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

Riders

Massimo Messere

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Nationality: Italy

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Mugello in 1984.

In 500cc (1984–1986): 8 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 8 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)

Season by season

500cc250cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1984–1987 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

250cc1987–1987

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)—

0 pts · Poles 0

1 of these races have no result in the official data; their results come from the Italian Wikipedia.

500cc1984–1986

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P15.4

1 pts · Poles 0

4 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, 1984–1987 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1984. Of the 87 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Eddie Lawson 4 world titles
11 races together: ahead 1, behind 9, 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 11 races · 1984–1986

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Anderstorp1 racesavg P10.0

Assen2 racesavg P11.0

Misano1 racesavg P12.0

Kyalami1 racesavg P13.0

Spa1 racesavg P16.0

Rijeka1 racesavg P22.0

Silverstone1 racesavg P24.0

Paul Ricard1 races—

Le Mans1 races—

Mugello1 races—

500cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; always on the grid Grid 16〜.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1984–1987 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)6 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 468 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 161 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 2,915 miles
0.1× around the Earth · at least 0.3 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

66.7%Start rate (8/12)

4Longest run of absences (races)

7Longest run of starts (races)

0Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1985 500cc P26 · 1 pts

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? 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, 1984–1987 (the rider's racing years)

1984	Mugello	grid 25	DNF
1985	Kyalami	grid 18	13
1985	Jarama		Did not start
1985	Rijeka		22
1985	Assen	grid 27	11
1985	Spa	grid 17	16
1985	Le Mans	grid 20	DNF
1985	Silverstone	grid 27	24
1985	Anderstorp		10 +1
1985	Misano	grid 22	12
1986	Paul Ricard	grid 17	DNF
1986	Assen		DNF