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

Riders

Christian Le Liard

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Nationality: France
Bike: Elf-Honda

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Jarama in 1984.

In 500cc (1984–1986): 17 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 17 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)

Season by season

500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1984–1986 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

500cc1984–1986

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P15.6

4 pts · Poles 0

8 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, 1984–1986 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1984. Of the 87 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Eddie Lawson 4 world titles
25 races together: ahead 0, behind 24, both out 1
Freddie Spencer 3 world titles
15 races together: ahead 1, behind 13, both out 1
Sito Pons 2 world titles
12 races together: ahead 5, behind 6, both out 1

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)

500cc 25 races · 1984–1986

By grid positionSmall sample

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 10–15	12.7 → 14.0	0 wins / 3 races
Grid 16〜	21.9 → 15.7	0 wins / 14 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Silverstone (average P13.0, 3 races)

Kyalami2 racesavg P8.0

Silverstone3 racesavg P13.0

Spa2 racesavg P14.0

Assen2 racesavg P15.0

Misano2 racesavg P15.0

Paul Ricard1 racesavg P15.0

Mugello2 racesavg P16.0

Rijeka1 racesavg P17.0

Salzburgring2 racesavg P19.0

Nürburgring1 racesavg P19.0

Anderstorp3 racesavg P23.0

Jarama2 races—

Le Mans1 races—

Hockenheim1 races—

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

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1984–1986 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)12 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 927 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 321 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 5,040 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

87.5%Start rate (21/24)

2Longest run of absences (races)

17Longest run of starts (races)

3Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1984 500cc P21 · 4 pts

1985 500cc

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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, 1984–1986 (the rider's racing years)

1984	Kyalami		8 +3
1984	Jarama	grid 9	DNF
1984	Salzburgring		DNF
1984	Nürburgring	grid 23	19
1984	Assen	grid 24	15
1984	Spa	grid 21	DNF
1984	Silverstone	grid 29	10 +1
1984	Anderstorp	grid 18	DNF
1984	Mugello	grid 27	DNF
1985	Kyalami	grid 13	DNF
1985	Jarama		DNF
1985	Hockenheim		DNF
1985	Mugello	grid 18	16
1985	Salzburgring	grid 18	19
1985	Rijeka		17
1985	Assen	grid 19	DNF
1985	Spa	grid 15	14
1985	Le Mans	grid 23	DNF
1985	Silverstone	grid 24	16
1985	Anderstorp		23
1985	Misano	grid 23	DNF
1986	Paul Ricard		15
1986	Silverstone	grid 20	DNF
1986	Anderstorp	grid 10	DNF
1986	Misano	grid 19	15