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

Riders

Helmut Schutz

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Nationality: Germany
Number: 24

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Rijeka in 1986.

In 500cc (1986–1991): 10 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 10 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)

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
1988	YUGOSLAVIAN GRAND PRIX	500cc	31

Season by season

500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1986–1991 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

500cc1986–1991

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P22.7

0 pts · Poles 0

4 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, 1986–1991 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1986. Of the 63 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Eddie Lawson 4 world titles
14 races together: ahead 0, behind 13, 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)

500cc 14 races · 1986–1991

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Donington1 racesavg P16.0

Salzburgring3 racesavg P21.0

Silverstone1 racesavg P23.0

Nürburgring2 racesavg P24.5

Hockenheim2 racesavg P25.0

Rijeka2 races—

Brno1 races—

Assen1 races—

Anderstorp1 races—

500cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; always on the grid Grid 16〜.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1986–1991 (the rider's racing years)

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 395 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 123 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 1,620 miles
0.1× around the Earth · at least 0.2 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

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, 1986–1991 (the rider's racing years)

1986	Nürburgring	grid 30	28
1986	Salzburgring		DNF
1986	Rijeka	grid 26	DNF
1986	Silverstone	grid 29	23
1986	Anderstorp	grid 25	DNF
1987	Hockenheim	grid 28	25
1987	Salzburgring	grid 28	DNF
1987	Rijeka	grid 24	DNF
1988	Nürburgring	grid 30	21
1988	Salzburgring	grid 25	21
1989	Hockenheim	grid 29	25
1989	Brno	grid 29	DNF
1991	Assen		DNF
1991	Donington		16