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

Riders

James Ellison

Nationality: United Kingdom
Number: 77
Team (2012 MotoGP): Paul Bird Motorsport
Bike: ART
Born: September 19, 1980(age 46)
Birthplace: Kendal
Height / weight: 172 cm / 66 kg (official profile, fetched October 2026; weight and height change over time)

Photos (18)

2005
At this race · Oz · CC BY 2.0
2005
At this race · Oz · CC BY 2.0
2005
At this race · Oz from Near Bristol, UK · CC BY 2.0
2005
At this race · Oz · CC BY 2.0
2009
Stuart Bassil from Norwich, England · CC BY 2.0
2009
Stuart Bassil from Norwich, England · CC BY 2.0
2009
Stuart Bassil from Norwich, England · CC BY 2.0
2012
At this race · Andrew Napier · CC BY 2.0
2012
At this race · Raniel Diaz · CC BY 2.0
2013
Smudge 9000 from North Kent Coast, England · CC BY-SA 2.0
2013
Smudge 9000 from North Kent Coast, England · CC BY-SA 2.0
2013
Steffan Bowen · CC BY-SA 3.0
2014
Steffan Bowen · CC BY-SA 3.0
2014
Mark Walker · CC BY-SA 2.0
2015
4SR - For Street Racing · CC BY-SA 2.0
2015
4SR - For Street Racing · CC BY-SA 2.0
2017
4SR - For Street Racing · CC BY-SA 2.0
2018
4SR - For Street Racing · CC BY-SA 2.0

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 Brno in 2004.

In MotoGP (2004–2012): 57 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. Teams: Blata WCM, Tech 3 Yamaha, Paul Bird Motorsport.

In all, 57 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: 2004 MotoGP (RIO)

Season by season

MotoGP ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 2004–2012 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

MotoGP2004–2012

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P15.0

71 pts · Poles 0

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 2004–2012 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Strongest and weakest circuits

1.9 places better on slow tracks than on fast tracks

Strong

Valencia 1.3 places better than usual (3 finishes)
Lusail 1.0 places better than usual (4 finishes)
Sepang 1.0 places better than usual (3 finishes)

Weak

Brno 2.4 places worse than usual (3 finishes)
Phillip Island 1.5 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 2004. Of the 21 riders who debuted that year, 1 also raced in 2026.

Valentino Rossi 9 world titles
57 races together: ahead 5, behind 51, both out 1
Jorge Lorenzo 5 world titles
18 races together: ahead 2, behind 16, both out 0
Max Biaggi 4 world titles
22 races together: ahead 3, behind 18, both out 1
Loris Capirossi 3 world titles
36 races together: ahead 1, behind 35, 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)

MotoGP 57 races · 2004–2012

By tyre era

Podium rate: 0.0% with Bridgestone, 0.0% with Multiple suppliers

Win rate

Multiple suppliers39 races0%(0 wins)

Bridgestone18 races0%(0 wins)

Podium rate

Multiple suppliers39 races0%(0 podiums)

Bridgestone18 races0%(0 podiums)

Average finish (when classified)

Multiple suppliers39 racesavg P15.6

Bridgestone18 racesavg P13.6

Dry / wet

Podium rate: 0.0% dry, 0.0% wet

Win rate

Dry41 races0%(0 wins)

Wet8 races0%(0 wins)

Podium rate

Dry41 races0%(0 podiums)

Wet8 races0%(0 podiums)

Average finish (when classified)

Dry41 racesavg P15.0

Wet8 racesavg P12.0

8 races without track-condition data are not included

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In MotoGP, best at Le Mans (average P12.5, 3 races)

Le Mans3 racesavg P12.5

Misano1 racesavg P13.0

Valencia4 racesavg P14.0

Sachsenring3 racesavg P14.0

Donington2 racesavg P14.0

Silverstone1 racesavg P14.0

Aragón1 racesavg P14.0

Sepang4 racesavg P14.3

Catalunya3 racesavg P14.3

Laguna Seca3 racesavg P14.5

Motegi2 racesavg P14.5

Shanghai2 racesavg P14.5

Estoril4 racesavg P14.7

Lusail4 racesavg P14.8

Mugello3 racesavg P15.0

Indianapolis1 racesavg P15.0

Jerez3 racesavg P16.0

Assen3 racesavg P16.5

Brno4 racesavg P17.0

Phillip Island4 racesavg P17.3

Istanbul2 racesavg P18.0

MotoGP: always on the grid Grid 16〜.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 2004–2012 (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 15,977 miles
0.6× around the Earth · 5,591 laps

Time on the bike: at least 178 hours (7.4 days)
Average 141 km/h, top 335 km/h
Time and average speed only from 2005–2012, the seasons with every session's lap analysis

Travelled between circuits

at least 179,155 miles
7.2× around the Earth · at least 16.2 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

98.1%Start rate (51/52)

1Longest run of absences (races)

40Longest run of starts (races)

0Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

2005 MotoGP P23 · 7 pts

2006 MotoGP P18 · 26 pts

2007〜2011 no Grand Prix starts

2012 MotoGP P16 · 35 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, 2004–2012 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

2004	Brno	grid 22	DNF
2004	Estoril	grid 21	16
2004	Lusail	grid 20	13 +3
2004	Sepang	grid 23	18
2004	Phillip Island	grid 23	22
2004	Valencia	grid 23	19
2005	Jerez	grid 21	16
2005	Estoril	grid 17	15 +1
2005	Shanghai	grid 21	13 +3
2005	Le Mans	grid 20	DNF
2005	Mugello	grid 20	Out on lap 1
2005	Catalunya	grid 20	18
2005	Assen	grid 20	19
2005	Laguna Seca	grid 20	16
2005	Donington	grid 20	DNF
2005	Sachsenring	grid 19	Not restarted
2005	Brno	grid 18	19
2005	Sepang	grid 20	DNF
2005	Lusail	grid 18	15 +1
2005	Phillip Island	grid 17	14 +2
2005	Istanbul	grid 18	18
2005	Valencia	grid 19	DNF
2006	Jerez	grid 18	16
2006	Lusail	grid 17	13 +3
2006	Istanbul	grid 19	18
2006	Shanghai	grid 17	16
2006	Le Mans	grid 17	14 +2
2006	Mugello	grid 17	16
2006	Catalunya	grid 18	9 +7
2006	Assen	grid 14	DNF
2006	Donington	grid 16	14 +2
2006	Sachsenring	grid 17	13 +3
2006	Laguna Seca	grid 18	13 +3
2006	Brno	grid 16	17
2006	Sepang	grid 18	16
2006	Phillip Island	grid 18	16
2006	Motegi	grid 19	15 +1
2006	Estoril	grid 17	13 +3
2006	Valencia	grid 19	14 +2
2012	Lusail	grid 21	18
2012	Jerez	grid 20	DNF
2012	Estoril	grid 18	DNF
2012	Le Mans	grid 16	11 +5
2012	Catalunya	grid 17	16
2012	Silverstone	grid 17	14 +2
2012	Assen	grid 19	14 +2
2012	Sachsenring	grid 19	15 +1
2012	Mugello	grid 16	14 +2
2012	Laguna Seca	grid 21	DNF
2012	Indianapolis	grid 17	15 +1
2012	Brno	grid 17	15 +1
2012	Misano	grid 16	13 +3
2012	Aragón	grid 20	14 +2
2012	Motegi	grid 20	14 +2
2012	Sepang	grid 16	9 +7
2012	Phillip Island	grid 17	DNF
2012	Valencia	grid 20	9 +7