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

Riders

Armando Toracca

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Nationality: Italy

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 350cc at Opatija in 1974.

In 350cc (1974): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1975): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1976): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1977): 3 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums.

First podium: Imola 1977 (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: 1974 350cc (TT) / 1975 500cc (TT) / 1976 350cc (TT)

Season by season

500cc250cc350cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1973–1977 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1974–1974

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P6.0

5 pts · Poles 0

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

350cc1974–1976

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P8.0

6 pts · Poles 0

500cc1973–1977

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate8.3%

Average finish (when classified)avg P6.8

45 pts · Poles 0

7 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, 1973–1977 (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 1973. Of the 107 riders who debuted that year, 1 also raced in 2026.

Giacomo Agostini 15 world titles
12 races together: ahead 5, behind 6, both out 1

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 15 races · 250cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Salzburgring500cc 1avg P4.0

Imola250cc 1 · 500cc 2avg P4.3

Le Mans350cc 1avg P6.0

Paul Ricard500cc 2avg P6.5

Anderstorp500cc 1avg P7.0

Imatra500cc 2avg P8.0

Assen500cc 1avg P9.0

Opatija500cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P11.5

Brno500cc 1—

Hockenheim500cc 1—

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 12 races · 1973–1977

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Imola2 racesavg P3.5

Salzburgring1 racesavg P4.0

Paul Ricard2 racesavg P6.5

Anderstorp1 racesavg P7.0

Imatra2 racesavg P8.0

Assen1 racesavg P9.0

Opatija1 racesavg P13.0

Brno1 races—

Hockenheim1 races—

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

350cc 2 races · 1974–1976

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Le Mans1 racesavg P6.0

Opatija1 racesavg P10.0

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

250cc 1 races · 1974

250cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; no grid records; one circuit only.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1973–1977 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)2 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 83 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 22 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 945 miles
0.0× around the Earth · at least 0.1 days

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

63.6%Start rate (7/11)

2Longest run of absences (races)

4Longest run of starts (races)

7Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1977 500cc P14 · 21 pts

Tap a cell for the event, qualifying, sprint and race results and points

? 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, 1973–1977 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

1973	Opatija	13
1975	Paul Ricard	4 +8
1975	Salzburgring	4 +8
1975	Imola	4 +8
1975	Imatra	DNF
1977	Hockenheim	DNF
1977	Imola	3 +10
1977	Paul Ricard	9 +2
1977	Assen	9 +2
1977	Anderstorp	7 +4
1977	Imatra	8 +3
1977	Brno	DNF