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

Riders

Horst Seel

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Nationality: Germany
Bike: Rieju

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 125cc at Paul Ricard in 1973.

In 125cc (1973–1977): 8 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 80cc (1987): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 9 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)

Season by season

125cc80cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1973–1987 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

80cc1987–1987

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P6.0

5 pts · Poles 0

125cc1973–1977

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P6.6

42 pts · Poles 0

5 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, 1973–1987 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1973. Of the 107 riders who debuted that year, 1 also raced in 2026.

Kent Andersson 2 world titles
10 races together: ahead 0, behind 10, 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 14 races · 80cc / 125cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Nürburgring125cc 1avg P4.0

Monza125cc 1avg P4.0

Jarama80cc 1avg P6.0

Hockenheim125cc 2avg P6.5

Assen125cc 1avg P7.0

Anderstorp125cc 1avg P7.0

Salzburgring125cc 3avg P8.0

Paul Ricard125cc 2avg P8.0

Spa125cc 1avg P8.0

Imatra125cc 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 1 races · 1987

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

80cc: no track-condition records; no grid records; one circuit only.

125cc 13 races · 1973–1977

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Nürburgring1 racesavg P4.0

Monza1 racesavg P4.0

Hockenheim2 racesavg P6.5

Assen1 racesavg P7.0

Anderstorp1 racesavg P7.0

Salzburgring3 racesavg P8.0

Paul Ricard2 racesavg P8.0

Spa1 racesavg P8.0

Imatra1 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, 1973–1987 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)4 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 270 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 87 laps

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, 1973–1987 (the rider's racing years)

1973	Paul Ricard	8 +3
1973	Hockenheim	5 +6
1973	Monza	4 +8
1973	Anderstorp	7 +4
1973	Imatra	DNF
1974	Salzburgring	DNF
1974	Spa	8 +3
1975	Paul Ricard	DNF
1975	Salzburgring	8 +3
1975	Hockenheim	8 +3
1976	Nürburgring	4 +8
1977	Salzburgring	DNF
1977	Assen	7 +4