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

Riders

Fausto Gresini

Nationality: Italy
Number: 11
Born: January 23, 1961(age 65)

Photos (3)

1992
At this race · Rikita · CC BY-SA 3.0
1992
At this race · Rikita · CC BY-SA 3.0
2008
Grantuking from Cerrione, Italy · CC BY 2.0

Freely licensed photos from Wikimedia Commons. Tap a photo for its source page (photographer, licence). The year is when it was taken.

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 125cc at Le Mans in 1983.

In 125cc (1983–1994): 75 starts, 7 wins, 20 podiums.

First podium: Anderstorp 1983 (125cc). First win: Jerez 1987 (125cc). World champion: 1985 125cc, 1987 125cc.

In all, 75 Grand Prix starts, 7 wins and 20 podiums (within the official results database).

Written automatically from the official results database (no opinions about the rider)

Season by season

125cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1983–1994 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

125cc1983–1994 ★ 2 titles (1985, 1987)

Win rate15.9%

Podium rate35.6%

Average finish (when classified)avg P5.2

1103 pts · Poles 16

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

1983	Le Mans		DNF
1983	Monza		7 +4
1983	Hockenheim		6 +5
1983	Salzburgring		4 +8
1983	Rijeka	grid 1	DNF
1983	Assen		10 +1
1983	Spa		9 +2
1983	Silverstone		6 +5
1983	Anderstorp		2 +12
1983	Imola		DNF
1984	Misano		DNF
1984	Jarama		DNF
1984	Nürburgring		4 +8
1984	Paul Ricard		4 +8
1984	Assen		DNF
1984	Silverstone		3 +10
1984	Anderstorp	grid 2	1 +15
1984	Mugello		3 +10
1985	Jarama		2 +12
1985	Hockenheim		2 +12
1985	Mugello		DNF
1985	Salzburgring		1 +15
1985	Assen	grid 1	3 +10
1985	Spa	grid 1	1 +15
1985	Le Mans	grid 1	2 +12
1985	Silverstone		4 +8
1985	Anderstorp	grid 1	3 +10
1985	Misano	grid 1	1 +15
1986	Jarama	grid 1	1 +15
1986	Monza	grid 1	1 +15
1986	Nürburgring		2 +12
1986	Salzburgring		DNF
1986	Paul Ricard		2 +12
1986	Assen		2 +12
1986	Spa		4 +8
1986	Silverstone		DNF
1986	Anderstorp	grid 3	1 +15
1986	Misano	grid 1	3 +10
1986	Hockenheim	grid 1	1 +15
1987	Jerez	grid 2	1 +15
1987	Hockenheim	grid 1	1 +15
1987	Monza	grid 2	1 +15
1987	Salzburgring	grid 2	1 +15
1987	Assen	grid 2	1 +15
1987	Le Mans	grid 1	1 +15
1987	Donington	grid 2	1 +15
1987	Anderstorp	grid 1	1 +15
1987	Brno	grid 1	1 +15
1987	Misano	grid 1	1 +15
1987	Jarama	grid 1	DNF
1988	Jarama	grid 3	4 +13
1988	Imola	grid 3	DNF
1988	Assen	grid 18	DNF
1988	Donington	grid 18	7 +9
1988	Anderstorp	grid 6	DNF
1988	Brno	grid 28	DNF
1989	Suzuka	grid 10	11 +5
1989	Phillip Island	grid 12	7 +9
1989	Jerez	grid 14	5 +11
1989	Misano	grid 4	3 +15
1989	Hockenheim	grid 5	DNF
1989	Salzburgring	grid 7	5 +11
1989	Assen	grid 9	6 +10
1989	Spa	grid 6	7 +9
1989	Le Mans	grid 5	5 +11
1989	Donington	grid 9	8 +8
1989	Anderstorp	grid 12	5 +11
1989	Brno	grid 22	14 +2
1990	Suzuka	grid 13	7 +9
1990	Jerez	grid 5	3 +15
1990	Misano	grid 3	DNF
1990	Salzburgring	grid 21	DNF
1990	Rijeka	grid 12	6 +10
1990	Assen	grid 14	8 +8
1990	Spa	grid 8	8 +8
1990	Le Mans	grid 7	DNF
1990	Donington	grid 6	8 +8
1990	Anderstorp	grid 9	5 +11
1990	Brno	grid 7	7 +9
1990	Hungaroring	grid 9	4 +13
1990	Phillip Island	grid 2	5 +11
1991	Suzuka	grid 5	2 +17
1991	Eastern Creek	grid 5	2 +17
1991	Jerez	grid 3	2 +17
1991	Misano	grid 2	1 +20
1991	Hockenheim	grid 2	DNF
1991	Salzburgring	grid 4	1 +20
1991	Jarama	grid 7	2 +17
1991	Assen	grid 6	4 +13
1991	Paul Ricard	grid 5	3 +15
1991	Donington	grid 7	2 +17
1991	Mugello	grid 6	3 +15
1991	Brno	grid 12	6 +10
1991	Shah Alam	grid 8	4 +13
1992	Suzuka	grid 13	DNF
1992	Eastern Creek	grid 5	5 +8
1992	Shah Alam	grid 18	8 +3
1992	Jerez	grid 3	2 +15
1992	Mugello	grid 11	5 +8
1992	Catalunya	grid 5	3 +12
1992	Hockenheim	grid 11	2 +15
1992	Assen	grid 2	2 +15
1992	Hungaroring	grid 6	3 +12
1992	Magny-Cours	grid 4	DNF
1992	Donington	grid 5	1 +20
1992	Interlagos	grid 2	6 +6
1992	Kyalami	grid 5	7 +4
1993	Eastern Creek	grid 9	5 +11
1993	Shah Alam	grid 10	8 +8
1993	Suzuka	grid 6	DNF
1993	Jerez	grid 6	DNF
1993	Salzburgring	grid 6	8 +8
1993	Hockenheim	grid 21	17
1993	Assen	grid 21	Out on lap 1
1993	Catalunya	grid 20	17
1993	Mugello	grid 16	10 +6
1993	Donington	grid 8	7 +9
1993	Misano	grid 13	10 +6
1993	Laguna Seca	grid 19	16
1993	Jarama	grid 7	4 +13
1994	Eastern Creek	grid 4	4 +13
1994	Shah Alam	grid 6	6 +10
1994	Suzuka	grid 8	18
1994	Jerez	grid 9	Out on lap 1
1994	Salzburgring	grid 9	8 +8
1994	Hockenheim	grid 3	13 +3
1994	Assen	grid 14	16
1994	Mugello	grid 21	17
1994	Le Mans	grid 15	10 +6
1994	Donington	grid 7	20
1994	Laguna Seca		Did not start
1994	Buenos Aires	grid 23	DNF
1994	Catalunya	grid 15	10 +6

