1
Recorded Grand Prix wins
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Jon Ekerold
One rider identity across recorded classes and seasons.
9
Recorded podiums
62
Known starts in available matrices
Coverage-limited observations, not certified career totals. Sprints, unrecorded classifications and unknown starts are excluded. Championship source totals retain their historical scoring context.
Rider biography
- Nationality
- South African
- Born
- 1946-10-08
- Birthplace
- Johannesburg, South Africa
Source-reported career summary
Original source labels are retained. A source's premier-class “MotoGP” summary can include 500cc history; it does not mean those victories were on modern MotoGP motorcycles. These reported totals are separate from the partial matrix calculations above.
- Gp Poles
- 2
- Gp Podiums
- 19
- Gp Race Wins
- 7
- Gp Race Starts
- 56
- Gp Active Years
- 1975–1983
- Gp Fastest Laps
- 3
- Gp Championships
- 350cc – 1980
Championship timeline
| Season | Class | Position | Reported points | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 500cc | — | 0 | Wikipedia revision ↗ |
| 1982 | 500cc | 29 | 1 | Wikipedia revision ↗ |
| 1981 | 350cc | 2 | 52 | Wikipedia revision ↗ |
| 1981 | 500cc | — | 0 | Wikipedia revision ↗ |
| 1980 | 350cc | 1 | 63 | Wikipedia revision ↗ |
| 1980 | 500cc | — | 0 | Wikipedia revision ↗ |
| 1979 | 250cc | 22 | 8 | Wikipedia revision ↗ |
| 1979 | 350cc | 8 | 34 | Wikipedia revision ↗ |
| 1978 | 250cc | 9 | 40 | Wikipedia revision ↗ |
| 1978 | 350cc | 4 | 64 | Wikipedia revision ↗ |
| 1977 | 250cc | 9 | 42 | Wikipedia revision ↗ |
| 1977 | 350cc | 3 | 54 | Wikipedia revision ↗ |
| 1976 | 250cc | 15 | 10 | Wikipedia revision ↗ |
| 1976 | 350cc | 29 | 4 | Wikipedia revision ↗ |
| 1976 | 500cc | 29 | 5 | Wikipedia revision ↗ |
| 1975 | 350cc | 16 | 13 | Wikipedia revision ↗ |
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