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

Riders

Kazuki Watanabe (photo from Wikimedia Commons)
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Kazuki Watanabe

Nationality
Japan Japan
Number
92
Team (2022 MotoGP)
Team SUZUKI ECSTAR
Bike
Suzuki
Born
October 2, 1990(age 36)

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

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Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in Moto2 at Aragón in 2010.

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In Moto2 (2010): 4 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. Teams: Racing Team Germany. In MotoGP (2022): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. Teams: Team SUZUKI ECSTAR.

In all, 5 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

Moto2MotoGP ★ Champion

15101520253020102012201420162018202020222022 MotoGP: P31 / 0 pts / 0 winsMotoGP

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Teams in years without official results: 2009 250cc Bardral Racing with SJ-R

Scope: official results DB, 2010–2022 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

Moto22010–2010
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate0.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P26.8

0 pts · Poles 0

MotoGP2022–2022
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate0.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P21.0

0 pts · Poles 0

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 2010–2022 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 2010. Of the 53 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)

MotoGP 1 races · 2022

MotoGP: all in the Michelin era; Dry races only; always on the grid Grid 16〜; one circuit only.

Moto2 4 races · 2010

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Best circuit: Motegi (average P25.0, 1 races)

Motegi1 racesavg P25.0
Sepang1 racesavg P25.0
Aragón1 racesavg P25.0
Phillip Island1 racesavg P32.0

Moto2: all in the Dunlop era; Dry races only; always on the grid Grid 16〜.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 2010–2022 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)

Ridden on the bike

at least 335 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 113 laps

Time on the bike: at least 20 hours (0.8 days)
Average 141.4 km/h, top 291.8 km/h
Time and average speed only from 2008–2022, the seasons with every session's lap analysis

Travelled between circuits

at least 23,847 miles
1.0× around the Earth · at least 2.1 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, 2010–2022 (the rider's racing years)

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