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

Riders

Josh Hayes

Nationality: United States
Number: 41
Team (2011 MotoGP): Monster Yamaha Tech 3
Bike: Yamaha
Born: April 4, 1975(age 51)

Photos (3)

2011
John F. Larsen · CC BY-SA 3.0
2013
Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0
2015
Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0

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 Valencia in 2011.

In MotoGP (2011): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. Teams: Monster Yamaha Tech 3.

In all, 1 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)

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: 1955 500cc (TT)

Season by season

500ccMotoGP ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1955–2011 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

500cc1955–1955

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P21.0

0 pts · Poles 0

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

MotoGP2011–2011

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P7.0

9 pts · Poles 0

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1955–2011 (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 1955. Of the 54 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

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 2 races · 500cc / MotoGP

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

ValenciaMotoGP 1avg P7.0

Ulster500cc 1avg P21.0

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.

MotoGP 1 races · 2011

MotoGP: all in the Bridgestone era; Wet races only; always on the grid Grid 16〜; one circuit only.

500cc 1 races · 1955

500cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; no grid records; one circuit only.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1955–2011 (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)

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 341 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 137 laps

Time on the bike: at least 4 hours (0.2 days)
Average 134.6 km/h, top 296.9 km/h
Time and average speed only from 2011–2011, the seasons with every session's lap analysis

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

No season as a regular (starting at least half of the races)

? 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, 1955–2011 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data