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

Riders

Michael Rudroff

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Nationality: Germany
Bike: Suzuki
Born: December 28, 1960(age 65)

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Hockenheim in 1987.

In 500cc (1987–1996): 36 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 36 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
1988	YUGOSLAVIAN GRAND PRIX	500cc	28
1993	Japanese GP	500cc	25

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, 1987–1996 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

500cc1987–1996

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate2.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P14.9

65 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, 1987–1996 (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 1987. Of the 78 riders who debuted that year, 1 also raced in 2026.

Mick Doohan 5 world titles
41 races together: ahead 6, behind 34, both out 1
Eddie Lawson 4 world titles
36 races together: ahead 6, behind 29, both out 1
Wayne Rainey 3 world titles
45 races together: ahead 5, behind 40, both out 0
Luca Cadalora 3 world titles
13 races together: ahead 0, behind 12, 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 51 races · 1987–1996

By grid positionSmall sample

Starting Grid 10–15: average finish 13.4

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 10–15	13.1 → 13.4	0 wins / 14 races
Grid 16〜	21.1 → 15.8	0 wins / 28 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Donington (average P10.3, 3 races)

Donington3 racesavg P10.3

Misano3 racesavg P11.0

Jarama2 racesavg P14.0

Paul Ricard1 racesavg P14.0

Magny-Cours1 racesavg P14.0

Assen5 racesavg P14.6

Hockenheim5 racesavg P15.0

Mugello3 racesavg P15.0

Brno3 racesavg P15.0

Nürburgring2 racesavg P15.0

Phillip Island1 racesavg P15.0

Suzuka1 racesavg P15.0

Interlagos1 racesavg P15.0

Rijeka1 racesavg P15.0

Shah Alam2 racesavg P15.5

Salzburgring4 racesavg P15.7

Hungaroring1 racesavg P16.0

Laguna Seca2 racesavg P16.5

Jerez4 racesavg P17.0

Catalunya2 racesavg P17.5

Eastern Creek2 racesavg P18.0

Kyalami1 racesavg P19.0

Le Mans1 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, 1987–1996 (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)46 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 3,168 miles
0.1× around the Earth · 1,113 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 59,549 miles
2.4× around the Earth · at least 5.6 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

82.1%Start rate (46/56)

4Longest run of absences (races)

26Longest run of starts (races)

3.7Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1989 500cc P20 · 18 pts

1990 no Grand Prix starts

1991 500cc P18 · 26 pts

1992 500cc P22 · 3 pts

1993 500cc P21 · 17 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, 1987–1996 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

1987	Hockenheim	grid 32	DNF
1987	Salzburgring	grid 26	DNF
1988	Nürburgring	grid 24	15 +1
1988	Assen	grid 29	19
1989	Phillip Island	grid 21	15 +1
1989	Laguna Seca		15 +1
1989	Jerez	grid 22	20
1989	Misano	grid 24	3 +15
1989	Hockenheim	grid 17	21
1989	Salzburgring	grid 19	19
1989	Rijeka	grid 19	15 +1
1989	Assen	grid 25	17
1989	Brno	grid 21	20
1991	Jerez		15 +1
1991	Misano		15 +1
1991	Hockenheim	grid 13	12 +4
1991	Salzburgring	grid 13	11 +5
1991	Jarama		14 +2
1991	Assen		14 +2
1991	Paul Ricard		14 +2
1991	Donington		13 +3
1991	Mugello		14 +2
1991	Brno	grid 12	12 +4
1991	Le Mans	grid 15	DNF
1992	Suzuka	grid 20	15
1992	Eastern Creek	grid 20	18
1992	Shah Alam	grid 19	14
1992	Jerez	grid 24	16
1992	Mugello	grid 14	16
1992	Catalunya	grid 18	18
1992	Hockenheim	grid 20	14
1992	Assen	grid 14	11
1992	Hungaroring	grid 16	16
1992	Magny-Cours	grid 17	14
1992	Donington	grid 18	8 +3
1992	Interlagos	grid 18	15
1992	Kyalami	grid 24	19
1993	Eastern Creek	grid 16	DNF
1993	Shah Alam	grid 21	17
1993	Jerez	grid 21	DNF
1993	Salzburgring	grid 15	17
1993	Hockenheim	grid 22	13 +3
1993	Assen	grid 12	12 +4
1993	Catalunya	grid 17	17
1993	Mugello	grid 15	DNF
1993	Donington	grid 12	10 +6
1993	Brno	grid 12	13 +3
1993	Misano	grid 12	15 +1
1993	Laguna Seca	grid 12	18
1993	Jarama	grid 12	DNF
1996	Nürburgring		Out on lap 1