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

Riders

John Hopkins

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Nationality: United States
Number: 21
Team (2011 MotoGP): Rizla Suzuki MotoGP
Bike: Suzuki
Born: May 22, 1983(age 43)
Birthplace: Ramona
Height / weight: 177 cm / 72 kg (official profile, fetched October 2026; weight and height change over time)

Photos (6)

2006
At this race · Giovanni Tufo · CC BY 2.0
2007
At this race · Tamas · CC BY 2.0
2007
Rikita · CC BY-SA 3.0
2008
At this race · christianb_7 · CC BY-SA 2.0
2008
At this race · christianb_7 · CC BY-SA 2.0
2014
Smudge 9000 from North Kent Coast, England · 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 MotoGP at Suzuka in 2002.

In MotoGP (2002–2011): 111 starts, 0 wins, 4 podiums. Teams: Team Suzuki MotoGP, Rizla Suzuki MotoGP, Kawasaki Racing Team.

First podium: Shanghai 2007 (MotoGP).

In all, 111 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
2011	Czech GP	MotoGP	18

Season by season

MotoGP ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 2002–2011 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

MotoGP2002–2011

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate3.6%

Average finish (when classified)avg P10.4

563 pts · Poles 1

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

2002	Suzuka	grid 18	12 +4
2002	Welkom	grid 17	14 +2
2002	Jerez	grid 16	13 +3
2002	Le Mans	grid 19	11 +5
2002	Mugello	grid 13	12 +4
2002	Catalunya	grid 6	10 +6
2002	Assen	grid 10	7 +9
2002	Donington	grid 6	8 +8
2002	Brno	grid 7	DNF
2002	Estoril	grid 15	8 +8
2002	Rio	grid 14	14 +2
2002	Motegi	grid 16	14 +2
2002	Sepang	grid 19	18
2002	Phillip Island	grid 14	16
2002	Valencia	grid 17	11 +5
2003	Suzuka	grid 12	13 +3
2003	Welkom	grid 16	13 +3
2003	Jerez	grid 7	7 +9
2003	Le Mans		DNF
2003	Mugello	grid 14	DNF
2003	Catalunya	grid 13	15 +1
2003	Assen	grid 16	15 +1
2003	Donington	grid 15	11 +5
2003	Sachsenring	grid 22	DNF
2003	Brno	grid 13	17
2003	Estoril	grid 17	18
2003	Motegi	grid 16	Out on lap 1
2003	Phillip Island	grid 13	12 +4
2003	Valencia	grid 17	13 +3
2004	Welkom	grid 11	13 +3
2004	Jerez	grid 13	15 +1
2004	Le Mans	grid 16	Out on lap 1
2004	Catalunya	grid 8	DNF
2004	Assen	grid 10	14 +2
2004	Rio	grid 17	15 +1
2004	Sachsenring	grid 12	9 +7
2004	Donington	grid 15	8 +8
2004	Brno	grid 19	DNF
2004	Estoril	grid 6	6 +10
2004	Motegi	grid 2	Out on lap 1
2004	Lusail	grid 10	8 +8
2004	Sepang	grid 8	DNF
2004	Phillip Island	grid 17	15 +1
2004	Valencia	grid 7	12 +4
2005	Jerez	grid 11	14 +2
2005	Estoril	grid 11	DNF
2005	Shanghai	grid 4	7 +9
2005	Le Mans	grid 7	16
2005	Mugello	grid 5	11 +5
2005	Catalunya	grid 11	DNF
2005	Assen	grid 12	13 +3
2005	Laguna Seca	grid 6	8 +8
2005	Donington	grid 10	11 +5
2005	Sachsenring	grid 10	Not restarted
2005	Brno	grid 8	13 +3
2005	Motegi	grid 2	5 +11
2005	Sepang	grid 3	9 +7
2005	Lusail	grid 12	17
2005	Phillip Island	grid 11	10 +6
2005	Istanbul	grid 14	15 +1
2005	Valencia	grid 11	13 +3
2006	Jerez	grid 12	9 +7
2006	Lusail	grid 13	DNF
2006	Istanbul	grid 5	17
2006	Shanghai	grid 2	4 +13
2006	Le Mans	grid 3	15 +1
2006	Mugello	grid 7	10 +6
2006	Catalunya	grid 2	4 +13
2006	Assen	grid 1	6 +10
2006	Donington	grid 4	8 +8
2006	Sachsenring	grid 8	10 +6
2006	Laguna Seca	grid 5	6 +10
2006	Brno	grid 7	7 +9
2006	Sepang	grid 8	6 +10
2006	Phillip Island	grid 15	12 +4
2006	Motegi	grid 13	12 +4
2006	Estoril	grid 6	6 +10
2006	Valencia	grid 9	11 +5
2007	Lusail	grid 6	4 +13
2007	Jerez	grid 6	19
2007	Istanbul	grid 7	6 +10
2007	Shanghai	grid 2	3 +16
2007	Le Mans	grid 5	7 +9
2007	Mugello	grid 9	5 +11
2007	Catalunya	grid 5	4 +13
2007	Donington	grid 6	5 +11
2007	Assen	grid 5	5 +11
2007	Sachsenring	grid 5	7 +9
2007	Laguna Seca	grid 7	15 +1
2007	Brno	grid 4	2 +20
2007	Misano	grid 5	3 +16
2007	Estoril	grid 10	6 +10
2007	Motegi	grid 11	10 +6
2007	Phillip Island	grid 14	7 +9
2007	Sepang	grid 10	8 +8
2007	Valencia	grid 7	3 +16
2008	Lusail	grid 10	12 +4
2008	Jerez	grid 9	7 +9
2008	Estoril	grid 10	5 +11
2008	Shanghai	grid 14	14 +2
2008	Le Mans	grid 9	DNF
2008	Mugello	grid 14	DNF
2008	Catalunya	grid 14	10 +6
2008	Donington	grid 11	DNF
2008	Brno	grid 3	11 +5
2008	Misano	grid 17	14 +2
2008	Indianapolis	grid 16	14 +2
2008	Motegi	grid 11	10 +6
2008	Phillip Island	grid 16	13 +3
2008	Sepang	grid 10	11 +5
2008	Valencia	grid 14	14 +2
2011	Jerez	grid 14	10 +6

