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

Riders

Ernst Degner

Nationality: Germany
Bike: Suzuki
Born: September 22, 1931(age 95)

Photos (8)

1962
Joop van Bilsen for Anefo · CC0
1962
Joop van Bilsen for Anefo · CC0
1963
At this race · Joop van Bilsen / Anefo · CC0
1963
At this race · Joop van Bilsen / Anefo · CC0
1963
At this race · Jack de Nijs for Anefo · CC0
1965
At this race · Joop van Bilsen / Anefo · CC0
2014
Rainmaker47 · CC BY-SA 3.0
2017
Mat Oxley · 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 125cc at Hockenheim in 1957.

In 125cc (1957–1959): 5 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1959): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 125cc (1959): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1959–1960): 2 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 125cc (1960): 2 starts, 1 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1960): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 125cc (1960–1962): 8 starts, 2 wins, 6 podiums. In 50cc (1962): 2 starts, 2 wins, 2 podiums. In 125cc (1962): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 50cc (1962): 1 starts, 1 wins, 1 podiums. In 125cc (1963): 1 starts, 1 wins, 1 podiums. In 50cc (1963): 2 starts, 0 wins, 2 podiums. In 125cc (1963): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 50cc (1963): 4 starts, 1 wins, 4 podiums. In 125cc (1963–1965): 5 starts, 1 wins, 4 podiums. In 50cc (1965): 2 starts, 1 wins, 2 podiums. In 125cc (1965): 1 starts, 1 wins, 1 podiums.

First podium: Nürburgring 1958 (125cc). First win: Spa 1960 (125cc). World champion: 1962 50cc.

In all, 40 Grand Prix starts, 11 wins and 29 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 2 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1965 125cc (TT) / 1965 50cc (USA)

Season by season

125cc250cc50cc ★ Champion

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

Teams in years without official results: 1966 50cc

Scope: official results DB, 1957–1965 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Totals

50cc1962–1965 ★ 1 titles (1962)

Win rate33.3%

Podium rate77.8%

Average finish (when classified)avg P2.4

109 pts · Poles 0

Includes 14 points from races with no result in the official records (counted from the official standings).

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

125cc1957–1965

Win rate25.0%

Podium rate62.5%

Average finish (when classified)avg P3.2

143 pts · Poles 0

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

250cc1958–1962

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate30.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P4.0

25 pts · Poles 0

6 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, 1957–1965 (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 1957. Of the 24 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Carlo Ubbiali 9 world titles
18 races together: ahead 2, behind 16, both out 0
Mike Hailwood 9 world titles
15 races together: ahead 9, behind 6, both out 0
Jim Redman 6 world titles
21 races together: ahead 12, behind 9, both out 0
Hugh Anderson 4 world titles
22 races together: ahead 8, behind 13, 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 60 races · 50cc / 125cc / 250cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Spa (average P1.8, 5 races)

Solitude50cc 1avg P1.0

Sachsenring125cc 1avg P1.0

Spa125cc 2 · 50cc 3avg P1.8

Montjuïc125cc 1 · 250cc 1 · 50cc 1avg P2.0

Buenos Aires50cc 2avg P2.0

Daytona125cc 1avg P2.0

Rouen50cc 1 · 125cc 1avg P2.5

Ulster250cc 2 · 125cc 4avg P2.7

Monza125cc 5 · 250cc 2avg P2.9

Isle of Man125cc 2 · 50cc 2avg P3.0

Tampere50cc 2avg P3.0

Hockenheim125cc 4 · 250cc 2 · 50cc 1avg P3.5

Nürburgring125cc 2avg P3.5

Suzuka125cc 2 · 50cc 1avg P3.7

Clermont-Ferrand125cc 3 · 50cc 1avg P3.8

Kristianstad250cc 1avg P4.0

Assen125cc 3 · 250cc 2 · 50cc 3avg P4.3

Hedemora125cc 1avg P5.0

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.

125cc 32 races · 1957–1965

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 125cc, best at Ulster (average P2.3, 4 races)

Sachsenring1 racesavg P1.0

Suzuka2 racesavg P2.0

Daytona1 racesavg P2.0

Rouen1 racesavg P2.0

Montjuïc1 racesavg P2.0

Ulster4 racesavg P2.3

Spa2 racesavg P2.5

Monza5 racesavg P3.0

Hockenheim4 racesavg P3.5

Nürburgring2 racesavg P3.5

Isle of Man2 racesavg P4.0

Clermont-Ferrand3 racesavg P4.3

Assen3 racesavg P5.0

Hedemora1 racesavg P5.0

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

50cc 18 races · 1962–1965

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 50cc, best at Spa (average P1.3, 3 races)

Solitude1 racesavg P1.0

Spa3 racesavg P1.3

Buenos Aires2 racesavg P2.0

Isle of Man2 racesavg P2.0

Clermont-Ferrand1 racesavg P2.0

Assen3 racesavg P2.3

Tampere2 racesavg P3.0

Rouen1 racesavg P3.0

Hockenheim1 racesavg P3.0

Suzuka1 racesavg P7.0

Montjuïc1 races—

50cc: no track-condition records; no grid records.

250cc 10 races · 1958–1962

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Monza2 racesavg P2.5

Ulster2 racesavg P3.5

Hockenheim2 racesavg P4.0

Kristianstad1 racesavg P4.0

Assen2 racesavg P6.0

Montjuïc1 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, 1957–1965 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Every race

69.1%Start rate (38/55)

4Longest run of absences (races)

7Longest run of starts (races)

59.9Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1958 125cc P7 · 9 pts

1959 250cc P4 · 14 pts

1960 125cc P3 · 16 pts

1961 125cc P2 · 42 pts

1962 50cc P1 · 47 pts

1963 50cc P3 · 30 pts

1964 no Grand Prix starts

1965 50cc P4 · 26 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, 1957–1965 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

1962	Isle of Man	1 +8
1962	Assen	1 +8
1962	Spa	1 +8
1962	Solitude	1 +8
1962	Tampere	4 +3
1962	Buenos Aires	2 +6
1963	Hockenheim	3 +4
1963	Clermont-Ferrand	2 +6
1963	Assen	1 +8
1963	Spa	2 +6
1963	Tampere	2 +6
1963	Buenos Aires	2 +6
1963	Suzuka	7
1965	Montjuïc	DNF
1965	Rouen	3 +4
1965	Isle of Man	3 +4
1965	Assen	5 +2
1965	Spa	1 +8

1957	Hockenheim	6 +1
1957	Monza	7
1958	Isle of Man	5 +2
1958	Assen	6 +1
1958	Nürburgring	3 +4
1958	Hedemora	5 +2
1959	Hockenheim	6 +1
1959	Ulster	3 +4
1959	Monza	1 +8
1960	Assen	5 +2
1960	Spa	1 +8
1960	Ulster	3 +4
1960	Monza	3 +4
1961	Montjuïc	2 +6
1961	Hockenheim	1 +8
1961	Clermont-Ferrand	2 +6
1961	Spa	4 +3
1961	Sachsenring	1 +8
1961	Ulster	2 +6
1961	Monza	1 +8
1962	Clermont-Ferrand	5 +2
1962	Assen	4 +3
1963	Hockenheim	1 +8
1963	Clermont-Ferrand	6 +1
1963	Isle of Man	3 +4
1963	Suzuka	3 +4
1964	Monza	3 +4
1964	Suzuka	1 +8
1965	Daytona	2 +6
1965	Nürburgring	4 +3
1965	Rouen	2 +6
1965	Ulster	1 +8