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

Riders

Yuki Takahashi

Nationality: Japan
Number: 72
Team (2015 Moto2): Moriwaki Racing
Bike: Chassis Moriwaki / Engine Honda
Born: July 12, 1984(age 42)
Birthplace: Saitama
Height / weight: 164 cm / 60 kg (official profile, fetched October 2026; weight and height change over time)

Photos (8)

2008
At this race · Tomohiko Tanabe from Yokohama, Japan · CC BY-SA 2.0
2010
At this race · zoolkareem from Malaysia · CC BY-SA 2.0
2010
At this race · motoracereports · CC BY 3.0
2011
Neuwieser from Germany · CC BY-SA 2.0
2011
At this race · Jorge Meneses · CC BY-SA 3.0
2012
At this race · 杉山直樹（高橋裕紀公式サイト管理人）がポルトガルGPにて撮影 · Public domain
2016
Norio NAKAYAMA from saitama, japan · CC BY-SA 2.0
2017
Rikita · CC BY-SA 4.0

Freely licensed photos from Wikimedia Commons. Tap a photo for its source page (photographer, licence). The year is when it was taken.

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 250cc at Motegi in 2002.

In 250cc (2002–2008): 65 starts, 2 wins, 7 podiums. Teams: Team Scot, Humangest Racing Team, Humangest Racing Team 250cc, JiR Team Scot 250. In MotoGP (2009): 7 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. Teams: Scot Racing Team MotoGP. In Moto2 (2010–2015): 63 starts, 1 wins, 4 podiums. Teams: Tech 3 Racing, Gresini Racing Moto2, NGM Mobile Forward Racing, Idemitsu Honda Team Asia, Moriwaki Racing.

First podium: Motegi 2002 (250cc). First win: Le Mans 2006 (250cc).

In all, 135 Grand Prix starts, 3 wins and 11 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
2008	INDIANAPOLIS GRAND PRIX	250cc	11	1'46.739
2010	Portuguese GP	Moto2	9	1'54.302

Season by season

125cc250ccMotoGPMoto2 ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 2001–2015 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

125cc2001–2001

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)—

0 pts · Poles 0

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

250cc2002–2008

Win rate3.1%

Podium rate10.8%

Average finish (when classified)avg P6.5

546 pts · Poles 0

Moto22010–2015

Win rate1.6%

Podium rate6.3%

Average finish (when classified)avg P16.4

170 pts · Poles 0

MotoGP2009–2009

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P13.8

9 pts · Poles 0

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 2001–2015 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 2001. Of the 42 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Marc Marquez 9 world titles
32 races together: ahead 5, behind 26, both out 1
Jorge Lorenzo 5 world titles
51 races together: ahead 10, behind 41, both out 0
Dani Pedrosa 3 world titles
25 races together: ahead 2, behind 22, both out 1
Jordi Torres 2 world titles
32 races together: ahead 9, behind 23, both out 0

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 136 races · 125cc / 250cc / Moto2 / MotoGP

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Istanbul (average P5.0, 3 races)

Suzuka250cc 1avg P3.0

Istanbul250cc 3avg P5.0

Estoril250cc 4 · Moto2 2avg P5.5

Misano250cc 2 · Moto2 3avg P6.0

Donington250cc 4avg P6.7

Shanghai250cc 3avg P7.3

Sepang250cc 4 · Moto2 3avg P7.8

Sachsenring250cc 4 · Moto2 4avg P9.0

Le Mans250cc 3 · MotoGP 1 · Moto2 4avg P9.1

Valencia250cc 3 · Moto2 3avg P9.8

Jerez250cc 4 · MotoGP 1 · Moto2 4avg P10.6

Motegi125cc 1 · 250cc 7 · MotoGP 1 · Moto2 5avg P10.6

Brno250cc 3 · Moto2 4avg P11.0

Catalunya250cc 4 · MotoGP 1 · Moto2 4avg P11.3

Lusail250cc 4 · MotoGP 1 · Moto2 4avg P11.4

Phillip Island250cc 4 · Moto2 3avg P11.8

Mugello250cc 4 · MotoGP 1 · Moto2 4avg P12.8

Assen250cc 4 · MotoGP 1 · Moto2 4avg P13.6

SilverstoneMoto2 4avg P18.0

COTAMoto2 1avg P19.0

AragónMoto2 3avg P21.7

IndianapolisMoto2 4avg P24.8

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.

