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

Riders

Ben Spies

Nationality: United States
Number: 11
Team (2013 MotoGP): Ignite Pramac Racing
Bike: Ducati
Born: July 11, 1984(age 42)
Birthplace: Memphis
Height / weight: 180 cm / 71 kg (official profile, fetched October 2026; weight and height change over time)

Photos (28)

2005
Steve Shaffer · CC BY-SA 2.0
2008
At this race · pasiparkkila · CC BY 2.0
2008
At this race · Kurt Klein · CC BY 2.0
2008
At this race · pasiparkkila · CC BY 2.0
2008
At this race · pasiparkkila · CC BY 2.0
2009
adriaan4 · CC BY-SA 2.0
2010
At this race · motoracereports · CC BY 3.0
2010
At this race · Jerko Scholten · CC BY 2.0
2010
At this race · Jerko Scholten · CC BY 2.0
2010
At this race · daly3d abd from Qatar, Doha · CC BY 2.0
2010
At this race · Matt Billings · CC BY 2.0
2010
At this race · Jerko · CC BY 2.0
2011
At this race · Andrew Napier · CC BY 2.0
2011
PresidenBertho · CC BY-SA 2.0
2011
At this race · Flanker235 · CC BY-SA 3.0
2012
At this race · Raniel Diaz · CC BY 2.0
2012
At this race · Raniel Diaz · CC BY 2.0
2012
At this race · Raniel Diaz · CC BY 2.0
2012
At this race · Raniel Diaz · CC BY 2.0
2012
At this race · Raniel Diaz · CC BY 2.0
2012
At this race · Raniel Diaz · CC BY 2.0
2012
At this race · Raniel Diaz from Corona del Mar, United States · CC BY 2.0
2012
At this race · Raniel Diaz · CC BY 2.0
2012
At this race · Raniel Diaz · CC BY 2.0
2012
At this race · Raniel Diaz · CC BY 2.0
2012
At this race · Raniel Diaz · CC BY 2.0
2012
At this race · Raniel Diaz · CC BY 2.0
2013
Alberto-g-rovi · CC BY-SA 3.0

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 Donington in 2008.

In MotoGP (2008–2013): 55 starts, 1 wins, 6 podiums. Teams: Rizla Suzuki MotoGP, Sterilgarda Yamaha Team, Monster Yamaha Tech 3, Yamaha Factory Racing, Ignite Pramac Racing.

First podium: Silverstone 2010 (MotoGP). First win: Assen 2011 (MotoGP).

In all, 55 Grand Prix starts, 1 wins and 6 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
2011	Australian GP	MotoGP	16	1'30.835
2011	Malaysian GP	MotoGP	17	2'03.678
2013	Italian GP	MotoGP	25	1'51.105
2013	INDIANAPOLIS GRAND PRIX	MotoGP	25	1'41.145

Season by season

MotoGP ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 2008–2013 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

MotoGP2008–2013

Win rate1.8%

Podium rate10.9%

Average finish (when classified)avg P6.2

478 pts · Poles 1

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 2008–2013 (the rider's racing years)

Strongest and weakest circuits

1.6 places better on anticlockwise tracks than on clockwise tracks / 1.4 places better on left-corner heavy tracks than on right-corner heavy tracks

Strong

Aragón 1.0 places better than usual (3 finishes)
Sachsenring 0.3 places better than usual (3 finishes)
Misano 0.3 places better than usual (3 finishes)

Weak

Lusail 1.6 places worse than usual (3 finishes)
Mugello 1.6 places worse than usual (3 finishes)
Catalunya 0.5 places worse than usual (3 finishes)

Each finish here compared with the rider's usual finish that season (average without this circuit): how many places better or worse on average. Same layout only; retirements counted separately

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 2008. Of the 40 riders who debuted that year, 3 also raced in 2026.

Valentino Rossi 9 world titles
51 races together: ahead 19, behind 31, both out 1
Jorge Lorenzo 5 world titles
54 races together: ahead 5, behind 48, both out 1
Dani Pedrosa 3 world titles
48 races together: ahead 10, behind 38, both out 0
Loris Capirossi 3 world titles
30 races together: ahead 25, behind 3, both out 2

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 55 races · 2008–2013

By tyre era

All podiums came in the Bridgestone era

Win rate

Multiple suppliers3 races0%(0 wins)

Bridgestone52 races2%(1 wins)

Podium rate

Multiple suppliers3 races0%(0 podiums)

Bridgestone52 races12%(6 podiums)

Average finish (when classified)

Multiple suppliers3 racesavg P9.3

Bridgestone52 racesavg P6.0

Dry / wet

More podiums in the wet (16.7% wet, 10.2% dry)

