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

Riders

Kevin Magee

Nationality: Australia
Bike: Yamaha
Born: July 16, 1962(age 64)

Photos (5)

1989
At this race · Stu Newby · CC BY-SA 2.0
1989
At this race · Stu Newby · CC BY-SA 2.0
1989
At this race · Stu Newby · CC BY-SA 2.0
2007
Tamas · CC BY 2.0
2009
Rikita · 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 500cc at Suzuka in 1987.

In 500cc (1987–1991): 21 starts, 1 wins, 2 podiums.

First podium: Jarama 1988 (500cc). First win: Jarama 1988 (500cc).

In all, 21 Grand Prix starts, 1 wins and 2 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
1993	Japanese GP	500cc	7

Season by season

500cc ★ Champion

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

Teams in years without official results: 1993 500cc

Scope: official results DB, 1987–1991 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

500cc1987–1991

Win rate2.9%

Podium rate8.6%

Average finish (when classified)avg P5.7

319.5 pts · Poles 1

14 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, 1987–1991 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1987. Of the 78 riders who debuted that year, 1 also raced in 2026.

Mick Doohan 5 world titles
15 races together: ahead 9, behind 6, both out 0
Eddie Lawson 4 world titles
33 races together: ahead 5, behind 27, both out 1
Wayne Rainey 3 world titles
31 races together: ahead 4, behind 27, 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)

500cc 35 races · 1987–1991

By grid positionSmall sample

From Grid 7–9, they move up from an average grid of 7.4 to an average finish of 5.7

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 1–3	2.2 → 4.5	1 wins / 4 races
Grid 4–6	5.1 → 4.8	0 wins / 14 races
Grid 7–9	7.4 → 5.7	0 wins / 10 races
Grid 10–15	10.7 → 8.0	0 wins / 3 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Laguna Seca (average P4.0, 3 races)

Jarama2 racesavg P2.0

Jerez1 racesavg P3.0

Laguna Seca3 racesavg P4.0

Phillip Island1 racesavg P4.0

Rijeka2 racesavg P4.5

Le Mans1 racesavg P5.0

Imola1 racesavg P5.0

Shah Alam1 racesavg P5.0

Nürburgring1 racesavg P5.0

Donington2 racesavg P5.5

Salzburgring2 racesavg P5.5

Anderstorp2 racesavg P5.5

Assen3 racesavg P6.0

Goiânia2 racesavg P6.0

Brno2 racesavg P7.0

Hockenheim1 racesavg P7.0

Spa1 racesavg P7.0

Suzuka5 racesavg P7.3

Paul Ricard1 racesavg P9.0

Eastern Creek1 racesavg P11.0

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, 1987–1991 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)23 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 1,720 miles
0.1× around the Earth · 600 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 90,319 miles
3.6× around the Earth · at least 8.0 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

90%Start rate (27/30)

2Longest run of absences (races)

10Longest run of starts (races)

36Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1988 500cc P5 · 138 pts

1989 500cc P5 · 138.5 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, 1987–1991 (the rider's racing years)

1987	Suzuka	grid 6	DNF
1987	Assen	grid 2	10 +1
1987	Jarama	grid 5	3 +10
1988	Suzuka	grid 7	7 +9
1988	Laguna Seca	grid 5	DNF
1988	Jarama	grid 1	1 +20
1988	Jerez	grid 3	3 +15
1988	Imola	grid 6	5 +11
1988	Nürburgring	grid 5	5 +11
1988	Salzburgring	grid 11	6 +10
1988	Assen	grid 3	4 +13
1988	Rijeka	grid 7	5 +11
1988	Paul Ricard		9 +7
1988	Donington		5 +11
1988	Anderstorp	grid 8	6 +10
1988	Brno	grid 9	DNF
1988	Goiânia	grid 7	6 +10
1989	Suzuka	grid 5	5 +11
1989	Phillip Island	grid 6	4 +13
1989	Laguna Seca		4 +13
1989	Hockenheim	grid 10	7 +9
1989	Salzburgring	grid 7	5 +11
1989	Rijeka	grid 4	4 +13
1989	Assen	grid 5	4 +13
1989	Spa	grid 6	7 +4.5
1989	Le Mans	grid 4	5 +11
1989	Donington	grid 8	6 +10
1989	Anderstorp	grid 5	5 +11
1989	Brno	grid 7	7 +9
1989	Goiânia	grid 4	6 +10
1990	Suzuka	grid 7	4 +13
1990	Laguna Seca	grid 6	DNF
1991	Suzuka		13 +3
1991	Eastern Creek	grid 11	11 +5
1991	Shah Alam	grid 7	5 +11