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

Riders

Ron Chandler

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

Nationality: United Kingdom

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Hockenheim in 1969.

In 500cc (1969–1971): 9 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 350cc (1971): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1971): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Hockenheim 1971 (500cc).

In all, 12 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 1 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: 1966 350cc (BEL) / 1966 500cc (TT)

Season by season

350cc500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1966–1973 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Totals

350cc1966–1972

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P9.3

6 pts · Poles 0

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

500cc1966–1973

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate5.9%

Average finish (when classified)avg P6.4

56 pts · Poles 0

Includes 2 points from races with no result in the official records (counted from the official standings).

6 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, 1966–1973 (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 1966. Of the 44 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Giacomo Agostini 15 world titles
18 races together: ahead 1, behind 16, 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 20 races · 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Spa (average P6.3, 5 races)

Sachsenring500cc 2avg P4.0

Imola500cc 1avg P6.0

Isle of Man500cc 1avg P6.0

Spa500cc 5avg P6.3

Hockenheim500cc 3avg P6.5

Ulster500cc 2avg P7.0

Assen500cc 3 · 350cc 2avg P7.6

Monza350cc 1avg P12.0

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.

500cc 17 races · 1966–1973

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Spa (average P6.3, 5 races)

Sachsenring2 racesavg P4.0

Imola1 racesavg P6.0

Isle of Man1 racesavg P6.0

Spa5 racesavg P6.3

Hockenheim3 racesavg P6.5

Ulster2 racesavg P7.0

Assen3 racesavg P7.3

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

350cc 3 races · 1966–1972

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Assen2 racesavg P8.0

Monza1 racesavg P12.0

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, 1966–1973 (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)2 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 718 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 196 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 908 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

50%Start rate (6/12)

3Longest run of absences (races)

3Longest run of starts (races)

20.3Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1969 500cc P7 · 25 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, 1966–1973 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

1966	Spa	6 +1
1966	Sachsenring	4 +3
1967	Spa	DNF
1968	Assen	6 +1
1968	Sachsenring	DNF
1969	Hockenheim	10 +1
1969	Isle of Man	6 +5
1969	Assen	8 +3
1969	Spa	5 +6
1969	Ulster	6 +5
1969	Imola	6 +5
1970	Assen	8 +3
1970	Spa	9 +2
1971	Hockenheim	3 +10
1971	Spa	5 +6
1971	Ulster	8 +3
1973	Hockenheim	DNF