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

Riders

Paolo Pileri

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Nationality: Italy
Born: July 31, 1944(age 82)

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 125cc at Salzburgring in 1973.

In 125cc (1973): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1973–1974): 2 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 125cc (1974–1975): 8 starts, 7 wins, 8 podiums. In 250cc (1975): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 125cc (1976): 6 starts, 0 wins, 5 podiums. In 250cc (1977): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1978): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1978): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1978): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1978–1979): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Spa 1973 (250cc). First win: Jarama 1975 (125cc). World champion: 1975 125cc.

In all, 25 Grand Prix starts, 7 wins and 15 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
1975	CZECHOSLOVAKIAN GRAND PRIX	125cc	1	4'13.500

Note: these totals are incomplete. The official data has no result for 2 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1971 125cc (TT) / 1973 250cc (TT)

Season by season

125cc250cc350cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1971–1979 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Totals

125cc1971–1976 ★ 1 titles (1975)

Win rate36.8%

Podium rate78.9%

Average finish (when classified)avg P2.9

203 pts · Poles 4

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

250cc1972–1979

Win rate4.5%

Podium rate18.2%

Average finish (when classified)avg P6.1

90 pts · Poles 1

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

350cc1978–1979

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate16.7%

Average finish (when classified)avg P6.0

22 pts · Poles 0

3 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, 1971–1979 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1971. Of the 56 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Anton Mang 5 world titles
14 races together: ahead 6, behind 5, both out 3
Kork Ballington 4 world titles
19 races together: ahead 2, behind 14, both out 3
Walter Villa 4 world titles
18 races together: ahead 3, behind 12, both out 3
Pierpaolo Bianchi 3 world titles
16 races together: ahead 8, behind 7, 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 47 races · 125cc / 250cc / 350cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Anderstorp (average P3.0, 3 races)

Jarama125cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P1.0

Hockenheim125cc 1avg P1.0

Mugello125cc 1avg P2.0

Anderstorp125cc 2 · 250cc 1avg P3.0

San Carlos250cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P3.0

Paul Ricard125cc 1avg P3.0

Opatija125cc 1avg P3.0

Brno250cc 3 · 125cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P3.5

Assen250cc 2 · 125cc 2 · 350cc 1avg P4.0

Salzburgring125cc 3avg P4.0

Imola125cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P4.0

Rijeka350cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P4.0

Spa125cc 3 · 250cc 6avg P6.4

Imatra125cc 1 · 250cc 2 · 350cc 1avg P7.0

Le Mans250cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P7.0

Silverstone250cc 1—

Monza125cc 1—

Nogaro250cc 1—

Karlskoga250cc 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.

350cc 6 races · 1978–1979

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

San Carlos1 racesavg P3.0

Brno1 racesavg P5.0

Le Mans1 racesavg P7.0

Imatra1 racesavg P9.0

Assen1 races—

Rijeka1 races—

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

250cc 22 races · 1972–1979

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 250cc, best at Brno (average P3.5, 3 races)

Brno3 racesavg P3.5

Rijeka1 racesavg P4.0

Anderstorp1 racesavg P5.0

Assen2 racesavg P6.5

Spa6 racesavg P7.0

Imatra2 racesavg P7.0

Imola1 racesavg P7.0

Le Mans1 races—

Jarama1 races—

Silverstone1 races—

Nogaro1 races—

San Carlos1 races—

Karlskoga1 races—

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

125cc 19 races · 1971–1976

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 125cc, best at Salzburgring (average P4.0, 3 races)

Imola1 racesavg P1.0

Jarama1 racesavg P1.0

Hockenheim1 racesavg P1.0

Assen2 racesavg P1.5

Anderstorp2 racesavg P2.0

Mugello1 racesavg P2.0

Brno1 racesavg P2.0

Paul Ricard1 racesavg P3.0

Opatija1 racesavg P3.0

Salzburgring3 racesavg P4.0

Imatra1 racesavg P5.0

Spa3 racesavg P5.3

Monza1 races—

125cc: 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, 1971–1979 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)1 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 63 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 24 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 5,064 miles
0.2× around the Earth · at least 0.6 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

67.7%Start rate (21/31)

4Longest run of absences (races)

8Longest run of starts (races)

69.7Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1975 125cc P1 · 90 pts

1976 125cc P3 · 64 pts

1977 no Grand Prix starts

1978 250cc P10 · 35 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, 1971–1979 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

1971	Spa		13
1973	Salzburgring		9 +2
1973	Monza		DNF
1974	Brno	grid 1	2 +12
1975	Paul Ricard		3 +10
1975	Jarama		1 +15
1975	Salzburgring		1 +15
1975	Hockenheim		1 +15
1975	Imola		1 +15
1975	Assen	grid 1	1 +15
1975	Spa	grid 1	1 +15
1975	Anderstorp		1 +15
1976	Opatija		3 +10
1976	Salzburgring		2 +12
1976	Mugello		2 +12
1976	Assen		2 +12
1976	Spa		2 +12
1976	Anderstorp		3 +10
1976	Imatra		5 +6

1972	Spa		18
1973	Spa		3 +10
1973	Brno		4 +8
1974	Assen		8 +3
1974	Spa		11
1974	Brno		DNF
1975	Jarama		DNF
1975	Anderstorp		5 +6
1976	Le Mans		DNF
1976	Spa		2 +12
1977	San Carlos		DNF
1977	Spa		Disqualified
1977	Imatra		9 +2
1978	Nogaro		DNF
1978	Assen		5 +6
1978	Spa		1 +15
1978	Imatra		5 +6
1978	Silverstone		DNF
1978	Rijeka		4 +8
1979	Imola		7 +4
1979	Karlskoga		DNF
1979	Brno	grid 1	3 +10