Win rate

Dry49 races2%(1 wins)

Wet6 races0%(0 wins)

Podium rate

Dry49 races10%(5 podiums)

Wet6 races17%(1 podiums)

Average finish (when classified)

Dry49 racesavg P6.1

Wet6 racesavg P8.0

By grid position

Starting Grid 1–3: average finish 3.5

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 1–3	2.2 → 3.5	1 wins / 10 races
Grid 4–6	4.7 → 6.5	0 wins / 31 races
Grid 7–9	8.0 → 7.6	0 wins / 8 races
Grid 10–15	12.3 → 8.8	0 wins / 6 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In MotoGP, best at Assen (average P3.0, 3 races)

Assen3 racesavg P3.0

Indianapolis4 racesavg P3.7

Silverstone3 racesavg P4.0

Sepang2 racesavg P4.0

Valencia3 racesavg P4.3

Brno3 racesavg P4.5

Aragón3 racesavg P5.0

Phillip Island1 racesavg P5.0

Sachsenring3 racesavg P5.7

Misano3 racesavg P5.7

Laguna Seca4 racesavg P6.0

Catalunya3 racesavg P6.3

Motegi3 racesavg P7.0

Mugello3 racesavg P7.3

Lusail4 racesavg P8.0

Estoril2 racesavg P8.0

Jerez3 racesavg P11.0

Le Mans3 racesavg P11.0

COTA1 racesavg P13.0

Donington1 racesavg P14.0

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 2008–2013 (the rider's racing years)

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 16,919 miles
0.7× around the Earth · 5,988 laps

Time on the bike: at least 185 hours (7.7 days)
Average 146.9 km/h, top 344.8 km/h
Time and average speed only from 2008–2013, the seasons with every session's lap analysis

Travelled between circuits

at least 159,508 miles
6.4× around the Earth · at least 14.5 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

92.5%Start rate (49/53)

2Longest run of absences (races)

17Longest run of starts (races)

28.3Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

2010 MotoGP P6 · 176 pts

2011 MotoGP P5 · 176 pts

2012 MotoGP P10 · 88 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, 2008–2013 (the rider's racing years)

2008	Donington	grid 8	14 +2
2008	Laguna Seca	grid 13	8 +8
2008	Indianapolis	grid 5	6 +10
2009	Valencia	grid 9	7 +9
2010	Lusail	grid 11	5 +11
2010	Jerez	grid 8	DNF
2010	Le Mans	grid 12	DNF
2010	Mugello	grid 7	7 +9
2010	Silverstone	grid 7	3 +16
2010	Assen	grid 4	4 +13
2010	Catalunya	grid 5	6 +10
2010	Sachsenring	grid 13	8 +8
2010	Laguna Seca	grid 5	6 +10
2010	Brno	grid 2	4 +13
2010	Indianapolis	grid 1	2 +20
2010	Misano	grid 5	6 +10
2010	Aragón	grid 5	5 +11
2010	Motegi	grid 6	8 +8
2010	Sepang	grid 4	4 +13
2010	Phillip Island	grid 3	5 +11
2010	Estoril	grid 5	Did not start
2010	Valencia	grid 6	4 +13
2011	Lusail	grid 5	6 +10
2011	Jerez	grid 4	DNF
2011	Estoril	grid 5	DNF
2011	Le Mans	grid 8	6 +10
2011	Catalunya	grid 4	3 +16
2011	Silverstone	grid 4	DNF
2011	Assen	grid 2	1 +25
2011	Mugello	grid 2	4 +13
2011	Sachsenring	grid 5	5 +11
2011	Laguna Seca	grid 4	4 +13
2011	Brno	grid 4	5 +11
2011	Indianapolis	grid 2	3 +16
2011	Misano	grid 4	6 +10
2011	Aragón	grid 3	5 +11
2011	Motegi	grid 5	6 +10
2011	Valencia	grid 3	2 +20
2012	Lusail	grid 4	11 +5
2012	Jerez	grid 6	11 +5
2012	Estoril	grid 5	8 +8
2012	Le Mans	grid 6	16
2012	Catalunya	grid 4	10 +6
2012	Silverstone	grid 2	5 +11
2012	Assen	grid 6	4 +13
2012	Sachsenring	grid 2	4 +13
2012	Mugello	grid 9	11 +5
2012	Laguna Seca	grid 4	DNF
2012	Indianapolis	grid 4	DNF
2012	Brno	grid 4	DNF
2012	Misano	grid 8	5 +11
2012	Aragón	grid 4	5 +11
2012	Motegi	grid 4	DNF
2012	Sepang	grid 6	DNF
2013	Lusail	grid 13	10 +6
2013	COTA	grid 12	13 +3