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

Riders

Lothar John

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Nationality: Germany
Bike: Suzuki

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 125cc at Hockenheim in 1966.

In 125cc (1966–1968): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1969): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 125cc (1969): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1969–1970): 4 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 125cc (1970): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1970): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1971): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1971): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1971): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 125cc (1972): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1972): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 125cc (1972): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1972): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 125cc (1972): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1972–1973): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Hockenheim 1969 (250cc).

In all, 24 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 7 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1960 500cc (TT) / 1963 500cc (TT) / 1969 250cc (TT) / 1970 125cc (NAT) / 1970 250cc (TT) / 1972 500cc (TT) / 1973 250cc (TT)

Season by season

500cc125cc250cc350cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1960–1973 (the rider's racing years); excludes 7 races with no official result data

Totals

125cc1966–1972

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P8.4

30 pts · Poles 0

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

250cc1967–1973

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate9.1%

Average finish (when classified)avg P8.8

32 pts · Poles 0

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

350cc1971–1971

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P10.0

2 pts · Poles 0

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

500cc1960–1973

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P9.6

24 pts · Poles 0

5 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, 1960–1973 (the rider's racing years); excludes 7 races with no official result data

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1960. Of the 37 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Giacomo Agostini 15 world titles
11 races together: ahead 0, behind 10, both out 1
Phil Read 7 world titles
10 races together: ahead 0, behind 10, both out 0
Dieter Braun 2 world titles
10 races together: ahead 0, behind 10, both out 0
Kent Andersson 2 world titles
10 races together: ahead 0, behind 10, 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)

All classes 38 races · 125cc / 250cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Hockenheim (average P7.6, 6 races)

Salzburgring500cc 1avg P5.0

Sachsenring250cc 1 · 125cc 1avg P7.5

Hockenheim125cc 2 · 250cc 2 · 350cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P7.6

Nürburgring250cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P8.5

Imatra250cc 1 · 125cc 1 · 500cc 2 · 350cc 1avg P8.6

Imola500cc 1 · 125cc 1avg P9.0

Anderstorp125cc 1avg P9.0

Brno125cc 2 · 250cc 3 · 500cc 2avg P9.1

Monza500cc 2 · 250cc 1avg P9.3

Spa500cc 2 · 125cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P9.5

Assen125cc 3 · 250cc 1avg P10.3

Solitude500cc 1avg P17.0

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.

500cc 13 races · 1960–1973

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Salzburgring1 racesavg P5.0

Imola1 racesavg P8.0

Brno2 racesavg P8.5

Monza2 racesavg P9.0

Imatra2 racesavg P9.0

Nürburgring1 racesavg P10.0

Spa2 racesavg P11.0

Solitude1 racesavg P17.0

Hockenheim1 races—

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

250cc 11 races · 1967–1973

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Hockenheim2 racesavg P6.0

Nürburgring1 racesavg P7.0

Sachsenring1 racesavg P7.0

Spa1 racesavg P8.0

Imatra1 racesavg P8.0

Assen1 racesavg P10.0

Monza1 racesavg P10.0

Brno3 racesavg P11.7

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

125cc 12 races · 1966–1972

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Brno2 racesavg P6.0

Imatra1 racesavg P7.0

Hockenheim2 racesavg P8.0

Sachsenring1 racesavg P8.0

Spa1 racesavg P8.0

Anderstorp1 racesavg P9.0

Imola1 racesavg P10.0

Assen3 racesavg P10.3

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

350cc 2 races · 1971

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Hockenheim1 racesavg P10.0

Imatra1 racesavg P10.0

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

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1960–1973 (the rider's racing years); excludes 7 races with no official result data

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)4 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 1,257 miles
0.1× around the Earth · 389 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 2,909 miles
0.1× around the Earth · at least 0.4 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

No season as a regular (starting at least half of the races)

? 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, 1960–1973 (the rider's racing years); excludes 7 races with no official result data

1966	Hockenheim	12
1966	Assen	10
1968	Brno	5 +2
1969	Hockenheim	4 +8
1969	Spa	8 +3
1969	Sachsenring	8 +3
1970	Assen	13
1970	Imatra	7 +4
1972	Imola	10 +1
1972	Assen	8 +3
1972	Brno	7 +4
1972	Anderstorp	9 +2

1967	Hockenheim	10
1969	Hockenheim	2 +12
1969	Spa	8 +3
1969	Sachsenring	7 +4
1969	Brno	9 +2
1970	Nürburgring	7 +4
1970	Assen	10 +1
1970	Brno	9 +2
1970	Imatra	8 +3
1970	Monza	10 +1
1973	Brno	17

1960	Solitude	17
1960	Monza	11
1963	Spa	12
1971	Salzburgring	5 +6
1971	Imatra	8 +3
1971	Monza	7 +4
1972	Nürburgring	10 +1
1972	Imola	8 +3
1972	Spa	10 +1
1972	Brno	8 +3
1972	Imatra	10 +1
1973	Hockenheim	DNF
1973	Brno	9 +2