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

Riders

Troy Bayliss

Nationality: Australia
Number: 12
Team (2006 MotoGP): Ducati Marlboro Team
Bike: Ducati
Born: March 30, 1969(age 57)
Birthplace: Taree

Photos (29)

2005
At this race · dog4aday · CC BY 2.0
2005
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2005
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2005
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2005
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2005
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2006
Rich Niewiroski Jr. · CC BY 2.5
2006
Original: toffehoff / Derivative work: Danyele · CC BY-SA 2.0
2006
toffehoff · CC BY-SA 2.0
2007
Smudge 9000 · CC BY 2.0
2007
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2007
Smudge 9000 · CC BY 2.0
2008
Smudge 9000 from North Kent Coast, England · CC BY 2.0
2008
Smudge 9000 from North Kent Coast, England · CC BY 2.0
2008
Smudge 9000 from North Kent Coast, England · CC BY 2.0
2008
Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford and Largs, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0
2008
mmphotography.it from Biella, Italy · CC BY 2.0
2008
mmphotography.it from Biella, Italy · CC BY 2.0
2008
Reg Mckenna from UK · CC BY 2.0
2008
Tiago J. G. Fernandes from Portimão, Portugal · CC BY 2.0
2009
marabuchi · CC BY-SA 2.0
2010
order_242 from Chile · CC BY-SA 2.0
2010
Qwerty242 · CC BY-SA 3.0
2014
Khruner · CC BY-SA 3.0
2014
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2022
Cjp24 · CC BY-SA 4.0
2022
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2023
Terragio67 · CC BY-SA 4.0
2023
Terragio67 · 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 Suzuka in 2003.

In MotoGP (2003–2006): 43 starts, 1 wins, 5 podiums. Teams: Camel Honda, Ducati Marlboro Team.

First podium: Jerez 2003 (MotoGP). First win: Valencia 2006 (MotoGP).

In all, 43 Grand Prix starts, 1 wins and 5 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
2004	RIO GRAND PRIX	MotoGP	10	1'49.546

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: 2004 MotoGP (RIO)

Season by season

250ccMotoGP ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1997–2006 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1997–1997

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P6.0

10 pts · Poles 0

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

MotoGP2003–2006

Win rate2.3%

Podium rate11.6%

Average finish (when classified)avg P7.2

278 pts · Poles 0

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1997–2006 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Strongest and weakest circuits

Strong

Estoril 0.8 places worse than usual (3 finishes)

Weak

Estoril 0.8 places worse than usual (3 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 1997. Of the 73 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Valentino Rossi 9 world titles
43 races together: ahead 1, behind 41, both out 1
Max Biaggi 4 world titles
43 races together: ahead 6, behind 35, both out 2
Loris Capirossi 3 world titles
43 races together: ahead 12, behind 27, both out 4

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 44 races · 250cc / MotoGP

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Sachsenring (average P3.0, 3 races)

SachsenringMotoGP 3avg P3.0

ValenciaMotoGP 3avg P3.7

JerezMotoGP 3avg P4.5

DoningtonMotoGP 3avg P5.0

SuzukaMotoGP 1avg P5.0

BrnoMotoGP 3avg P6.0

Laguna SecaMotoGP 1avg P6.0

Phillip Island250cc 1 · MotoGP 2avg P7.5

EstorilMotoGP 3avg P8.3

MugelloMotoGP 3avg P8.5

Le MansMotoGP 3avg P9.0

CatalunyaMotoGP 3avg P9.0

WelkomMotoGP 2avg P9.0

SepangMotoGP 2avg P9.5

AssenMotoGP 3avg P10.0

RioMotoGP 1avg P10.0

MotegiMotoGP 2—

LusailMotoGP 1—

ShanghaiMotoGP 1—

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 43 races · 2003–2006

Dry / wetSmall sample

Podium rate: 12.5% dry, 0.0% wet

Win rate

Dry8 races13%(1 wins)

Wet3 races0%(0 wins)

Podium rate

Dry8 races13%(1 podiums)

Wet3 races0%(0 podiums)

