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

Riders

Rolf Minhoff

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Nationality: Germany
Bike: Yamaha

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 50cc at Nürburgring in 1972.

In 50cc (1972): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 125cc (1972–1974): 9 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1974–1975): 3 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Assen 1973 (125cc).

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 1 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1973 250cc (TT)

Season by season

125cc50cc250cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1972–1975 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

50cc1972–1972

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P10.0

1 pts · Poles 0

125cc1972–1974

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate8.3%

Average finish (when classified)avg P6.1

54 pts · Poles 0

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

250cc1973–1975

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P12.4

19 pts · Poles 0

6 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, 1972–1975 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 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.

Kent Andersson 2 world titles
10 races together: ahead 0, behind 10, both out 0

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 22 races · 50cc / 125cc / 250cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Opatija (average P7.2, 5 races)

Jarama250cc 1avg P5.0

Assen125cc 2avg P6.0

Montjuïc250cc 1avg P6.0

Opatija125cc 3 · 250cc 2avg P7.2

Anderstorp125cc 2 · 250cc 1avg P9.0

Nürburgring50cc 1avg P10.0

Spa125cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P10.5

Brno250cc 2 · 125cc 1avg P13.0

Paul Ricard250cc 1 · 125cc 1avg P13.5

Salzburgring125cc 1—

Monza125cc 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.

250cc 9 races · 1973–1975

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Jarama1 racesavg P5.0

Montjuïc1 racesavg P6.0

Opatija2 racesavg P7.0

Anderstorp1 racesavg P15.0

Spa1 racesavg P17.0

Brno2 racesavg P17.5

Paul Ricard1 racesavg P20.0

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

125cc 12 races · 1972–1974

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Brno1 racesavg P4.0

Spa1 racesavg P4.0

Assen2 racesavg P6.0

Anderstorp2 racesavg P6.0

Paul Ricard1 racesavg P7.0

Opatija3 racesavg P7.3

Salzburgring1 races—

Monza1 races—

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

50cc 1 races · 1972

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

50cc: 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, 1972–1975 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)7 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 434 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 101 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 502 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

58.3%Start rate (7/12)

2Longest run of absences (races)

5Longest run of starts (races)

24Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1973 125cc P8 · 42 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, 1972–1975 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

1972	Opatija	8 +3
1972	Assen	10 +1
1973	Paul Ricard	7 +4
1973	Monza	DNF
1973	Opatija	6 +5
1973	Assen	2 +12
1973	Spa	4 +8
1973	Brno	4 +8
1973	Anderstorp	6 +5
1974	Salzburgring	DNF
1974	Anderstorp	6 +5
1974	Opatija	8 +3