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

Riders

Adrian Coates

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Nationality: United Kingdom
Number: 15
Born: February 8, 1972(age 54)
Birthplace: Antrim

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 250cc at Donington in 1999.

In 250cc (1999–2000): 13 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 13 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
1999	SOUTH AFRICAN GRAND PRIX	250cc	18	1'40.957
2000	Italian GP	250cc	17	1'57.085
2000	Valencia GP	250cc	21	1'39.225

Season by season

250cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1999–2000 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

250cc1999–2000

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P21.2

0 pts · Poles 0

2 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, 1999–2000 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1999. Of the 51 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)

250cc 14 races · 1999–2000

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Rio1 racesavg P18.0

Jerez1 racesavg P21.0

Catalunya1 racesavg P21.0

Brno1 racesavg P22.0

Sachsenring1 racesavg P24.0

Donington2 races—

Welkom1 races—

Suzuka1 races—

Le Mans1 races—

Assen1 races—

Phillip Island1 races—

Sepang1 races—

Estoril1 races—

250cc: 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, 1999–2000 (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

Every session

at least 520 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 183 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 39,131 miles
1.6× around the Earth · at least 3.6 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

81.2%Start rate (13/16)

1Longest run of absences (races)

6Longest run of starts (races)

0Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

2000 250cc

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, 1999–2000 (the rider's racing years)

1999	Donington	grid 24	DNF
2000	Welkom		DNF
2000	Sepang	grid 13	DNF
2000	Suzuka	grid 16	DNF
2000	Jerez	grid 26	21
2000	Le Mans	grid 24	DNF
2000	Catalunya	grid 16	21
2000	Assen	grid 20	DNF
2000	Donington	grid 24	DNF
2000	Sachsenring	grid 23	24
2000	Brno	grid 28	22
2000	Estoril	grid 22	DNF
2000	Rio	grid 27	18
2000	Motegi		Did not start
2000	Phillip Island	grid 14	DNF