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

Riders

Laurent Naveau

Nationality: Belgium
Bike: ROC Yamaha
Born: December 29, 1966(age 59)
Birthplace: Bruxelles

Photos (2)

1997
At this race · Laurent Naveau · CC BY-SA 4.0
2002
Laurent Naveau · CC BY-SA 4.0

Freely licensed photos from Wikimedia Commons. Tap a photo for its source page (photographer, licence). The year is when it was taken.

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

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

In 500cc (1993–1997): 42 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 42 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	18

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

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

Scope: official results DB, 1989–1997 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1989–1989

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P24.0

0 pts · Poles 0

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

500cc1993–1997

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P15.0

67 pts · Poles 0

15 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, 1989–1997 (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 1989. Of the 72 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Mick Doohan 5 world titles
57 races together: ahead 7, behind 50, both out 0
Luca Cadalora 3 world titles
56 races together: ahead 6, behind 46, both out 4
Loris Capirossi 3 world titles
15 races together: ahead 2, behind 11, both out 2
Wayne Rainey 3 world titles
11 races together: ahead 1, behind 10, 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)

All classes 58 races · 250cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Shah Alam (average P13.7, 5 races)

Le Mans500cc 2avg P10.0

Hockenheim500cc 2avg P13.0

Salzburgring500cc 2avg P13.5

Shah Alam500cc 5avg P13.7

Brno500cc 4avg P14.0

Laguna Seca500cc 2avg P14.0

Eastern Creek500cc 4avg P14.3

Assen500cc 3avg P14.3

Nürburgring500cc 2avg P14.5

Catalunya500cc 4avg P15.0

Buenos Aires500cc 2avg P15.0

Red Bull Ring500cc 1avg P15.0

Donington500cc 3avg P15.3

Suzuka500cc 4avg P15.5

Rio500cc 3avg P15.7

Jerez500cc 4avg P16.0

Mugello500cc 4avg P17.0

Sentul500cc 2avg P17.0

Phillip Island500cc 1avg P19.0

Misano500cc 1avg P21.0

Spa250cc 1avg P24.0

Paul Ricard500cc 1—

Imola500cc 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 57 races · 1993–1997

By grid position

From Grid 10–15, they move up from an average grid of 14.5 to an average finish of 12.8

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 10–15	14.5 → 12.8	0 wins / 11 races
Grid 16〜	21.5 → 15.6	0 wins / 46 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Shah Alam (average P13.7, 5 races)

Le Mans2 racesavg P10.0

Hockenheim2 racesavg P13.0

Salzburgring2 racesavg P13.5

Shah Alam5 racesavg P13.7

Brno4 racesavg P14.0

Laguna Seca2 racesavg P14.0

Eastern Creek4 racesavg P14.3

Assen3 racesavg P14.3

Nürburgring2 racesavg P14.5

Catalunya4 racesavg P15.0

Buenos Aires2 racesavg P15.0

Red Bull Ring1 racesavg P15.0

Donington3 racesavg P15.3

Suzuka4 racesavg P15.5

Rio3 racesavg P15.7

Jerez4 racesavg P16.0

Mugello4 racesavg P17.0

Sentul2 racesavg P17.0

Phillip Island1 racesavg P19.0

Misano1 racesavg P21.0

Paul Ricard1 races—

Imola1 races—

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

250cc 1 races · 1989

250cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; no grid records; one circuit only.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1989–1997 (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)57 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 3,621 miles
0.1× around the Earth · 1,281 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 126,372 miles
5.1× around the Earth · at least 11.3 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

94.5%Start rate (52/55)

1Longest run of absences (races)

20Longest run of starts (races)

5.3Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1993 500cc P18 · 21 pts

1994 500cc P18 · 19 pts

1995 500cc P18 · 21 pts

1996 no Grand Prix starts

1997 500cc P27 · 3 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, 1989–1997 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

1993	Eastern Creek	grid 24	11 +5
1993	Shah Alam	grid 15	11 +5
1993	Jerez	grid 16	DNF
1993	Salzburgring	grid 12	12 +4
1993	Hockenheim	grid 21	12 +4
1993	Assen	grid 20	15 +1
1993	Catalunya	grid 14	DNF
1993	Mugello	grid 17	DNF
1993	Donington	grid 26	15 +1
1993	Brno	grid 24	DNF
1993	Misano	grid 23	21
1993	Laguna Seca	grid 18	15 +1
1994	Eastern Creek	grid 19	16
1994	Shah Alam	grid 18	DNF
1994	Suzuka	grid 18	14 +2
1994	Jerez	grid 15	DNF
1994	Salzburgring	grid 15	15 +1
1994	Hockenheim	grid 15	14 +2
1994	Assen	grid 15	12 +4
1994	Mugello	grid 27	16
1994	Le Mans	grid 17	DNF
1994	Donington	grid 15	13 +3
1994	Brno	grid 18	DNF
1994	Laguna Seca	grid 15	13 +3
1994	Buenos Aires	grid 16	14 +2
1994	Catalunya	grid 17	14 +2
1995	Eastern Creek	grid 23	16
1995	Shah Alam	grid 21	DNF
1995	Suzuka	grid 26	17
1995	Jerez	grid 28	13 +3
1995	Nürburgring	grid 17	13 +3
1995	Mugello	grid 20	19
1995	Le Mans	grid 24	10 +6
1995	Brno	grid 17	14 +2
1995	Rio	grid 14	13 +3
1995	Buenos Aires	grid 23	16
1995	Catalunya	grid 15	12 +4
1996	Shah Alam	grid 21	13 +3
1996	Sentul	grid 17	16
1996	Suzuka	grid 24	DNF
1996	Nürburgring		Did not start
1996	Rio	grid 21	18
1996	Eastern Creek	grid 22	DNF
1997	Shah Alam	grid 24	17
1997	Suzuka	grid 25	DNF
1997	Jerez	grid 23	19
1997	Mugello	grid 24	16
1997	Red Bull Ring	grid 22	15 +1
1997	Paul Ricard	grid 24	DNF
1997	Assen	grid 22	16
1997	Imola	grid 22	DNF
1997	Nürburgring	grid 22	16
1997	Rio	grid 21	16
1997	Donington	grid 23	18
1997	Brno	grid 24	14 +2
1997	Catalunya	grid 22	19
1997	Sentul	grid 23	18
1997	Phillip Island	grid 24	19