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

Riders

Wayne Gardner

Nationality: Australia
Bike: Honda
Born: October 11, 1959(age 67)
Birthplace: Wollongong

Photos (15)

1985
Rikita · CC BY-SA 3.0
1989
At this race · Stu Newby · CC BY-SA 2.0
1989
At this race · Rikita · CC BY-SA 3.0
1990
Rikita · CC BY-SA 3.0
1992
At this race · Rikita · CC BY-SA 3.0
1993
Rikita · CC BY-SA 3.0
2011
Rikita · CC BY-SA 3.0
2011
Rikita · CC BY-SA 3.0
2011
Rikita · CC BY-SA 3.0
2014
Rainmaker47 · CC BY-SA 3.0
2014
Rainmaker47 · CC BY-SA 3.0
2018
Hans Koberger · CC BY-SA 4.0
2022
Ocdp · CC0
2022
Ocdp · CC0
· Public domain

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 500cc at Assen in 1983.

In 500cc (1983–1992): 70 starts, 16 wins, 40 podiums.

First podium: Anderstorp 1984 (500cc). First win: Jarama 1986 (500cc). World champion: 1987 500cc.

In all, 70 Grand Prix starts, 16 wins and 40 podiums (within the official results database).

Written automatically from the official results database (no opinions about the rider)

Season by season

500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1983–1992 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

500cc1983–1992 ★ 1 titles (1987)

Win rate17.6%

Podium rate51.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P4.0

1080 pts · Poles 18

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

1983	Assen	grid 16	DNF
1983	Silverstone	grid 9	16
1984	Misano	grid 3	4 +8
1984	Assen	grid 8	5 +6
1984	Spa	grid 8	7 +4
1984	Silverstone	grid 13	6 +5
1984	Anderstorp	grid 5	3 +10
1985	Kyalami	grid 5	3 +10
1985	Jarama		4 +8
1985	Hockenheim		6 +5
1985	Mugello	grid 5	3 +10
1985	Salzburgring	grid 6	15
1985	Rijeka		3 +10
1985	Assen	grid 5	3 +10
1985	Spa	grid 4	4 +8
1985	Le Mans	grid 4	DNF
1985	Silverstone	grid 5	DNF
1985	Anderstorp		DNF
1985	Misano	grid 2	2 +12
1986	Jarama	grid 2	1 +15
1986	Monza	grid 3	16
1986	Nürburgring	grid 2	2 +12
1986	Salzburgring		2 +12
1986	Rijeka	grid 3	3 +10
1986	Paul Ricard	grid 2	5 +6
1986	Assen	grid 5	1 +15
1986	Spa		4 +8
1986	Silverstone	grid 1	1 +15
1986	Anderstorp	grid 1	2 +12
1986	Misano	grid 2	2 +12
1987	Suzuka	grid 3	2 +12
1987	Jerez	grid 2	1 +15
1987	Hockenheim	grid 1	10 +1
1987	Monza	grid 1	1 +15
1987	Salzburgring	grid 1	1 +15
1987	Rijeka	grid 1	1 +15
1987	Assen	grid 1	2 +12
1987	Le Mans	grid 2	4 +8
1987	Donington	grid 1	2 +12
1987	Anderstorp	grid 1	1 +15
1987	Brno	grid 1	1 +15
1987	Misano	grid 5	3 +10
1987	Jarama	grid 2	4 +8
1987	Goiânia	grid 1	1 +15
1987	Buenos Aires	grid 1	3 +10
1988	Suzuka	grid 4	2 +17
1988	Laguna Seca	grid 6	2 +17
1988	Jarama	grid 4	3 +15
1988	Jerez	grid 5	5 +11
1988	Imola	grid 1	2 +17
1988	Nürburgring	grid 1	8 +8
1988	Salzburgring	grid 5	DNF
1988	Assen	grid 4	1 +20
1988	Spa	grid 5	1 +20
1988	Rijeka	grid 2	1 +20
1988	Paul Ricard		4 +13
1988	Donington		2 +17
1988	Anderstorp	grid 13	2 +17
1988	Brno	grid 1	1 +20
1988	Goiânia	grid 1	2 +17
1989	Suzuka	grid 4	4 +13
1989	Phillip Island	grid 3	1 +20
1989	Laguna Seca		DNF
1989	Assen	grid 9	6 +10
1989	Spa	grid 10	25
1989	Le Mans	grid 10	DNF
1989	Donington	grid 10	DNF
1989	Anderstorp	grid 13	3 +15
1989	Goiânia	grid 6	7 +9
1990	Suzuka	grid 3	2 +17
1990	Laguna Seca	grid 1	DNF
1990	Jerez	grid 3	1 +20
1990	Misano	grid 4	4 +13
1990	Assen	grid 4	DNF
1990	Spa	grid 5	10 +6
1990	Le Mans	grid 3	2 +17
1990	Donington	grid 1	DNF
1990	Anderstorp	grid 2	3 +15
1990	Brno	grid 2	2 +17
1990	Hungaroring	grid 8	4 +13
1990	Phillip Island	grid 3	1 +20
1991	Suzuka	grid 11	5 +11
1991	Eastern Creek	grid 2	4 +13
1991	Laguna Seca	grid 6	7 +9
1991	Jerez	grid 7	7 +9
1991	Hockenheim	grid 6	5 +11
1991	Salzburgring	grid 4	4 +13
1991	Jarama	grid 5	3 +15
1991	Assen	grid 8	3 +15
1991	Paul Ricard	grid 6	10 +6
1991	Donington	grid 4	5 +11
1991	Mugello	grid 5	4 +13
1991	Brno	grid 7	4 +13
1991	Le Mans	grid 4	5 +11
1991	Shah Alam	grid 2	2 +17
1992	Suzuka	grid 4	DNF
1992	Mugello		Did not start
1992	Hockenheim	grid 6	3 +12
1992	Assen		Did not start
1992	Hungaroring	grid 4	6 +6
1992	Magny-Cours	grid 4	2 +15
1992	Donington	grid 4	1 +20
1992	Interlagos	grid 3	4 +10
1992	Kyalami	grid 2	2 +15

