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

Riders

Bernard Garcia

No freely licensed photo found, so the race number and team colour are shown instead. About photos

Nationality: France
Bike: Muz Weber
Born: April 16, 1971(age 55)

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Eastern Creek in 1993.

In 500cc (1993–1999): 34 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 34 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
1993	Japanese GP	500cc	23

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: 1993 500cc (JPN)

Season by season

500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1992–1999 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

500cc1992–1999

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P11.9

154 pts · Poles 0

14 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, 1992–1999 (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 1993. Of the 53 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Mick Doohan 5 world titles
45 races together: ahead 4, behind 39, both out 2
Luca Cadalora 3 world titles
41 races together: ahead 7, behind 33, both out 1
Loris Capirossi 3 world titles
12 races together: ahead 2, behind 10, both out 0
Wayne Rainey 3 world titles
10 races together: ahead 1, behind 9, 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)

500cc 47 races · 1992–1999

By grid position

From Grid 10–15, they move up from an average grid of 12.9 to an average finish of 10.6

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 10–15	12.9 → 10.6	0 wins / 17 races
Grid 16〜	19.1 → 12.4	0 wins / 30 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Catalunya (average P10.0, 3 races)

Jarama1 racesavg P7.0

Hockenheim2 racesavg P9.5

Catalunya3 racesavg P10.0

Shah Alam3 racesavg P10.0

Mugello3 racesavg P10.7

Donington4 racesavg P11.0

Suzuka2 racesavg P11.0

Assen5 racesavg P11.6

Brno3 racesavg P11.7

Eastern Creek3 racesavg P12.0

Laguna Seca2 racesavg P12.0

Buenos Aires2 racesavg P12.0

Sachsenring1 racesavg P12.0

Misano1 racesavg P13.0

Nürburgring2 racesavg P15.5

Paul Ricard1 racesavg P17.0

Salzburgring1 racesavg P23.0

Imola3 races—

Jerez2 races—

Le Mans2 races—

Rio1 races—

500cc: 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, 1992–1999 (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)42 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 2,876 miles
0.1× around the Earth · 1,000 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 66,985 miles
2.7× around the Earth · at least 6.2 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

95%Start rate (38/40)

1Longest run of absences (races)

22Longest run of starts (races)

3.7Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1993 500cc P16 · 40 pts

1994 500cc P11 · 56 pts

1995 500cc P14 · 41 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, 1992–1999 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

1992	Magny-Cours		Did not start
1993	Eastern Creek	grid 18	12 +4
1993	Shah Alam	grid 11	DNF
1993	Jerez		Did not start
1993	Salzburgring	grid 18	23
1993	Hockenheim	grid 13	10 +6
1993	Assen	grid 15	11 +5
1993	Catalunya	grid 15	DNF
1993	Mugello	grid 20	11 +5
1993	Donington	grid 28	13 +3
1993	Brno	grid 17	11 +5
1993	Misano	grid 17	13 +3
1993	Laguna Seca	grid 15	DNF
1993	Jarama	grid 20	7 +9
1994	Eastern Creek	grid 16	11 +5
1994	Shah Alam	grid 13	DNF
1994	Suzuka	grid 16	11 +5
1994	Jerez	grid 16	DNF
1994	Hockenheim	grid 11	9 +7
1994	Assen	grid 16	10 +6
1994	Mugello	grid 12	8 +8
1994	Le Mans	grid 11	DNF
1994	Donington	grid 13	11 +5
1994	Brno	grid 12	11 +5
1994	Laguna Seca	grid 14	12 +4
1994	Buenos Aires	grid 15	12 +4
1994	Catalunya	grid 13	9 +7
1995	Eastern Creek	grid 15	13 +3
1995	Shah Alam	grid 20	10 +6
1995	Suzuka	grid 22	11 +5
1995	Jerez	grid 19	DNF
1995	Nürburgring	grid 18	17
1995	Mugello	grid 17	13 +3
1995	Assen	grid 12	11 +5
1995	Le Mans	grid 10	DNF
1995	Donington	grid 19	9 +7
1995	Brno	grid 16	13 +3
1995	Rio	grid 17	DNF
1995	Buenos Aires	grid 20	12 +4
1995	Catalunya	grid 21	11 +5
1997	Paul Ricard	grid 23	17
1997	Assen	grid 19	11 +5
1997	Imola	grid 18	DNF
1997	Nürburgring	grid 20	14 +2
1998	Assen	grid 20	15 +1
1998	Donington	grid 17	11 +5
1998	Sachsenring	grid 19	12 +4
1998	Imola	grid 22	DNF
1999	Imola	grid 23	DNF