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

Riders

Shane Byrne

Nationality: United Kingdom
Number: 67
Team (2005 MotoGP): Camel Honda
Bike: Honda
Born: December 10, 1976(age 49)
Birthplace: Lambeth
Height / weight: 180 cm / 68 kg (official profile, fetched October 2026; weight and height change over time)

Photos (22)

2005
At this race · Oz · CC BY 2.0
2005
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2005
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2005
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2005
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2005
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2005
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2005
At this race · ozzzie · CC BY 2.0
2012
distillated · CC BY-SA 2.0
2012
Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK · CC BY 2.0
2012
distillated · CC BY-SA 2.0
2013
Smudge 9000 from North Kent Coast, England · CC BY-SA 2.0
2013
Smudge 9000 from North Kent Coast, England · CC BY-SA 2.0
2013
Smudge 9000 from North Kent Coast, England · CC BY-SA 2.0
2013
Smudge 9000 from North Kent Coast, England · CC BY-SA 2.0
2013
Smudge 9000 from North Kent Coast, England · CC BY-SA 2.0
2013
Smudge 9000 from North Kent Coast, England · CC BY-SA 2.0
2013
Smudge 9000 from North Kent Coast, England · CC BY-SA 2.0
2013
Paul Pierce at Flickr · CC BY 2.0
2013
Paul Pierce · CC BY 2.0
2014
Mark Walker · CC BY-SA 2.0
2014
Smudge 9000 · CC BY-SA 2.0

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 MotoGP at Welkom in 2004.

In MotoGP (2004–2005): 18 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. Teams: Team Roberts, Camel Honda.

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
2004	RIO GRAND PRIX	MotoGP	20	1'51.792
2004	Japanese GP	MotoGP	23	1'51.466

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: 2004 MotoGP (RIO)

Season by season

MotoGP ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 2004–2005 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

MotoGP2004–2005

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P14.3

24 pts · Poles 0

Includes 3 points from races with no result in the official records (counted from the official standings).

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 2004–2005 (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 2004. Of the 21 riders who debuted that year, 1 also raced in 2026.

Valentino Rossi 9 world titles
18 races together: ahead 0, behind 18, both out 0
Max Biaggi 4 world titles
18 races together: ahead 1, behind 16, both out 1
Loris Capirossi 3 world titles
18 races together: ahead 1, behind 17, 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)

MotoGP 18 races · 2004–2005

Dry / wetSmall sample

Podium rate: 0.0% dry, 0.0% wet

Win rate

Dry9 races0%(0 wins)

Wet2 races0%(0 wins)

Podium rate

Dry9 races0%(0 podiums)

Wet2 races0%(0 podiums)

Average finish (when classified)

Dry9 racesavg P15.3

Wet2 races—

7 races without track-condition data are not included

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Mugello2 racesavg P13.0

Donington2 racesavg P13.0

Lusail1 racesavg P13.0

Sachsenring2 racesavg P14.0

Sepang1 racesavg P14.0

Catalunya2 racesavg P14.5

Welkom1 racesavg P15.0

Laguna Seca1 racesavg P15.0

Estoril1 racesavg P16.0

Assen2 racesavg P17.0

Jerez2 races—

Le Mans1 races—

MotoGP: all in the Multiple suppliers era; always on the grid Grid 16〜.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 2004–2005 (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)

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 3,423 miles
0.1× around the Earth · 1,201 laps

Time on the bike: at least 35 hours (1.4 days)
Average 141.7 km/h, top 328.2 km/h
Time and average speed only from 2005–2005, the seasons with every session's lap analysis

Travelled between circuits

at least 33,428 miles
1.3× around the Earth · at least 3.2 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

64.7%Start rate (11/17)

3Longest run of absences (races)

7Longest run of starts (races)

5.7Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

2005 MotoGP P24 · 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, 2004–2005 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

2004	Welkom	grid 19	15 +1
2004	Jerez	grid 16	Out on lap 1
2004	Mugello		10 +6
2004	Catalunya	grid 20	13 +3
2004	Assen	grid 18	DNF
2004	Sachsenring	grid 23	14 +2
2004	Donington	grid 17	13 +3
2005	Jerez	grid 20	DNF
2005	Estoril	grid 18	16
2005	Le Mans	grid 17	Out on lap 1
2005	Mugello	grid 18	16
2005	Catalunya	grid 19	16
2005	Assen	grid 19	17
2005	Laguna Seca	grid 19	15 +1
2005	Donington	grid 18	DNF
2005	Sachsenring	grid 21	Not restarted
2005	Sepang	grid 18	14 +2
2005	Lusail	grid 17	13 +3