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

Riders

Peter Goddard

Nationality: Australia
Bike: Suzuki
Born: June 28, 1964(age 62)
Birthplace: Mildura

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Suzuka in 1991.

In 500cc (1991–1997): 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)

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

500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1990–1997 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

500cc1990–1997

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P10.0

46 pts · Poles 0

2 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, 1990–1997 (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 1990. Of the 41 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Mick Doohan 5 world titles
16 races together: ahead 1, behind 14, both out 1
Eddie Lawson 4 world titles
11 races together: ahead 2, behind 8, both out 1
Wayne Rainey 3 world titles
12 races together: ahead 1, behind 10, both out 1
Alex Criville 2 world titles
15 races together: ahead 3, behind 11, 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 17 races · 1990–1997

By grid positionSmall sample

From Grid 10–15, they move up from an average grid of 12.5 to an average finish of 10.0

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 7–9	9.0 → 7.0	0 wins / 3 races
Grid 10–15	12.5 → 10.0	0 wins / 11 races
Grid 16〜	19.3 → 13.0	0 wins / 3 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Eastern Creek (average P10.5, 3 races)

Donington1 racesavg P5.0

Jerez2 racesavg P6.0

Shah Alam1 racesavg P8.0

Phillip Island2 racesavg P8.5

Hockenheim1 racesavg P10.0

Eastern Creek3 racesavg P10.5

Catalunya1 racesavg P12.0

Sentul1 racesavg P13.0

Suzuka3 racesavg P14.0

Interlagos1 races—

Kyalami1 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, 1990–1997 (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)16 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 1,037 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 374 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 37,064 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

69.2%Start rate (9/13)

3Longest run of absences (races)

4Longest run of starts (races)

10Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1992 500cc P15 · 18 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, 1990–1997 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

1990	Phillip Island	grid 13	8 +8
1991	Suzuka	grid 12	15 +1
1992	Suzuka	grid 10	Out on lap 1
1992	Eastern Creek	grid 11	11
1992	Shah Alam	grid 9	8 +3
1992	Jerez	grid 9	6 +6
1992	Catalunya	grid 13	12
1992	Hockenheim	grid 12	10 +1
1992	Assen		Did not start
1992	Donington	grid 13	5 +8
1992	Interlagos	grid 15	DNF
1992	Kyalami	grid 10	DNF
1993	Eastern Creek	grid 9	DNF
1996	Eastern Creek	grid 15	10 +6
1997	Suzuka	grid 18	13 +3
1997	Jerez	grid 22	DNF
1997	Sentul	grid 18	13 +3
1997	Phillip Island	grid 14	9 +7