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

Riders

Alex Hofmann

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Nationality: Germany
Number: 66
Team (2007 MotoGP): Pramac d'Antin
Bike: Ducati
Born: May 25, 1980(age 46)
Birthplace: Mindelheim
Height / weight: 180 cm / 74 kg (official profile, fetched October 2026; weight and height change over time)

Photos (5)

2005
At this race · Oz · CC BY 2.0
2005
At this race · Oz · CC BY 2.0
2007
At this race · Nicholas Weaver · CC BY 3.0
2016
Matthew Lamb · CC BY-SA 2.0
2016
Matthew Lamb · CC BY-SA 2.0

Freely licensed photos from Wikimedia Commons. Tap a photo for its source page (photographer, licence). The year is when it was taken.

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 250cc at Sachsenring in 1998.

In 250cc (1998–2001): 40 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In MotoGP (2002–2007): 63 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. Teams: Kawasaki Racing Team, Pramac d'Antín MotoGP, Ducati Marlboro Team, Pramac d'Antin.

In all, 103 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 0 podiums (within the official results database).

Written automatically from the official results database (no opinions about the rider)

Starts with no race result

The official records keep only the qualifying order and the starting grid for these races; the race result is missing (the official site has none either).

Year	Event	Class	Grid	Qualifying
2004	RIO GRAND PRIX	MotoGP	14	1'49.853

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: 2004 MotoGP (RIO)

Season by season

125cc250ccMotoGP ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1997–2007 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

125cc1997–1997

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P14.0

2 pts · Poles 0

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

250cc1998–2001

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P12.9

124 pts · Poles 0

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

MotoGP2002–2007

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P12.6

189 pts · Poles 0

Includes 5 points from races with no result in the official records (counted from the official standings).

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1997–2007 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Strongest and weakest circuits

Strong

Sachsenring 0.3 places better than usual (3 finishes)
Lusail 0.3 places better than usual (3 finishes)
Donington 0.1 places worse than usual (4 finishes)

Weak

Brno 2.6 places worse than usual (4 finishes)
Catalunya 0.8 places worse than usual (4 finishes)
Mugello 0.3 places worse than usual (4 finishes)

Each finish here compared with the rider's usual finish that season (average without this circuit): how many places better or worse on average. Same layout only; retirements counted separately

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1997. Of the 73 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Valentino Rossi 9 world titles
81 races together: ahead 9, behind 71, both out 1
Max Biaggi 4 world titles
34 races together: ahead 4, behind 30, both out 0
Loris Capirossi 3 world titles
76 races together: ahead 16, behind 60, both out 0
Dani Pedrosa 3 world titles
29 races together: ahead 5, behind 24, 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 105 races · 125cc / 250cc / MotoGP

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Sachsenring (average P10.3, 9 races)

Paul Ricard250cc 1avg P8.0

Buenos Aires250cc 1avg P10.0

Sachsenring250cc 3 · MotoGP 6avg P10.3

Assen250cc 2 · MotoGP 6avg P11.0

MisanoMotoGP 1avg P11.0

Welkom250cc 3 · MotoGP 1avg P11.5

Estoril250cc 2 · MotoGP 3avg P11.7

LusailMotoGP 3avg P11.7

Le Mans250cc 2 · MotoGP 3avg P11.8

Catalunya250cc 2 · MotoGP 5avg P11.8

ShanghaiMotoGP 2avg P12.0

Sepang250cc 3 · MotoGP 2avg P12.5

IstanbulMotoGP 2avg P12.5

Donington250cc 2 · MotoGP 5avg P12.6

Phillip Island250cc 2 · MotoGP 2avg P13.0

Laguna SecaMotoGP 2avg P13.0

Valencia250cc 3 · MotoGP 3avg P13.3

Suzuka250cc 2avg P13.5

Jerez250cc 3 · MotoGP 5avg P14.0

Nürburgring125cc 1avg P14.0

Mugello250cc 3 · MotoGP 5avg P14.2

Rio250cc 2avg P14.5

Motegi250cc 2 · MotoGP 3avg P15.3

Brno250cc 2 · MotoGP 4avg P16.4

Imola250cc 1avg P17.0

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.

