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

Riders

Niall Mackenzie

Nationality: United Kingdom
Bike: Aprilia
Born: July 19, 1961(age 65)
Birthplace: Stirling

Photos (2)

1989
At this race · Rikita · CC BY-SA 3.0
1989
At this race · Stu Newby · 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 250cc at Anderstorp in 1984.

In 250cc (1984–1986): 9 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1986): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1986): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1986): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 250cc (1986): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1986–1989): 28 starts, 0 wins, 2 podiums. In 250cc (1990): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1990–1994): 38 starts, 0 wins, 2 podiums. In 250cc (1995): 9 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

First podium: Salzburgring 1987 (500cc).

In all, 89 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 4 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
1988	YUGOSLAVIAN GRAND PRIX	500cc	3
1993	Japanese GP	500cc	16

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

250cc500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1984–1995 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1984–1995

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P14.0

36 pts · Poles 0

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

500cc1986–1994

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate6.9%

Average finish (when classified)avg P7.1

683 pts · Poles 1

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

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

1986	Silverstone	grid 13	7 +4
1986	Anderstorp	grid 6	7 +4
1986	Misano	grid 3	8 +3
1987	Suzuka	grid 1	DNF
1987	Jerez	grid 3	4 +8
1987	Hockenheim	grid 7	7 +4
1987	Monza	grid 9	10 +1
1987	Salzburgring	grid 6	3 +10
1987	Assen	grid 11	DNF
1987	Le Mans	grid 4	7 +4
1987	Donington	grid 4	5 +6
1987	Anderstorp	grid 10	5 +6
1987	Brno	grid 7	5 +6
1987	Misano	grid 10	7 +4
1987	Jarama	grid 7	6 +5
1987	Goiânia	grid 11	8 +3
1987	Buenos Aires	grid 4	7 +4
1988	Suzuka	grid 17	4 +13
1988	Laguna Seca	grid 3	3 +15
1988	Jarama	grid 7	5 +11
1988	Jerez	grid 7	7 +9
1988	Imola	grid 10	11 +5
1988	Nürburgring	grid 6	9 +7
1988	Salzburgring	grid 3	DNF
1988	Assen	grid 6	5 +11
1988	Spa	grid 9	11 +5
1988	Paul Ricard		DNF
1988	Donington		4 +13
1988	Anderstorp	grid 4	4 +13
1988	Brno	grid 4	6 +10
1988	Goiânia	grid 10	4 +13
1989	Suzuka	grid 8	6 +10
1989	Phillip Island	grid 9	DNF
1989	Laguna Seca		5 +11
1989	Jerez	grid 3	3 +15
1989	Misano	grid 6	DNF
1989	Hockenheim	grid 7	DNF
1989	Rijeka	grid 13	12 +4
1989	Assen	grid 11	8 +8
1989	Spa	grid 11	10 +3
1989	Le Mans	grid 6	7 +9
1989	Donington	grid 6	4 +13
1989	Anderstorp	grid 6	4 +13
1989	Brno	grid 5	6 +10
1989	Goiânia	grid 12	9 +7
1990	Jerez	grid 8	8 +8
1990	Misano	grid 6	5 +11
1990	Nürburgring	grid 5	3 +15
1990	Salzburgring	grid 7	5 +11
1990	Rijeka	grid 3	3 +15
1990	Assen	grid 5	5 +11
1990	Spa	grid 7	12 +4
1990	Le Mans	grid 4	6 +10
1990	Donington	grid 5	5 +11
1990	Anderstorp	grid 5	5 +11
1990	Brno	grid 6	4 +13
1990	Hungaroring	grid 7	7 +9
1990	Phillip Island	grid 7	5 +11
1991	Donington	grid 10	7 +9
1991	Mugello	grid 8	5 +11
1991	Le Mans	grid 8	12 +4
1991	Shah Alam	grid 8	6 +10
1992	Suzuka	grid 13	7 +4
1992	Eastern Creek	grid 8	DNF
1992	Shah Alam	grid 5	DNF
1992	Jerez	grid 5	3 +12
1992	Mugello	grid 9	9 +2
1992	Catalunya	grid 6	7 +4
1992	Hockenheim	grid 11	DNF
1992	Assen	grid 9	7 +4
1992	Hungaroring	grid 11	14
1992	Magny-Cours	grid 10	6 +6
1992	Donington	grid 8	DNF
1992	Interlagos	grid 12	9 +2
1992	Kyalami	grid 6	8 +3
1993	Eastern Creek	grid 13	10 +6
1993	Shah Alam	grid 8	8 +8
1993	Jerez	grid 8	7 +9
1993	Salzburgring	grid 26	11 +5
1993	Hockenheim	grid 10	9 +7
1993	Assen	grid 11	8 +8
1993	Catalunya	grid 9	6 +10
1993	Mugello	grid 11	8 +8
1993	Donington	grid 9	3 +16
1993	Brno	grid 11	DNF
1993	Misano	grid 15	9 +7
1993	Laguna Seca	grid 11	8 +8
1993	Jarama	grid 7	8 +8
1994	Eastern Creek	grid 11	DNF
1994	Shah Alam	grid 11	11 +5
1994	Suzuka	grid 12	19
1994	Jerez	grid 12	8 +8
1994	Salzburgring	grid 12	9 +7
1994	Hockenheim	grid 10	8 +8
1994	Assen	grid 18	DNF
1994	Mugello	grid 13	9 +7
1994	Le Mans	grid 10	DNF
1994	Donington	grid 8	8 +8
1994	Brno	grid 10	9 +7
1994	Laguna Seca	grid 12	10 +6
1994	Buenos Aires	grid 13	11 +5
1994	Catalunya	grid 12	8 +8

