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

Riders

Paolo Casoli

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Nationality: Italy
Bike: Gilera
Born: August 18, 1965(age 61)

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 125cc at Misano in 1984.

In 125cc (1984–1987): 10 starts, 1 wins, 4 podiums. In 250cc (1988–1993): 43 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Jerez 1987 (125cc). First win: Jarama 1987 (125cc).

In all, 53 Grand Prix starts, 1 wins and 4 podiums (within the official results database).

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

Season by season

125cc250cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1984–1993 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

125cc1984–1987

Win rate5.3%

Podium rate26.3%

Average finish (when classified)avg P5.4

75 pts · Poles 1

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

250cc1988–1993

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P13.4

114 pts · Poles 0

25 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, 1984–1993 (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.

Max Biaggi 4 world titles
24 races together: ahead 6, behind 13, both out 5
Jorge Martinez 4 world titles
11 races together: ahead 7, behind 2, both out 2
Luca Cadalora 3 world titles
71 races together: ahead 5, behind 64, both out 2
Loris Capirossi 3 world titles
21 races together: ahead 4, behind 16, both out 1

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 86 races · 125cc / 250cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Jarama (average P5.5, 4 races)

Jarama125cc 2 · 250cc 2avg P5.5

Assen125cc 2 · 250cc 4avg P9.0

Salzburgring125cc 2 · 250cc 3avg P9.5

Misano125cc 3 · 250cc 3avg P9.8

Shah Alam250cc 2avg P10.0

Catalunya250cc 1avg P10.0

Spa125cc 1 · 250cc 2avg P10.3

Jerez125cc 1 · 250cc 6avg P10.7

Le Mans125cc 1 · 250cc 3avg P11.0

Paul Ricard125cc 1 · 250cc 2avg P11.0

Nürburgring125cc 1 · 250cc 2avg P11.0

Hungaroring250cc 2avg P11.0

Eastern Creek250cc 3avg P11.7

Donington250cc 6avg P12.3

Hockenheim125cc 1 · 250cc 3avg P12.3

Magny-Cours250cc 1avg P13.0

Brno250cc 4avg P14.5

Anderstorp125cc 2 · 250cc 3avg P17.0

Imola250cc 1avg P17.0

Rijeka250cc 2avg P19.0

Suzuka250cc 4avg P21.5

Mugello250cc 2—

Laguna Seca250cc 2—

Goiânia250cc 1—

Silverstone125cc 1—

Phillip Island250cc 1—

Interlagos250cc 1—

Kyalami250cc 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 67 races · 1988–1993

By grid position

From Grid 10–15, they move up from an average grid of 13.1 to an average finish of 10.4

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 7–9	7.7 → 9.0	0 wins / 3 races
Grid 10–15	13.1 → 10.4	0 wins / 16 races
Grid 16〜	21.3 → 15.2	0 wins / 44 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 250cc, best at Eastern Creek (average P11.7, 3 races)

Jarama2 racesavg P10.0

Shah Alam2 racesavg P10.0

Catalunya1 racesavg P10.0

Paul Ricard2 racesavg P11.0

Hungaroring2 racesavg P11.0

Spa2 racesavg P11.5

Eastern Creek3 racesavg P11.7

Misano3 racesavg P12.0

Salzburgring3 racesavg P12.0

Donington6 racesavg P12.3

Assen4 racesavg P13.0

Le Mans3 racesavg P13.0

Magny-Cours1 racesavg P13.0

Nürburgring2 racesavg P14.0

Jerez6 racesavg P14.5

Brno4 racesavg P14.5

Hockenheim3 racesavg P15.0

Anderstorp3 racesavg P17.0

Imola1 racesavg P17.0

Rijeka2 racesavg P19.0

Suzuka4 racesavg P21.5

Mugello2 races—

Laguna Seca2 races—

Goiânia1 races—

Phillip Island1 races—

Interlagos1 races—

Kyalami1 races—

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

125cc 19 races · 1984–1987

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Jarama2 racesavg P1.0

Misano3 racesavg P3.0

Jerez1 racesavg P3.0

Assen2 racesavg P5.0

Le Mans1 racesavg P5.0

Salzburgring2 racesavg P7.0

Hockenheim1 racesavg P7.0

Nürburgring1 racesavg P8.0

Spa1 racesavg P8.0

Anderstorp2 races—

Paul Ricard1 races—

Silverstone1 races—

Monza1 races—

125cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; always on the grid Grid 1–3.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1984–1993 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)57 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 3,167 miles
0.1× around the Earth · 1,122 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 109,018 miles
4.4× around the Earth · at least 10.1 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

