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

Riders

Serge David

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Nationality: Switzerland
Bike: ROC Yamaha

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Suzuka in 1992.

In 500cc (1992–1993): 18 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 18 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
1993	Japanese GP	500cc	28

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, 1992–1993 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

500cc1992–1993

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P16.5

6 pts · Poles 0

8 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, 1992–1993 (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 1992. Of the 46 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Mick Doohan 5 world titles
21 races together: ahead 3, behind 17, both out 1
Eddie Lawson 4 world titles
13 races together: ahead 3, behind 10, both out 0
Wayne Rainey 3 world titles
23 races together: ahead 0, behind 19, both out 4
Luca Cadalora 3 world titles
12 races together: ahead 0, 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 26 races · 1992–1993

By grid positionSmall sample

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 10–15	14.0 → 15.0	0 wins / 2 races
Grid 16〜	21.5 → 16.7	0 wins / 23 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Donington2 racesavg P11.0

Magny-Cours1 racesavg P12.0

Mugello2 racesavg P14.0

Laguna Seca1 racesavg P14.0

Assen2 racesavg P16.0

Hockenheim2 racesavg P16.0

Shah Alam2 racesavg P16.5

Eastern Creek2 racesavg P17.0

Jerez2 racesavg P18.0

Interlagos1 racesavg P18.0

Catalunya2 racesavg P20.0

Hungaroring1 racesavg P20.0

Kyalami1 racesavg P20.0

Suzuka1 races—

Jarama1 races—

Brno1 races—

Salzburgring1 races—

Misano1 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, 1992–1993 (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)25 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 1,412 miles
0.1× around the Earth · 507 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 21,569 miles
0.9× around the Earth · at least 2.1 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 (26/26)

0Longest run of absences (races)

26Longest run of starts (races)

0Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1992 500cc

1993 500cc P30 · 6 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, 1992–1993 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

1992	Suzuka		Out on lap 1
1992	Eastern Creek	grid 16	19
1992	Shah Alam	grid 16	15
1992	Jerez	grid 20	21
1992	Mugello	grid 23	DNF
1992	Catalunya	grid 21	20
1992	Hockenheim	grid 16	DNF
1992	Assen	grid 18	16
1992	Hungaroring	grid 21	20
1992	Magny-Cours	grid 14	12
1992	Donington	grid 21	11
1992	Interlagos	grid 21	18
1992	Kyalami	grid 21	20
1993	Eastern Creek	grid 22	15 +1
1993	Shah Alam	grid 14	18
1993	Jerez	grid 25	15 +1
1993	Salzburgring	grid 22	DNF
1993	Hockenheim	grid 17	16
1993	Assen	grid 24	DNF
1993	Catalunya	grid 19	DNF
1993	Mugello	grid 25	14 +2
1993	Donington	grid 23	DNF
1993	Brno	grid 21	DNF
1993	Misano	grid 30	DNF
1993	Laguna Seca	grid 24	14 +2
1993	Jarama	grid 29	DNF