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

Riders

Walter Sommer

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Nationality: Germany
Bike: Mitsui

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 350cc at Hockenheim in 1966.

In 350cc (1966): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1966): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1970): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 125cc (1970): 1 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums. In 250cc (1970): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 125cc (1970): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1971): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1971): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 350cc (1971–1972): 4 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1972): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Nürburgring 1970 (125cc).

In all, 13 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 3 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1966 350cc (BEL) / 1970 125cc (NAT) / 1970 250cc (TT)

Season by season

250cc350cc125cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1966–1972 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Totals

125cc1970–1970

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate50.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P6.0

12 pts · Poles 0

250cc1966–1972

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P7.2

23 pts · Poles 0

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

350cc1966–1972

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P8.0

32 pts · Poles 0

1 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, 1966–1972 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1966. Of the 44 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

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 16 races · 125cc / 250cc / 350cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Nürburgring (average P5.3, 4 races)

Monza350cc 1avg P4.0

Nürburgring350cc 2 · 125cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P5.3

Imatra125cc 1 · 350cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P6.7

Clermont-Ferrand250cc 1avg P7.0

Montjuïc350cc 1 · 250cc 1avg P7.5

Imola250cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P9.0

Hockenheim350cc 2 · 250cc 1avg P11.3

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.

250cc 6 races · 1966–1972

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Nürburgring1 racesavg P4.0

Montjuïc1 racesavg P6.0

Imatra1 racesavg P7.0

Clermont-Ferrand1 racesavg P7.0

Imola1 racesavg P9.0

Hockenheim1 racesavg P10.0

250cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; no grid records.

350cc 8 races · 1966–1972

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Monza1 racesavg P4.0

Imatra1 racesavg P4.0

Nürburgring2 racesavg P7.0

Imola1 racesavg P9.0

Montjuïc1 racesavg P9.0

Hockenheim2 racesavg P12.0

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

125cc 2 races · 1970

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Nürburgring1 racesavg P3.0

Imatra1 racesavg P9.0

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, 1966–1972 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

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, 1966–1972 (the rider's racing years); excludes 3 races with no official result data

1966	Hockenheim	10
1970	Nürburgring	4 +8
1971	Imatra	7 +4
1972	Clermont-Ferrand	7 +4
1972	Imola	9 +2
1972	Montjuïc	6 +5