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

Riders

Paul Smart

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Nationality
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Bike
Ducati

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

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Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 350cc at Isle of Man in 1970.

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In 350cc (1970): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 500cc (1970): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1970): 2 starts, 0 wins, 2 podiums. In 350cc (1971): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1971): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1971): 2 starts, 0 wins, 2 podiums. In 250cc (1971): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 500cc (1972): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Isle of Man 1970 (350cc).

In all, 10 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 7 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: 1970 250cc (TT) / 1972 500cc (TT)

Season by season

500cc250cc350cc ★ Champion

151015202519691970197119721970 500cc: P28 / 6 pts / 0 wins1972 500cc: P23 / 8 pts / 0 wins500cc1970 250cc: P13 / 20 pts / 0 wins250cc1970 350cc: P18 / 10 pts / 0 wins1971 350cc: P5 / 34 pts / 0 wins350cc

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Scope: official results DB, 1969–1972 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1970–1971
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate75.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P3.0

40 pts · Poles 0

350cc1970–1971
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate100.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P2.5

44 pts · Poles 0

500cc1969–1972
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate0.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P4.5

14 pts · Poles 0

1 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, 1969–1972 (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 1969. Of the 79 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 11 races · 250cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Anderstorp350cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P2.0
Sachsenring350cc 1avg P2.0
Imatra500cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P3.0
Hockenheim350cc 1avg P3.0
Isle of Man350cc 1avg P3.0
Ulster250cc 1avg P3.0
Imola500cc 1avg P4.0
Spa250cc 1avg P4.0
Assen500cc 1avg P5.0

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 3 races · 1969–1972

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Imola1 racesavg P4.0
Assen1 racesavg P5.0
Imatra1 races—

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

250cc 4 races · 1970–1971

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Anderstorp1 racesavg P2.0
Ulster1 racesavg P3.0
Imatra1 racesavg P3.0
Spa1 racesavg P4.0

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

350cc 4 races · 1970–1971

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate
Podium rate
Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Sachsenring1 racesavg P2.0
Anderstorp1 racesavg P2.0
Isle of Man1 racesavg P3.0
Hockenheim1 racesavg P3.0

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, 1969–1972 (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)1 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 306 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 98 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 303 miles
0.0× around the Earth · at least 0.0 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

No season as a regular (starting at least half of the races)

? 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, 1969–1972 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

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