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

Riders

Franta Stastny

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Nationality: Czechoslovakia
Bike: Jawa
Born: November 12, 1927(age 98)

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 250cc at Assen in 1957.

In 250cc (1957): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1960–1961): 2 starts, 1 wins, 2 podiums. In 250cc (1961): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1961–1962): 3 starts, 1 wins, 2 podiums. In 500cc (1962): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1962): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1962): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 350cc (1963): 2 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1965): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1965): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1965): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1965): 2 starts, 1 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1965–1966): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1966): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 350cc (1966): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1966): 3 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 350cc (1966): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1966): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1966): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1968–1969): 2 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1969): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1969): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums.

First podium: Monza 1960 (350cc). First win: Hockenheim 1961 (350cc).

In all, 32 Grand Prix starts, 3 wins and 12 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 5 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1961 350cc (TT) / 1962 350cc (TT) / 1966 350cc (BEL) / 1966 500cc (TT) / 1969 250cc (TT)

Season by season

250cc350cc500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1957–1969 (the rider's racing years); excludes 5 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1957–1969

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate6.3%

Average finish (when classified)avg P5.9

32 pts · Poles 0

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

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

350cc1958–1969

Win rate11.5%

Podium rate50.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P3.7

122 pts · Poles 0

Includes 6 points from races with no result in the official records (counted from the official standings).

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

500cc1962–1966

Win rate12.5%

Podium rate50.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P4.0

29 pts · Poles 0

Includes 5 points from races with no result in the official records (counted from the official standings).

4 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, 1957–1969 (the rider's racing years); excludes 5 races with no official result data

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1957. Of the 24 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Giacomo Agostini 15 world titles
15 races together: ahead 1, behind 14, both out 0
Mike Hailwood 9 world titles
20 races together: ahead 2, behind 18, both out 0
Jim Redman 6 world titles
16 races together: ahead 2, behind 14, 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 50 races · 250cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Sachsenring (average P3.5, 6 races)

Clermont-Ferrand350cc 1avg P2.0

Kristianstad250cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P3.0

Tampere500cc 1avg P3.0

Opatija350cc 1avg P3.0

Sachsenring500cc 2 · 250cc 2 · 350cc 2avg P3.5

Ulster350cc 5 · 500cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P4.0

Isle of Man350cc 1 · 250cc 2avg P4.0

Monza350cc 5 · 250cc 2avg P4.4

Imatra500cc 1 · 350cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P4.5

Assen250cc 2 · 350cc 4 · 500cc 2avg P4.8

Hockenheim350cc 2 · 250cc 2avg P4.8

Brno250cc 2 · 500cc 1 · 350cc 2avg P5.0

Spa350cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P11.0

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.

350cc 26 races · 1958–1969

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 350cc, best at Ulster (average P3.0, 5 races)

Kristianstad1 racesavg P1.0

Hockenheim2 racesavg P2.0

Clermont-Ferrand1 racesavg P2.0

Ulster5 racesavg P3.0

Sachsenring2 racesavg P3.0

Opatija1 racesavg P3.0

Isle of Man1 racesavg P3.0

Brno2 racesavg P3.5

Monza5 racesavg P4.2

Assen4 racesavg P4.3

Imatra1 racesavg P6.0

Spa1 racesavg P12.0

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

250cc 16 races · 1957–1969

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Imatra1 racesavg P3.0

Isle of Man2 racesavg P4.5

Assen2 racesavg P5.0

Sachsenring2 racesavg P5.0

Monza2 racesavg P5.0

Kristianstad1 racesavg P5.0

Brno2 racesavg P6.0

Hockenheim2 racesavg P7.5

Spa1 racesavg P10.0

Ulster1 racesavg P10.0

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

500cc 8 races · 1962–1966

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Sachsenring2 racesavg P2.5

Tampere1 racesavg P3.0

Ulster1 racesavg P3.0

Assen2 racesavg P5.5

Brno1 racesavg P6.0

Imatra1 races—

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

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1957–1969 (the rider's racing years); excludes 5 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 412 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 98 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 2,112 miles
0.1× around the Earth · at least 0.3 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

55.2%Start rate (16/29)

3Longest run of absences (races)

4Longest run of starts (races)

42.5Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1961 350cc P2 · 26 pts

1962 350cc P4 · 16 pts

1963〜1965 no Grand Prix starts

1966 350cc P4 · 13 pts

1966 500cc P4 · 17 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, 1957–1969 (the rider's racing years); excludes 5 races with no official result data

1957	Assen	5 +2
1961	Assen	5 +2
1961	Monza	5 +2
1961	Kristianstad	5 +2
1965	Isle of Man	5 +2
1965	Sachsenring	4 +3
1965	Brno	6 +1
1965	Monza	5 +2
1966	Hockenheim	5 +2
1966	Sachsenring	6 +1
1966	Brno	6 +1
1966	Imatra	3 +4
1966	Isle of Man	4 +3
1968	Spa	10
1969	Hockenheim	10 +1
1969	Ulster	10 +1

1958	Spa	12
1960	Clermont-Ferrand	2 +6
1960	Monza	2 +6
1961	Hockenheim	1 +8
1961	Assen	3 +4
1961	Ulster	3 +4
1961	Kristianstad	1 +8
1962	Assen	4 +3
1962	Ulster	2 +6
1962	Monza	4 +3
1963	Isle of Man	3 +4
1963	Assen	4 +3
1965	Sachsenring	4 +3
1965	Ulster	1 +8
1965	Monza	4 +3
1966	Assen	6 +1
1966	Sachsenring	2 +6
1966	Brno	4 +3
1966	Imatra	6 +1
1966	Monza	5 +2
1968	Brno	3 +4
1968	Ulster	4 +3
1968	Monza	6 +1
1969	Hockenheim	3 +10
1969	Ulster	5 +6
1969	Opatija	3 +10