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1983–1992 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1983. Of the 76 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Mick Doohan 5 world titles
37 races together: ahead 13, behind 24, both out 0
Eddie Lawson 4 world titles
97 races together: ahead 37, behind 60, both out 0
Wayne Rainey 3 world titles
56 races together: ahead 20, behind 35, both out 1
Freddie Spencer 3 world titles
27 races together: ahead 11, behind 15, 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 102 races · 1983–1992

By grid position

Starting Grid 1–3: average finish 2.8

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 1–3	1.8 → 2.8	14 wins / 42 races
Grid 4–6	4.8 → 4.3	4 wins / 35 races
Grid 7–9	8.0 → 6.5	0 wins / 8 races
Grid 10–15	11.4 → 8.2	0 wins / 7 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Brno (average P2.0, 4 races)

Phillip Island2 racesavg P1.0

Brno4 racesavg P2.0

Rijeka4 racesavg P2.0

Imola1 racesavg P2.0

Shah Alam1 racesavg P2.0

Magny-Cours1 racesavg P2.0

Anderstorp7 racesavg P2.3

Donington6 racesavg P2.5

Kyalami2 racesavg P2.5

Assen9 racesavg P3.0

Suzuka6 racesavg P3.0

Misano5 racesavg P3.0

Jarama5 racesavg P3.0

Buenos Aires1 racesavg P3.0

Goiânia3 racesavg P3.3

Jerez4 racesavg P3.5

Mugello2 racesavg P3.5

Le Mans5 racesavg P3.7

Eastern Creek1 racesavg P4.0

Interlagos1 racesavg P4.0

Laguna Seca4 racesavg P4.5

Nürburgring2 racesavg P5.0

Hungaroring2 racesavg P5.0

Salzburgring5 racesavg P5.5

Hockenheim4 racesavg P6.0

Paul Ricard3 racesavg P6.3

Silverstone4 racesavg P7.7

Spa6 racesavg P8.5

Monza2 racesavg P8.5

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, 1983–1992 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)83 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 6,239 miles
0.3× around the Earth · 2,238 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 163,520 miles
6.6× around the Earth · at least 14.8 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

85.6%Start rate (95/111)

5Longest run of absences (races)

56Longest run of starts (races)

109.3Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1985 500cc P4 · 73 pts

1986 500cc P2 · 117 pts

1987 500cc P1 · 178 pts

1988 500cc P2 · 229 pts

1989 500cc P10 · 67 pts

1990 500cc P5 · 138 pts

1991 500cc P5 · 161 pts

1992 500cc P6 · 78 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, 1983–1992 (the rider's racing years)