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

Riders

Ron Haslam

Nationality: United Kingdom
Number: 45
Born: June 22, 1956(age 70)
Birthplace: Derby

Photos (9)

1985
Bryn Pinzgauer at Flickr · CC BY 2.0
1985
Bryn Pinzgauer · CC BY 2.0
1989
At this race · Stu Newby · CC BY-SA 2.0
2011
Rikita · CC BY-SA 3.0
2013
PSParrot · CC BY 2.0
2014
Rainmaker47 · CC BY-SA 3.0
2023
Rikita · CC0
2023
Rikita · CC0
· Public domain

Freely licensed photos from Wikimedia Commons. Tap a photo for its source page (photographer, licence). The year is when it was taken.

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Assen in 1982.

In 500cc (1982–1990): 72 starts, 0 wins, 6 podiums.

First podium: Le Mans 1983 (500cc).

In all, 72 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 6 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 1 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1993 500cc (JPN)

Season by season

500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1977–1993 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

500cc1977–1993

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate8.3%

Average finish (when classified)avg P7.8

477 pts · Poles 1

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

1977	Silverstone	grid 4	DNF
1978	Silverstone		DNF
1979	Silverstone		DNF
1982	Assen	grid 20	12
1982	Spa	grid 20	11
1982	Silverstone	grid 16	15
1983	Kyalami	grid 5	3 +10
1983	Le Mans	grid 3	3 +10
1983	Monza	grid 7	DNF
1983	Hockenheim	grid 9	DNF
1983	Jarama	grid 3	DNF
1983	Salzburgring	grid 7	DNF
1983	Rijeka	grid 5	DNF
1983	Assen		Did not start
1983	Spa	grid 8	8 +3
1983	Silverstone	grid 6	7 +4
1983	Anderstorp	grid 7	9 +2
1983	Imola	grid 7	9 +2
1984	Kyalami		DNF
1984	Misano	grid 4	6 +5
1984	Jarama	grid 5	4 +8
1984	Salzburgring		4 +8
1984	Nürburgring	grid 5	4 +8
1984	Paul Ricard	grid 6	4 +8
1984	Rijeka	grid 4	5 +6
1984	Assen	grid 2	4 +8
1984	Spa	grid 4	5 +6
1984	Silverstone	grid 5	3 +10
1984	Anderstorp	grid 1	DNF
1984	Mugello	grid 4	3 +10
1985	Kyalami	grid 4	4 +8
1985	Jarama		8 +3
1985	Hockenheim		3 +10
1985	Mugello	grid 7	6 +5
1985	Salzburgring	grid 5	16
1985	Rijeka		4 +8
1985	Assen	grid 8	2 +12
1985	Spa	grid 8	6 +5
1985	Le Mans	grid 7	5 +6
1985	Silverstone	grid 8	14
1985	Anderstorp		3 +10
1985	Misano	grid 4	5 +6
1986	Jarama	grid 13	10 +1
1986	Monza	grid 11	DNF
1986	Nürburgring	grid 10	8 +3
1986	Salzburgring		DNF
1986	Rijeka	grid 7	DNF
1986	Paul Ricard	grid 8	7 +4
1986	Assen	grid 9	7 +4
1986	Spa		DNF
1986	Silverstone	grid 12	9 +2
1986	Anderstorp	grid 7	9 +2
1986	Misano	grid 10	9 +2
1987	Suzuka	grid 9	5 +6
1987	Jerez	grid 6	3 +10
1987	Hockenheim	grid 5	3 +10
1987	Monza	grid 4	5 +6
1987	Salzburgring	grid 9	4 +8
1987	Rijeka	grid 6	4 +8
1987	Assen	grid 4	5 +6
1987	Le Mans	grid 15	5 +6
1987	Donington	grid 6	7 +4
1987	Anderstorp	grid 7	6 +5
1987	Brno	grid 15	14
1987	Misano	grid 19	DNF
1987	Jarama	grid 16	9 +2
1987	Goiânia	grid 13	11
1987	Buenos Aires	grid 12	10 +1
1988	Suzuka	grid 10	12 +4
1988	Laguna Seca	grid 12	7 +9
1988	Jarama	grid 12	10 +6
1988	Jerez	grid 9	DNF
1988	Imola	grid 15	16
1988	Nürburgring	grid 12	DNF
1988	Salzburgring	grid 12	8 +8
1988	Assen	grid 14	13 +3
1988	Spa	grid 10	7 +9
1988	Rijeka	grid 12	9 +7
1988	Paul Ricard		10 +6
1988	Donington		14 +2
1988	Anderstorp	grid 10	11 +5
1988	Brno	grid 15	7 +9
1988	Goiânia	grid 11	DNF
1989	Suzuka	grid 13	12 +4
1989	Phillip Island	grid 11	7 +9
1989	Laguna Seca		DNF
1989	Jerez	grid 10	7 +9
1989	Misano	grid 8	DNF
1989	Hockenheim	grid 8	DNF
1989	Salzburgring	grid 6	7 +9
1989	Rijeka	grid 9	8 +8
1989	Assen	grid 7	7 +9
1989	Spa		Did not start
1989	Donington	grid 9	7 +9
1989	Anderstorp	grid 8	6 +10
1989	Brno	grid 6	8 +8
1989	Goiânia	grid 5	5 +11
1990	Suzuka	grid 22	DNF
1990	Laguna Seca	grid 12	DNF
1990	Jerez		Did not start
1990	Misano		Did not start
1990	Nürburgring		Did not start
1990	Salzburgring	grid 12	12 +4
1990	Rijeka	grid 10	DNF
1990	Assen	grid 13	9 +7
1990	Spa	grid 12	8 +8
1990	Le Mans	grid 13	10 +6
1990	Donington	grid 12	10 +6
1990	Anderstorp	grid 10	10 +6
1990	Brno	grid 14	12 +4
1990	Hungaroring	grid 13	11 +5
1991	Donington		12 +4
1993	Donington	grid 18	14 +2

