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

Riders

William Doran

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Nationality: United Kingdom
Bike: Aprilia
Born: November 12, 1916(age 109)

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 350cc at Bremgarten in 1949.

In 350cc (1949): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 500cc (1949): 2 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 350cc (1951): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 500cc (1951): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1951): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1952–1953): 2 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 350cc (1953): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1953): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1991): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Bremgarten 1949 (350cc).

In all, 12 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 4 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 5 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1951 350cc (BEL, ULST) / 1951 500cc (TT) / 1952 500cc (BEL, WGER)

Season by season

350cc500cc250cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1949–1991 (the rider's racing years); excludes 5 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1991–1991

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P23.0

0 pts · Poles 0

350cc1949–1953

Win rate20.0%

Podium rate60.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P3.2

29 pts · Poles 0

Includes 5 points from races with no result in the official records (counted from the official standings).

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

500cc1949–1953

Win rate14.3%

Podium rate42.9%

Average finish (when classified)avg P3.9

46 pts · Poles 0

Includes 13 points from races with no result in the official records (counted from the official standings).

1 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, 1949–1991 (the rider's racing years); excludes 5 races with no official result data

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1949. Of the 67 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 14 races · 250cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Spa500cc 1avg P1.0

Bremgarten350cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P2.5

Albi350cc 1avg P3.0

Assen350cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P3.5

Monza500cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P3.5

Isle of Man350cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P5.0

Ulster500cc 2avg P5.0

Hockenheim250cc 1avg P23.0

Misano250cc 1avg P23.0

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.

250cc 2 races · 1991

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Hockenheim1 racesavg P23.0

Misano1 racesavg P23.0

250cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; no grid records.

350cc 5 races · 1949–1953

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Assen1 racesavg P1.0

Bremgarten1 racesavg P3.0

Albi1 racesavg P3.0

Monza1 racesavg P4.0

Isle of Man1 racesavg P5.0

350cc: no track-condition records; no grid records.

500cc 7 races · 1949–1953

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Spa1 racesavg P1.0

Bremgarten1 racesavg P2.0

Monza1 racesavg P3.0

Ulster2 racesavg P5.0

Isle of Man1 racesavg P5.0

Assen1 racesavg P6.0

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, 1949–1991 (the rider's racing years); excludes 5 races with no official result data

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)2 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 126 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 44 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 682 miles
0.0× around the Earth · at least 0.1 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

50%Start rate (6/12)

3Longest run of absences (races)

3Longest run of starts (races)

0Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1949 500cc P4 · 23 pts

1950 no Grand Prix starts

1951 350cc P2 · 19 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, 1949–1991 (the rider's racing years); excludes 5 races with no official result data

1949	Bremgarten	3 +7
1951	Assen	1 +8
1951	Albi	3 +4
1951	Monza	4 +3
1953	Isle of Man	5 +2

1949	Spa	1 +10
1949	Ulster	4 +6
1949	Monza	3 +7
1951	Ulster	6 +1
1952	Bremgarten	2 +6
1953	Isle of Man	5 +2
1953	Assen	6 +1

1991	Misano			23
1991	Hockenheim			23