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1984–1995 (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 1984. Of the 87 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Mick Doohan 5 world titles
63 races together: ahead 13, behind 49, both out 1
Anton Mang 5 world titles
18 races together: ahead 3, behind 14, both out 1
Eddie Lawson 4 world titles
68 races together: ahead 10, behind 55, both out 3
Max Biaggi 4 world titles
13 races together: ahead 0, behind 13, 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)

All classes 136 races · 250cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Donington (average P5.3, 9 races)

Phillip Island500cc 2avg P5.0

Donington500cc 8 · 250cc 1avg P5.3

Brno500cc 6 · 250cc 1avg P6.0

Magny-Cours500cc 1avg P6.0

Jarama250cc 1 · 500cc 3avg P6.3

Jerez500cc 7 · 250cc 1avg P6.4

Anderstorp250cc 3 · 500cc 5avg P6.6

Catalunya500cc 3 · 250cc 1avg P7.0

Goiânia500cc 3avg P7.0

Misano250cc 2 · 500cc 5avg P7.3

Mugello250cc 2 · 500cc 4avg P7.8

Hockenheim250cc 1 · 500cc 5avg P8.0

Laguna Seca500cc 4 · 250cc 1avg P8.0

Shah Alam500cc 4 · 250cc 1avg P8.3

Salzburgring250cc 1 · 500cc 5avg P8.4

Nürburgring500cc 2 · 250cc 1avg P8.7

Assen250cc 3 · 500cc 7avg P8.9

Interlagos500cc 1avg P9.0

Buenos Aires500cc 2 · 250cc 1avg P9.7

Suzuka500cc 5 · 250cc 2avg P9.8

Eastern Creek500cc 3 · 250cc 1avg P10.0

Monza500cc 1avg P10.0

Spa250cc 2 · 500cc 3avg P10.3

Rijeka250cc 1 · 500cc 2avg P10.3

Hungaroring500cc 2avg P10.5

Le Mans250cc 2 · 500cc 5avg P10.8

Imola500cc 1avg P11.0

Silverstone250cc 3 · 500cc 1avg P15.0

Kyalami250cc 1 · 500cc 1avg P16.0

Rio250cc 1avg P19.0

Paul Ricard500cc 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.

250cc 34 races · 1984–1995

By grid positionSmall sample

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 7–9	7.0 → 6.0	0 wins / 1 races
Grid 10–15	15.0 → 19.0	0 wins / 1 races
Grid 16〜	21.2 → 13.4	0 wins / 12 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 250cc, best at Anderstorp (average P10.5, 3 races)

Donington1 racesavg P6.0

Spa2 racesavg P8.0

Anderstorp3 racesavg P10.5

Jerez1 racesavg P11.0

Buenos Aires1 racesavg P11.0

Assen3 racesavg P12.7

Suzuka2 racesavg P13.0

Laguna Seca1 racesavg P14.0

Nürburgring1 racesavg P14.0

Salzburgring1 racesavg P14.0

Rijeka1 racesavg P16.0

Le Mans2 racesavg P16.5

Silverstone3 racesavg P19.0

Rio1 racesavg P19.0

Kyalami1 racesavg P24.0

Mugello2 races—

Misano2 races—

Catalunya1 races—

Brno1 races—

Jarama1 races—

Shah Alam1 races—

Eastern Creek1 races—

Hockenheim1 races—

250cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records.

