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

Riders

Paul Eickelberg

No freely licensed photo found, so the race number and team colour are shown instead. About photos

Nationality: Germany
Bike: Koenig

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 250cc at Montjuïc in 1968.

In 250cc (1968): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1969–1972): 5 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 125cc (1973): 3 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1973–1974): 4 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Opatija 1972 (500cc).

In all, 13 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 2 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1969 250cc (TT) / 1972 500cc (TT)

Season by season

250cc500cc350cc125cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1968–1974 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Totals

125cc1973–1973

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P8.3

8 pts · Poles 0

250cc1968–1969

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P10.0

1 pts · Poles 0

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

350cc1970–1970

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P10.0

1 pts · Poles 0

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

500cc1968–1974

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate7.1%

Average finish (when classified)avg P10.8

35 pts · Poles 0

5 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, 1968–1974 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1968. Of the 43 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Giacomo Agostini 15 world titles
12 races together: ahead 0, behind 10, both out 2

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

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Assen (average P8.3, 3 races)

Montjuïc250cc 1avg P6.0

Hockenheim125cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P7.0

Imatra500cc 2avg P7.5

Assen500cc 2 · 125cc 1avg P8.3

Opatija500cc 3 · 350cc 1 · 125cc 1avg P8.8

Salzburgring500cc 2avg P9.0

Spa250cc 1 · 500cc 2avg P9.7

Ulster500cc 1avg P19.0

Nürburgring500cc 1avg P30.0

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.

500cc 14 races · 1968–1974

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Spa2 racesavg P7.5

Imatra2 racesavg P7.5

Opatija3 racesavg P8.0

Assen2 racesavg P8.5

Salzburgring2 racesavg P9.0

Ulster1 racesavg P19.0

Nürburgring1 racesavg P30.0

Hockenheim1 races—

500cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; no grid records.

125cc 3 races · 1973

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Hockenheim1 racesavg P7.0

Assen1 racesavg P8.0

Opatija1 racesavg P10.0

125cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; no grid records.

350cc 1 races · 1970

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

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

250cc 2 races · 1968–1969

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Montjuïc1 racesavg P6.0

Spa1 racesavg P14.0

250cc: 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, 1968–1974 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)5 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 813 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 261 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, 1968–1974 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

1968	Ulster	19
1969	Opatija	7 +4
1971	Assen	9 +2
1971	Imatra	10 +1
1972	Nürburgring	30
1972	Opatija	3 +10
1972	Assen	8 +3
1973	Salzburgring	DNF
1973	Hockenheim	DNF
1973	Opatija	14
1973	Spa	6 +5
1973	Imatra	5 +6
1974	Salzburgring	9 +2
1974	Spa	9 +2