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

Riders

Peter Sommer

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Nationality: Switzerland

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 125cc at Spa in 1986.

In 125cc (1986): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 1 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)

Season by season

125cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1982–1987 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

125cc1982–1987

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P19.5

0 pts · Poles 0

18 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, 1982–1987 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1982. Of the 90 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Angel Nieto 13 world titles
10 races together: ahead 2, behind 7, both out 1
Pierpaolo Bianchi 3 world titles
13 races together: ahead 0, behind 12, both out 1
Luca Cadalora 3 world titles
10 races together: ahead 2, behind 7, both out 1
Fausto Gresini 2 world titles
16 races together: ahead 0, behind 14, both out 2

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 19 races · 1982–1987

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Nürburgring1 racesavg P17.0

Spa1 racesavg P17.0

Anderstorp4 racesavg P17.5

Mugello1 racesavg P18.0

Rijeka1 racesavg P19.0

Brno1 racesavg P20.0

Hockenheim2 racesavg P21.5

Monza1 racesavg P23.0

Misano1 racesavg P26.0

Assen2 races—

Paul Ricard1 races—

Imola1 races—

Buenos Aires1 races—

Donington1 races—

125cc: 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, 1982–1987 (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 60 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 14 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 3,033 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

52.6%Start rate (10/19)

2Longest run of absences (races)

3Longest run of starts (races)

0Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1984 125cc

1985 no Grand Prix starts

1986 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, 1982–1987 (the rider's racing years)

1982	Buenos Aires	DNF
1982	Rijeka	19
1982	Brno	20
1983	Imola	DNF
1984	Nürburgring	17
1984	Assen	DNF
1984	Anderstorp	23
1984	Mugello	18
1985	Anderstorp	13
1986	Monza	23
1986	Paul Ricard	DNF
1986	Assen	DNF
1986	Spa	17
1986	Anderstorp	15
1986	Hockenheim	25
1987	Hockenheim	18
1987	Donington	DNF
1987	Anderstorp	19
1987	Misano	26