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

Riders

Manuel Poggiali

Nationality: San Marino
Number: 54
Team (2008 250cc): Campetella Racing
Bike: Gilera
Born: February 14, 1983(age 43)
Birthplace: San Marino
Height / weight: 170 cm / 58 kg (official profile, fetched October 2026; weight and height change over time)

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 125cc at Sepang in 1999.

In 125cc (1999–2002): 53 starts, 7 wins, 19 podiums. In 250cc (2003–2004): 30 starts, 5 wins, 13 podiums. In 125cc (2005): 16 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. Teams: Metis Racing Team. In 250cc (2006–2008): 25 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. Teams: Red Bull KTM GP 250, Campetella Racing.

First podium: Assen 2000 (125cc). First win: Le Mans 2001 (125cc). World champion: 2003 250cc.

In all, 124 Grand Prix starts, 12 wins and 32 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
1998	IMOLA GRAND PRIX	125cc	9	2'01.479

Season by season

125cc250cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1999–2008 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

125cc1999–2005 ★ 1 titles (2001)

Win rate9.2%

Podium rate28.9%

Average finish (when classified)avg P6.6

701 pts · Poles 4

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

250cc2003–2008 ★ 1 titles (2003)

Win rate9.1%

Podium rate23.6%

Average finish (when classified)avg P8.0

410 pts · Poles 1

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1999–2008 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1999. Of the 51 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Jorge Lorenzo 5 world titles
30 races together: ahead 14, behind 15, both out 1
Dani Pedrosa 3 world titles
45 races together: ahead 22, behind 21, both out 2
Kazuto Sakata 2 world titles
15 races together: ahead 5, behind 9, 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 131 races · 125cc / 250cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Welkom (average P2.0, 5 races)

Welkom125cc 3 · 250cc 2avg P2.0

Suzuka125cc 2 · 250cc 1avg P3.0

Rio125cc 4 · 250cc 2avg P3.4

Mugello125cc 5 · 250cc 4avg P5.6

Sepang125cc 4 · 250cc 2avg P5.6

Valencia125cc 5 · 250cc 3avg P6.6

Assen125cc 5 · 250cc 4avg P6.7

Phillip Island125cc 5 · 250cc 3avg P6.9

Catalunya125cc 5 · 250cc 4avg P7.0

Le Mans125cc 4 · 250cc 4avg P7.3

Estoril125cc 4 · 250cc 4avg P7.3

Brno125cc 4 · 250cc 3avg P7.4

Jerez125cc 5 · 250cc 4avg P7.8

Imola125cc 1avg P8.0

Sachsenring125cc 5 · 250cc 3avg P8.3

Motegi125cc 5 · 250cc 3avg P8.9

Donington125cc 5 · 250cc 4avg P10.0

Shanghai125cc 1 · 250cc 2avg P11.5

Lusail125cc 1 · 250cc 2avg P11.7

Istanbul125cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P13.0

Paul Ricard125cc 1—

Buenos Aires125cc 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.

250cc 55 races · 2003–2008

Dry / wetSmall sample

Podium rate: 0.0% dry, 0.0% wet

Win rate

Dry21 races0%(0 wins)

Wet3 races0%(0 wins)

Podium rate

Dry21 races0%(0 podiums)

Wet3 races0%(0 podiums)

Average finish (when classified)

Dry21 racesavg P12.8

Wet3 racesavg P6.0

31 races without track-condition data are not included

By grid positionSmall sample

Starting Grid 10–15: average finish 13.4

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 1–3	2.0 → 3.0	1 wins / 6 races
Grid 4–6	4.9 → 3.2	1 wins / 8 races
Grid 7–9	8.0 → 9.0	0 wins / 9 races
Grid 10–15	12.8 → 13.4	0 wins / 11 races
Grid 16〜	17.4 → 12.1	0 wins / 11 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 250cc, best at Mugello (average P5.3, 4 races)

Rio2 racesavg P1.0

Suzuka1 racesavg P1.0

Sepang2 racesavg P2.0

Welkom2 racesavg P2.5

Mugello4 racesavg P5.3

Valencia3 racesavg P5.5

Brno3 racesavg P6.0

Assen4 racesavg P7.0

Jerez4 racesavg P7.5

Donington4 racesavg P8.0

Phillip Island3 racesavg P8.3

Estoril4 racesavg P9.5

Sachsenring3 racesavg P10.5

Motegi3 racesavg P10.7

Shanghai2 racesavg P11.0

Le Mans4 racesavg P11.5

Catalunya4 racesavg P12.5

Lusail2 racesavg P14.0

Istanbul1 racesavg P15.0

250cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era.

