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

Riders

Shunji Yatsushiro

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Nationality: Japan
Bike: Honda
Born: August 26, 1960(age 66)

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Rijeka in 1986.

In 500cc (1986–1989): 26 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 26 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

500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1986–1989 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

500cc1986–1989

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P8.7

107 pts · Poles 0

8 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, 1986–1989 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1986. Of the 63 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Eddie Lawson 4 world titles
34 races together: ahead 3, behind 29, both out 2
Wayne Rainey 3 world titles
12 races together: ahead 0, behind 12, 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)

500cc 34 races · 1986–1989

By grid positionSmall sample

From Grid 10–15, they move up from an average grid of 12.1 to an average finish of 9.4

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 4–6	4.3 → 6.3	0 wins / 6 races
Grid 7–9	7.8 → 8.3	0 wins / 5 races
Grid 10–15	12.1 → 9.4	0 wins / 16 races
Grid 16〜	17.2 → 10.3	0 wins / 4 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Salzburgring (average P7.0, 3 races)

Buenos Aires1 racesavg P4.0

Goiânia1 racesavg P6.0

Brno1 racesavg P6.0

Salzburgring3 racesavg P7.0

Rijeka3 racesavg P7.7

Jerez2 racesavg P8.0

Misano2 racesavg P8.0

Le Mans1 racesavg P8.0

Imola1 racesavg P8.0

Jarama2 racesavg P8.5

Spa1 racesavg P9.0

Nürburgring1 racesavg P10.0

Donington1 racesavg P11.0

Suzuka3 racesavg P11.5

Assen3 racesavg P12.5

Anderstorp2 racesavg P14.0

Paul Ricard2 races—

Silverstone1 races—

Laguna Seca1 races—

Hockenheim1 races—

Monza1 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, 1986–1989 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)24 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 1,743 miles
0.1× around the Earth · 647 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 52,444 miles
2.1× around the Earth · at least 4.7 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

80.5%Start rate (33/41)

4Longest run of absences (races)

29Longest run of starts (races)

22.3Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1986 500cc P13 · 7 pts

1987 500cc P9 · 40 pts

1988 500cc P13 · 57 pts

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, 1986–1989 (the rider's racing years)

1986	Salzburgring		7 +4
1986	Rijeka	grid 8	8 +3
1986	Paul Ricard	grid 16	DNF
1986	Assen		DNF
1986	Silverstone	grid 10	DNF
1986	Anderstorp	grid 14	14
1986	Misano	grid 11	11
1987	Suzuka	grid 4	DNF
1987	Jerez	grid 7	8 +3
1987	Hockenheim	grid 4	DNF
1987	Monza	grid 10	DNF
1987	Salzburgring	grid 4	7 +4
1987	Rijeka	grid 5	8 +3
1987	Assen	grid 15	14
1987	Le Mans	grid 11	8 +3
1987	Donington	grid 13	11
1987	Anderstorp	grid 15	DNF
1987	Brno	grid 11	6 +5
1987	Misano	grid 12	5 +6
1987	Jarama	grid 14	8 +3
1987	Goiânia	grid 4	6 +5
1987	Buenos Aires	grid 5	4 +8
1988	Suzuka	grid 18	10 +6
1988	Laguna Seca	grid 8	DNF
1988	Jarama	grid 11	9 +7
1988	Jerez	grid 11	DNF
1988	Imola	grid 16	8 +8
1988	Nürburgring	grid 7	10 +6
1988	Salzburgring	grid 9	7 +9
1988	Assen	grid 12	11 +5
1988	Spa	grid 14	9 +7
1988	Rijeka	grid 10	7 +9
1988	Paul Ricard		DNF
1989	Suzuka	grid 19	13 +3