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

Riders

Michael Rutter

Nationality: United Kingdom
Bike: Honda
Born: April 18, 1972(age 54)
Birthplace: Wordsley

Photos (11)

2001
ianscales · CC BY-SA 2.0
2009
PSParrot from England · CC BY 2.0
2009
Stuart Bassil · CC BY 2.0
2009
Stuart Bassil from Norwich, England · CC BY 2.0
2011
PSParrot from England · CC BY 2.0
2011
Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK · CC BY 2.0
2011
PSParrot from England · CC BY 2.0
2012
Phil Long · CC BY 2.0
2012
PSParrot from England · CC BY 2.0
2013
en:User:Agljones · CC BY-SA 3.0
2013
A.G. Lloyd-Jones · CC BY-SA 3.0

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 Sepang in 1999.

In 500cc (1999): 16 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 16 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

500cc ★ Champion

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

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

Totals

500cc1999–1999

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P16.2

5 pts · Poles 0

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1999–1999 (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.

Max Biaggi 4 world titles
16 races together: ahead 0, behind 12, both out 4
Alex Criville 2 world titles
16 races together: ahead 1, behind 14, both out 1
Haruchika Aoki 2 world titles
15 races together: ahead 2, behind 13, 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)

500cc 16 races · 1999

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Donington1 racesavg P11.0

Valencia1 racesavg P16.0

Jerez1 racesavg P17.0

Motegi1 racesavg P18.0

Buenos Aires1 racesavg P19.0

Welkom1 races—

Rio1 races—

Paul Ricard1 races—

Imola1 races—

Catalunya1 races—

Mugello1 races—

Brno1 races—

Assen1 races—

Sachsenring1 races—

Phillip Island1 races—

Sepang1 races—

500cc: 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, 1999–1999 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)1 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 566 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 200 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 36,654 miles
1.5× around the Earth · at least 3.3 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

100%Start rate (16/16)

0Longest run of absences (races)

16Longest run of starts (races)

0Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1999 500cc P27 · 5 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, 1999–1999 (the rider's racing years)

1999	Sepang	grid 22	DNF
1999	Motegi	grid 22	18
1999	Jerez	grid 22	17
1999	Paul Ricard	grid 20	Out on lap 1
1999	Mugello	grid 22	DNF
1999	Catalunya	grid 22	DNF
1999	Assen	grid 23	DNF
1999	Donington	grid 20	11 +5
1999	Sachsenring	grid 23	DNF
1999	Brno	grid 23	DNF
1999	Imola	grid 21	DNF
1999	Valencia	grid 21	16
1999	Phillip Island	grid 22	DNF
1999	Welkom	grid 23	DNF
1999	Rio	grid 24	DNF
1999	Buenos Aires	grid 22	19