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

Riders

Walter Scheimann

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Nationality: Germany
Bike: Villa

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 125cc at Isle of Man in 1963.

In 125cc (1963–1965): 7 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 500cc (1965): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 125cc (1966): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1966): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 125cc (1966–1967): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1969): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 125cc (1969): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1969): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1969–1970): 2 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 125cc (1970): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Solitude 1964 (125cc).

In all, 20 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 3 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 5 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1960 500cc (TT) / 1963 500cc (TT) / 1965 125cc (TT) / 1966 500cc (TT) / 1970 125cc (NAT)

Season by season

500cc125cc350cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1960–1970 (the rider's racing years); excludes 5 races with no official result data

Totals

125cc1963–1970

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate5.6%

Average finish (when classified)avg P7.6

25 pts · Poles 0

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

350cc1969–1970

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate50.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P5.5

13 pts · Poles 0

500cc1960–1969

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate7.1%

Average finish (when classified)avg P9.2

17 pts · Poles 0

9 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, 1960–1970 (the rider's racing years); excludes 5 races with no official result data

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1960. Of the 37 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Giacomo Agostini 15 world titles
10 races together: ahead 0, behind 10, both out 0
Luigi Taveri 3 world titles
10 races together: ahead 1, behind 9, 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 34 races · 125cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Monza (average P5.6, 5 races)

Imola350cc 1avg P3.0

Montjuïc125cc 1avg P4.0

Monza125cc 3 · 500cc 2avg P5.6

Nürburgring125cc 1 · 500cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P5.7

Brno125cc 2 · 500cc 1avg P6.7

Hockenheim125cc 2 · 500cc 1avg P9.0

Solitude500cc 1 · 125cc 1avg P9.5

Isle of Man125cc 2avg P9.5

Spa500cc 4 · 125cc 2avg P9.8

Le Mans500cc 1avg P10.0

Assen500cc 3 · 125cc 4avg P10.3

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.

125cc 18 races · 1963–1970

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 125cc, best at Monza (average P5.7, 3 races)

Solitude1 racesavg P3.0

Montjuïc1 racesavg P4.0

Monza3 racesavg P5.7

Nürburgring1 racesavg P6.0

Brno2 racesavg P7.0

Hockenheim2 racesavg P8.5

Assen4 racesavg P9.5

Spa2 racesavg P9.5

Isle of Man2 racesavg P9.5

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

350cc 2 races · 1969–1970

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Imola1 racesavg P3.0

Nürburgring1 racesavg P8.0

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

500cc 14 races · 1960–1969

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Spa (average P10.0, 4 races)

Nürburgring1 racesavg P3.0

Monza2 racesavg P5.5

Brno1 racesavg P6.0

Spa4 racesavg P10.0

Le Mans1 racesavg P10.0

Hockenheim1 racesavg P10.0

Assen3 racesavg P11.3

Solitude1 racesavg P16.0

500cc: 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, 1960–1970 (the rider's racing years); excludes 5 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 · 292 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 2,695 miles
0.1× around the Earth · at least 0.3 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

No season as a regular (starting at least half of the races)

? 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, 1960–1970 (the rider's racing years); excludes 5 races with no official result data

1963	Isle of Man	14
1963	Assen	9
1964	Isle of Man	5 +2
1964	Assen	11
1964	Solitude	3 +4
1964	Monza	7
1965	Nürburgring	6 +1
1966	Hockenheim	10
1966	Assen	9
1966	Brno	9
1966	Monza	6 +1
1967	Brno	5 +2
1967	Monza	4 +3
1968	Montjuïc	4 +3
1969	Hockenheim	7 +4
1969	Spa	10 +1
1970	Assen	9 +2
1970	Spa	9 +2

1960	Solitude	16
1962	Assen	13
1963	Assen	9
1964	Spa	DNF
1964	Monza	6 +1
1965	Nürburgring	3 +4
1966	Hockenheim	10
1966	Spa	DNF
1966	Monza	5 +2
1967	Spa	13
1968	Assen	12
1969	Le Mans	10 +1
1969	Spa	7 +4
1969	Brno	6 +5