78%Start rate (85/109)

6Longest run of absences (races)

29Longest run of starts (races)

44Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1986 125cc P14 · 14 pts

1987 125cc P3 · 61 pts

1988 250cc P44 · 3 pts

1989 250cc P37 · 4 pts

1990 250cc P17 · 32 pts

1991 250cc P10 · 65 pts

1992 250cc P21 · 3 pts

1993 250cc P26 · 7 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, 1984–1993 (the rider's racing years)

1984	Misano		DNF
1986	Jarama		DNF
1986	Monza		DNF
1986	Nürburgring		8 +3
1986	Salzburgring		11
1986	Paul Ricard		DNF
1986	Assen		7 +4
1986	Spa		8 +3
1986	Silverstone		DNF
1986	Anderstorp		DNF
1986	Misano		DNF
1986	Hockenheim		7 +4
1987	Jerez		3 +10
1987	Hockenheim		Did not start
1987	Salzburgring	grid 1	3 +10
1987	Assen		3 +10
1987	Le Mans		5 +6
1987	Anderstorp		DNF
1987	Misano		3 +10
1987	Jarama	grid 2	1 +15

1988	Laguna Seca	grid 25	DNF
1988	Jarama	grid 26	DNF
1988	Jerez	grid 34	DNF
1988	Imola	grid 24	17
1988	Nürburgring	grid 14	14 +2
1988	Spa	grid 29	15 +1
1988	Rijeka	grid 31	DNF
1988	Paul Ricard	grid 23	DNF
1988	Donington	grid 15	DNF
1988	Anderstorp	grid 20	17
1988	Brno	grid 25	26
1989	Suzuka	grid 21	17
1989	Phillip Island	grid 18	DNF
1989	Jerez	grid 16	DNF
1989	Le Mans	grid 18	19
1989	Donington	grid 21	DNF
1989	Anderstorp	grid 16	DNF
1989	Brno	grid 18	12 +4
1989	Goiânia		DNF
1990	Jerez	grid 17	14 +2
1990	Misano	grid 25	14 +2
1990	Nürburgring	grid 21	DNF
1990	Salzburgring	grid 18	13 +3
1990	Rijeka	grid 29	19
1990	Assen	grid 23	18
1990	Spa	grid 16	8 +8
1990	Le Mans	grid 13	10 +6
1990	Donington	grid 14	14 +2
1990	Anderstorp	grid 16	DNF
1990	Brno	grid 18	12 +4
1990	Hungaroring	grid 13	11 +5
1991	Suzuka		26
1991	Eastern Creek	grid 15	9 +7
1991	Laguna Seca	grid 13	DNF
1991	Jerez	grid 9	DNF
1991	Misano	grid 13	10 +6
1991	Hockenheim	grid 13	11 +5
1991	Salzburgring	grid 11	11 +5
1991	Jarama	grid 11	10 +6
1991	Assen	grid 15	8 +8
1991	Paul Ricard	grid 7	11 +5
1991	Donington	grid 7	7 +9
1991	Mugello		DNF
1991	Brno	grid 10	8 +8
1991	Le Mans	grid 12	10 +6
1991	Shah Alam		DNF
1992	Suzuka	grid 39	DNF
1992	Eastern Creek	grid 15	10 +1
1992	Shah Alam	grid 13	10 +1
1992	Jerez	grid 19	15
1992	Mugello	grid 21	DNF
1992	Catalunya	grid 17	10 +1
1992	Hockenheim	grid 19	DNF
1992	Assen	grid 21	DNF
1992	Hungaroring	grid 19	DNF
1992	Magny-Cours	grid 22	13
1992	Donington	grid 19	15
1992	Interlagos	grid 23	DNF
1992	Kyalami	grid 27	DNF
1993	Eastern Creek	grid 18	16
1993	Shah Alam		Did not start
1993	Suzuka	grid 19	DNF
1993	Jerez	grid 18	DNF
1993	Salzburgring	grid 22	DNF
1993	Hockenheim	grid 16	19
1993	Assen	grid 16	DNF
1993	Catalunya		Did not start
1993	Donington	grid 19	13 +3
1993	Misano	grid 16	12 +4