125cc 76 races · 1999–2005

Dry / wetSmall sample

Podium rate: 0.0% dry, 0.0% wet

Win rate

Dry13 races0%(0 wins)

Wet2 races0%(0 wins)

Podium rate

Dry13 races0%(0 podiums)

Wet2 races0%(0 podiums)

Average finish (when classified)

Dry13 racesavg P8.1

Wet2 racesavg P18.5

61 races without track-condition data are not included

By grid positionSmall sample

From Grid 10–15, they move up from an average grid of 13.1 to an average finish of 8.6

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 1–3	2.0 → 3.0	3 wins / 15 races
Grid 4–6	5.1 → 4.3	0 wins / 8 races
Grid 7–9	8.0 → 8.0	0 wins / 8 races
Grid 10–15	13.1 → 8.6	1 wins / 16 races
Grid 16〜	19.9 → 11.0	0 wins / 10 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 125cc, best at Welkom (average P1.5, 3 races)

Welkom3 racesavg P1.5

Estoril4 racesavg P3.0

Catalunya5 racesavg P3.3

Suzuka2 racesavg P4.0

Rio4 racesavg P5.0

Le Mans4 racesavg P5.3

Mugello5 racesavg P5.8

Phillip Island5 racesavg P6.0

Assen5 racesavg P6.5

Sepang4 racesavg P6.5

Lusail1 racesavg P7.0

Sachsenring5 racesavg P7.3

Valencia5 racesavg P7.3

Motegi5 racesavg P7.8

Jerez5 racesavg P8.0

Imola1 racesavg P8.0

Brno4 racesavg P8.3

Donington5 racesavg P11.0

Istanbul1 racesavg P11.0

Shanghai1 racesavg P12.0

Paul Ricard1 races—

Buenos Aires1 races—

125cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1999–2008 (the rider's racing years)

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 17,006 miles
0.7× around the Earth · 5,859 laps

Time on the bike: at least 141 hours (5.9 days)
Average 138.7 km/h, top 272.7 km/h
Time and average speed only from 2005–2008, the seasons with every session's lap analysis

Travelled between circuits

at least 399,743 miles
16.1× around the Earth · at least 36.2 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

91%Start rate (131/144)

7Longest run of absences (races)

73Longest run of starts (races)

22.7Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1999 125cc P17 · 46 pts

2000 125cc P15 · 53 pts

2001 125cc P1 · 241 pts

2002 125cc P2 · 254 pts

2003 250cc P1 · 249 pts

2004 250cc P9 · 95 pts

2005 125cc P10 · 107 pts

2006 250cc P14 · 50 pts

2007 no Grand Prix starts

2008 250cc P19 · 16 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, 1999–2008 (the rider's racing years)

