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

Riders

Hisashi Unemoto

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Nationality: Japan
Bike: Honda
Born: October 19, 1955(age 70)

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 125cc at Jarama in 1988.

In 125cc (1988–1992): 35 starts, 0 wins, 2 podiums.

First podium: Suzuka 1989 (125cc).

In all, 35 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 2 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
1988	French GP	125cc	25

Season by season

125cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1988–1992 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

125cc1988–1992

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate3.6%

Average finish (when classified)avg P13.8

192 pts · Poles 0

21 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, 1988–1992 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1988. Of the 55 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Jorge Martinez 4 world titles
53 races together: ahead 14, behind 36, both out 3
Stefan Dörflinger 4 world titles
21 races together: ahead 19, behind 0, both out 2
Loris Capirossi 3 world titles
24 races together: ahead 1, behind 22, both out 1
Pierpaolo Bianchi 3 world titles
10 races together: ahead 8, behind 2, 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)

125cc 56 races · 1988–1992

By grid positionSmall sample

From Grid 10–15, they move up from an average grid of 12.6 to an average finish of 10.8

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 1–3	3.0 → 2.0	0 wins / 2 races
Grid 4–6	5.3 → 11.0	0 wins / 3 races
Grid 7–9	8.5 → 4.3	0 wins / 4 races
Grid 10–15	12.6 → 10.8	0 wins / 17 races
Grid 16〜	22.3 → 17.9	0 wins / 21 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 125cc, best at Misano (average P9.0, 3 races)

Le Mans2 racesavg P5.5

Jarama1 racesavg P7.0

Misano3 racesavg P9.0

Imola1 racesavg P9.0

Spa3 racesavg P9.3

Nürburgring2 racesavg P10.0

Suzuka4 racesavg P11.0

Hockenheim3 racesavg P11.0

Donington4 racesavg P12.3

Paul Ricard1 racesavg P13.0

Rijeka1 racesavg P13.0

Brno4 racesavg P13.3

Jerez4 racesavg P14.0

Anderstorp3 racesavg P14.5

Phillip Island2 racesavg P16.0

Assen4 racesavg P16.3

Eastern Creek2 racesavg P17.5

Catalunya1 racesavg P18.0

Salzburgring4 racesavg P18.8

Hungaroring2 racesavg P19.5

Shah Alam2 racesavg P20.0

Mugello2 racesavg P21.0

Magny-Cours1 racesavg P25.0

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

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1988–1992 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)39 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 2,266 miles
0.1× around the Earth · 810 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 81,928 miles
3.3× around the Earth · at least 7.5 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

88.9%Start rate (56/63)

3Longest run of absences (races)

20Longest run of starts (races)

8.6Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1988 125cc P11 · 43 pts

1989 125cc P4 · 104 pts

1990 125cc P20 · 30 pts

1991 125cc P19 · 15 pts

1992 125cc

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, 1988–1992 (the rider's racing years)

1988	Jarama	grid 14	7 +9
1988	Imola	grid 19	9 +7
1988	Nürburgring	grid 10	6 +10
1988	Salzburgring	grid 24	16
1988	Assen	grid 21	25
1988	Spa	grid 13	9 +7
1988	Rijeka	grid 16	13 +3
1988	Donington	grid 12	12 +4
1988	Anderstorp	grid 23	13 +3
1988	Brno	grid 29	22
1989	Suzuka	grid 3	2 +17
1989	Phillip Island	grid 9	DNF
1989	Jerez	grid 12	8 +8
1989	Misano	grid 12	6 +10
1989	Hockenheim	grid 19	5 +11
1989	Salzburgring	grid 13	22
1989	Assen	grid 13	5 +11
1989	Spa	grid 9	3 +15
1989	Le Mans	grid 11	6 +10
1989	Donington	grid 7	5 +11
1989	Anderstorp	grid 3	DNF
1989	Brno	grid 4	5 +11
1990	Suzuka	grid 6	12 +4
1990	Jerez	grid 10	13 +3
1990	Misano	grid 14	8 +8
1990	Nürburgring	grid 12	14 +2
1990	Salzburgring	grid 15	18
1990	Assen	grid 17	21
1990	Spa	grid 17	16
1990	Le Mans	grid 9	5 +11
1990	Donington	grid 14	14 +2
1990	Anderstorp	grid 6	16
1990	Brno	grid 16	DNF
1990	Hungaroring	grid 26	18
1990	Phillip Island	grid 17	16
1991	Suzuka		19
1991	Eastern Creek		15 +1
1991	Jerez	grid 12	11 +5
1991	Misano		13 +3
1991	Hockenheim		17
1991	Salzburgring		19
1991	Paul Ricard	grid 13	13 +3
1991	Donington		18
1991	Mugello		18
1991	Brno		13 +3
1991	Shah Alam		DNF
1992	Suzuka	grid 24	DNF
1992	Eastern Creek	grid 23	20
1992	Shah Alam	grid 23	20
1992	Jerez	grid 28	24
1992	Mugello	grid 26	24
1992	Catalunya	grid 25	18
1992	Hockenheim	grid 15	11
1992	Assen	grid 26	14
1992	Hungaroring	grid 22	21
1992	Magny-Cours	grid 27	25