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

Riders

Eddie Lawson

Nationality: United States
Bike: Cagiva
Born: March 11, 1958(age 68)
Birthplace: Upland

Photos (18)

1984
At this race · Marcel Antonisse / Anefo · CC0
1989
At this race · Stu Newby · CC BY-SA 2.0
1989
At this race · Rikita · CC BY-SA 3.0
1989
w:User:Gary Watson · CC BY-SA 3.0
1989
At this race · Stu Newby · CC BY-SA 2.0
1990
At this race · Rikita · CC BY-SA 3.0
1992
At this race · Rikita · CC BY-SA 4.0
2005
Original uploader was Gary Watson at en.wikipedia Later version(s) were uploaded by Vriullop at en.wikipedia. · Public domain
2006
Mercy758 at Japanese Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
2009
Rikita · CC BY-SA 3.0
2009
Rikita · CC BY-SA 3.0
2011
Rainmaker47 · CC BY-SA 4.0
2011
Rainmaker47 · CC BY-SA 4.0
2011
Rikita · CC BY-SA 3.0
2014
Rainmaker47 · CC BY-SA 3.0
2014
Rainmaker47 · CC BY-SA 3.0
2016
Peprovira · CC BY-SA 4.0
Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain

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 Le Mans in 1983.

In 500cc (1983–1992): 87 starts, 17 wins, 53 podiums.

First podium: Monza 1983 (500cc). First win: Jarama 1984 (500cc). World champion: 1984 500cc, 1986 500cc, 1988 500cc, 1989 500cc.

In all, 87 Grand Prix starts, 17 wins and 53 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, 1983–1992 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

500cc1983–1992 ★ 4 titles (1984, 1986, 1988, 1989)

Win rate24.4%

Podium rate61.4%

Average finish (when classified)avg P3.2

1429 pts · Poles 15

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

1983	Kyalami	grid 2	8 +3
1983	Le Mans	grid 4	DNF
1983	Monza	grid 6	3 +10
1983	Hockenheim	grid 3	9 +2
1983	Jarama	grid 10	6 +5
1983	Salzburgring	grid 3	2 +12
1983	Rijeka	grid 4	3 +10
1983	Assen	grid 7	5 +6
1983	Spa	grid 4	5 +6
1983	Silverstone	grid 4	4 +8
1983	Anderstorp	grid 9	5 +6
1983	Imola	grid 5	3 +10
1984	Kyalami		1 +15
1984	Misano	grid 2	2 +12
1984	Jarama	grid 1	1 +15
1984	Salzburgring		1 +15
1984	Nürburgring	grid 2	2 +12
1984	Paul Ricard	grid 2	2 +12
1984	Rijeka	grid 2	4 +8
1984	Assen	grid 1	3 +10
1984	Spa	grid 2	4 +8
1984	Silverstone	grid 3	2 +12
1984	Anderstorp	grid 3	1 +15
1984	Mugello	grid 3	4 +8
1985	Kyalami	grid 2	1 +15
1985	Jarama		2 +12
1985	Hockenheim		4 +8
1985	Mugello	grid 3	2 +12
1985	Salzburgring	grid 2	2 +12
1985	Rijeka		1 +15
1985	Assen	grid 3	DNF
1985	Spa	grid 2	2 +12
1985	Le Mans	grid 3	4 +8
1985	Silverstone	grid 2	2 +12
1985	Anderstorp		2 +12
1985	Misano	grid 1	1 +15
1986	Jarama	grid 3	2 +12
1986	Monza	grid 1	1 +15
1986	Nürburgring	grid 1	1 +15
1986	Salzburgring		1 +15
1986	Rijeka	grid 2	1 +15
1986	Paul Ricard	grid 1	1 +15
1986	Assen	grid 1	DNF
1986	Spa		2 +12
1986	Silverstone	grid 3	3 +10
1986	Anderstorp	grid 2	1 +15
1986	Misano	grid 1	1 +15
1987	Suzuka	grid 2	DNF
1987	Jerez	grid 1	2 +12
1987	Hockenheim	grid 3	1 +15
1987	Monza	grid 2	2 +12
1987	Salzburgring	grid 3	DNF
1987	Rijeka	grid 3	3 +10
1987	Assen	grid 3	1 +15
1987	Le Mans	grid 3	DNF
1987	Donington	grid 2	1 +15
1987	Anderstorp	grid 2	2 +12
1987	Brno	grid 3	2 +12
1987	Misano	grid 1	2 +12
1987	Jarama	grid 3	1 +15
1987	Goiânia	grid 5	2 +12
1987	Buenos Aires	grid 3	1 +15
1988	Suzuka	grid 2	3 +15
1988	Laguna Seca	grid 2	1 +20
1988	Jarama	grid 2	2 +17
1988	Jerez	grid 1	1 +20
1988	Imola	grid 7	1 +20
1988	Nürburgring	grid 4	4 +13
1988	Salzburgring	grid 2	1 +20
1988	Assen	grid 2	2 +17
1988	Spa	grid 2	2 +17
1988	Rijeka	grid 5	10 +6
1988	Paul Ricard		1 +20
1988	Donington		6 +10
1988	Anderstorp	grid 1	1 +20
1988	Brno	grid 5	2 +17
1988	Goiânia	grid 2	1 +20
1989	Suzuka	grid 10	3 +15
1989	Phillip Island	grid 7	5 +11
1989	Laguna Seca		3 +15
1989	Jerez	grid 4	1 +20
1989	Misano	grid 2	DNF
1989	Hockenheim	grid 3	2 +17
1989	Salzburgring	grid 2	2 +17
1989	Rijeka	grid 3	3 +15
1989	Assen	grid 6	2 +17
1989	Spa	grid 5	1 +10
1989	Le Mans	grid 1	1 +20
1989	Donington	grid 2	2 +17
1989	Anderstorp	grid 3	1 +20
1989	Brno	grid 2	2 +17
1989	Goiânia	grid 3	2 +17
1990	Suzuka	grid 4	DNF
1990	Assen	grid 3	3 +15
1990	Spa	grid 3	3 +15
1990	Le Mans	grid 6	5 +11
1990	Donington	grid 4	3 +15
1990	Anderstorp	grid 3	2 +17
1990	Brno	grid 4	3 +15
1990	Hungaroring	grid 2	2 +17
1990	Phillip Island	grid 4	4 +13
1991	Suzuka	grid 6	6 +10
1991	Eastern Creek	grid 5	6 +10
1991	Laguna Seca	grid 5	5 +11
1991	Jerez	grid 5	6 +10
1991	Misano	grid 4	3 +15
1991	Hockenheim	grid 3	4 +13
1991	Salzburgring	grid 6	5 +11
1991	Jarama	grid 6	DNF
1991	Assen	grid 3	4 +13
1991	Paul Ricard	grid 5	3 +15
1991	Donington	grid 7	6 +10
1991	Mugello	grid 11	DNF
1991	Brno	grid 8	8 +8
1992	Suzuka	grid 17	14
1992	Eastern Creek	grid 5	6 +6
1992	Shah Alam	grid 11	DNF
1992	Jerez	grid 6	11
1992	Mugello	grid 8	11
1992	Catalunya	grid 10	6 +6
1992	Hockenheim	grid 8	6 +6
1992	Assen	grid 1	DNF
1992	Hungaroring	grid 7	1 +20
1992	Magny-Cours	grid 5	5 +8
1992	Donington	grid 1	4 +10
1992	Interlagos	grid 7	11
1992	Kyalami	grid 11	DNF

