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

Riders

Hans Baltisberger (photo from Wikimedia Commons)
Author of this photo is unknown person. · Public domain · 1956 · Wikimedia Commons

Hans Baltisberger

Nationality
Germany Germany
Bike
NSU
Born
September 16, 1924(age 102)

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

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Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 250cc at Isle of Man in 1954.

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In 250cc (1954): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 125cc (1954): 3 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1954–1956): 3 starts, 0 wins, 2 podiums.

First podium: Ulster 1954 (125cc).

In all, 7 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 3 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: 1951 350cc (BEL, ULST)

Season by season

350cc125cc250cc ★ Champion

12468101951195219531954195519561954 125cc: P5 / 10 pts / 0 wins125cc1954 250cc: P5 / 14 pts / 0 wins1955 250cc: P9 / 6 pts / 0 wins1956 250cc: P8 / 7 pts / 0 wins250cc

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Teams in years without official results: 1952 500cc

Scope: official results DB, 1951–1956 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Totals

125cc1954–1954
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate33.3%
Average finish (when classified)avg P3.7

10 pts · Poles 0

250cc1954–1956
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate57.1%
Average finish (when classified)avg P3.4

27 pts · Poles 0

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

350cc1951–1955
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate0.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P7.0

0 pts · Poles 0

2 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, 1951–1956 (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 1951. Of the 61 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 12 races · 125cc / 250cc / 350cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Monza250cc 1avg P2.0
Ulster125cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P2.5
Assen250cc 1 · 125cc 1avg P3.5
Rouen250cc 1avg P4.0
Solitude250cc 1avg P4.0
Isle of Man125cc 1 · 250cc 2avg P4.3
Bremgarten350cc 1avg P7.0
Spa350cc 1avg P7.0

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.

250cc 7 races · 1954–1956

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Monza1 racesavg P2.0
Ulster1 racesavg P2.0
Assen1 racesavg P3.0
Rouen1 racesavg P4.0
Solitude1 racesavg P4.0
Isle of Man2 racesavg P4.5

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

350cc 2 races · 1951–1955

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate
Podium rate
Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Bremgarten1 racesavg P7.0
Spa1 racesavg P7.0

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

125cc 3 races · 1954

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Ulster1 racesavg P3.0
Assen1 racesavg P4.0
Isle of Man1 racesavg P4.0

125cc: 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, 1951–1956 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Every race

53.8%Start rate (7/13)
3Longest run of absences (races)
4Longest run of starts (races)
21Estimated points lost to absences
1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent
1954 125cc P5 · 10 pts
1954 250cc P5 · 14 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, 1951–1956 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

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