Average finish (when classified)

Dry8 racesavg P8.0

Wet3 racesavg P10.0

32 races without track-condition data are not included

By grid positionSmall sample

From Grid 10–15, they move up from an average grid of 12.4 to an average finish of 8.9

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 1–3	2.0 → 2.0	1 wins / 2 races
Grid 4–6	5.0 → 5.0	0 wins / 9 races
Grid 7–9	8.3 → 6.3	0 wins / 7 races
Grid 10–15	12.4 → 8.9	0 wins / 18 races
Grid 16〜	17.4 → 13.5	0 wins / 5 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In MotoGP, best at Sachsenring (average P3.0, 3 races)

Sachsenring3 racesavg P3.0

Valencia3 racesavg P3.7

Jerez3 racesavg P4.5

Donington3 racesavg P5.0

Suzuka1 racesavg P5.0

Brno3 racesavg P6.0

Laguna Seca1 racesavg P6.0

Estoril3 racesavg P8.3

Mugello3 racesavg P8.5

Le Mans3 racesavg P9.0

Catalunya3 racesavg P9.0

Phillip Island2 racesavg P9.0

Welkom2 racesavg P9.0

Sepang2 racesavg P9.5

Assen3 racesavg P10.0

Rio1 racesavg P10.0

Motegi2 races—

Lusail1 races—

Shanghai1 races—

MotoGP: all in the Multiple suppliers era.

250cc 1 races · 1997

250cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; always on the grid Grid 4–6; one circuit only.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1997–2006 (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)1 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 5,541 miles
0.2× around the Earth · 1,971 laps

Time on the bike: at least 42 hours (1.8 days)
Average 144.5 km/h, top 333.5 km/h
Time and average speed only from 2005–2006, the seasons with every session's lap analysis

Travelled between circuits

at least 130,987 miles
5.3× around the Earth · at least 11.9 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

87.5%Start rate (42/48)

6Longest run of absences (races)

42Longest run of starts (races)

14Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

2003 MotoGP P6 · 128 pts

2004 MotoGP P14 · 71 pts

2005 MotoGP P15 · 54 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, 1997–2006 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

2003	Suzuka	grid 13	5 +11
2003	Welkom	grid 9	4 +13
2003	Jerez	grid 2	3 +16
2003	Le Mans		Out on lap 1
2003	Mugello	grid 11	DNF
2003	Catalunya	grid 12	10 +6
2003	Assen	grid 13	9 +7
2003	Donington	grid 6	5 +11
2003	Sachsenring	grid 6	3 +16
2003	Brno	grid 6	3 +16
2003	Estoril	grid 8	6 +10
2003	Rio	grid 5	10 +6
2003	Motegi	grid 10	Out on lap 1
2003	Sepang	grid 11	9 +7
2003	Phillip Island	grid 4	DNF
2003	Valencia	grid 10	7 +9
2004	Welkom	grid 21	14 +2
2004	Jerez	grid 17	DNF
2004	Le Mans	grid 10	8 +8
2004	Mugello		4 +13
2004	Catalunya	grid 10	DNF
2004	Assen	grid 14	DNF
2004	Sachsenring	grid 8	DNF
2004	Donington	grid 4	5 +11
2004	Brno	grid 4	DNF
2004	Estoril	grid 13	8 +8
2004	Motegi	grid 16	DNF
2004	Lusail	grid 8	DNF
2004	Sepang	grid 14	10 +6
2004	Phillip Island	grid 9	9 +7
2004	Valencia	grid 6	3 +16
2005	Jerez	grid 9	6 +10
2005	Estoril	grid 13	11 +5
2005	Shanghai	grid 12	DNF
2005	Le Mans	grid 15	10 +6
2005	Mugello	grid 17	13 +3
2005	Catalunya	grid 15	8 +8
2005	Assen	grid 14	11 +5
2005	Laguna Seca	grid 4	6 +10
2005	Donington	grid 7	DNF
2005	Sachsenring	grid 16	Not restarted
2005	Brno	grid 13	9 +7
2006	Valencia	grid 2	1 +25