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

Riders

Karl Truchsess

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Nationality: Austria
Number: 69
Born: February 11, 1965(age 61)
Birthplace: Graz

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Rijeka in 1984.

In 500cc (1984–1990): 20 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 20 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
1988	YUGOSLAVIAN GRAND PRIX	500cc	24

Season by season

500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1984–1996 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

500cc1984–1996

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P17.2

12 pts · Poles 0

7 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, 1984–1996 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1984. Of the 87 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Eddie Lawson 4 world titles
23 races together: ahead 1, behind 20, both out 2

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)

500cc 25 races · 1984–1996

By grid positionSmall sample

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 10–15	14.0 → 11.5	0 wins / 2 races
Grid 16〜	22.3 → 18.3	0 wins / 21 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Assen (average P15.0, 6 races)

Rijeka2 racesavg P11.0

Spa1 racesavg P14.0

Assen6 racesavg P15.0

Monza1 racesavg P15.0

Salzburgring4 racesavg P16.3

Misano3 racesavg P20.0

Mugello2 racesavg P21.0

Brno2 racesavg P21.0

Silverstone1 racesavg P27.0

Paul Ricard1 races—

Le Mans1 races—

Hungaroring1 races—

500cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1984–1996 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)12 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 851 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 303 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 6,905 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

No season as a regular (starting at least half of the races)

? 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, 1984–1996 (the rider's racing years)

1984	Salzburgring		DNF
1984	Rijeka	grid 18	14
1984	Mugello	grid 18	DNF
1985	Mugello	grid 21	21
1985	Salzburgring	grid 20	18
1985	Rijeka		Did not start
1985	Assen	grid 25	DNF
1985	Silverstone	grid 32	27
1985	Misano	grid 17	DNF
1986	Monza	grid 26	15
1986	Paul Ricard	grid 29	DNF
1986	Assen		DNF
1986	Misano	grid 31	20
1987	Salzburgring	grid 22	16
1987	Assen	grid 22	DNF
1987	Brno	grid 18	DNF
1987	Misano	grid 32	20
1988	Assen	grid 24	DNF
1988	Brno	grid 19	21
1989	Assen	grid 23	DNF
1990	Salzburgring	grid 14	15 +1
1990	Rijeka	grid 14	8 +8
1990	Assen	grid 18	15 +1
1990	Spa	grid 17	14 +2
1990	Le Mans	grid 18	DNF
1990	Hungaroring	grid 18	DNF
1996	Red Bull Ring		Did not start