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

Riders

Neil Hodgson

Nationality: United Kingdom
Bike: Ducati
Born: November 20, 1973(age 52)
Birthplace: Burnley

Photos (3)

2008
Don France original from Flickr · CC BY 2.0
2008
Don France · CC BY 2.0
2024
Marcus Liversedge · CC BY 3.0

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 125cc at Eastern Creek in 1993.

In 125cc (1993–1994): 14 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1994–1995): 11 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In MotoGP (2004): 15 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 40 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
2004	RIO GRAND PRIX	MotoGP	19	1'51.031

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

125cc500ccMotoGP ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1992–2004 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

125cc1992–1994

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P18.0

18 pts · Poles 0

13 of these races have no result in the official data; their results come from the Italian Wikipedia.

500cc1994–1995

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P12.4

55 pts · Poles 0

4 of these races have no result in the official data; their results come from the Italian Wikipedia.

MotoGP2004–2004

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P12.0

38 pts · Poles 0

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1992–2004 (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 1992. Of the 46 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Valentino Rossi 9 world titles
15 races together: ahead 0, behind 14, both out 1
Mick Doohan 5 world titles
15 races together: ahead 2, behind 13, both out 0
Jorge Martinez 4 world titles
27 races together: ahead 2, behind 23, both out 2
Max Biaggi 4 world titles
15 races together: ahead 2, behind 12, 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 57 races · 125cc / 500cc / MotoGP

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In All classes, best at Brno (average P10.7, 4 races)

MotegiMotoGP 1avg P8.0

Brno125cc 2 · 500cc 1 · MotoGP 1avg P10.7

Rio500cc 1avg P11.0

Jerez125cc 2 · 500cc 1 · MotoGP 1avg P12.0

Buenos Aires500cc 2avg P12.5

SachsenringMotoGP 1avg P13.0

Catalunya125cc 1 · 500cc 2 · MotoGP 1avg P14.0

Assen125cc 2 · 500cc 1 · MotoGP 1avg P14.0

Le Mans125cc 1 · 500cc 1 · MotoGP 1avg P14.0

Nürburgring500cc 1avg P14.0

Donington125cc 3 · 500cc 1 · MotoGP 1avg P14.8

Mugello125cc 2 · 500cc 1 · MotoGP 1avg P15.0

Suzuka125cc 2 · 500cc 1avg P15.0

Misano125cc 1avg P15.0

ValenciaMotoGP 1avg P15.0

Shah Alam125cc 2 · 500cc 1avg P17.0

Phillip IslandMotoGP 1avg P18.0

Laguna Seca125cc 2avg P18.5

Eastern Creek125cc 2 · 500cc 1avg P20.0

Hockenheim125cc 2avg P20.0

Salzburgring125cc 2avg P27.0

SepangMotoGP 1—

LusailMotoGP 1—

EstorilMotoGP 1—

WelkomMotoGP 1—

Jarama125cc 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.

MotoGP 15 races · 2004

By grid positionSmall sample

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 10–15	13.7 → 10.5	0 wins / 6 races
Grid 16〜	18.1 → 12.7	0 wins / 8 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Motegi1 racesavg P8.0

Assen1 racesavg P10.0

Donington1 racesavg P10.0

Mugello1 racesavg P11.0

Brno1 racesavg P11.0

Catalunya1 racesavg P12.0

Sachsenring1 racesavg P13.0

Valencia1 racesavg P15.0

Phillip Island1 racesavg P18.0

Welkom1 races—

Jerez1 races—

Le Mans1 races—

Sepang1 races—

Lusail1 races—

Estoril1 races—

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

500cc 15 races · 1994–1995

By grid positionSmall sample

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 4–6	5.0 → 10.5	0 wins / 2 races
Grid 10–15	11.9 → 10.9	0 wins / 8 races
Grid 16〜	21.0 → 16.3	0 wins / 5 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Donington1 racesavg P7.0

