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

Riders

John Hempleman

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Nationality: New Zealand

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Hockenheim in 1959.

In 500cc (1959): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1959): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1959): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1959): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 125cc (1960): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1960): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 125cc (1960): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums.

First podium: Spa 1960 (125cc).

In all, 8 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 3 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1957 350cc (TT) / 1959 350cc (TT) / 1960 500cc (TT)

Season by season

350cc500cc125cc250cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1955–1960 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Totals

125cc1960–1960

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate33.3%

Average finish (when classified)avg P4.0

10 pts · Poles 0

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

250cc1960–1960

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P4.0

3 pts · Poles 0

350cc1955–1960

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P8.0

7 pts · Poles 0

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

500cc1957–1960

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P7.8

6 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, 1955–1960 (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 1955. Of the 54 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

John Surtees 7 world titles
10 races together: ahead 0, behind 10, 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 16 races · 125cc / 250cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Assen (average P5.7, 3 races)

Isle of Man125cc 1avg P4.0

Monza500cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P4.5

Hockenheim500cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P5.0

Solitude500cc 1avg P5.0

Assen500cc 1 · 250cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P5.7

Ulster350cc 1 · 125cc 1avg P6.0

Spa350cc 3 · 125cc 1avg P9.3

Clermont-Ferrand500cc 1avg P17.0

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.

125cc 3 races · 1960

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Spa1 racesavg P2.0

Isle of Man1 racesavg P4.0

Ulster1 racesavg P6.0

125cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; no grid records.

250cc 1 races · 1960

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

350cc 7 races · 1955–1960

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Monza1 racesavg P4.0

Hockenheim1 racesavg P5.0

Assen1 racesavg P6.0

Ulster1 racesavg P6.0

Spa3 racesavg P11.7

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

500cc 5 races · 1957–1960

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Solitude1 racesavg P5.0

Hockenheim1 racesavg P5.0

Monza1 racesavg P5.0

Assen1 racesavg P7.0

Clermont-Ferrand1 racesavg P17.0

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, 1955–1960 (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)2 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 821 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 196 laps

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

60%Start rate (6/10)

1Longest run of absences (races)

3Longest run of starts (races)

8.3Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1959 350cc P8 · 6 pts

1960 125cc P5 · 10 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, 1955–1960 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

1955	Spa	12
1957	Spa	14
1958	Spa	9
1959	Hockenheim	5 +2
1959	Ulster	6 +1
1959	Monza	4 +3
1960	Assen	6 +1