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

Riders

Walter Kaletsch

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Nationality: Germany

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 350cc at Hockenheim in 1973.

In 350cc (1973): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1974): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 350cc (1974): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Nürburgring 1974 (500cc).

In all, 3 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: 1972 500cc (TT) / 1974 350cc (TT) / 1975 500cc (TT)

Season by season

500cc350cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1972–1976 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Totals

350cc1973–1974

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P5.5

12 pts · Poles 0

500cc1972–1976

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate16.7%

Average finish (when classified)avg P13.0

10 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, 1972–1976 (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 1972. Of the 78 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)

All classes 8 races · 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Nürburgring500cc 2 · 350cc 1avg P3.5

Hockenheim350cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P9.0

Brno500cc 1avg P16.0

Salzburgring500cc 2avg P17.5

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 6 races · 1972–1976

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Nürburgring2 racesavg P3.0

Hockenheim1 racesavg P11.0

Brno1 racesavg P16.0

Salzburgring2 racesavg P17.5

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

350cc 2 races · 1973–1974

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Nürburgring1 racesavg P4.0

Hockenheim1 racesavg P7.0

350cc: no track-condition records; no grid records.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1972–1976 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

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, 1972–1976 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

1972	Nürburgring	DNF
1973	Salzburgring	14
1973	Hockenheim	11
1974	Nürburgring	3 +10
1975	Salzburgring	21
1976	Brno	16