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

Riders

Guy Bertin

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Nationality: France
Bike: Yamaha
Born: November 25, 1954(age 71)

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 250cc at Paul Ricard in 1977.

In 250cc (1977): 3 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1978): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1979): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 125cc (1979–1981): 9 starts, 3 wins, 9 podiums. In 500cc (1982): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1983–1988): 25 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Silverstone 1979 (125cc). First win: Brno 1979 (125cc).

In all, 40 Grand Prix starts, 3 wins and 9 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).

Year	Event	Class	Grid	Qualifying
1980	French GP	125cc	1	2'18.980
1980	FINLAND GRAND PRIX	125cc	1	2'08.800

Season by season

250cc350cc125cc500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1977–1988 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

125cc1979–1981

Win rate37.5%

Podium rate75.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P2.2

161 pts · Poles 6

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

250cc1977–1988

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P13.2

54 pts · Poles 0

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

350cc1978–1978

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P6.0

5 pts · Poles 0

500cc1982–1982

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P14.0

0 pts · Poles 0

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, 1977–1988 (the rider's racing years)

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.

Angel Nieto 13 world titles
17 races together: ahead 8, behind 6, both out 3
Anton Mang 5 world titles
37 races together: ahead 7, behind 27, both out 3
Kork Ballington 4 world titles
12 races together: ahead 0, behind 11, both out 1
Luca Cadalora 3 world titles
20 races together: ahead 5, behind 15, both out 0

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 70 races · 125cc / 250cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Le Mans (average P1.0, 3 races)

Le Mans125cc 1 · 250cc 2avg P1.0

Silverstone250cc 3 · 125cc 2avg P5.0

Hockenheim250cc 3avg P5.0

Monza125cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P5.5

Imatra350cc 1avg P6.0

Assen125cc 2 · 250cc 3avg P7.3

Nürburgring125cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P8.0

Paul Ricard250cc 3 · 125cc 1avg P8.7

Brno250cc 4 · 125cc 2avg P8.8

Rijeka125cc 1 · 250cc 4avg P9.8

Nogaro250cc 1avg P10.0

Anderstorp125cc 1 · 500cc 1 · 250cc 4avg P10.5

Buenos Aires125cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P11.0

Jerez250cc 1avg P11.0

Spa250cc 6 · 125cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P11.7

Salzburgring250cc 4avg P11.8

Misano125cc 1 · 250cc 2avg P12.7

Suzuka250cc 1avg P16.0

Jarama125cc 1 · 250cc 3avg P16.7

Goiânia250cc 2avg P17.5

Donington250cc 1avg P20.0

Mugello250cc 1—

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 51 races · 1977–1988

By grid positionSmall sample

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 10–15	14.0 → 12.0	0 wins / 2 races
Grid 16〜	22.9 → 16.8	0 wins / 16 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 250cc, best at Hockenheim (average P5.0, 3 races)

Hockenheim3 racesavg P5.0

Silverstone3 racesavg P7.0

Assen3 racesavg P8.5

Monza1 racesavg P10.0

Nogaro1 racesavg P10.0

Jerez1 racesavg P11.0

Buenos Aires1 racesavg P11.0

Salzburgring4 racesavg P11.8

Paul Ricard3 racesavg P12.0

Rijeka4 racesavg P12.7

Anderstorp4 racesavg P13.3

Spa6 racesavg P13.5

Brno4 racesavg P14.0

Nürburgring1 racesavg P15.0

Suzuka1 racesavg P16.0

Jarama3 racesavg P16.7

Goiânia2 racesavg P17.5

Misano2 racesavg P18.0

Donington1 racesavg P20.0

Le Mans2 races—

Mugello1 races—

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

500cc 2 races · 1982

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Spa1 racesavg P14.0

Anderstorp1 races—

500cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; always on the grid Grid 16〜.

125cc 16 races · 1979–1981

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Brno2 racesavg P1.0

Le Mans1 racesavg P1.0

Nürburgring1 racesavg P1.0

Rijeka1 racesavg P1.0

Monza1 racesavg P1.0

Paul Ricard1 racesavg P2.0

Misano1 racesavg P2.0

Spa1 racesavg P2.0

Anderstorp1 racesavg P2.0

Silverstone2 racesavg P3.0

Assen2 racesavg P6.0

Buenos Aires1 races—

Jarama1 races—

125cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; always on the grid Grid 1–3.

350cc 1 races · 1978

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

350cc: no track-condition records; no grid records; one circuit only.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1977–1988 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)28 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 1,855 miles
0.1× around the Earth · 628 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 32,390 miles
1.3× around the Earth · at least 3.2 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

81.2%Start rate (39/48)

3Longest run of absences (races)

15Longest run of starts (races)

24Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1980 125cc P2 · 81 pts

1981〜1982 no Grand Prix starts

1983 250cc P20 · 7 pts

1984 250cc P11 · 23 pts

1985〜1986 no Grand Prix starts

1987 250cc P25 · 1 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, 1977–1988 (the rider's racing years)

1979	Silverstone		3 +10
1979	Brno	grid 1	1 +15
1979	Le Mans		1 +15
1980	Misano		2 +12
1980	Jarama		DNF
1980	Rijeka		1 +15
1980	Assen	grid 1	2 +12
1980	Spa		2 +12
1980	Silverstone		DNF
1980	Brno		1 +15
1980	Nürburgring	grid 1	1 +15
1981	Buenos Aires		DNF
1981	Monza		1 +15
1981	Paul Ricard	grid 1	2 +12
1981	Assen		10 +1
1981	Anderstorp		2 +12

1977	Paul Ricard		5 +6
1977	Spa		DNF
1977	Brno		10 +1
1977	Silverstone		7 +4
1978	Nogaro		10 +1
1978	Mugello		DNF
1978	Silverstone		DNF
1978	Brno		11
1979	Hockenheim		5 +6
1979	Brno		DNF
1983	Le Mans		DNF
1983	Hockenheim		DNF
1983	Jarama		13
1983	Salzburgring		10 +1
1983	Rijeka		5 +6
1983	Assen		DNF
1983	Spa		DNF
1983	Anderstorp		DNF
1984	Salzburgring		4 +8
1984	Nürburgring		15
1984	Paul Ricard		DNF
1984	Rijeka		DNF
1984	Assen		5 +6
1984	Spa		5 +6
1984	Silverstone		DNF
1984	Anderstorp		8 +3
1985	Rijeka		Did not start
1985	Spa		15
1985	Le Mans		Did not start
1985	Misano		18
1986	Spa		23
1986	Anderstorp		14
1987	Suzuka	grid 21	16
1987	Jerez		11
1987	Hockenheim	grid 19	DNF
1987	Monza		10 +1
1987	Salzburgring	grid 22	16
1987	Rijeka	grid 18	17
1987	Assen	grid 15	12
1987	Le Mans	grid 13	DNF
1987	Donington		20
1987	Anderstorp	grid 22	18
1987	Brno	grid 28	21
1987	Misano	grid 22	18
1987	Jarama	grid 25	16
1987	Goiânia	grid 19	16
1987	Buenos Aires	grid 17	11
1988	Jarama	grid 35	21
1988	Salzburgring	grid 21	17
1988	Spa	grid 20	11 +5
1988	Rijeka	grid 29	16
1988	Paul Ricard	grid 27	19
1988	Goiânia	grid 22	19