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

Riders

Simon Crafar (photo from Wikimedia Commons)
Wayne Gardner · CC BY 2.0 · 2017 · Wikimedia Commons

Simon Crafar

Nationality
New Zealand New Zealand
Bike
Muz Weber
Born
January 15, 1969(age 57)
Birthplace
Waiouru

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

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Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Jerez in 1993.

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In 500cc (1993): 5 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1993): 4 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1998–1999): 19 starts, 1 wins, 3 podiums.

First podium: Assen 1998 (500cc). First win: Donington 1998 (500cc).

In all, 28 Grand Prix starts, 1 wins and 3 podiums (within the official results database).

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

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

250cc500cc ★ Champion

151015202519931994199519961997199819991993 250cc: P21 / 17 pts / 0 wins250cc1993 500cc: P27 / 7 pts / 0 wins1998 500cc: P7 / 119 pts / 1 wins1999 500cc: P18 / 19 pts / 0 wins500cc

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Scope: official results DB, 1993–1999 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1993–1993
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate0.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P11.8

17 pts · Poles 0

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

500cc1993–1999
Win rate4.0%
Podium rate12.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P9.5

145 pts · Poles 1

1 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, 1993–1999 (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.

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)

All classes 32 races · 250cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Donington (average P5.5, 3 races)

Phillip Island500cc 1avg P2.0
Donington250cc 1 · 500cc 2avg P5.5
Assen500cc 2avg P6.0
Catalunya500cc 2 · 250cc 1avg P7.5
Jarama250cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P8.0
Suzuka500cc 1avg P9.0
Paul Ricard500cc 2avg P10.0
Mugello250cc 1 · 500cc 2avg P10.7
Misano250cc 1avg P11.0
Imola500cc 1avg P11.0
Brno250cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P12.0
Buenos Aires500cc 1avg P13.0
Jerez500cc 3avg P13.5
Sepang500cc 1avg P14.0
Salzburgring500cc 1avg P18.0
Sachsenring500cc 1—
Motegi500cc 1—
Laguna Seca250cc 1—
Johor500cc 1—
Hockenheim500cc 1—

Average finish across classes (Moto3, Moto2, MotoGP and so on together). See each class below for class-only figures. Only circuits with 3+ races count as a best track.

500cc 25 races · 1993–1999

By grid positionSmall sample

average grid average finish (classified)

15101520Starting Grid 1–3: average grid 1.5 → average finish 2.0 (2 races, 1 wins)Grid 1–3Starting Grid 4–6: average grid 5.0 → average finish 5.0 (3 races, 0 wins)Grid 4–6Starting Grid 10–15: average grid 12.0 → average finish 9.4 (6 races, 0 wins)Grid 10–15Starting Grid 16〜: average grid 20.1 → average finish 11.9 (14 races, 0 wins)Grid 16〜
Grid 1–31.5 → 2.01 wins / 2 races
Grid 4–65.0 → 5.00 wins / 3 races
Grid 10–1512.0 → 9.40 wins / 6 races
Grid 16〜20.1 → 11.90 wins / 14 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Phillip Island1 racesavg P2.0
Catalunya2 racesavg P5.0
Donington2 racesavg P5.5
Assen2 racesavg P6.0
Jarama1 racesavg P8.0
Suzuka1 racesavg P9.0
Mugello2 racesavg P9.5
Paul Ricard2 racesavg P10.0
Imola1 racesavg P11.0
Brno1 racesavg P11.0
Buenos Aires1 racesavg P13.0
Jerez3 racesavg P13.5
Sepang1 racesavg P14.0
Salzburgring1 racesavg P18.0
Johor1 races—
Sachsenring1 races—
Hockenheim1 races—
Motegi1 races—

500cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records.

250cc 7 races · 1993

By grid positionSmall sample

average grid average finish (classified)

151015Starting Grid 10–15: average grid 14.0 → average finish 11.0 (1 races, 0 wins)Grid 10–15Starting Grid 16〜: average grid 17.8 → average finish 13.0 (4 races, 0 wins)Grid 16〜
Grid 10–1514.0 → 11.00 wins / 1 races
Grid 16〜17.8 → 13.00 wins / 4 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Catalunya1 racesavg P10.0
Misano1 racesavg P11.0
Mugello1 racesavg P13.0
Brno1 racesavg P13.0
Jarama1 races—
Laguna Seca1 races—
Donington1 races—

250cc: 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, 1993–1999 (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)12 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 1,900 miles
0.1× around the Earth · 658 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 53,515 miles
2.1× around the Earth · at least 4.9 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

75%Start rate (21/28)
7Longest run of absences (races)
21Longest run of starts (races)
0Estimated points lost to absences
1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent
1993 250cc P21 · 17 pts

1994〜1997 no Grand Prix starts

1998 500cc P7 · 119 pts

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? 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, 1993–1999 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

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