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1983–1992 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1983. Of the 76 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Mick Doohan 5 world titles
43 races together: ahead 18, behind 23, both out 2
Wayne Rainey 3 world titles
64 races together: ahead 26, behind 37, both out 1
Freddie Spencer 3 world titles
46 races together: ahead 20, behind 24, both out 2
Kenny Roberts 3 world titles
12 races together: ahead 2, 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)

500cc 127 races · 1983–1992

By grid position

From Grid 7–9, they move up from an average grid of 7.5 to an average finish of 5.9

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 1–3	2.2 → 2.2	22 wins / 70 races
Grid 4–6	4.9 → 4.3	2 wins / 29 races
Grid 7–9	7.5 → 5.9	2 wins / 10 races
Grid 10–15	10.5 → 5.0	0 wins / 6 races
Grid 16〜	17.0 → 14.0	0 wins / 1 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Goiânia (average P1.7, 3 races)

Buenos Aires1 racesavg P1.0

Hungaroring2 racesavg P1.5

Goiânia3 racesavg P1.7

Paul Ricard4 racesavg P1.8

Misano6 racesavg P1.8

Anderstorp8 racesavg P1.9

Salzburgring8 racesavg P2.0

Monza3 racesavg P2.0

Imola2 racesavg P2.0

Jarama7 racesavg P2.3

Nürburgring3 racesavg P2.3

Spa7 racesavg P2.7

Silverstone4 racesavg P2.8

Assen10 racesavg P2.9

Laguna Seca3 racesavg P3.0

Le Mans5 racesavg P3.3

Kyalami4 racesavg P3.3

Brno5 racesavg P3.4

Rijeka7 racesavg P3.6

Donington6 racesavg P3.7

Jerez5 racesavg P4.2

Hockenheim6 racesavg P4.3

Phillip Island2 racesavg P4.5

Magny-Cours1 racesavg P5.0

Mugello4 racesavg P5.7

Eastern Creek2 racesavg P6.0

Catalunya1 racesavg P6.0

Suzuka6 racesavg P6.5

Interlagos1 racesavg P11.0

Shah Alam1 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, 1983–1992 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)102 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 8,346 miles
0.3× around the Earth · 2,974 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 162,967 miles
6.5× around the Earth · at least 14.9 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

94.1%Start rate (127/135)

6Longest run of absences (races)

93Longest run of starts (races)

12Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1983 500cc P4 · 78 pts

1984 500cc P1 · 142 pts

1985 500cc P2 · 133 pts

1986 500cc P1 · 139 pts

1987 500cc P3 · 157 pts

1988 500cc P1 · 252 pts

1989 500cc P1 · 228 pts

1990 500cc P7 · 118 pts

1991 500cc P6 · 126 pts

1992 500cc P9 · 56 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, 1983–1992 (the rider's racing years)