Moto2 63 races · 2010–2015

Dry / wet

Podium rate: 7.1% dry, 0.0% wet

Win rate

Dry56 races2%(1 wins)

Wet7 races0%(0 wins)

Podium rate

Dry56 races7%(4 podiums)

Wet7 races0%(0 podiums)

Average finish (when classified)

Dry56 racesavg P16.7

Wet7 racesavg P13.4

By grid position

Starting Grid 10–15: average finish 17.1

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 1–3	2.6 → 5.2	1 wins / 9 races
Grid 4–6	4.6 → 10.3	0 wins / 7 races
Grid 7–9	7.0 → 3.0	0 wins / 1 races
Grid 10–15	12.8 → 17.1	0 wins / 12 races
Grid 16〜	23.0 → 19.1	0 wins / 34 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In Moto2, best at Misano (average P7.0, 3 races)

Estoril2 racesavg P3.0

Misano3 racesavg P7.0

Le Mans4 racesavg P12.0

Brno4 racesavg P12.3

Catalunya4 racesavg P14.0

Phillip Island3 racesavg P14.0

Sepang3 racesavg P15.0

Mugello4 racesavg P15.5

Jerez4 racesavg P15.7

Lusail4 racesavg P15.7

Valencia3 racesavg P16.0

Sachsenring4 racesavg P18.0

Silverstone4 racesavg P18.0

Motegi5 racesavg P18.2

Assen4 racesavg P18.3

COTA1 racesavg P19.0

Aragón3 racesavg P21.7

Indianapolis4 racesavg P24.8

Moto2: all in the Dunlop era.

MotoGP 7 races · 2009

Dry / wetSmall sample

Podium rate: 0.0% dry, 0.0% wet

Win rate

Dry5 races0%(0 wins)

Wet2 races0%(0 wins)

Podium rate

Dry5 races0%(0 podiums)

Wet2 races0%(0 podiums)

Average finish (when classified)

Dry5 racesavg P14.0

Wet2 racesavg P13.0

By grid positionSmall sample

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 10–15	12.8 → 12.5	0 wins / 4 races
Grid 16〜	17.0 → 15.0	0 wins / 3 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Jerez1 racesavg P12.0

Le Mans1 racesavg P13.0

Assen1 racesavg P15.0

Lusail1 racesavg P15.0

Catalunya1 races—

Mugello1 races—

Motegi1 races—

MotoGP: all in the Bridgestone era.

250cc 65 races · 2002–2008

Dry / wet

Podium rate: 9.8% dry, 0.0% wet

Win rate

Dry51 races4%(2 wins)

Wet8 races0%(0 wins)

Podium rate

Dry51 races10%(5 podiums)

Wet8 races0%(0 podiums)

Average finish (when classified)

Dry51 racesavg P6.8

Wet8 racesavg P6.6

6 races without track-condition data are not included

By grid positionSmall sample

From Grid 10–15, they move up from an average grid of 11.3 to an average finish of 7.1

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 1–3	2.2 → 4.3	1 wins / 4 races
Grid 4–6	5.0 → 4.7	1 wins / 11 races
Grid 7–9	8.3 → 6.3	0 wins / 14 races
Grid 10–15	11.3 → 7.1	0 wins / 22 races
Grid 16〜	22.5 → 9.0	0 wins / 2 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 250cc, best at Motegi (average P4.3, 7 races)

Suzuka1 racesavg P3.0

Motegi7 racesavg P4.3

Jerez4 racesavg P5.0

Le Mans3 racesavg P5.0

Istanbul3 racesavg P5.0

Misano2 racesavg P5.5

Valencia3 racesavg P5.7

Sepang4 racesavg P6.0

Brno3 racesavg P6.0

Estoril4 racesavg P6.3

Donington4 racesavg P6.7

Sachsenring4 racesavg P6.8

Lusail4 racesavg P7.3

Shanghai3 racesavg P7.3

Mugello4 racesavg P7.5

Phillip Island4 racesavg P8.5

Catalunya4 racesavg P8.7

Assen4 racesavg P9.8

250cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era.

