachsenring1 racesavg P8.0

Nürburgring1 races—

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

250cc 1 races · 1973

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

50cc 1 races · 1970

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

50cc: 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, 1970–1977 (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)1 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 519 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 97 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 606 miles
0.0× around the Earth · at least 0.1 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

54.5%Start rate (6/11)

2Longest run of absences (races)

3Longest run of starts (races)

36.3Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1971 500cc P3 · 57 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, 1970–1977 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

1970	Assen	6 +5
1971	Hockenheim	2 +12
1971	Assen	2 +12
1971	Spa	4 +8
1971	Sachsenring	8 +3
1971	Imatra	3 +10
1971	Ulster	2 +12
1972	Nürburgring	DNF
1972	Clermont-Ferrand	3 +10
1972	Salzburgring	4 +8
1973	Hockenheim	14
1976	Assen	8 +3
1976	Imatra	12