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

Riders

Reiner Koster

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Nationality: Switzerland
Bike: LCR

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 50cc at Hockenheim in 1983.

In 50cc (1983): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 80cc (1984–1989): 20 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 21 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)

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	Portuguese GP	80cc	18

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: 1988 80cc (POR)

Season by season

125cc50cc80cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1979–1989 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

50cc1979–1983

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P17.0

0 pts · Poles 0

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

80cc1984–1989

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P19.1

11 pts · Poles 0

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

125cc1979–1982

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P20.5

0 pts · Poles 0

4 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, 1979–1989 (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 1979. Of the 102 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Angel Nieto 13 world titles
11 races together: ahead 2, behind 6, both out 3
Stefan Dörflinger 4 world titles
48 races together: ahead 3, behind 40, both out 5
Jorge Martinez 4 world titles
32 races together: ahead 4, behind 27, both out 1
Pierpaolo Bianchi 3 world titles
14 races together: ahead 2, behind 11, 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 48 races · 50cc / 80cc / 125cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Imola (average P11.5, 3 races)

Imola50cc 2 · 80cc 1avg P11.5

Le Mans50cc 1 · 80cc 1avg P13.0

Imatra125cc 1avg P17.0

Jarama50cc 2 · 80cc 3avg P18.3

Assen50cc 1 · 80cc 5avg P18.4

Hockenheim50cc 2 · 80cc 2avg P18.7

Monza50cc 1 · 80cc 2avg P19.0

Brno125cc 1 · 80cc 2avg P19.5

Jerez80cc 2avg P19.5

Rijeka50cc 3 · 125cc 1 · 80cc 4avg P21.0

Salzburgring80cc 2avg P21.0

Mugello80cc 1avg P23.0

Misano80cc 3avg P23.5

Nürburgring50cc 1 · 80cc 1—

Silverstone125cc 1 · 80cc 1—

Spa80cc 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.

80cc 31 races · 1984–1989

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By grid positionSmall sample

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 10–15	14.3 → 17.0	0 wins / 3 races
Grid 16〜	19.2 → 19.0	0 wins / 5 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 80cc, best at Jarama (average P17.3, 3 races)

Imola1 racesavg P9.0

Jarama3 racesavg P17.3

Assen5 racesavg P18.4

Monza2 racesavg P19.0

Jerez2 racesavg P19.5

Brno2 racesavg P19.5

Hockenheim2 racesavg P19.5

Rijeka4 racesavg P20.0

Salzburgring2 racesavg P21.0

Mugello1 racesavg P23.0

Misano3 racesavg P23.5

Le Mans1 races—

Nürburgring1 races—

Silverstone1 races—

Spa1 races—

80cc: no track-condition records.

50cc 13 races · 1979–1983

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Le Mans1 racesavg P13.0

Imola2 racesavg P14.0

Hockenheim2 racesavg P17.0

Rijeka3 racesavg P20.0

Jarama2 racesavg P21.0

Nürburgring1 races—

Assen1 races—

Monza1 races—

50cc: no track-condition records; no grid records.

125cc 4 races · 1979–1982

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Imatra1 racesavg P17.0

Rijeka1 racesavg P24.0

Brno1 races—

Silverstone1 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, 1979–1989 (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)1 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 42 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 11 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 12,835 miles
0.5× around the Earth · at least 1.4 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

81.4%Start rate (35/43)

3Longest run of absences (races)

9Longest run of starts (races)

0Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1983 50cc

1984 80cc

1985 80cc

1986 80cc

1987 no Grand Prix starts

1988 80cc P17 · 11 pts

1989 80cc

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, 1979–1989 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

1979	Imola	DNF
1979	Rijeka	DNF
1980	Nürburgring	DNF
1981	Hockenheim	17
1981	Rijeka	DNF
1982	Jarama	21
1983	Le Mans	13
1983	Monza	DNF
1983	Hockenheim	DNF
1983	Jarama	DNF
1983	Rijeka	20
1983	Assen	DNF
1983	Imola	14

1984	Misano		24
1984	Salzburgring		DNF
1984	Rijeka		DNF
1984	Assen		22
1984	Spa		DNF
1984	Mugello		23
1985	Jarama		15
1985	Hockenheim		21
1985	Le Mans		DNF
1985	Misano		DNF
1986	Jarama		21
1986	Monza		18
1986	Salzburgring		21
1986	Rijeka		22
1986	Assen		23
1986	Silverstone		DNF
1986	Hockenheim		18
1987	Jerez		23
1987	Monza		20
1987	Assen		15
1988	Jarama	grid 15	16
1988	Imola		9 +7
1988	Nürburgring	grid 18	DNF
1988	Assen	grid 15	12 +4
1988	Rijeka	grid 20	18
1988	Brno		16
1989	Jerez	grid 19	16
1989	Misano	grid 23	23
1989	Rijeka	grid 16	DNF
1989	Assen		20
1989	Brno	grid 13	23