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

Riders

Matt Wait

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Nationality: United States
Bike: Honda
Born: June 2, 1976(age 50)
Birthplace: Lodi - CA

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Suzuka in 1998.

In 500cc (1998): 13 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 13 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)

Season by season

500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1998–1998 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

500cc1998–1998

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P15.6

17 pts · Poles 0

1 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, 1998–1998 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1998. Of the 47 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Mick Doohan 5 world titles
14 races together: ahead 2, behind 11, both out 1
Max Biaggi 4 world titles
14 races together: ahead 1, behind 13, both out 0
Alex Criville 2 world titles
14 races together: ahead 2, behind 12, 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 14 races · 1998

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Johor1 racesavg P12.0

Jarama1 racesavg P13.0

Assen1 racesavg P13.0

Phillip Island1 racesavg P13.0

Sachsenring1 racesavg P14.0

Catalunya1 racesavg P14.0

Buenos Aires1 racesavg P17.0

Paul Ricard1 racesavg P18.0

Imola1 racesavg P18.0

Jerez1 racesavg P20.0

Brno1 racesavg P20.0

Suzuka1 races—

Mugello1 races—

Donington1 races—

500cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; always on the grid Grid 16〜.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1998–1998 (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 829 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 304 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 21,129 miles
0.8× around the Earth · at least 1.9 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

100%Start rate (14/14)

0Longest run of absences (races)

14Longest run of starts (races)

0Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1998 500cc P19 · 17 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, 1998–1998 (the rider's racing years)

1998	Suzuka	grid 22	DNF
1998	Johor	grid 22	12 +4
1998	Jerez	grid 21	20
1998	Mugello	grid 21	Out on lap 1
1998	Paul Ricard	grid 21	18
1998	Jarama	grid 17	13 +3
1998	Assen	grid 21	13 +3
1998	Donington	grid 16	DNF
1998	Sachsenring	grid 18	14 +2
1998	Brno	grid 24	20
1998	Imola	grid 20	18
1998	Catalunya	grid 23	14 +2
1998	Phillip Island	grid 18	13 +3
1998	Buenos Aires	grid 20	17