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

Riders

Michael Laverty

Nationality: United Kingdom
Number: 70
Team (2015 MotoGP): Aprilia Racing Team Gresini
Bike: Aprilia
Born: June 7, 1981(age 45)
Birthplace: Toomebridge
Height / weight: 172 cm / 63 kg (official profile, fetched October 2026; weight and height change over time)

Photos (6)

2007
Craig Morey · CC BY-SA 2.0
2007
Craig Morey · CC BY-SA 3.0
2012
distillated · CC BY-SA 2.0
2013
At this race · Smudge 9000 from North Kent Coast, England · CC BY-SA 2.0
2013
At this race · Smudge 9000 from North Kent Coast, England · CC BY-SA 2.0
2014
At this race · Steve from Austin, TX, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0

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 MotoGP at Lusail in 2013.

In MotoGP (2013–2015): 37 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. Teams: Paul Bird Motorsport, Aprilia Racing Team Gresini.

In all, 37 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)

Season by season

MotoGP ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 2013–2015 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

MotoGP2013–2015

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P17.0

12 pts · Poles 0

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 2013–2015 (the rider's racing years)

Strongest and weakest circuits

1.5 places better on slow tracks than on fast tracks / 1.0 places better on left-corner heavy tracks than on right-corner heavy tracks

Each finish here compared with the rider's usual finish that season (average without this circuit): how many places better or worse on average. Same layout only; retirements counted separately

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 2013. Of the 36 riders who debuted that year, 3 also raced in 2026.

Valentino Rossi 9 world titles
37 races together: ahead 2, behind 35, both out 0
Marc Marquez 9 world titles
37 races together: ahead 3, behind 34, both out 0
Jorge Lorenzo 5 world titles
36 races together: ahead 2, behind 34, both out 0
Dani Pedrosa 3 world titles
36 races together: ahead 2, behind 33, 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)

MotoGP 37 races · 2013–2015

Dry / wet

Podium rate: 0.0% dry, 0.0% wet

Win rate

Dry34 races0%(0 wins)

Wet2 races0%(0 wins)

Podium rate

Dry34 races0%(0 podiums)

Wet2 races0%(0 podiums)

Average finish (when classified)

Dry34 racesavg P16.9

Wet2 racesavg P19.0

1 races without track-condition data are not included

By grid position

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 10–15	15.0 → 16.0	0 wins / 1 races
Grid 16〜	20.4 → 17.0	0 wins / 36 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Sepang2 racesavg P12.0

Jerez2 racesavg P14.5

Phillip Island2 racesavg P15.5

COTA2 racesavg P16.0

Aragón2 racesavg P16.0

Indianapolis2 racesavg P16.0

Le Mans2 racesavg P16.5

Mugello2 racesavg P16.5

Lusail2 racesavg P16.5

Catalunya2 racesavg P17.0

Misano2 racesavg P17.5

Sachsenring3 racesavg P18.0

Brno2 racesavg P18.0

Silverstone2 racesavg P18.0

Valencia2 racesavg P18.0

Termas1 racesavg P18.0

Motegi2 racesavg P18.5

Assen2 racesavg P21.5

Laguna Seca1 races—

MotoGP: all in the Bridgestone era.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 2013–2015 (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 10,168 miles
0.4× around the Earth · 3,527 laps

Time on the bike: at least 113 hours (4.7 days)
Average 145.3 km/h, top 328 km/h
Time and average speed only from 2013–2015, the seasons with every session's lap analysis

Travelled between circuits

at least 113,084 miles
4.5× around the Earth · at least 10.2 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

100%Start rate (36/36)

0Longest run of absences (races)

36Longest run of starts (races)

0Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

2013 MotoGP P25 · 3 pts

2014 MotoGP P24 · 9 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, 2013–2015 (the rider's racing years)

2013	Lusail	grid 24	17
2013	COTA	grid 17	16
2013	Jerez	grid 22	13 +3
2013	Le Mans	grid 20	17
2013	Mugello	grid 19	17
2013	Catalunya	grid 20	Out on lap 1
2013	Assen	grid 22	22
2013	Sachsenring	grid 15	16
2013	Laguna Seca	grid 20	DNF
2013	Indianapolis	grid 18	18
2013	Brno	grid 21	18
2013	Silverstone	grid 19	19
2013	Misano	grid 20	18
2013	Aragón	grid 20	DNF
2013	Sepang	grid 18	DNF
2013	Phillip Island	grid 18	18
2013	Motegi	grid 19	19
2013	Valencia	grid 21	17
2014	Lusail	grid 23	16
2014	COTA	grid 20	16
2014	Termas	grid 20	18
2014	Jerez	grid 20	16
2014	Le Mans	grid 21	16
2014	Mugello	grid 20	16
2014	Catalunya	grid 21	17
2014	Assen	grid 21	21
2014	Sachsenring	grid 18	DNF
2014	Indianapolis	grid 23	14 +2
2014	Brno	grid 22	DNF
2014	Silverstone	grid 20	17
2014	Misano	grid 18	17
2014	Aragón	grid 21	16
2014	Motegi	grid 22	18
2014	Phillip Island	grid 21	13 +3
2014	Sepang	grid 20	12 +4
2014	Valencia	grid 22	19
2015	Sachsenring	grid 24	20