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

Riders

Dan Shorey

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Nationality
United Kingdom United Kingdom

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

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Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 250cc at Sachsenring in 1962.

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In 250cc (1962): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1963): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1965): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1965): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1967): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1968): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1968–1969): 5 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums.

First podium: Nürburgring 1968 (500cc).

In all, 13 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: 1963 500cc (TT) / 1966 500cc (TT)

Season by season

250cc50cc350cc500cc ★ Champion

15101520251961196219631964196519661967196819691961 250cc: P19 / 1 pts / 0 wins1962 250cc: P10 / 8 pts / 0 wins250cc1962 50cc: P16 / 1 pts / 0 wins50cc1963 350cc: P18 / 2 pts / 0 wins1965 350cc: P23 / 2 pts / 0 wins1967 350cc: P15 / 2 pts / 0 wins1968 350cc: P16 / 2 pts / 0 wins350cc1965 500cc: P29 / 1 pts / 0 wins1967 500cc: P14 / 4 pts / 0 wins1968 500cc: P9 / 7 pts / 0 wins1969 500cc: P25 / 11 pts / 0 wins500cc

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Scope: official results DB, 1961–1969 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Totals

50cc1962–1962
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate0.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P6.0

1 pts · Poles 0

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

250cc1961–1962
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate0.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P5.0

9 pts · Poles 0

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

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

350cc1963–1968
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate0.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P5.6

8 pts · Poles 0

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

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

500cc1963–1969
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate4.3%
Average finish (when classified)avg P7.9

23 pts · Poles 0

15 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, 1961–1969 (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 1961. Of the 50 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

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 33 races · 50cc / 250cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Assen (average P5.0, 3 races)

Nürburgring350cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P3.5
Clermont-Ferrand250cc 1avg P4.0
Assen500cc 3avg P5.0
Montjuïc250cc 2avg P5.0
Brno500cc 3 · 350cc 1avg P6.0
Sachsenring50cc 1 · 250cc 1 · 500cc 4 · 350cc 2avg P7.0
Hockenheim500cc 1avg P7.0
Monza500cc 2 · 350cc 1avg P8.5
Le Mans500cc 1avg P9.0
Spa500cc 6avg P9.7
Ulster500cc 1avg P10.0
Imatra500cc 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.

500cc 23 races · 1963–1969

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Assen (average P5.0, 3 races)

Nürburgring1 racesavg P2.0
Assen3 racesavg P5.0
Brno3 racesavg P6.0
Hockenheim1 racesavg P7.0
Sachsenring4 racesavg P8.0
Le Mans1 racesavg P9.0
Spa6 racesavg P9.7
Ulster1 racesavg P10.0
Monza2 racesavg P12.0
Imatra1 races—

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

350cc 5 races · 1963–1968

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate
Podium rate
Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Monza1 racesavg P5.0
Nürburgring1 racesavg P5.0
Sachsenring2 racesavg P6.0
Brno1 racesavg P6.0

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

50cc 1 races · 1962

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate
Podium rate
Average finish (when classified)

50cc: no track-condition records; no grid records; one circuit only.

250cc 4 races · 1961–1962

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Clermont-Ferrand1 racesavg P4.0
Montjuïc2 racesavg P5.0
Sachsenring1 racesavg P6.0

250cc: 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, 1961–1969 (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)3 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 871 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 226 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 3,906 miles
0.2× around the Earth · at least 0.6 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

50%Start rate (5/10)
3Longest run of absences (races)
2Longest run of starts (races)
0.5Estimated points lost to absences
1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent
1965 500cc P29 · 1 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, 1961–1969 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

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