Le Mans1 racesavg P8.0

Brno1 racesavg P10.0

Rio1 racesavg P11.0

Jerez1 racesavg P12.0

Buenos Aires2 racesavg P12.5

Catalunya2 racesavg P12.5

Assen1 racesavg P13.0

Suzuka1 racesavg P14.0

Mugello1 racesavg P14.0

Nürburgring1 racesavg P14.0

Eastern Creek1 racesavg P20.0

Shah Alam1 races—

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

125cc 27 races · 1992–1994

By grid positionSmall sample

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 10–15	12.7 → 15.5	0 wins / 3 races
Grid 16〜	23.1 → 18.3	0 wins / 24 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Brno2 racesavg P11.0

Jerez2 racesavg P12.0

Misano1 racesavg P15.0

Suzuka2 racesavg P16.0

Assen2 racesavg P16.5

Shah Alam2 racesavg P17.0

Laguna Seca2 racesavg P18.5

Donington3 racesavg P19.0

Catalunya1 racesavg P19.0

Mugello2 racesavg P20.0

Hockenheim2 racesavg P20.0

Le Mans1 racesavg P20.0

Salzburgring2 racesavg P27.0

Eastern Creek2 races—

Jarama1 races—

125cc: 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, 1992–2004 (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)39 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 3,193 miles
0.1× around the Earth · 1,116 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 125,532 miles
5.0× around the Earth · at least 11.4 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

96.4%Start rate (54/56)

2Longest run of absences (races)

28Longest run of starts (races)

0Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1993 125cc P24 · 18 pts

1994 125cc

1995 500cc P11 · 54 pts

1996〜2003 no Grand Prix starts

2004 MotoGP P17 · 38 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, 1992–2004 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

1992	Donington	grid 27	26
1993	Eastern Creek	grid 23	DNF
1993	Shah Alam	grid 27	DNF
1993	Suzuka	grid 22	16
1993	Jerez	grid 25	12 +4
1993	Salzburgring	grid 26	DNF
1993	Hockenheim	grid 16	24
1993	Assen	grid 25	15 +1
1993	Catalunya	grid 27	19
1993	Mugello	grid 22	20
1993	Donington	grid 15	10 +6
1993	Brno	grid 22	11 +5
1993	Misano	grid 22	15 +1
1993	Laguna Seca	grid 20	15 +1
1993	Jarama	grid 17	DNF
1994	Eastern Creek	grid 22	DNF
1994	Shah Alam	grid 22	17
1994	Suzuka	grid 24	DNF
1994	Jerez	grid 18	DNF
1994	Salzburgring	grid 26	27
1994	Hockenheim	grid 25	16
1994	Assen	grid 26	18
1994	Mugello	grid 24	DNF
1994	Le Mans	grid 27	20
1994	Donington	grid 11	21
1994	Brno	grid 12	DNF
1994	Laguna Seca	grid 20	22

1994	Buenos Aires	grid 22	15 +1
1994	Catalunya	grid 20	16
1995	Eastern Creek	grid 24	20
1995	Shah Alam	grid 22	DNF
1995	Suzuka	grid 17	14 +2
1995	Jerez	grid 13	12 +4
1995	Nürburgring	grid 14	14 +2
1995	Mugello	grid 12	14 +2
1995	Assen	grid 14	13 +3
1995	Le Mans	grid 11	8 +8
1995	Donington	grid 10	7 +9
1995	Brno	grid 10	10 +6
1995	Rio	grid 6	11 +5
1995	Buenos Aires	grid 4	10 +6
1995	Catalunya	grid 11	9 +7

2004	Welkom	grid 15	DNF
2004	Jerez	grid 18	DNF
2004	Le Mans	grid 14	Out on lap 1
2004	Mugello		11 +5
2004	Catalunya	grid 17	12 +4
2004	Assen	grid 20	10 +6
2004	Sachsenring	grid 19	13 +3
2004	Donington	grid 13	10 +6
2004	Brno	grid 12	11 +5
2004	Estoril	grid 15	DNF
2004	Motegi	grid 17	8 +8
2004	Lusail	grid 13	DNF
2004	Sepang	grid 17	DNF
2004	Phillip Island	grid 19	18
2004	Valencia	grid 18	15 +1