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

Riders

Roger Burnett

No freely licensed photo found, so the race number and team colour are shown instead. About photos

Nationality: United Kingdom
Bike: Honda
Born: March 2, 1960(age 66)

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Silverstone in 1984.

In 500cc (1984–1989): 20 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 20 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
1986	French GP	500cc	11

Season by season

500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1984–1989 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

500cc1984–1989

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P9.2

50 pts · Poles 0

6 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, 1984–1989 (the rider's racing years)

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.

Eddie Lawson 4 world titles
26 races together: ahead 4, behind 22, 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 26 races · 1984–1989

By grid positionSmall sample

From Grid 10–15, they move up from an average grid of 12.4 to an average finish of 9.1

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 7–9	7.5 → 9.5	0 wins / 2 races
Grid 10–15	12.4 → 9.1	0 wins / 17 races
Grid 16〜	21.8 → 9.3	0 wins / 5 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Silverstone (average P9.5, 3 races)

Misano1 racesavg P6.0

Assen2 racesavg P7.5

Suzuka1 racesavg P8.0

Hockenheim1 racesavg P8.0

Salzburgring1 racesavg P8.0

Jerez1 racesavg P9.0

Silverstone3 racesavg P9.5

Anderstorp3 racesavg P9.7

Donington3 racesavg P10.0

Brno2 racesavg P10.0

Le Mans1 racesavg P10.0

Monza2 racesavg P11.0

Rijeka1 racesavg P11.0

Goiânia1 races—

Imola1 races—

Jarama1 races—

Spa1 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, 1984–1989 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)20 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 1,438 miles
0.1× around the Earth · 506 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 30,113 miles
1.2× around the Earth · at least 2.8 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

86.7%Start rate (13/15)

2Longest run of absences (races)

13Longest run of starts (races)

4Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1987 500cc P11 · 25 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, 1984–1989 (the rider's racing years)

1984	Silverstone	grid 32	DNF
1984	Anderstorp	grid 24	11
1985	Silverstone	grid 12	8 +3
1986	Monza	grid 10	DNF
1986	Assen	grid 10	8 +3
1986	Spa		DNF
1986	Silverstone	grid 8	11
1987	Suzuka	grid 18	8 +3
1987	Jerez	grid 17	9 +2
1987	Hockenheim	grid 13	8 +3
1987	Monza	grid 14	11
1987	Salzburgring	grid 12	8 +3
1987	Rijeka	grid 15	11
1987	Assen	grid 13	7 +4
1987	Le Mans	grid 14	10 +1
1987	Donington	grid 11	9 +2
1987	Anderstorp	grid 14	10 +1
1987	Brno	grid 14	10 +1
1987	Misano	grid 11	6 +5
1987	Jarama	grid 10	DNF
1988	Imola	grid 18	DNF
1988	Donington		9 +7
1988	Anderstorp	grid 7	8 +8
1988	Brno	grid 12	DNF
1988	Goiânia	grid 13	DNF
1989	Donington	grid 13	12 +4