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

Riders

Eddie Laycock

Nationality: Ireland
Bike: ROC Yamaha
Born: May 25, 1961(age 65)

Photos (3)

1987
Anthony Colton · CC BY-SA 4.0
1988
Anthony Colton · CC BY-SA 4.0
1991
Anthony Colton · 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 500cc at Jarama in 1988.

In 500cc (1988–1992): 32 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 32 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
1988	YUGOSLAVIAN GRAND PRIX	500cc	29

Season by season

500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1988–1992 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

500cc1988–1992

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P13.5

93 pts · Poles 0

15 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, 1988–1992 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1988. Of the 55 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Mick Doohan 5 world titles
35 races together: ahead 1, behind 33, both out 1
Eddie Lawson 4 world titles
44 races together: ahead 5, behind 39, both out 0
Wayne Rainey 3 world titles
45 races together: ahead 3, behind 41, both out 1
Sito Pons 2 world titles
14 races together: ahead 5, behind 9, 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 47 races · 1988–1992

By grid positionSmall sample

From Grid 10–15, they move up from an average grid of 13.0 to an average finish of 10.9

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 10–15	13.0 → 10.9	0 wins / 20 races
Grid 16〜	20.1 → 15.5	0 wins / 22 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Jerez (average P12.3, 5 races)

Misano1 racesavg P10.0

Salzburgring1 racesavg P10.0

Shah Alam2 racesavg P11.0

Phillip Island1 racesavg P11.0

Jarama2 racesavg P12.0

Hungaroring2 racesavg P12.0

Jerez5 racesavg P12.3

Mugello2 racesavg P12.5

Hockenheim2 racesavg P12.5

Le Mans3 racesavg P12.7

Eastern Creek2 racesavg P13.0

Laguna Seca1 racesavg P13.0

Donington4 racesavg P13.3

Assen5 racesavg P13.7

Brno4 racesavg P14.0

Spa3 racesavg P14.7

Kyalami1 racesavg P18.0

Catalunya1 racesavg P19.0

Interlagos1 racesavg P20.0

Paul Ricard1 racesavg P21.0

Suzuka2 races—

Magny-Cours1 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, 1988–1992 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)36 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 2,363 miles
0.1× around the Earth · 827 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 56,690 miles
2.3× around the Earth · at least 5.3 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

81.4%Start rate (35/43)

4Longest run of absences (races)

18Longest run of starts (races)

27.3Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1990 500cc P17 · 30 pts

1991 500cc P12 · 57 pts

1992 500cc P20 · 4 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, 1988–1992 (the rider's racing years)

1988	Jarama	grid 26	DNF
1988	Jerez	grid 19	DNF
1988	Assen	grid 25	20
1988	Spa	grid 26	17
1988	Paul Ricard		21
1988	Donington		17
1988	Brno	grid 27	DNF
1989	Jerez	grid 21	15 +1
1989	Assen	grid 19	Finished
1989	Spa	grid 19	14 +1
1989	Le Mans	grid 19	16
1989	Brno	grid 17	17
1990	Jerez	grid 13	11 +5
1990	Assen	grid 17	12 +4
1990	Spa	grid 16	13 +3
1990	Le Mans	grid 15	11 +5
1990	Donington	grid 15	12 +4
1990	Brno	grid 16	14 +2
1990	Hungaroring	grid 16	14 +2
1990	Phillip Island	grid 15	11 +5
1991	Suzuka		DNF
1991	Eastern Creek	grid 15	13 +3
1991	Laguna Seca		13 +3
1991	Jerez	grid 12	11 +5
1991	Misano	grid 12	10 +6
1991	Hockenheim	grid 11	10 +6
1991	Salzburgring	grid 11	10 +6
1991	Jarama	grid 11	12 +4
1991	Assen	grid 14	DNF
1991	Donington	grid 14	11 +5
1991	Mugello	grid 14	11 +5
1991	Brno	grid 11	11 +5
1991	Le Mans	grid 13	11 +5
1991	Shah Alam	grid 12	12 +4
1992	Suzuka		Out on lap 1
1992	Eastern Creek	grid 13	DNF
1992	Shah Alam	grid 13	10 +1
1992	Jerez	grid 16	DNF
1992	Mugello	grid 17	14
1992	Catalunya	grid 22	19
1992	Hockenheim	grid 18	15
1992	Assen	grid 11	9 +2
1992	Hungaroring	grid 20	10 +1
1992	Magny-Cours	grid 20	DNF
1992	Donington	grid 15	DNF
1992	Interlagos	grid 24	20
1992	Kyalami	grid 22	18