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

Riders

Pekka Nurmi

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Nationality: Finland
Bike: Yamaha

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

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

In 350cc (1973): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1975): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1977): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1977): 4 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1977): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1977): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1977): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1977): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1978): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1979): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1979): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1979–1982): 3 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Rijeka 1979 (350cc).

In all, 17 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: 1975 500cc (TT) / 1980 350cc (NAT)

Season by season

350cc500cc250cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1973–1982 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1976–1982

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P9.0

21 pts · Poles 0

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

350cc1973–1982

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate4.8%

Average finish (when classified)avg P7.5

56 pts · Poles 0

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

500cc1975–1976

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P9.5

3 pts · Poles 0

1 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, 1973–1982 (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 1973. Of the 107 riders who debuted that year, 1 also raced in 2026.

Anton Mang 5 world titles
19 races together: ahead 1, behind 16, both out 2
Kork Ballington 4 world titles
20 races together: ahead 3, behind 16, both out 1
Walter Villa 4 world titles
17 races together: ahead 3, behind 11, both out 3

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 37 races · 250cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Hockenheim (average P6.6, 5 races)

Rijeka350cc 1avg P2.0

Le Mans250cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P6.0

Hockenheim350cc 4 · 250cc 1avg P6.6

Brno250cc 2 · 350cc 2avg P7.0

Jarama350cc 1avg P7.0

Silverstone250cc 3 · 350cc 2avg P7.7

Opatija350cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P8.5

Anderstorp500cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P9.0

Paul Ricard350cc 1avg P9.0

Imatra350cc 3 · 500cc 1 · 250cc 3avg P9.4

Assen350cc 2 · 250cc 1avg P9.5

Spa250cc 2avg P15.0

Imola350cc 1—

Salzburgring350cc 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.

350cc 21 races · 1973–1982

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 350cc, best at Hockenheim (average P7.0, 4 races)

Rijeka1 racesavg P2.0

Hockenheim4 racesavg P7.0

Brno2 racesavg P7.0

Jarama1 racesavg P7.0

Silverstone2 racesavg P7.5

Anderstorp1 racesavg P8.0

Opatija1 racesavg P8.0

Imatra3 racesavg P9.0

Paul Ricard1 racesavg P9.0

Assen2 racesavg P10.0

Imola1 races—

Le Mans1 races—

Salzburgring1 races—

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

250cc 14 races · 1976–1982

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 250cc, best at Silverstone (average P8.0, 3 races)

Hockenheim1 racesavg P5.0

Le Mans1 racesavg P6.0

Silverstone3 racesavg P8.0

Assen1 racesavg P9.0

Opatija1 racesavg P9.0

Imatra3 racesavg P10.0

Spa2 racesavg P15.0

Brno2 races—

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

500cc 2 races · 1975–1976

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Imatra1 racesavg P9.0

Anderstorp1 racesavg P10.0

500cc: 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, 1973–1982 (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)2 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 138 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 50 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 6,256 miles
0.3× around the Earth · at least 0.8 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

81.8%Start rate (9/11)

1Longest run of absences (races)

8Longest run of starts (races)

1Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1977 350cc P14 · 18 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, 1973–1982 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

1976	Le Mans	6 +5
1977	Hockenheim	5 +6
1977	Opatija	9 +2
1977	Spa	DNF
1977	Silverstone	8 +3
1978	Assen	9 +2
1978	Spa	15
1978	Imatra	DNF
1979	Imatra	8 +3
1979	Brno	DNF
1980	Silverstone	DNF
1981	Silverstone	DNF
1981	Brno	DNF
1982	Imatra	12

1973	Imatra	10 +1
1977	Hockenheim	10 +1
1977	Imola	DNF
1977	Jarama	7 +4
1977	Paul Ricard	9 +2
1977	Opatija	8 +3
1977	Assen	DNF
1977	Anderstorp	8 +3
1977	Imatra	DNF
1977	Silverstone	6 +5
1979	Hockenheim	7 +4
1979	Rijeka	2 +12
1979	Imatra	8 +3
1979	Brno	7 +4
1979	Le Mans	DNF
1980	Assen	10 +1
1980	Brno	DNF
1981	Hockenheim	5 +6
1982	Salzburgring	DNF
1982	Silverstone	9 +2
1982	Hockenheim	6 +5