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

Riders

Hiroyuki Kawasaki

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Nationality
Japan Japan
Bike
Yamaha

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

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Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Hockenheim in 1981.

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In 500cc (1981–1987): 4 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 4 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
1979WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX500cc12

Season by season

500cc ★ Champion

151015201979198019811982198319841985198619871979 500cc: P22 / 6 pts / 0 wins1981 500cc: P10 / 19 pts / 0 wins1987 500cc: P21 / 4 pts / 0 wins500cc

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

Teams in years without official results: 1967 50cc

Scope: official results DB, 1979–1987 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

500cc1979–1987
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate14.3%
Average finish (when classified)avg P6.7

29 pts · Poles 0

3 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, 1979–1987 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1979. Of the 102 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)

500cc 7 races · 1979–1987

By grid positionSmall sample

average grid average finish (classified)

1510Starting Grid 4–6: average grid 5.0 → average finish 4.0 (2 races, 0 wins)Grid 4–6Starting Grid 7–9: average grid 7.0 → average finish 6.0 (2 races, 0 wins)Grid 7–9Starting Grid 10–15: average grid 12.7 → average finish 8.7 (3 races, 0 wins)Grid 10–15
Grid 4–65.0 → 4.00 wins / 2 races
Grid 7–97.0 → 6.00 wins / 2 races
Grid 10–1512.7 → 8.70 wins / 3 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Salzburgring2 racesavg P4.0
Paul Ricard1 racesavg P6.0
Suzuka1 racesavg P7.0
Hockenheim1 racesavg P7.0
Rijeka1 racesavg P12.0
Monza1 races—

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, 1979–1987 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)3 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 243 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 73 laps

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, 1979–1987 (the rider's racing years)

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