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

Riders

Kurtis Roberts

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Nationality: United States
Number: 80
Team (2007 MotoGP): Team Roberts
Bike: KR212V
Born: November 17, 1978(age 47)
Birthplace: Turloc
Height / weight: 178 cm / 70 kg (official profile, fetched October 2026; weight and height change over time)

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 250cc at Shah Alam in 1997.

In 250cc (1997): 5 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (2001): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In MotoGP (2004–2007): 20 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. Teams: Team Roberts.

In all, 26 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	22	1'52.054

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

250cc500ccMotoGP ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1997–2007 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1997–1997

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P18.8

0 pts · Poles 0

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

500cc2001–2001

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)—

0 pts · Poles 0

MotoGP2004–2007

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P15.6

11 pts · Poles 0

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1997–2007 (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 1997. Of the 73 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Valentino Rossi 9 world titles
21 races together: ahead 2, behind 18, both out 1
Max Biaggi 4 world titles
18 races together: ahead 1, behind 16, both out 1
Loris Capirossi 3 world titles
31 races together: ahead 3, behind 24, both out 4
Dani Pedrosa 3 world titles
13 races together: ahead 1, 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)

All classes 31 races · 250cc / 500cc / MotoGP

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Donington (average P15.5, 3 races)

SachsenringMotoGP 2avg P12.0

AssenMotoGP 2avg P15.0

Le MansMotoGP 1avg P15.0

MisanoMotoGP 1avg P15.0

Donington250cc 1 · MotoGP 2avg P15.5

Brno250cc 1 · MotoGP 1avg P16.5

Phillip IslandMotoGP 1avg P17.0

Red Bull Ring250cc 1avg P18.0

Rio250cc 1avg P18.0

Catalunya250cc 1 · MotoGP 2avg P18.5

Sepang500cc 1 · MotoGP 1avg P20.0

Nürburgring250cc 1avg P22.0

Jerez250cc 1 · MotoGP 1—

Mugello250cc 1 · MotoGP 1—

ValenciaMotoGP 2—

MotegiMotoGP 1—

EstorilMotoGP 1—

Laguna SecaMotoGP 1—

Suzuka250cc 1—

Shah Alam250cc 1—

Average finish across classes (Moto3, Moto2, MotoGP and so on together). See each class below for class-only figures. Only circuits with 3+ races count as a best track.

MotoGP 20 races · 2004–2007

Dry / wetSmall sample

Podium rate: 0.0% dry, 0.0% wet

Win rate

Dry13 races0%(0 wins)

Wet1 races0%(0 wins)

Podium rate

Dry13 races0%(0 podiums)

Wet1 races0%(0 podiums)

Average finish (when classified)

Dry13 racesavg P16.0

Wet1 racesavg P13.0

6 races without track-condition data are not included

By grid positionSmall sample

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 10–15	14.0 → 15.0	0 wins / 1 races
Grid 16〜	19.9 → 15.6	0 wins / 19 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Sachsenring2 racesavg P12.0

Donington2 racesavg P13.0

Assen2 racesavg P15.0

Le Mans1 racesavg P15.0

Brno1 racesavg P15.0

Misano1 racesavg P15.0

Phillip Island1 racesavg P17.0

Catalunya2 racesavg P18.0

Sepang1 racesavg P20.0

Valencia2 races—

Jerez1 races—

Mugello1 races—

Motegi1 races—

Estoril1 races—

Laguna Seca1 races—

MotoGP: all in the Multiple suppliers era.

500cc 1 races · 2001

500cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; no grid records; one circuit only.

250cc 10 races · 1997

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Rio1 racesavg P18.0

Brno1 racesavg P18.0

Red Bull Ring1 racesavg P18.0

Donington1 racesavg P18.0

Catalunya1 racesavg P19.0

Nürburgring1 racesavg P22.0

Suzuka1 races—

Jerez1 races—

Mugello1 races—

Shah Alam1 races—

250cc: 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, 1997–2007 (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)8 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 5,033 miles
0.2× around the Earth · 1,830 laps

Time on the bike: at least 51 hours (2.1 days)
Average 137.5 km/h, top 305.6 km/h
Time and average speed only from 2005–2007, the seasons with every session's lap analysis

Travelled between circuits

at least 77,637 miles
3.1× around the Earth · at least 7.1 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

69.7%Start rate (23/33)

7Longest run of absences (races)

13Longest run of starts (races)

0Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1997 250cc

1998〜2006 no Grand Prix starts

2007 MotoGP P19 · 10 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, 1997–2007 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

1997	Shah Alam	grid 25	Out on lap 1
1997	Suzuka	grid 28	DNF
1997	Jerez	grid 20	Out on lap 1
1997	Mugello	grid 23	DNF
1997	Red Bull Ring	grid 23	18
1997	Nürburgring	grid 26	22
1997	Rio	grid 24	18
1997	Donington	grid 27	18
1997	Brno	grid 24	18
1997	Catalunya	grid 24	19
1997	Sentul	grid 24	Did not start
1997	Phillip Island		Did not start

2004	Jerez	grid 22	DNF
2004	Le Mans	grid 21	15 +1
2004	Mugello		Did not start
2004	Catalunya	grid 23	DNF
2004	Assen	grid 23	DNF
2004	Sachsenring	grid 22	DNF
2004	Donington	grid 22	DNF
2004	Valencia	grid 24	Did not start
2005	Valencia	grid 20	DNF
2007	Mugello	grid 19	DNF
2007	Catalunya	grid 19	18
2007	Donington	grid 19	13 +3
2007	Assen	grid 14	15 +1
2007	Sachsenring	grid 19	12 +4
2007	Laguna Seca	grid 18	DNF
2007	Brno	grid 17	15 +1
2007	Misano	grid 18	15 +1
2007	Estoril	grid 19	DNF
2007	Motegi	grid 21	DNF
2007	Phillip Island	grid 19	17
2007	Sepang	grid 20	20
2007	Valencia	grid 18	DNF