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

Riders

Mario Lega

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Nationality: Italy
Bike: Morbidelli
Born: February 20, 1949(age 77)

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

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

In 350cc (1973): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1973): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1973): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1974): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1975–1978): 10 starts, 1 wins, 4 podiums. In 350cc (1978): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1978): 3 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Imola 1974 (350cc). First win: Opatija 1977 (250cc). World champion: 1977 250cc.

In all, 18 Grand Prix starts, 1 wins and 5 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: 1973 250cc (TT) / 1974 350cc (TT)

Season by season

250cc350cc500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1973–1978 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1973–1978 ★ 1 titles (1977)

Win rate4.2%

Podium rate29.2%

Average finish (when classified)avg P5.5

143 pts · Poles 0

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

350cc1973–1978

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate20.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P7.7

32 pts · Poles 0

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

500cc1973–1973

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P7.0

4 pts · Poles 0

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1973–1978 (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
12 races together: ahead 7, behind 3, both out 2
Kork Ballington 4 world titles
20 races together: ahead 4, behind 15, both out 1
Walter Villa 4 world titles
19 races together: ahead 5, behind 12, 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)

All classes 35 races · 250cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Opatija (average P4.0, 3 races)

Anderstorp250cc 1avg P2.0

Opatija250cc 2 · 350cc 1avg P4.0

Paul Ricard250cc 1avg P4.0

Spa250cc 2avg P4.5

Imola250cc 3 · 350cc 2avg P4.6

Imatra350cc 1 · 250cc 2avg P5.0

Jarama250cc 1avg P5.0

Brno250cc 3 · 500cc 1avg P5.8

Karlskoga250cc 1avg P7.0

San Carlos250cc 2avg P7.5

Mugello250cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P8.0

Monza350cc 1avg P8.0

Rijeka350cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P9.0

Assen350cc 3 · 250cc 2avg P9.7

Silverstone250cc 1—

Nogaro250cc 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 24 races · 1973–1978

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 250cc, best at Brno (average P5.3, 3 races)

Anderstorp1 racesavg P2.0

Opatija2 racesavg P2.5

Paul Ricard1 racesavg P4.0

Spa2 racesavg P4.5

Imatra2 racesavg P5.0

Jarama1 racesavg P5.0

Brno3 racesavg P5.3

Mugello1 racesavg P6.0

Imola3 racesavg P6.3

Rijeka1 racesavg P7.0

Karlskoga1 racesavg P7.0

Assen2 racesavg P7.5

San Carlos2 racesavg P7.5

Silverstone1 races—

Nogaro1 races—

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

350cc 10 races · 1973–1978

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Imola2 racesavg P2.0

Opatija1 racesavg P7.0

Monza1 racesavg P8.0

Mugello1 racesavg P10.0

Rijeka1 racesavg P11.0

Assen3 racesavg P14.0

Imatra1 races—

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

500cc 1 races · 1973

500cc: 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, 1973–1978 (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)1 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 68 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 35 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 3,206 miles
0.1× around the Earth · at least 0.4 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

83.3%Start rate (20/24)

1Longest run of absences (races)

9Longest run of starts (races)

20.4Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1977 250cc P1 · 85 pts

1978 250cc P7 · 44 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, 1973–1978 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

1973	Opatija	4 +8
1973	Brno	10 +1
1974	Imola	11
1975	Imola	6 +5
1977	San Carlos	9 +2
1977	Imola	2 +12
1977	Jarama	5 +6
1977	Paul Ricard	4 +8
1977	Opatija	1 +15
1977	Assen	5 +6
1977	Spa	3 +10
1977	Anderstorp	2 +12
1977	Imatra	7 +4
1977	Brno	3 +10
1978	San Carlos	6 +5
1978	Nogaro	DNF
1978	Mugello	6 +5
1978	Assen	10 +1
1978	Spa	6 +5
1978	Karlskoga	7 +4
1978	Imatra	3 +10
1978	Silverstone	DNF
1978	Brno	3 +10
1978	Rijeka	7 +4

1973	Monza	8 +3
1974	Imola	2 +12
1974	Assen	14
1975	Opatija	7 +4
1977	Imola	2 +12
1977	Assen	DNF
1977	Imatra	DNF
1978	Mugello	10 +1
1978	Assen	DNF
1978	Rijeka	11