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1983–1994 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1983. Of the 76 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Angel Nieto 13 world titles
22 races together: ahead 7, behind 13, both out 2
Jorge Martinez 4 world titles
79 races together: ahead 39, behind 38, both out 2
Stefan Dörflinger 4 world titles
26 races together: ahead 17, behind 5, both out 4
Pierpaolo Bianchi 3 world titles
47 races together: ahead 29, behind 13, both out 5

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)

125cc 132 races · 1983–1994

By grid position

From Grid 10–15, they move up from an average grid of 12.6 to an average finish of 7.7

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 1–3	1.7 → 2.2	18 wins / 34 races
Grid 4–6	5.2 → 4.1	2 wins / 24 races
Grid 7–9	8.0 → 7.1	0 wins / 18 races
Grid 10–15	12.6 → 7.7	0 wins / 16 races
Grid 16〜	20.5 → 13.3	0 wins / 13 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 125cc, best at Anderstorp (average P2.6, 8 races)

Anderstorp8 racesavg P2.6

Jerez7 racesavg P2.6

Jarama7 racesavg P2.6

Paul Ricard3 racesavg P3.0

Monza3 racesavg P3.0

Nürburgring2 racesavg P3.0

Misano8 racesavg P3.2

Hungaroring2 racesavg P3.5

Salzburgring9 racesavg P4.0

Eastern Creek4 racesavg P4.0

Silverstone4 racesavg P4.3

Le Mans6 racesavg P4.5

Assen12 racesavg P5.8

Spa5 racesavg P5.8

Hockenheim9 racesavg P6.0

Phillip Island2 racesavg P6.0

Rijeka2 racesavg P6.0

Interlagos1 racesavg P6.0

Shah Alam4 racesavg P6.5

Donington8 racesavg P6.8

Brno5 racesavg P7.0

Kyalami1 racesavg P7.0

Mugello6 racesavg P7.6

Suzuka6 racesavg P9.5

Catalunya3 racesavg P10.0

Laguna Seca1 racesavg P16.0

Imola2 races—

Buenos Aires1 races—

Magny-Cours1 races—

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

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1983–1994 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)81 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 4,739 miles
0.2× around the Earth · 1,640 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 134,248 miles
5.4× around the Earth · at least 12.6 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

93%Start rate (132/142)

3Longest run of absences (races)

49Longest run of starts (races)

46Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1983 125cc P9 · 37 pts

1984 125cc P3 · 51 pts

1985 125cc P1 · 109 pts

1986 125cc P2 · 114 pts

1987 125cc P1 · 150 pts

1988 125cc P21 · 22 pts

1989 125cc P5 · 102 pts

1990 125cc P8 · 102 pts

1991 125cc P2 · 181 pts

1992 125cc P2 · 118 pts

1993 125cc P11 · 61 pts

1994 125cc P16 · 46 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, 1983–1994 (the rider's racing years)