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

Riders

Edy Lenz

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Nationality
Austria Austria

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

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Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Nürburgring in 1965.

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In 500cc (1965–1966): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 2 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: 1966 500cc (TT)

Season by season

500cc ★ Champion

1510152019611962196319641965196619671965 500cc: P23 / 2 pts / 0 wins1966 500cc: P19 / 2 pts / 0 wins500cc

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Scope: official results DB, 1961–1967 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

500cc1961–1967
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate0.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P6.6

4 pts · Poles 0

6 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, 1961–1967 (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 1961. 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)

500cc 8 races · 1961–1967

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Nürburgring1 racesavg P5.0
Hockenheim1 racesavg P6.0
Monza2 racesavg P6.5
Kristianstad1 racesavg P9.0
Spa2 races—
Sachsenring1 races—

500cc: 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, 1961–1967 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)2 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 818 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 195 laps

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 (4/8)
3Longest run of absences (races)
2Longest run of starts (races)
2Estimated points lost to absences
1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent
1966 500cc P19 · 2 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, 1961–1967 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

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