MotoGP 63 races · 2002–2007

Dry / wet

Podium rate: 0.0% dry, 0.0% wet

Win rate

Dry32 races0%(0 wins)

Wet5 races0%(0 wins)

Podium rate

Dry32 races0%(0 podiums)

Wet5 races0%(0 podiums)

Average finish (when classified)

Dry32 racesavg P12.5

Wet5 racesavg P9.6

26 races without track-condition data are not included

By grid position

Starting Grid 10–15: average finish 12.3

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 7–9	8.3 → 11.0	0 wins / 3 races
Grid 10–15	12.8 → 12.3	0 wins / 24 races
Grid 16〜	18.1 → 12.9	0 wins / 35 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In MotoGP, best at Le Mans (average P9.0, 3 races)

Le Mans3 racesavg P9.0

Assen6 racesavg P10.8

Misano1 racesavg P11.0

Sachsenring6 racesavg P11.5

Lusail3 racesavg P11.7

Estoril3 racesavg P12.0

Shanghai2 racesavg P12.0

Valencia3 racesavg P12.5

Istanbul2 racesavg P12.5

Catalunya5 racesavg P12.8

Mugello5 racesavg P12.8

Motegi3 racesavg P13.0

Phillip Island2 racesavg P13.0

Laguna Seca2 racesavg P13.0

Donington5 racesavg P13.2

Jerez5 racesavg P13.8

Sepang2 racesavg P15.0

Brno4 racesavg P15.8

Welkom1 races—

MotoGP: all in the Multiple suppliers era.

250cc 41 races · 1998–2001

By grid positionSmall sample

From Grid 10–15, they move up from an average grid of 13.0 to an average finish of 11.6

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 10–15	13.0 → 11.6	0 wins / 22 races
Grid 16〜	20.1 → 14.4	0 wins / 17 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 250cc, best at Sachsenring (average P8.7, 3 races)

Paul Ricard1 racesavg P8.0

Sachsenring3 racesavg P8.7

Catalunya2 racesavg P10.0

Buenos Aires1 racesavg P10.0

Estoril2 racesavg P11.0

Donington2 racesavg P11.0

Welkom3 racesavg P11.5

Assen2 racesavg P11.5

Sepang3 racesavg P11.7

Phillip Island2 racesavg P13.0

Suzuka2 racesavg P13.5

Valencia3 racesavg P14.0

Jerez3 racesavg P14.3

Le Mans2 racesavg P14.5

Rio2 racesavg P14.5

Mugello3 racesavg P17.0

Imola1 racesavg P17.0

Motegi2 racesavg P17.5

Brno2 racesavg P19.0

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

125cc 1 races · 1997

125cc: 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, 1997–2007 (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)2 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 17,181 miles
0.7× around the Earth · 6,070 laps

Time on the bike: at least 144 hours (6.0 days)
Average 145.6 km/h, top 339.2 km/h
Time and average speed only from 2005–2007, the seasons with every session's lap analysis

Travelled between circuits

at least 278,344 miles
11.2× around the Earth · at least 25.4 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

81.7%Start rate (94/115)

4Longest run of absences (races)

28Longest run of starts (races)

58.7Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1999 250cc P16 · 51 pts

2000 250cc P25 · 12 pts

2001 250cc P12 · 55 pts

2002〜2003 no Grand Prix starts

2004 MotoGP P15 · 51 pts

2005 MotoGP P19 · 24 pts

2006 MotoGP P17 · 30 pts

2007 MotoGP P13 · 65 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, 1997–2007 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

