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

Riders

Karl Auer

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Nationality: Austria

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Le Mans in 1969.

In 500cc (1969–1971): 5 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1971–1972): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1974–1975): 6 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1975): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1976): 2 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1976): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1977): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Le Mans 1969 (500cc).

In all, 19 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 1 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: 1972 500cc (TT) / 1973 250cc (TT) / 1974 350cc (TT) / 1975 500cc (TT) / 1976 350cc (TT)

Season by season

500cc250cc350cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1969–1977 (the rider's racing years); excludes 5 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1971–1973

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P8.0

6 pts · Poles 0

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

350cc1973–1977

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P9.4

25 pts · Poles 0

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

500cc1969–1977

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate4.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P7.2

77 pts · Poles 0

11 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, 1969–1977 (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 1969. Of the 79 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Giacomo Agostini 15 world titles
28 races together: ahead 7, behind 21, both out 0
Phil Read 7 world titles
11 races together: ahead 1, behind 9, both out 1
Dieter Braun 2 world titles
13 races together: ahead 2, behind 10, both out 1
Barry Sheene 2 world titles
11 races together: ahead 1, 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 38 races · 250cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Anderstorp (average P6.5, 3 races)

Le Mans500cc 2avg P6.0

Sachsenring500cc 2avg P6.0

Hockenheim350cc 1avg P6.0

Anderstorp500cc 3avg P6.5

Spa500cc 2avg P6.5

Brno250cc 1 · 500cc 3 · 350cc 2avg P6.6

Salzburgring250cc 1 · 500cc 3avg P7.5

Paul Ricard250cc 1 · 500cc 2avg P8.0

Imatra500cc 4 · 350cc 3avg P8.8

Assen500cc 3 · 350cc 3avg P10.7

Nürburgring500cc 1—

Opatija350cc 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.

500cc 25 races · 1969–1977

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Brno (average P4.0, 3 races)

Brno3 racesavg P4.0

Le Mans2 racesavg P6.0

Sachsenring2 racesavg P6.0

Anderstorp3 racesavg P6.5

Spa2 racesavg P6.5

Salzburgring3 racesavg P7.3

Paul Ricard2 racesavg P8.0

Assen3 racesavg P8.3

Imatra4 racesavg P10.0

Nürburgring1 races—

500cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; no grid records.

350cc 10 races · 1973–1977

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 350cc, best at Imatra (average P7.7, 3 races)

Hockenheim1 racesavg P6.0

Imatra3 racesavg P7.7

Brno2 racesavg P8.5

Assen3 racesavg P13.0

Opatija1 races—

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

250cc 3 races · 1971–1973

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Brno1 racesavg P8.0

Salzburgring1 racesavg P8.0

Paul Ricard1 races—

250cc: 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, 1969–1977 (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)5 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 839 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 199 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 4,445 miles
0.2× around the Earth · at least 0.6 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)

4Longest run of absences (races)

4Longest run of starts (races)

25Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1975 500cc P12 · 17 pts

1976 500cc P16 · 16 pts

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? 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, 1969–1977 (the rider's racing years); excludes 5 races with no official result data

1973	Assen	15
1974	Assen	6 +5
1974	Imatra	7 +4
1975	Hockenheim	6 +5
1975	Imatra	6 +5
1975	Brno	9 +2
1975	Opatija	DNF
1976	Brno	8 +3
1977	Assen	18
1977	Imatra	10 +1

1969	Le Mans	3 +10
1969	Assen	10 +1
1969	Spa	9 +2
1970	Spa	4 +8
1971	Sachsenring	6 +5
1972	Nürburgring	DNF
1972	Sachsenring	DNF
1974	Salzburgring	6 +5
1974	Assen	6 +5
1974	Anderstorp	5 +6
1974	Imatra	10 +1
1975	Paul Ricard	8 +3
1975	Salzburgring	7 +4
1975	Assen	9 +2
1975	Imatra	DNF
1975	Brno	4 +8
1976	Le Mans	9 +2
1976	Salzburgring	9 +2
1976	Anderstorp	8 +3
1976	Imatra	10 +1
1976	Brno	4 +8
1977	Paul Ricard	DNF
1977	Anderstorp	DNF
1977	Imatra	10 +1
1977	Brno	DNF