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FinlandBirth date and place from the official rider profile
Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Rijeka in 1981.
In 500cc (1981): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.
In all, 1 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 0 podiums (within the official results database).
Written automatically from the official results database (no opinions about the rider)
500cc ★ Champion
The strip shows each year's team (team colour). Tap for team and machine
Scope: official results DB, 1976–1981 (the rider's racing years)
1 pts · Poles 0
7 of these races have no result in the official data; their results come from the Italian Wikipedia.
| 1976 | Imatra | 14 | ||
| 1978 | Jarama | Did not start | ||
| 1980 | Imatra | DNF | ||
| 1981 | Paul Ricard | 14 | ||
| 1981 | Rijeka | 10 +1 | ||
| 1981 | Imola | 15 | ||
| 1981 | Imatra | DNF | ||
| 1981 | Anderstorp | 18 |
Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1976–1981 (the rider's racing years)
Grand Prix debut in 1976. Of the 53 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.
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, 1976–1981 (the rider's racing years)
Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)1 races with an estimated lap length
Every session
at least 80 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 31 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.
No season as a regular (starting at least half of the races)
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, 1976–1981 (the rider's racing years)
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