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1977–1993 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1977. Of the 90 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Mick Doohan 5 world titles
23 races together: ahead 6, behind 15, both out 2
Eddie Lawson 4 world titles
98 races together: ahead 10, behind 86, both out 2
Freddie Spencer 3 world titles
46 races together: ahead 11, behind 32, both out 3
Wayne Rainey 3 world titles
41 races together: ahead 2, behind 37, both out 2

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 108 races · 1977–1993

By grid position

From Grid 10–15, they move up from an average grid of 12.1 to an average finish of 9.8

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 1–3	2.2 → 3.5	0 wins / 4 races
Grid 4–6	4.9 → 5.3	0 wins / 24 races
Grid 7–9	7.9 → 6.9	0 wins / 25 races
Grid 10–15	12.1 → 9.8	0 wins / 34 races
Grid 16〜	18.7 → 12.2	0 wins / 7 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Hockenheim (average P3.0, 4 races)

Hockenheim4 racesavg P3.0

Kyalami3 racesavg P3.5

Mugello2 racesavg P4.5

Jerez3 racesavg P5.0

Monza3 racesavg P5.0

Le Mans4 racesavg P5.8

Rijeka8 racesavg P6.0

Nürburgring3 racesavg P6.0

Misano5 racesavg P6.7

Laguna Seca3 racesavg P7.0

Paul Ricard3 racesavg P7.0

Phillip Island1 racesavg P7.0

Assen8 racesavg P7.4

Spa7 racesavg P7.5

Anderstorp8 racesavg P7.7

Goiânia3 racesavg P8.0

Jarama6 racesavg P8.2

Salzburgring8 racesavg P8.5

Silverstone8 racesavg P9.6

Suzuka4 racesavg P9.7

Buenos Aires1 racesavg P10.0

Brno4 racesavg P10.3

Donington6 racesavg P10.7

Hungaroring1 racesavg P11.0

Imola2 racesavg P12.5

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, 1977–1993 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)74 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 6,252 miles
0.3× around the Earth · 2,204 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 124,213 miles
5.0× around the Earth · at least 11.4 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

93.5%Start rate (100/107)

3Longest run of absences (races)

78Longest run of starts (races)

22.3Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1983 500cc P8 · 31 pts

1984 500cc P5 · 77 pts

1985 500cc P5 · 73 pts

1986 500cc P9 · 18 pts

1987 500cc P4 · 72 pts

1988 500cc P11 · 68 pts

1989 500cc P8 · 86 pts

1990 500cc P15 · 46 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, 1977–1993 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data