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

Riders

Sadao Asami

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Nationality: Japan

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 350cc at Imola in 1979.

In 350cc (1979): 2 starts, 0 wins, 2 podiums. In 250cc (1979): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1980–1981): 8 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Imola 1979 (350cc).

In all, 11 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 2 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
1981	YUGOSLAVIAN GRAND PRIX	500cc	10

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: 1980 350cc (NAT)

Season by season

250cc350cc500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1978–1981 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1978–1979

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P12.8

2 pts · Poles 0

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

350cc1979–1980

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate25.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P9.0

27 pts · Poles 0

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

500cc1980–1981

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P12.1

3 pts · Poles 0

6 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, 1978–1981 (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 1978. Of the 87 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Anton Mang 5 world titles
12 races together: ahead 5, behind 6, both out 1
Kork Ballington 4 world titles
21 races together: ahead 2, behind 18, both out 1
Kenny Roberts 3 world titles
14 races together: ahead 1, behind 11, both out 2
Barry Sheene 2 world titles
11 races together: ahead 2, behind 8, 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 27 races · 250cc / 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Imatra (average P10.3, 4 races)

Imola350cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P2.0

Rijeka350cc 1avg P3.0

Jarama350cc 1avg P6.0

Assen350cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P10.0

Mugello250cc 1avg P10.0

Imatra350cc 1 · 250cc 1 · 500cc 2avg P10.3

Spa500cc 2avg P13.0

Paul Ricard500cc 2 · 350cc 1avg P13.5

Hockenheim350cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P13.5

Monza500cc 1avg P14.0

Nogaro250cc 1avg P14.0

Nürburgring500cc 1avg P15.0

Silverstone250cc 1avg P17.0

Le Mans350cc 1—

Brno250cc 1—

Misano500cc 1—

Salzburgring500cc 1—

Anderstorp500cc 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 14 races · 1980–1981

By grid positionSmall sample

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 7–9	9.0 → 11.0	0 wins / 2 races
Grid 10–15	13.5 → 11.5	0 wins / 4 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Imatra2 racesavg P9.0

Assen1 racesavg P10.0

Hockenheim1 racesavg P11.0

Paul Ricard2 racesavg P12.0

Spa2 racesavg P13.0

Monza1 racesavg P14.0

Nürburgring1 racesavg P15.0

Imola1 races—

Salzburgring1 races—

Misano1 races—

Anderstorp1 races—

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

350cc 8 races · 1979–1980

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Imola1 racesavg P2.0

Rijeka1 racesavg P3.0

Jarama1 racesavg P6.0

Imatra1 racesavg P12.0

Paul Ricard1 racesavg P15.0

Hockenheim1 racesavg P16.0

Le Mans1 races—

Assen1 races—

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

250cc 5 races · 1978–1979

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Mugello1 racesavg P10.0

Imatra1 racesavg P10.0

Nogaro1 racesavg P14.0

Silverstone1 racesavg P17.0

Brno1 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, 1978–1981 (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)8 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 641 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 159 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 3,672 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

66.7%Start rate (20/30)

2Longest run of absences (races)

5Longest run of starts (races)

20Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1979 350cc P9 · 27 pts

1980 500cc P21 · 2 pts

1981 500cc P26 · 1 pts

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, 1978–1981 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

1978	Nogaro	14
1978	Mugello	10 +1
1978	Silverstone	17
1979	Imatra	10 +1
1979	Brno	DNF

1979	Hockenheim	16
1979	Imola	2 +12
1979	Jarama	6 +5
1979	Rijeka	3 +10
1979	Imatra	12
1979	Le Mans	DNF
1980	Paul Ricard	15
1980	Assen	DNF

1980	Misano	grid 9	DNF
1980	Paul Ricard	grid 12	12
1980	Spa		15
1980	Imatra		9 +2
1980	Nürburgring		15
1981	Salzburgring	grid 14	DNF
1981	Hockenheim	grid 13	11
1981	Monza		14
1981	Paul Ricard		DNF
1981	Assen		10 +1
1981	Spa	grid 9	11
1981	Imola		DNF
1981	Imatra	grid 15	DNF
1981	Anderstorp		DNF