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

Riders

Taro Sekiguchi

Nationality: Japan
Number: 84
Team (2016 Moto2): Team Taro Plus One
Bike: Chassis TSR / Engine Honda
Born: December 5, 1975(age 50)
Birthplace: Tokyo

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 250cc at Motegi in 1999.

In 250cc (1999–2007): 62 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. Teams: Campetella Racing, TicinoHosting Campetella Racing. In Moto2 (2016): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. Teams: Team Taro Plus One.

In all, 63 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)

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: 2000 250cc (CZE, PAC)

Season by season

250ccMoto2 ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1999–2016 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1999–2007

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P15.8

62 pts · Poles 0

Moto22016–2016

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P22.0

0 pts · Poles 0

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1999–2016 (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 1999. Of the 50 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Jorge Lorenzo 5 world titles
27 races together: ahead 2, behind 24, both out 1
Dani Pedrosa 3 world titles
25 races together: ahead 2, behind 23, both out 0
Manuel Poggiali 2 world titles
20 races together: ahead 7, behind 12, both out 1
Casey Stoner 2 world titles
17 races together: ahead 2, behind 12, 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)

Moto2 1 races · 2016

Moto2: all in the Dunlop era; Dry races only; always on the grid Grid 16〜; one circuit only.

250cc 62 races · 1999–2007

Dry / wetSmall sample

Podium rate: 0.0% dry, 0.0% wet

Win rate

Dry24 races0%(0 wins)

Wet2 races0%(0 wins)

Podium rate

Dry24 races0%(0 podiums)

Wet2 races0%(0 podiums)

Average finish (when classified)

Dry24 racesavg P15.7

Wet2 racesavg P13.0

36 races without track-condition data are not included

By grid position

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 7–9	9.0 → 14.0	0 wins / 1 races
Grid 10–15	13.2 → 13.4	0 wins / 8 races
Grid 16〜	22.9 → 15.9	0 wins / 48 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Best circuit: Lusail (average P11.5, 3 races)

Lusail3 racesavg P11.5

Suzuka3 racesavg P12.0

Sepang4 racesavg P13.7

Shanghai1 racesavg P14.0

Motegi5 racesavg P15.0

Donington4 racesavg P15.3

Catalunya4 racesavg P15.5

Jerez3 racesavg P15.7

Le Mans3 racesavg P15.7

Assen3 racesavg P16.0

Phillip Island5 racesavg P16.3

Brno4 racesavg P16.5

Valencia5 racesavg P16.8

Sachsenring4 racesavg P16.8

Estoril3 racesavg P17.5

Mugello3 racesavg P18.0

Rio1 racesavg P20.0

Welkom2 racesavg P22.0

Istanbul2 races—

250cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1999–2016 (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)

Ridden on the bike

at least 3,702 miles
0.1× around the Earth · 1,291 laps

Time on the bike: at least 101 hours (4.2 days)
Average 138.5 km/h, top 276.6 km/h
Time and average speed only from 2005–2016, the seasons with every session's lap analysis

Travelled between circuits

at least 206,496 miles
8.3× around the Earth · at least 18.6 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

72.3%Start rate (47/65)

7Longest run of absences (races)

19Longest run of starts (races)

14Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

2002 250cc P29 · 7 pts

2003 no Grand Prix starts

2004 250cc P29 · 4 pts

2005 250cc P21 · 13 pts

2006 no Grand Prix starts

2007 250cc P23 · 13 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, 1999–2016 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

1999	Motegi	grid 25	DNF
2000	Suzuka	grid 10	14 +2
2001	Suzuka	grid 15	10 +6
2001	Catalunya	grid 18	13 +3
2001	Brno	grid 15	16
2001	Estoril	grid 14	DNF
2001	Valencia	grid 21	17
2001	Motegi	grid 16	9 +7
2001	Phillip Island	grid 18	12 +4
2002	Suzuka	grid 21	DNF
2002	Welkom		Did not complete lap 1
2002	Jerez	grid 16	15 +1
2002	Le Mans	grid 13	12 +4
2002	Mugello	grid 11	DNF
2002	Catalunya	grid 16	16
2002	Assen	grid 26	17
2002	Donington	grid 9	14 +2
2002	Sachsenring	grid 25	16
2004	Welkom		22
2004	Jerez	grid 30	15 +1
2004	Le Mans	grid 30	21
2004	Mugello	grid 29	21
2004	Catalunya	grid 26	18
2004	Assen	grid 25	19
2004	Rio	grid 27	20
2004	Sachsenring	grid 22	17
2004	Donington	grid 25	19
2004	Brno	grid 30	DNF
2004	Estoril	grid 24	17
2004	Motegi	grid 30	18
2004	Lusail	grid 21	13 +3
2004	Sepang	grid 26	DNF
2004	Phillip Island	grid 25	DNF
2004	Valencia	grid 23	DNF
2005	Donington		DNF
2005	Sachsenring		18
2005	Brno	grid 24	DNF
2005	Motegi		DNF
2005	Sepang	grid 23	10 +6
2005	Lusail	grid 18	10 +6
2005	Phillip Island	grid 15	DNF
2005	Istanbul	grid 20	DNF
2005	Valencia	grid 13	15 +1
2006	Brno	grid 23	17
2006	Sepang	grid 22	13 +3
2006	Phillip Island	grid 24	19
2006	Motegi	grid 28	18
2006	Estoril	grid 19	18
2006	Valencia	grid 21	16
2007	Lusail	grid 25	DNF
2007	Jerez	grid 23	17
2007	Istanbul	grid 23	DNF
2007	Shanghai	grid 22	14 +2
2007	Le Mans	grid 18	14 +2
2007	Mugello	grid 26	15 +1
2007	Catalunya	grid 18	15 +1
2007	Donington	grid 22	13 +3
2007	Assen	grid 19	12 +4
2007	Sachsenring	grid 18	16
2007	Phillip Island	grid 22	18
2007	Sepang	grid 25	18
2007	Valencia	grid 22	19