500cc 102 races · 1986–1994

By grid position

From Grid 10–15, they move up from an average grid of 11.4 to an average finish of 9.0

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 1–3	2.7 → 4.2	0 wins / 7 races
Grid 4–6	5.2 → 5.4	0 wins / 25 races
Grid 7–9	7.9 → 7.2	0 wins / 28 races
Grid 10–15	11.4 → 9.0	0 wins / 36 races
Grid 16〜	20.3 → 7.5	0 wins / 3 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Anderstorp (average P5.0, 5 races)

Anderstorp5 racesavg P5.0

Phillip Island2 racesavg P5.0

Donington8 racesavg P5.1

Jerez7 racesavg P5.7

Brno6 racesavg P6.0

Nürburgring2 racesavg P6.0

Magny-Cours1 racesavg P6.0

Jarama3 racesavg P6.3

Laguna Seca4 racesavg P6.5

Assen7 racesavg P6.6

Salzburgring5 racesavg P7.0

Goiânia3 racesavg P7.0

Catalunya3 racesavg P7.0

Silverstone1 racesavg P7.0

Misano5 racesavg P7.3

Rijeka2 racesavg P7.5

Mugello4 racesavg P7.8

Le Mans5 racesavg P8.0

Hockenheim5 racesavg P8.0

Kyalami1 racesavg P8.0

Shah Alam4 racesavg P8.3

Suzuka5 racesavg P9.0

Buenos Aires2 racesavg P9.0

Interlagos1 racesavg P9.0

Eastern Creek3 racesavg P10.0

Monza1 racesavg P10.0

Hungaroring2 racesavg P10.5

Spa3 racesavg P11.0

Imola1 racesavg P11.0

Paul Ricard1 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, 1984–1995 (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)104 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 7,079 miles
0.3× around the Earth · 2,538 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 228,177 miles
9.2× around the Earth · at least 20.7 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

96%Start rate (120/125)

2Longest run of absences (races)

66Longest run of starts (races)

15.3Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1985 250cc P32 · 1 pts

1986 no Grand Prix starts

1987 500cc P5 · 61 pts

1988 500cc P6 · 125 pts

1989 500cc P7 · 103 pts

1990 500cc P4 · 140 pts

1991 no Grand Prix starts

1992 500cc P11 · 37 pts

1993 500cc P9 · 103 pts

1994 500cc P10 · 69 pts

1995 250cc P18 · 26 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, 1984–1995 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

1984	Silverstone		28
1984	Anderstorp		DNF
1985	Kyalami		24
1985	Jarama		DNF
1985	Hockenheim		DNF
1985	Mugello		DNF
1985	Salzburgring		14
1985	Rijeka		16
1985	Assen		14
1985	Spa		DNF
1985	Le Mans		14
1985	Silverstone		DNF
1985	Anderstorp		10 +1
1985	Misano		DNF
1986	Rijeka		Did not start
1986	Assen		12
1986	Spa		8 +3
1986	Silverstone		10 +1
1986	Anderstorp		11
1986	Misano		DNF
1990	Suzuka	grid 24	13 +3
1990	Laguna Seca	grid 20	14 +2
1995	Eastern Creek		DNF
1995	Shah Alam	grid 24	DNF
1995	Suzuka	grid 26	DNF
1995	Jerez	grid 18	11 +5
1995	Nürburgring	grid 17	14 +2
1995	Mugello	grid 25	Out on lap 1
1995	Assen	grid 24	12 +4
1995	Le Mans	grid 23	19
1995	Donington	grid 7	6 +10
1995	Brno	grid 17	DNF
1995	Rio	grid 15	19
1995	Buenos Aires	grid 17	11 +5
1995	Catalunya	grid 20	DNF