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

Riders

Moto Kitano

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Nationality: Japan
Bike: Honda

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 125cc at Isle of Man in 1960.

In 125cc (1960): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1962): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1962): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 4 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 1 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1962 350cc (TT)

Season by season

125cc250cc350cc ★ Champion

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

Teams in years without official results: 1960 250cc

Scope: official results DB, 1960–1962 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

125cc1960–1960

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P13.0

0 pts · Poles 0

250cc1962–1962

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P4.0

6 pts · Poles 0

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

350cc1962–1962

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P6.0

1 pts · Poles 0

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1960–1962 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1960. Of the 37 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 5 races · 125cc / 250cc / 350cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Sachsenring250cc 1avg P4.0

Monza250cc 1avg P4.0

Tampere350cc 1avg P6.0

Spa125cc 1avg P7.0

Isle of Man125cc 1avg P19.0

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 1 races · 1962

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

350cc: no track-condition records; no grid records; one circuit only.

250cc 2 races · 1962

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Sachsenring1 racesavg P4.0

Monza1 racesavg P4.0

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

125cc 2 races · 1960

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Spa1 racesavg P7.0

Isle of Man1 racesavg P19.0

125cc: 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, 1960–1962 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

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, 1960–1962 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

1962	Sachsenring			4 +3
1962	Monza			4 +3