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

Riders

Andreas Hofmann

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Nationality: Germany
Bike: Suzuki

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Silverstone in 1981.

In 500cc (1981–1983): 11 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 11 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
1982	NATIONS GRAND PRIX	500cc	9

Season by season

500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1981–1983 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

500cc1981–1983

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P16.1

3 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, 1981–1983 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1981. Of the 51 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Freddie Spencer 3 world titles
11 races together: ahead 2, behind 7, 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 14 races · 1981–1983

By grid positionSmall sample

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 4–6	4.0 → 9.0	0 wins / 1 races
Grid 7–9	7.0 → 10.0	0 wins / 1 races
Grid 16〜	22.3 → 17.8	0 wins / 9 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Nogaro1 racesavg P9.0

Salzburgring2 racesavg P10.0

Silverstone2 racesavg P13.0

Mugello1 racesavg P14.0

Anderstorp1 racesavg P14.0

Hockenheim2 racesavg P20.0

Paul Ricard1 racesavg P20.0

Monza1 racesavg P21.0

Imola1 racesavg P27.0

Le Mans1 races—

Jarama1 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, 1981–1983 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)9 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 697 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 242 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 1,398 miles
0.1× around the Earth · at least 0.2 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

50%Start rate (12/24)

5Longest run of absences (races)

5Longest run of starts (races)

7.5Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1982 500cc P27 · 3 pts

1983 500cc

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, 1981–1983 (the rider's racing years)

1981	Paul Ricard		20
1981	Silverstone		15
1982	Salzburgring	grid 7	10 +1
1982	Nogaro	grid 4	9 +2
1982	Silverstone	grid 20	11
1982	Anderstorp	grid 17	14
1982	Mugello	grid 18	14
1982	Hockenheim		DNF
1983	Le Mans	grid 29	DNF
1983	Monza	grid 21	21
1983	Hockenheim	grid 26	20
1983	Jarama	grid 19	DNF
1983	Salzburgring	grid 25	DNF
1983	Imola	grid 26	27