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

Riders

Juan Lopez Mella

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Nationality: Spain
Bike: Suzuki

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 250cc at Jerez in 1987.

In 250cc (1987–1988): 4 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1989–1994): 25 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 29 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
1993	Japanese GP	500cc	20

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: 1993 500cc (JPN)

Season by season

250cc500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1987–1994 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1987–1988

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P23.5

0 pts · Poles 0

500cc1989–1994

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P13.3

76 pts · Poles 0

16 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, 1987–1994 (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 1987. Of the 78 riders who debuted that year, 1 also raced in 2026.

Mick Doohan 5 world titles
35 races together: ahead 4, behind 29, both out 2
Eddie Lawson 4 world titles
15 races together: ahead 1, behind 13, both out 1
Luca Cadalora 3 world titles
27 races together: ahead 3, behind 23, both out 1
Wayne Rainey 3 world titles
26 races together: ahead 4, behind 21, both out 1

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 43 races · 250cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Catalunya (average P11.7, 3 races)

Donington500cc 2avg P7.0

Laguna Seca500cc 1avg P10.0

Catalunya500cc 3avg P11.7

Misano500cc 2avg P12.0

Salzburgring500cc 3avg P13.0

Shah Alam500cc 2avg P13.0

Eastern Creek500cc 2avg P13.0

Kyalami500cc 1avg P13.0

Mugello500cc 3avg P14.0

Le Mans500cc 2avg P14.0

Hockenheim500cc 4avg P14.3

Brno500cc 3avg P15.0

Goiânia500cc 1avg P15.0

Suzuka500cc 1avg P15.0

Anderstorp500cc 1avg P15.0

Jerez250cc 2 · 500cc 4avg P15.8

Nürburgring250cc 1avg P22.0

Assen500cc 3—

Jarama250cc 1 · 500cc 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.

500cc 39 races · 1989–1994

By grid positionSmall sample

From Grid 10–15, they move up from an average grid of 12.9 to an average finish of 11.3

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 10–15	12.9 → 11.3	0 wins / 14 races
Grid 16〜	19.6 → 14.6	0 wins / 25 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Catalunya (average P11.7, 3 races)

Donington2 racesavg P7.0

Laguna Seca1 racesavg P10.0

Catalunya3 racesavg P11.7

Misano2 racesavg P12.0

Salzburgring3 racesavg P13.0

Shah Alam2 racesavg P13.0

Eastern Creek2 racesavg P13.0

Kyalami1 racesavg P13.0

Jerez4 racesavg P13.5

Mugello3 racesavg P14.0

Le Mans2 racesavg P14.0

Hockenheim4 racesavg P14.3

Brno3 racesavg P15.0

Goiânia1 racesavg P15.0

Suzuka1 racesavg P15.0

Anderstorp1 racesavg P15.0

Assen3 races—

Jarama1 races—

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

250cc 4 races · 1987–1988

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Nürburgring1 racesavg P22.0

Jerez2 racesavg P25.0

Jarama1 races—

250cc: 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, 1987–1994 (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)35 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 2,238 miles
0.1× around the Earth · 775 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 43,469 miles
1.7× around the Earth · at least 4.1 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%Start rate (34/42)

3Longest run of absences (races)

27Longest run of starts (races)

12Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1989 500cc P40 · 4 pts

1990〜1992 no Grand Prix starts

1993 500cc P12 · 46 pts

1994 500cc P16 · 26 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, 1987–1994 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

1987	Jerez		DNF
1987	Jarama	grid 33	DNF
1988	Jerez	grid 36	25
1988	Nürburgring	grid 33	22

1989	Jerez	grid 17	14 +2
1989	Misano	grid 21	DNF
1989	Hockenheim	grid 30	19
1989	Salzburgring	grid 18	DNF
1989	Assen	grid 30	DNF
1989	Le Mans	grid 25	18
1989	Donington	grid 24	DNF
1989	Anderstorp	grid 16	15 +1
1989	Brno	grid 15	16
1989	Goiânia	grid 16	15 +1
1992	Jerez	grid 21	19
1992	Mugello	grid 20	18
1992	Catalunya	grid 19	15
1992	Hockenheim	grid 22	12
1992	Assen		Did not start
1992	Interlagos		Did not start
1992	Kyalami	grid 16	13
1993	Eastern Creek	grid 19	DNF
1993	Shah Alam	grid 12	13 +3
1993	Jerez	grid 10	8 +8
1993	Salzburgring	grid 16	13 +3
1993	Hockenheim	grid 15	14 +2
1993	Assen	grid 16	DNF
1993	Catalunya	grid 12	7 +9
1993	Mugello	grid 13	DNF
1993	Donington	grid 11	7 +9
1993	Brno	grid 15	14 +2
1993	Misano	grid 11	12 +4
1993	Laguna Seca	grid 14	10 +6
1993	Jarama	grid 10	DNF
1994	Eastern Creek	grid 14	13 +3
1994	Shah Alam	grid 14	DNF
1994	Suzuka	grid 20	15 +1
1994	Jerez	grid 17	13 +3
1994	Salzburgring	grid 19	DNF
1994	Hockenheim	grid 19	12 +4
1994	Assen	grid 17	DNF
1994	Mugello	grid 15	10 +6
1994	Le Mans	grid 16	10 +6
1994	Brno	grid 17	DNF
1994	Buenos Aires		Did not start
1994	Catalunya	grid 18	13 +3