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

Riders

August Hobl

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Nationality
Germany Germany

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

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Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 350cc at Monza in 1953.

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In 350cc (1953–1955): 4 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 125cc (1956): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 350cc (1956): 2 starts, 0 wins, 2 podiums. In 125cc (1956): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Nürburgring 1955 (350cc).

In all, 8 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 4 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).

YearEventClassGridQualifying
1988NATIONS GRAND PRIX80cc23

Note: these totals are incomplete. The official data has no result for 3 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1953 250cc (TT, ULST) / 1956 350cc (TT)

Season by season

250cc350cc125cc ★ Champion

12468101219531954195519561953 250cc: P8 / 6 pts / 0 wins250cc1953 350cc: P12 / 3 pts / 0 wins1955 350cc: P3 / 17 pts / 0 wins1956 350cc: P3 / 17 pts / 0 wins350cc1955 125cc: P12 / 3 pts / 0 wins1956 125cc: P7 / 6 pts / 0 wins125cc

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Scope: official results DB, 1953–1956 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Totals

125cc1955–1956
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate33.3%
Average finish (when classified)avg P4.0

9 pts · Poles 0

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

250cc1953–1953
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate33.3%
Average finish (when classified)avg P5.0

6 pts · Poles 0

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

350cc1953–1956
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate55.6%
Average finish (when classified)avg P3.3

37 pts · Poles 0

3 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, 1953–1956 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1953. Of the 50 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

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 15 races · 125cc / 250cc / 350cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Assen (average P4.0, 4 races)

Spa350cc 2avg P2.0
Nürburgring350cc 1avg P2.0
Schotten250cc 1avg P3.0
Solitude125cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P3.5
Assen250cc 1 · 350cc 2 · 125cc 1avg P4.0
Monza350cc 3 · 125cc 1avg P4.8
Montjuïc250cc 1avg P6.0

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.

350cc 9 races · 1953–1956

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate
Podium rate
Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Spa2 racesavg P2.0
Solitude1 racesavg P2.0
Nürburgring1 racesavg P2.0
Assen2 racesavg P3.5
Monza3 racesavg P5.0

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

125cc 3 races · 1955–1956

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Assen1 racesavg P3.0
Monza1 racesavg P4.0
Solitude1 racesavg P5.0

125cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; no grid records.

250cc 3 races · 1953

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Schotten1 racesavg P3.0
Assen1 racesavg P6.0
Montjuïc1 racesavg P6.0

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

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1953–1956 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Every race

64.7%Start rate (11/17)
2Longest run of absences (races)
4Longest run of starts (races)
15.3Estimated points lost to absences
1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent
1953 250cc P8 · 6 pts

1954 no Grand Prix starts

1955 350cc P3 · 17 pts
1956 350cc P3 · 17 pts

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? 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, 1953–1956 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

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