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

Riders

Martti Pesonen

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Nationality: Finland
Bike: Yamaha

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 250cc at Jarama in 1969.

In 250cc (1969): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1969): 3 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1970): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1970): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1970): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1970): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1970): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1970): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1970): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1971): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 13 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 0 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 1 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1969 250cc (TT)

Season by season

250cc350cc500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1969–1971 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1969–1969

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P6.0

11 pts · Poles 0

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

350cc1969–1971

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P5.8

59 pts · Poles 0

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

500cc1970–1970

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P7.0

24 pts · Poles 0

2 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, 1969–1971 (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 1969. Of the 79 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Giacomo Agostini 15 world titles
14 races together: ahead 0, behind 14, 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 19 races · 250cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Jarama250cc 1avg P4.0

Opatija350cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P4.5

Imola350cc 1avg P5.0

Montjuïc500cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P5.5

Imatra350cc 2 · 500cc 1avg P6.0

Assen350cc 2avg P6.0

Ulster500cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P6.0

Brno350cc 2avg P7.0

Nürburgring500cc 1avg P7.0

Spa500cc 1avg P8.0

Sachsenring250cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P9.0

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.

350cc 11 races · 1969–1971

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Opatija1 racesavg P4.0

Montjuïc1 racesavg P4.0

Imatra2 racesavg P5.0

Imola1 racesavg P5.0

Ulster1 racesavg P5.0

Assen2 racesavg P6.0

Brno2 racesavg P7.0

Sachsenring1 racesavg P10.0

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

500cc 6 races · 1970

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Opatija1 racesavg P5.0

Nürburgring1 racesavg P7.0

Montjuïc1 racesavg P7.0

Ulster1 racesavg P7.0

Spa1 racesavg P8.0

Imatra1 racesavg P8.0

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

250cc 2 races · 1969

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Jarama1 racesavg P4.0

Sachsenring1 racesavg P8.0

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, 1969–1971 (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)3 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 963 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 294 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 1,706 miles
0.1× around the Earth · at least 0.2 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

57.1%Start rate (12/21)

2Longest run of absences (races)

3Longest run of starts (races)

41.9Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1970 350cc P5 · 38 pts

1970 500cc P9 · 24 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, 1969–1971 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

1969	Sachsenring	10 +1
1969	Brno	8 +3
1969	Imatra	5 +6
1969	Imola	5 +6
1970	Opatija	4 +8
1970	Assen	6 +5
1970	Brno	6 +5
1970	Imatra	5 +6
1970	Ulster	5 +6
1970	Montjuïc	4 +8
1971	Assen	6 +5

1970	Nürburgring	7 +4
1970	Opatija	5 +6
1970	Spa	8 +3
1970	Imatra	8 +3
1970	Ulster	7 +4
1970	Montjuïc	7 +4