125cc 1 races · 2001

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

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 2001–2015 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 38,030 miles
1.5× around the Earth · 13,098 laps

Time on the bike: at least 425 hours (17.7 days)
Average 142.9 km/h, top 337.1 km/h
Time and average speed only from 2005–2015, the seasons with every session's lap analysis

Travelled between circuits

at least 362,458 miles
14.6× around the Earth · at least 33.1 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

91.7%Start rate (122/133)

6Longest run of absences (races)

46Longest run of starts (races)

32.6Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

2005 250cc P11 · 77 pts

2006 250cc P6 · 156 pts

2007 250cc P11 · 90 pts

2008 250cc P5 · 167 pts

2009 no Grand Prix starts

2010 Moto2 P12 · 86 pts

2011 Moto2 P11 · 77 pts

2012 Moto2 P28 · 5 pts

2013 Moto2

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, 2001–2015 (the rider's racing years)

2002	Motegi	grid 4	3 +16
2003	Suzuka		3 +16
2003	Motegi		4 +13
2004	Motegi	grid 6	5 +11
2005	Jerez		DNF
2005	Estoril		7 +9
2005	Shanghai		10 +6
2005	Le Mans		10 +6
2005	Mugello		DNF
2005	Catalunya		7 +9
2005	Assen		15 +1
2005	Donington		Out on lap 1
2005	Sachsenring		9 +7
2005	Brno	grid 9	Out on lap 1
2005	Motegi		4 +13
2005	Sepang	grid 18	7 +9
2005	Lusail	grid 10	8 +8
2005	Phillip Island	grid 11	DNF
2005	Istanbul	grid 11	DNF
2005	Valencia	grid 8	7 +9
2006	Jerez	grid 2	4 +13
2006	Lusail	grid 11	9 +7
2006	Istanbul	grid 4	5 +11
2006	Shanghai	grid 6	5 +11
2006	Le Mans	grid 4	1 +25
2006	Mugello	grid 2	4 +13
2006	Catalunya	grid 9	7 +9
2006	Assen	grid 5	6 +10
2006	Donington	grid 11	7 +9
2006	Sachsenring	grid 2	1 +25
2006	Sepang	grid 9	4 +13
2006	Phillip Island	grid 9	DNF
2006	Motegi	grid 6	DNF
2006	Estoril	grid 12	6 +10
2007	Lusail	grid 9	7 +9
2007	Jerez	grid 14	8 +8
2007	Istanbul	grid 11	DNF
2007	Mugello	grid 27	11 +5
2007	Catalunya	grid 11	DNF
2007	Donington	grid 11	4 +13
2007	Assen	grid 15	10 +6
2007	Sachsenring	grid 10	8 +8
2007	Brno	grid 6	DNF
2007	Misano	grid 12	9 +7
2007	Estoril	grid 9	DNF
2007	Motegi	grid 8	4 +13
2007	Phillip Island	grid 12	10 +6
2007	Sepang	grid 12	9 +7
2007	Valencia	grid 3	8 +8
2008	Lusail	grid 8	5 +11
2008	Jerez	grid 11	3 +16
2008	Estoril	grid 5	6 +10
2008	Shanghai	grid 10	7 +9
2008	Le Mans	grid 12	4 +13
2008	Mugello	grid 11	DNF
2008	Catalunya	grid 7	12 +4
2008	Donington	grid 5	9 +7
2008	Assen	grid 10	8 +8
2008	Sachsenring	grid 10	9 +7
2008	Brno	grid 8	6 +10
2008	Misano	grid 4	2 +20
2008	Motegi	grid 8	6 +10
2008	Phillip Island	grid 7	7 +9
2008	Sepang	grid 8	4 +13
2008	Valencia	grid 10	2 +20

2009	Lusail	grid 17	15 +1
2009	Motegi	grid 13	Out on lap 1
2009	Jerez	grid 13	12 +4
2009	Le Mans	grid 15	13 +3
2009	Mugello	grid 10	DNF
2009	Catalunya	grid 16	Out on lap 1
2009	Assen	grid 18	15 +1