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

Riders

Werner Giger

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Nationality
Switzerland Switzerland
Bike
Yamaha

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

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Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 250cc at Salzburgring in 1973.

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In 250cc (1973): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1973–1974): 5 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 350cc (1974): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1974): 3 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Jarama 1973 (500cc).

In all, 10 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 1 podiums (within the official results database).

Written automatically from the official results database (no opinions about the rider)

Note: these totals are incomplete. The official data has no result for 3 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1972 500cc (TT) / 1973 250cc (TT) / 1974 350cc (TT)

Season by season

500cc250cc350cc ★ Champion

15101520251972197319741973 500cc: P4 / 44 pts / 0 wins1974 500cc: P17 / 13 pts / 0 wins500cc1973 250cc: P27 / 7 pts / 0 wins250cc1974 350cc: P27 / 8 pts / 0 wins350cc

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Scope: official results DB, 1972–1974 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1973–1973
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate0.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P10.0

7 pts · Poles 0

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

350cc1974–1974
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate0.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P8.3

8 pts · Poles 0

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

500cc1972–1974
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate16.7%
Average finish (when classified)avg P7.3

61 pts · Poles 0

4 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, 1972–1974 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1972. Of the 78 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)

All classes 19 races · 250cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Imatra (average P7.0, 3 races)

Hockenheim500cc 1avg P2.0
Jarama250cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P4.0
Opatija500cc 1avg P5.0
Anderstorp500cc 2avg P6.0
Imatra500cc 2 · 350cc 1avg P7.0
Imola500cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P7.5
Salzburgring250cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P8.0
Assen500cc 2 · 350cc 1avg P8.7
Brno250cc 1avg P15.0
Nürburgring500cc 1avg P22.0
Paul Ricard250cc 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 12 races · 1972–1974

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Hockenheim1 racesavg P2.0
Jarama1 racesavg P3.0
Opatija1 racesavg P5.0
Anderstorp2 racesavg P6.0
Salzburgring1 racesavg P6.0
Imola1 racesavg P7.0
Assen2 racesavg P7.5
Imatra2 racesavg P7.5
Nürburgring1 racesavg P22.0

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

350cc 3 races · 1974

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate
Podium rate
Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Imatra1 racesavg P6.0
Imola1 racesavg P8.0
Assen1 racesavg P11.0

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

250cc 4 races · 1973

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Jarama1 racesavg P5.0
Salzburgring1 racesavg P10.0
Brno1 racesavg P15.0
Paul Ricard1 races—

250cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; no grid records.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1972–1974 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 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 106 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 34 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 1,004 miles
0.0× around the Earth · at least 0.1 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

63.6%Start rate (7/11)
2Longest run of absences (races)
3Longest run of starts (races)
23.8Estimated points lost to absences
1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent
1973 500cc P4 · 44 pts

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? 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, 1972–1974 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

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