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 2002–2011 (the rider's racing years)

Strongest and weakest circuits

1.4 places better on slow tracks than on fast tracks / 1.5 places better on right-corner heavy tracks than on left-corner heavy tracks

Strong

Estoril 3.5 places better than usual (3 finishes)
Shanghai 2.8 places better than usual (4 finishes)
Donington 2.4 places better than usual (6 finishes)

Weak

Istanbul 3.9 places worse than usual (3 finishes)
Phillip Island 1.5 places worse than usual (7 finishes)
Jerez 1.3 places worse than usual (7 finishes)

Each finish here compared with the rider's usual finish that season (average without this circuit): how many places better or worse on average. Same layout only; retirements counted separately

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 2002. Of the 42 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Valentino Rossi 9 world titles
112 races together: ahead 15, behind 96, both out 1
Jorge Lorenzo 5 world titles
15 races together: ahead 1, behind 13, both out 1
Max Biaggi 4 world titles
61 races together: ahead 9, behind 50, both out 2
Loris Capirossi 3 world titles
107 races together: ahead 34, behind 71, both out 2

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)

MotoGP 112 races · 2002–2011

By tyre era

No podium yet in the Bridgestone era

Win rate

Multiple suppliers111 races0%(0 wins)

Bridgestone1 races0%(0 wins)

Podium rate

Multiple suppliers111 races4%(4 podiums)

Bridgestone1 races0%(0 podiums)

Average finish (when classified)

Multiple suppliers111 racesavg P10.4

Bridgestone1 racesavg P10.0

Dry / wet

Podium rate: 7.1% dry, 0.0% wet

Win rate

Dry56 races0%(0 wins)

Wet10 races0%(0 wins)

Podium rate

Dry56 races7%(4 podiums)

Wet10 races0%(0 podiums)

Average finish (when classified)

Dry56 racesavg P9.0

Wet10 racesavg P11.1

46 races without track-condition data are not included

By grid position

Starting Grid 4–6: average finish 7.5

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 1–3	2.2 → 7.1	0 wins / 9 races
Grid 4–6	5.3 → 7.5	0 wins / 19 races
Grid 7–9	7.7 → 9.1	0 wins / 18 races
Grid 10–15	12.2 → 11.5	0 wins / 45 races
Grid 16〜	17.2 → 13.9	0 wins / 20 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In MotoGP, best at Shanghai (average P7.0, 4 races)

Shanghai4 racesavg P7.0

Estoril7 racesavg P8.2

Donington7 racesavg P8.5

Misano2 racesavg P8.5

Catalunya7 racesavg P8.6

Sachsenring5 racesavg P8.7

Mugello6 racesavg P9.5

Laguna Seca3 racesavg P9.7

Brno7 racesavg P10.0

Assen6 racesavg P10.0

Motegi7 racesavg P10.2

Lusail5 racesavg P10.3

Sepang6 racesavg P10.4

Valencia7 racesavg P11.0

Jerez8 racesavg P11.8

Phillip Island7 racesavg P12.1

Le Mans7 racesavg P12.3

Suzuka2 racesavg P12.5

Istanbul3 racesavg P12.7

Welkom3 racesavg P13.3

Indianapolis1 racesavg P14.0

Rio2 racesavg P14.5

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 2002–2011 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 26,588 miles
1.1× around the Earth · 9,300 laps

Time on the bike: at least 268 hours (11.2 days)
Average 144.1 km/h, top 340.2 km/h
Time and average speed only from 2005–2011, the seasons with every session's lap analysis

Travelled between circuits

at least 375,314 miles
15.1× around the Earth · at least 33.8 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

94.1%Start rate (111/118)

3Longest run of absences (races)

72Longest run of starts (races)

15Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

2002 MotoGP P15 · 58 pts

2003 MotoGP P17 · 29 pts

2004 MotoGP P16 · 45 pts

2005 MotoGP P14 · 63 pts

2006 MotoGP P10 · 116 pts

2007 MotoGP P4 · 189 pts

2008 MotoGP P16 · 57 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, 2002–2011 (the rider's racing years)