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

Riders

Jos Van Dongen

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Nationality
Netherlands Netherlands
Bike
Honda

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

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Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 50cc at Hockenheim in 1983.

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In 50cc (1983): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 80cc (1984–1989): 23 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 125cc (1990–1992): 8 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 32 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)

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: 1988 80cc (POR)

Season by season

50cc80cc125cc ★ Champion

1510151982198419861988199019921988 80cc: P8 / 47 pts / 0 wins1989 80cc: P17 / 13 pts / 0 wins80cc

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

Scope: official results DB, 1981–1992 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

50cc1981–1983
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate0.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P12.9

4 pts · Poles 0

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

80cc1984–1989
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate0.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P15.5

60 pts · Poles 0

Includes 6 points from races with no result in the official records (counted from the official standings).

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

125cc1988–1992
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate0.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P23.0

0 pts · Poles 0

9 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, 1981–1992 (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 1981. Of the 51 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 59 races · 50cc / 80cc / 125cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Rijeka (average P14.3, 7 races)

Imola50cc 1 · 80cc 1avg P11.0
Rijeka50cc 1 · 80cc 5 · 125cc 1avg P14.3
Jarama50cc 1 · 80cc 2avg P14.7
Monza50cc 1 · 80cc 2avg P14.7
Assen50cc 1 · 80cc 6 · 125cc 3avg P15.9
Donington80cc 1 · 125cc 1avg P16.0
Le Mans50cc 1avg P16.0
Silverstone80cc 1avg P16.0
Hockenheim50cc 2 · 80cc 3 · 125cc 1avg P16.5
Nürburgring80cc 2 · 125cc 2avg P17.0
Brno80cc 3 · 125cc 1avg P18.7
Misano80cc 3 · 125cc 1avg P20.0
Spa80cc 1 · 125cc 2avg P20.7
Mugello80cc 1 · 125cc 1avg P23.5
Jerez80cc 1 · 125cc 2avg P24.5
Hungaroring125cc 1avg P25.0
Salzburgring80cc 2 · 125cc 1avg P25.5

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.

125cc 17 races · 1988–1992

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Donington1 racesavg P16.0
Hockenheim1 racesavg P20.0
Misano1 racesavg P20.0
Assen3 racesavg P20.7
Rijeka1 racesavg P21.0
Nürburgring2 racesavg P23.0
Jerez2 racesavg P24.5
Spa2 racesavg P24.5
Hungaroring1 racesavg P25.0
Brno1 racesavg P27.0
Mugello1 racesavg P28.0
Salzburgring1 racesavg P28.0

125cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; no grid records.

80cc 34 races · 1984–1989

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate
Podium rate
Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 80cc, best at Rijeka (average P13.8, 5 races)

Imola1 racesavg P11.0
Jarama2 racesavg P13.0
Spa1 racesavg P13.0
Rijeka5 racesavg P13.8
Nürburgring2 racesavg P14.0
Assen6 racesavg P14.2
Brno3 racesavg P14.5
Silverstone1 racesavg P16.0
Monza2 racesavg P17.5
Hockenheim3 racesavg P19.0
Mugello1 racesavg P19.0
Misano3 racesavg P20.0
Salzburgring2 racesavg P23.0
Jerez1 races—
Donington1 races—

80cc: no track-condition records; no grid records.

50cc 8 races · 1981–1983

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate
Podium rate
Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Monza1 racesavg P9.0
Assen1 racesavg P10.0
Rijeka1 racesavg P10.0
Hockenheim2 racesavg P13.5
Le Mans1 racesavg P16.0
Jarama1 racesavg P18.0
Imola1 races—

50cc: no track-condition records; no grid records.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1981–1992 (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)11 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 636 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 197 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 17,826 miles
0.7× around the Earth · at least 2.0 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

78%Start rate (46/59)
3Longest run of absences (races)
13Longest run of starts (races)
0.7Estimated points lost to absences
1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent
1983 50cc
1984 80cc

1985 no Grand Prix starts

1986 80cc
1987 80cc
1988 80cc P8 · 47 pts
1989 80cc P17 · 13 pts

1990 no Grand Prix starts

1991 125cc

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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, 1981–1992 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

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