Ernst Hiller

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Nationality: Germany

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Hockenheim in 1957.

In 500cc (1957–1973): 7 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums.

First podium: Sachsenring 1971 (500cc).

In all, 7 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 1 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 3 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1958 500cc (TT) / 1972 500cc (TT) / 1975 500cc (TT)

Season by season

500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1956–1975 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Totals

500cc1956–1975

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate11.1%

Average finish (when classified)avg P5.8

56 pts · Poles 0

11 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, 1956–1975 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1956. Of the 49 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 18 races · 1956–1975

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Hockenheim (average P4.7, 3 races)

Sachsenring1 racesavg P3.0

Hockenheim3 racesavg P4.7

Hedemora1 racesavg P5.0

Nürburgring3 racesavg P5.7

Imatra1 racesavg P6.0

Assen4 racesavg P6.5

Spa2 racesavg P7.0

Solitude1 racesavg P8.0

Salzburgring2 races—

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, 1956–1975 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Every race

50%Start rate (3/6)

2Longest run of absences (races)

2Longest run of starts (races)

8.3Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1958 500cc P7 · 8 pts

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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, 1956–1975 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

1956	Assen	6 +1
1956	Solitude	8
1957	Hockenheim	6 +1
1957	Assen	5 +2
1958	Assen	4 +3
1958	Nürburgring	4 +3
1958	Hedemora	5 +2
1961	Hockenheim	5 +2
1962	Assen	11
1970	Nürburgring	8 +3
1970	Spa	7 +4
1971	Sachsenring	3 +10
1972	Nürburgring	5 +6
1973	Salzburgring	DNF
1973	Hockenheim	3 +10
1973	Spa	7 +4
1973	Imatra	6 +5
1975	Salzburgring	DNF