1999	Sepang	grid 13	12 +4
1999	Motegi	grid 8	18
1999	Jerez	grid 10	9 +7
1999	Paul Ricard	grid 13	DNF
1999	Mugello	grid 14	13 +3
1999	Catalunya	grid 24	DNF
1999	Assen	grid 21	13 +3
1999	Donington	grid 21	DNF
1999	Sachsenring	grid 15	11 +5
1999	Imola	grid 11	8 +8
1999	Valencia	grid 18	DNF
1999	Phillip Island	grid 9	9 +7
1999	Welkom	grid 17	DNF
1999	Rio	grid 3	7 +9
1999	Buenos Aires	grid 5	DNF
2000	Jerez	grid 15	9 +7
2000	Le Mans	grid 9	8 +8
2000	Mugello	grid 9	DNF
2000	Catalunya	grid 15	DNF
2000	Assen	grid 23	3 +16
2000	Donington	grid 16	13
2000	Sachsenring	grid 7	Out on lap 1
2000	Brno	grid 24	12 +4
2000	Estoril	grid 4	DNF
2000	Valencia	grid 18	14 +2
2000	Rio	grid 5	DNF
2000	Motegi	grid 13	11 +5
2000	Phillip Island	grid 12	5 +11
2001	Suzuka	grid 2	5 +11
2001	Welkom	grid 3	2 +20
2001	Jerez	grid 2	DNF
2001	Le Mans	grid 2	1 +25
2001	Mugello	grid 12	3 +16
2001	Catalunya	grid 7	3 +16
2001	Assen	grid 6	DNF
2001	Donington	grid 3	3 +16
2001	Sachsenring	grid 4	3 +16
2001	Brno	grid 11	DNF
2001	Estoril	grid 1	1 +25
2001	Valencia	grid 12	1 +25
2001	Motegi	grid 2	2 +20
2001	Phillip Island	grid 1	2 +20
2001	Sepang	grid 8	2 +20
2001	Rio	grid 5	5 +11
2002	Suzuka		3 +16
2002	Welkom		1 +25
2002	Jerez	grid 3	Disqualified
2002	Le Mans		2 +20
2002	Mugello		1 +25
2002	Catalunya		1 +25
2002	Assen	grid 6	2 +20
2002	Donington		3 +16
2002	Sachsenring		4 +13
2002	Brno		5 +11
2002	Estoril	grid 2	DNF
2002	Rio	grid 1	3 +16
2002	Motegi	grid 2	2 +20
2002	Sepang		4 +13
2002	Phillip Island	grid 1	1 +25
2002	Valencia	grid 2	7 +9
2005	Jerez		6 +10
2005	Estoril		5 +11
2005	Shanghai		12 +4
2005	Le Mans		10 +6
2005	Mugello		6 +10
2005	Catalunya		6 +10
2005	Assen		8 +8
2005	Donington		25
2005	Sachsenring		11 +5
2005	Brno	grid 14	8 +8
2005	Motegi		6 +10
2005	Sepang	grid 7	8 +8
2005	Lusail	grid 6	7 +9
2005	Phillip Island	grid 15	13 +3
2005	Istanbul	grid 17	11 +5
2005	Valencia	grid 15	DNF

2003	Suzuka		1 +25
2003	Welkom		1 +25
2003	Jerez	grid 2	4 +13
2003	Le Mans		DNF
2003	Mugello		1 +25
2003	Catalunya	grid 2	DNF
2003	Assen	grid 1	4 +13
2003	Donington		2 +20
2003	Sachsenring		8 +8
2003	Brno		3 +16
2003	Estoril	grid 4	2 +20
2003	Rio	grid 2	1 +25
2003	Motegi		3 +16
2003	Sepang		2 +20
2003	Phillip Island	grid 7	9 +7
2003	Valencia	grid 4	3 +16
2004	Welkom		4 +13
2004	Jerez	grid 2	Out on lap 1
2004	Le Mans	grid 4	DNF
2004	Mugello	grid 6	3 +16
2004	Catalunya	grid 9	DNF
2004	Assen	grid 5	7 +9
2004	Rio	grid 4	1 +25
2004	Sachsenring	grid 6	DNF
2004	Donington	grid 7	DNF
2004	Brno	grid 17	9 +7
2004	Estoril	grid 8	7 +9
2004	Motegi	grid 10	17
2004	Phillip Island	grid 3	3 +16
2004	Valencia	grid 8	DNF
2006	Jerez	grid 18	11 +5
2006	Lusail	grid 9	14 +2
2006	Istanbul	grid 18	15 +1
2006	Shanghai	grid 10	11 +5
2006	Le Mans	grid 15	17
2006	Mugello	grid 18	12 +4
2006	Catalunya	grid 15	11 +5
2006	Assen	grid 17	10 +6
2006	Donington	grid 8	DNF
2006	Sachsenring	grid 13	13 +3
2006	Brno	grid 12	DNF
2006	Sepang	grid 11	DNF
2006	Phillip Island	grid 14	13 +3
2006	Motegi	grid 16	12 +4
2006	Estoril	grid 18	12 +4
2006	Valencia	grid 11	8 +8
2008	Lusail	grid 18	14 +2
2008	Jerez	grid 18	DNF
2008	Estoril	grid 15	17
2008	Shanghai	grid 8	Out on lap 1
2008	Le Mans	grid 8	6 +10
2008	Mugello	grid 6	DNF
2008	Catalunya	grid 17	14 +2
2008	Donington	grid 15	14 +2
2008	Assen	grid 16	DNF
2008	Sachsenring	grid 20	Did not start
2008	Brno	grid 24	Did not start