1998	Sachsenring	grid 11	10 +6
1999	Sepang	grid 12	17
1999	Motegi	grid 22	18
1999	Jerez	grid 15	15 +1
1999	Paul Ricard	grid 14	8 +8
1999	Mugello	grid 14	16
1999	Catalunya	grid 13	11 +5
1999	Assen	grid 11	11 +5
1999	Donington	grid 18	13 +3
1999	Sachsenring	grid 12	9 +7
1999	Brno	grid 15	DNF
1999	Imola	grid 20	17
1999	Valencia	grid 17	10 +6
1999	Phillip Island	grid 16	13 +3
1999	Welkom	grid 16	13 +3
1999	Rio	grid 18	12 +4
1999	Buenos Aires	grid 15	10 +6
2000	Welkom		DNF
2000	Sepang	grid 12	10 +6
2000	Suzuka	grid 23	15 +1
2000	Jerez	grid 23	17
2000	Le Mans	grid 17	18
2000	Mugello	grid 12	Out on lap 1
2000	Brno	grid 23	19
2000	Estoril	grid 25	11 +5
2000	Valencia	grid 24	18
2001	Suzuka	grid 18	12 +4
2001	Welkom	grid 23	10 +6
2001	Jerez	grid 18	11 +5
2001	Le Mans	grid 15	11 +5
2001	Mugello	grid 13	18
2001	Catalunya	grid 14	9 +7
2001	Assen	grid 12	12 +4
2001	Donington	grid 12	9 +7
2001	Sachsenring	grid 12	7 +9
2001	Brno	grid 17	Did not start
2001	Estoril	grid 15	DNF
2001	Valencia	grid 12	DNF
2001	Motegi	grid 21	17
2001	Phillip Island	grid 7	DNF
2001	Sepang	grid 11	8 +8
2001	Rio	grid 13	17

2002	Catalunya	grid 19	DNF
2002	Assen	grid 12	11 +5
2002	Donington	grid 19	17
2002	Sachsenring	grid 18	10 +6
2003	Jerez	grid 21	16
2003	Mugello	grid 15	14 +2
2003	Assen	grid 17	10 +6
2003	Sachsenring	grid 21	17
2003	Brno	grid 20	19
2004	Welkom	grid 13	DNF
2004	Jerez	grid 14	13 +3
2004	Le Mans	grid 19	DNF
2004	Mugello		14 +2
2004	Catalunya	grid 14	11 +5
2004	Assen	grid 11	13 +3
2004	Sachsenring	grid 16	10 +6
2004	Donington	grid 20	19
2004	Brno	grid 24	13 +3
2004	Estoril	grid 17	13 +3
2004	Motegi	grid 19	10 +6
2004	Lusail	grid 16	9 +7
2004	Sepang	grid 13	DNF
2004	Phillip Island	grid 8	13 +3
2004	Valencia	grid 11	11 +5
2005	Jerez	grid 10	11 +5
2005	Mugello	grid 14	12 +4
2005	Catalunya	grid 14	17
2005	Assen	grid 10	DNF
2005	Laguna Seca	grid 15	12 +4
2005	Donington	grid 15	8 +8
2005	Sachsenring	grid 13	Not restarted
2005	Brno	grid 14	15 +1
2005	Motegi	grid 12	DNF
2005	Valencia	grid 12	14 +2
2006	Jerez	grid 19	15 +1
2006	Lusail	grid 18	15 +1
2006	Istanbul	grid 17	16
2006	Shanghai	grid 16	15 +1
2006	Le Mans	grid 18	13 +3
2006	Mugello	grid 18	DNF
2006	Catalunya	grid 17	10 +6
2006	Assen	grid 9	12 +4
2006	Donington	grid 15	13 +3
2006	Sachsenring	grid 16	DNF
2006	Laguna Seca	grid 17	14 +2
2006	Brno	grid 14	16
2006	Sepang	grid 17	15 +1
2006	Phillip Island	grid 17	13 +3
2006	Motegi	grid 20	16
2006	Estoril	grid 18	11 +5
2006	Valencia	grid 17	DNF
2007	Lusail	grid 17	11 +5
2007	Jerez	grid 18	Excluded
2007	Istanbul	grid 17	9 +7
2007	Shanghai	grid 11	9 +7
2007	Le Mans	grid 17	5 +11
2007	Mugello	grid 11	11 +5
2007	Catalunya	grid 10	13 +3
2007	Donington	grid 14	9 +7
2007	Assen	grid 8	8 +8
2007	Sachsenring	grid 16	9 +7
2007	Misano	grid 19	11 +5
2007	Estoril	grid 17	DNF