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

Riders

Andreas Meklau

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Nationality: Austria
Bike: ROC Yamaha
Born: June 7, 1967(age 59)

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Eastern Creek in 1993.

In 500cc (1993): 8 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 8 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	34

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

500cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1993–1993 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

500cc1993–1993

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P18.9

3 pts · Poles 0

5 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, 1993–1993 (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 1993. Of the 53 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Mick Doohan 5 world titles
12 races together: ahead 4, behind 8, both out 0
Luca Cadalora 3 world titles
12 races together: ahead 1, behind 10, both out 1
Wayne Rainey 3 world titles
11 races together: ahead 1, behind 10, both out 0
Alex Criville 2 world titles
13 races together: ahead 3, behind 9, 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)

500cc 13 races · 1993

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Catalunya1 racesavg P13.0

Assen1 racesavg P17.0

Donington1 racesavg P17.0

Jerez1 racesavg P18.0

Brno1 racesavg P18.0

Hockenheim1 racesavg P18.0

Eastern Creek1 racesavg P19.0

Laguna Seca1 racesavg P19.0

Shah Alam1 racesavg P21.0

Salzburgring1 racesavg P24.0

Misano1 racesavg P24.0

Mugello1 races—

Jarama1 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, 1993–1993 (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)13 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 890 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 320 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 10,820 miles
0.4× around the Earth · at least 1.1 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

100%Start rate (13/13)

0Longest run of absences (races)

13Longest run of starts (races)

0Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1993 500cc P36 · 3 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, 1993–1993 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

1993	Eastern Creek	grid 30	19
1993	Shah Alam	grid 26	21
1993	Jerez	grid 27	18
1993	Salzburgring	grid 25	24
1993	Hockenheim	grid 24	18
1993	Assen	grid 26	17
1993	Catalunya	grid 23	13 +3
1993	Mugello	grid 23	DNF
1993	Donington	grid 24	17
1993	Brno	grid 28	18
1993	Misano	grid 32	24
1993	Laguna Seca	grid 32	19
1993	Jarama	grid 30	DNF