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

Riders

Mike Baldwin

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

Nationality: United States
Born: January 15, 1955(age 71)

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Hockenheim in 1979.

In 500cc (1979–1988): 24 starts, 0 wins, 5 podiums.

First podium: Jarama 1979 (500cc).

In all, 24 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 5 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
1981	YUGOSLAVIAN GRAND PRIX	500cc	14

Season by season

500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1979–1988 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

500cc1979–1988

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate16.2%

Average finish (when classified)avg P8.2

133 pts · Poles 1

13 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, 1979–1988 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1979. Of the 102 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Eddie Lawson 4 world titles
32 races together: ahead 1, behind 29, both out 2
Freddie Spencer 3 world titles
11 races together: ahead 2, behind 8, both out 1
Sito Pons 2 world titles
10 races together: ahead 6, behind 3, 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 37 races · 1979–1988

By grid positionSmall sample

From Grid 10–15, they move up from an average grid of 11.8 to an average finish of 9.4

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 1–3	1.0 → 3.0	0 wins / 1 races
Grid 4–6	4.7 → 5.1	0 wins / 10 races
Grid 7–9	8.5 → 7.0	0 wins / 2 races
Grid 10–15	11.8 → 9.4	0 wins / 11 races
Grid 16〜	19.8 → 13.8	0 wins / 4 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Jarama (average P4.3, 5 races)

Assen2 racesavg P3.0

Nürburgring1 racesavg P3.0

Monza1 racesavg P3.0

Jarama5 racesavg P4.3

Anderstorp2 racesavg P5.0

Imola1 racesavg P5.0

Misano2 racesavg P6.0

Buenos Aires1 racesavg P6.0

Paul Ricard3 racesavg P8.5

Salzburgring3 racesavg P8.7

Kyalami1 racesavg P9.0

Rijeka2 racesavg P9.5

Hockenheim2 racesavg P10.0

Goiânia1 racesavg P10.0

Le Mans1 racesavg P10.0

Laguna Seca1 racesavg P10.0

Mugello1 racesavg P11.0

Donington1 racesavg P13.0

Spa3 racesavg P15.5

Silverstone1 racesavg P18.0

Jerez1 races—

Suzuka1 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, 1979–1988 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)21 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 1,596 miles
0.1× around the Earth · 596 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 32,423 miles
1.3× around the Earth · at least 2.9 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

91.3%Start rate (21/23)

1Longest run of absences (races)

13Longest run of starts (races)

1.7Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1985 500cc P11 · 18 pts

1986 500cc P4 · 78 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, 1979–1988 (the rider's racing years)

1979	Salzburgring		14
1979	Hockenheim		10 +1
1979	Imola	grid 4	5 +6
1979	Jarama	grid 1	3 +10
1981	Paul Ricard	grid 14	DNF
1985	Kyalami	grid 10	9 +2
1985	Jarama		7 +4
1985	Hockenheim		DNF
1985	Mugello	grid 16	11
1985	Salzburgring	grid 11	7 +4
1985	Assen	grid 14	DNF
1985	Spa	grid 12	11
1985	Le Mans	grid 18	10 +1
1985	Anderstorp		7 +4
1985	Misano	grid 9	8 +3
1986	Jarama	grid 4	3 +10
1986	Monza	grid 6	3 +10
1986	Nürburgring	grid 4	3 +10
1986	Salzburgring		5 +6
1986	Rijeka	grid 5	5 +6
1986	Paul Ricard	grid 5	4 +8
1986	Assen	grid 4	3 +10
1986	Spa		DNF
1986	Silverstone	grid 5	18
1986	Anderstorp	grid 4	3 +10
1986	Misano	grid 6	4 +8
1987	Suzuka	grid 11	DNF
1987	Jerez	grid 12	DNF
1987	Jarama	grid 12	DNF
1987	Goiânia	grid 10	10 +1
1987	Buenos Aires	grid 8	6 +5
1988	Laguna Seca	grid 14	10 +6
1988	Jarama	grid 10	DNF
1988	Spa	grid 23	20
1988	Rijeka	grid 22	14 +2
1988	Paul Ricard		13 +3
1988	Donington		13 +3