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

Riders

Shigeru Ibaraki

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Nationality
Japan Japan
Bike
Yamaha
Born
March 9, 1969(age 57)

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

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Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 125cc at Suzuka in 1996.

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In 125cc (1996): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 1 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)

Season by season

125cc ★ Champion

1510152025199519961995 125cc: P26 / 11 pts / 0 wins1996 125cc: P26 / 6 pts / 0 wins125cc

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Scope: official results DB, 1995–1996 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

125cc1995–1996
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate0.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P7.5

17 pts · Poles 0

1 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, 1995–1996 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1995. Of the 61 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)

125cc 2 races · 1995–1996

By grid positionSmall sample

average grid average finish (classified)

151015Starting Grid 10–15: average grid 14.0 → average finish 5.0 (1 races, 0 wins)Grid 10–15Starting Grid 16〜: average grid 19.0 → average finish 10.0 (1 races, 0 wins)Grid 16〜
Grid 10–1514.0 → 5.00 wins / 1 races
Grid 16〜19.0 → 10.00 wins / 1 races

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

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1995–1996 (the rider's racing years)

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 131 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 36 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

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, 1995–1996 (the rider's racing years)

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