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

Riders

Takazumi Katayama

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Nationality: Japan
Bike: Honda
Born: April 16, 1951(age 75)

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 250cc at Anderstorp in 1974.

In 250cc (1974): 2 starts, 1 wins, 1 podiums. In 350cc (1976): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1976): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 350cc (1976): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1976): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 500cc (1976): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1976): 4 starts, 1 wins, 4 podiums. In 350cc (1976): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1976): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1977): 1 starts, 1 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1977): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1977): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1977): 2 starts, 1 wins, 1 podiums. In 350cc (1977): 2 starts, 2 wins, 2 podiums. In 250cc (1977): 3 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 350cc (1977–1978): 4 starts, 2 wins, 4 podiums. In 500cc (1978): 3 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 350cc (1978): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 500cc (1978): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 350cc (1978): 1 starts, 1 wins, 1 podiums. In 500cc (1978): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1978): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1980–1985): 29 starts, 0 wins, 3 podiums.

First podium: Anderstorp 1974 (250cc). First win: Anderstorp 1974 (250cc). World champion: 1977 350cc.

In all, 64 Grand Prix starts, 9 wins and 24 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
1974	Spanish GP	250cc	1	1'48.980
1976	YUGOSLAVIAN GRAND PRIX	250cc	1	2'20.900
1977	British GP	250cc	1	1'38.290
1982	BELGIUM GRAND PRIX	500cc	9

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: 1976 350cc (TT)

Season by season

250cc350cc500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1974–1985 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1974–1977

Win rate15.8%

Podium rate68.4%

Average finish (when classified)avg P3.4

188 pts · Poles 4

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

350cc1976–1978 ★ 1 titles (1977)

Win rate35.0%

Podium rate70.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P2.8

200 pts · Poles 0

Includes 1 points from races with no result in the official records (counted from the official standings).

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

500cc1976–1985

Win rate2.0%

Podium rate16.3%

Average finish (when classified)avg P6.1

221 pts · Poles 0

14 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, 1974–1985 (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 1974. Of the 71 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Kork Ballington 4 world titles
33 races together: ahead 15, behind 18, both out 0
Walter Villa 4 world titles
21 races together: ahead 5, behind 14, both out 2
Eddie Lawson 4 world titles
20 races together: ahead 5, behind 14, both out 1
Kenny Roberts 3 world titles
32 races together: ahead 4, behind 27, both out 1

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 88 races · 250cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Opatija (average P2.0, 3 races)

San Carlos350cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P1.0

Opatija350cc 2 · 250cc 1avg P2.0

Anderstorp250cc 3 · 350cc 1 · 500cc 3avg P2.1

Imatra250cc 2 · 350cc 2 · 500cc 1avg P2.4

Karlskoga500cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P3.0

Isle of Man250cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P3.0

Jarama350cc 1 · 250cc 1 · 500cc 5avg P3.3

Brno250cc 2 · 350cc 1avg P3.7

Le Mans350cc 1avg P4.0

Spa250cc 3 · 500cc 3avg P4.3

Hockenheim350cc 1 · 500cc 3avg P4.5

Assen250cc 2 · 350cc 2 · 500cc 6avg P5.0

Mugello250cc 1 · 350cc 2 · 500cc 2avg P5.0

Paul Ricard250cc 1 · 350cc 1 · 500cc 2avg P5.0

Rijeka500cc 3avg P5.0

Monza500cc 1avg P5.0

Imola250cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P5.5

Nürburgring250cc 1 · 350cc 2 · 500cc 2avg P5.8

Buenos Aires500cc 1avg P6.0

Misano500cc 2avg P6.5

Salzburgring350cc 1 · 500cc 5avg P8.6

Silverstone500cc 6avg P9.5

Kyalami500cc 1—

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.

500cc 49 races · 1976–1985

By grid positionSmall sample

From Grid 7–9, they move up from an average grid of 7.6 to an average finish of 6.2

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 1–3	2.8 → 2.0	1 wins / 5 races
Grid 4–6	5.4 → 4.0	0 wins / 5 races
Grid 7–9	7.6 → 6.2	0 wins / 11 races
Grid 10–15	11.9 → 6.7	0 wins / 7 races
Grid 16〜	19.0 → 8.0	0 wins / 3 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Anderstorp (average P2.7, 3 races)

Imatra1 racesavg P2.0

Anderstorp3 racesavg P2.7

Karlskoga1 racesavg P3.0

Jarama5 racesavg P4.0

Isle of Man1 racesavg P4.0

Rijeka3 racesavg P5.0

Monza1 racesavg P5.0

Assen6 racesavg P5.5

Hockenheim3 racesavg P5.7

Spa3 racesavg P6.0

Paul Ricard2 racesavg P6.0

Buenos Aires1 racesavg P6.0

Misano2 racesavg P6.5

Nürburgring2 racesavg P8.5

Silverstone6 racesavg P9.5

Salzburgring5 racesavg P10.0

Mugello2 races—

Kyalami1 races—

San Carlos1 races—

500cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records.

350cc 20 races · 1976–1978

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Paul Ricard1 racesavg P1.0

Hockenheim1 racesavg P1.0

Anderstorp1 racesavg P1.0

San Carlos1 racesavg P1.0

Imatra2 racesavg P1.5

Opatija2 racesavg P2.0

Nürburgring2 racesavg P2.5

Imola1 racesavg P3.0

Jarama1 racesavg P3.0

Salzburgring1 racesavg P3.0

Karlskoga1 racesavg P3.0

Le Mans1 racesavg P4.0

Brno1 racesavg P6.0

Mugello2 racesavg P6.5

Assen2 races—

350cc: no track-condition records; no grid records.

250cc 19 races · 1974–1977

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 250cc, best at Anderstorp (average P2.0, 3 races)

Jarama1 racesavg P1.0

Anderstorp3 racesavg P2.0

Mugello1 racesavg P2.0

Opatija1 racesavg P2.0

Isle of Man1 racesavg P2.0

Brno2 racesavg P2.5

Spa3 racesavg P2.7

Imatra2 racesavg P3.5

Assen2 racesavg P4.0

Nürburgring1 racesavg P7.0

Paul Ricard1 racesavg P8.0

Imola1 racesavg P8.0

250cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; always on the grid Grid 1–3.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1974–1985 (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)29 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 2,821 miles
0.1× around the Earth · 1,056 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 13,798 miles
0.6× around the Earth · at least 1.6 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

71%Start rate (71/100)

4Longest run of absences (races)

9Longest run of starts (races)

128.1Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1976 250cc P2 · 73 pts

1977 250cc P4 · 58 pts

1977 350cc P1 · 95 pts

1978 350cc P2 · 77 pts

1978 500cc P5 · 53 pts

1979 no Grand Prix starts

1980 500cc P10 · 18 pts

1981 no Grand Prix starts

1982 500cc P7 · 48 pts

1983 500cc P5 · 77 pts

1984 no Grand Prix starts

1985 500cc P19 · 0 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, 1974–1985 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

1974	Spa	grid 1	3 +10
1974	Anderstorp		1 +15
1974	Imatra		5 +6
1974	Brno		2 +12
1976	Mugello		2 +12
1976	Isle of Man		2 +12
1976	Assen		2 +12
1976	Spa		3 +10
1976	Anderstorp		1 +15
1976	Imatra		2 +12
1976	Brno		3 +10
1976	Nürburgring		7 +4
1977	Imola		8 +3
1977	Jarama		1 +15
1977	Paul Ricard		8 +3
1977	Opatija		2 +12
1977	Assen		6 +5
1977	Spa		2 +12
1977	Anderstorp		4 +8