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

Riders

Xavier Cardelus

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Nationality
Andorra Andorra
Bike
Yamaha

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

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Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 250cc at Jerez in 1987.

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In 250cc (1987–1989): 12 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 12 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)

Starts with no race result

The official records keep only the qualifying order and the starting grid for these races; the race result is missing (the official site has none either).

YearEventClassGridQualifying
1987CZECHOSLOVAKIAN GRAND PRIX250cc26
1988Spanish GP250cc20
1988YUGOSLAVIAN GRAND PRIX250cc22
1988CZECHOSLOVAKIAN GRAND PRIX250cc23
1989Americas GP250cc27
1989Spanish GP250cc31

Season by season

250cc ★ Champion

1246810198719881989

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

Scope: official results DB, 1987–1989 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

250cc1987–1989
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate0.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P20.8

0 pts · Poles 0

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1987–1989 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1987. Of the 78 riders who debuted that year, 1 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)

250cc 12 races · 1987–1989

By grid positionSmall sample

average grid average finish (classified)

1510152025Starting Grid 10–15: average grid 13.0 → average finish 17.0 (1 races, 0 wins)Grid 10–15Starting Grid 16〜: average grid 27.6 → average finish 21.3 (10 races, 0 wins)Grid 16〜
Grid 10–1513.0 → 17.00 wins / 1 races
Grid 16〜27.6 → 21.30 wins / 10 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Spa1 racesavg P16.0
Assen2 racesavg P19.0
Imola1 racesavg P19.0
Paul Ricard1 racesavg P21.0
Phillip Island1 racesavg P22.0
Le Mans1 racesavg P23.0
Nürburgring1 racesavg P27.0
Jerez1 races—
Jarama1 races—
Salzburgring1 races—
Hockenheim1 races—

250cc: 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, 1987–1989 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)8 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 539 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 165 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 22,099 miles
0.9× around the Earth · at least 1.9 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, 1987–1989 (the rider's racing years)

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