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

Riders

Kevin Schwantz

Nationality: United States
Bike: Suzuki
Born: June 19, 1964(age 62)
Birthplace: Paige

Photos (13)

1989
At this race · Stu Newby · CC BY-SA 2.0
1989
At this race · Stu Newby · CC BY-SA 2.0
1991
At this race · Rikita · CC BY-SA 3.0
1993
At this race · Rikita · CC BY-SA 3.0
2007
Rikita · CC BY-SA 3.0
2009
This illustration was made by DaiFh. Please credit : DaiFh / Wikimedia Commons Feedback welcome on my french Wp account · CC BY-SA 3.0
2010
Craig Morey · CC BY-SA 2.0
2010
Craig Morey · CC BY-SA 2.0
2014
Rainmaker47 · CC BY-SA 3.0
2014
Rainmaker47 · CC BY-SA 3.0
2014
Rainmaker47 · CC BY-SA 3.0
2014
Rainmaker47 · CC BY-SA 3.0
2017
El Pantera · 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 Paul Ricard in 1986.

In 500cc (1986–1995): 67 starts, 17 wins, 31 podiums.

First podium: Nürburgring 1988 (500cc). First win: Nürburgring 1988 (500cc). World champion: 1993 500cc.

In all, 67 Grand Prix starts, 17 wins and 31 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	1	2'09.239

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, 1986–1995 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

500cc1986–1995 ★ 1 titles (1993)

Win rate24.0%

Podium rate48.1%

Average finish (when classified)avg P3.3

1236.5 pts · Poles 29

Includes 20 points from races with no result in the official records (counted from the official standings).

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

1986	Paul Ricard	grid 12	DNF
1986	Assen	grid 11	DNF
1986	Spa		10 +1
1986	Misano	grid 13	10 +1
1987	Jerez	grid 11	5 +6
1987	Monza	grid 12	8 +3
1987	Le Mans	grid 5	9 +2
1988	Suzuka	grid 3	1 +20
1988	Laguna Seca	grid 4	5 +11
1988	Jarama	grid 6	DNF
1988	Jerez	grid 6	DNF
1988	Imola	grid 5	4 +13
1988	Nürburgring	grid 9	1 +20
1988	Salzburgring	grid 4	4 +13
1988	Assen	grid 11	8 +8
1988	Spa	grid 4	DNF
1988	Paul Ricard		3 +15
1988	Donington		DNF
1988	Anderstorp	grid 12	12 +4
1988	Brno	grid 6	DNF
1988	Goiânia	grid 3	3 +15
1989	Suzuka	grid 3	1 +20
1989	Phillip Island	grid 1	DNF
1989	Laguna Seca		2 +17
1989	Jerez	grid 2	DNF
1989	Misano	grid 1	DNF
1989	Hockenheim	grid 1	DNF
1989	Salzburgring	grid 1	1 +20
1989	Rijeka	grid 1	1 +20
1989	Assen	grid 1	DNF
1989	Spa	grid 1	2 +8.5
1989	Le Mans	grid 2	2 +17
1989	Donington	grid 1	1 +20
1989	Anderstorp	grid 2	DNF
1989	Brno	grid 1	1 +20
1989	Goiânia	grid 2	1 +20
1990	Suzuka	grid 2	3 +15
1990	Laguna Seca	grid 3	DNF
1990	Jerez	grid 6	3 +15
1990	Misano	grid 2	2 +17
1990	Nürburgring	grid 1	1 +20
1990	Salzburgring	grid 1	1 +20
1990	Rijeka	grid 2	2 +17
1990	Assen	grid 1	1 +20
1990	Spa	grid 1	7 +9
1990	Le Mans	grid 1	1 +20
1990	Donington	grid 2	1 +20
1990	Anderstorp	grid 1	DNF
1990	Brno	grid 1	DNF
1990	Hungaroring	grid 3	3 +15
1990	Phillip Island	grid 2	DNF
1991	Suzuka	grid 1	1 +20
1991	Eastern Creek	grid 6	5 +11
1991	Laguna Seca	grid 3	3 +15
1991	Jerez	grid 4	DNF
1991	Misano	grid 3	7 +9
1991	Hockenheim	grid 2	1 +20
1991	Salzburgring	grid 2	3 +15
1991	Jarama	grid 1	4 +13
1991	Assen	grid 1	1 +20
1991	Paul Ricard	grid 4	4 +13
1991	Donington	grid 1	1 +20
1991	Mugello	grid 1	2 +17
1991	Brno	grid 3	5 +11
1991	Le Mans	grid 5	1 +20
1992	Suzuka	grid 1	3 +12
1992	Eastern Creek	grid 4	4 +10
1992	Jerez	grid 4	4 +10
1992	Mugello	grid 2	1 +20
1992	Catalunya	grid 5	4 +10
1992	Hockenheim	grid 3	2 +15
1992	Assen	grid 3	DNF
1992	Hungaroring	grid 5	4 +10
1992	Magny-Cours	grid 7	DNF
1992	Donington	grid 5	DNF
1992	Interlagos	grid 4	7 +4
1992	Kyalami	grid 5	5 +8
1993	Eastern Creek	grid 1	1 +25
1993	Shah Alam	grid 1	3 +16
1993	Jerez	grid 1	1 +25
1993	Salzburgring	grid 1	1 +25
1993	Hockenheim	grid 4	2 +20
1993	Assen	grid 2	1 +25
1993	Catalunya	grid 2	3 +16
1993	Mugello	grid 3	2 +20
1993	Donington	grid 1	DNF
1993	Brno	grid 5	5 +11
1993	Misano	grid 4	3 +16
1993	Laguna Seca	grid 4	4 +13
1993	Jarama	grid 3	3 +16
1994	Eastern Creek	grid 4	4 +13
1994	Shah Alam	grid 10	6 +10
1994	Suzuka	grid 3	1 +25
1994	Jerez	grid 1	2 +20
1994	Salzburgring	grid 2	2 +20
1994	Hockenheim	grid 2	2 +20
1994	Assen	grid 4	5 +11
1994	Mugello	grid 7	3 +16
1994	Le Mans	grid 5	DNF
1994	Donington	grid 2	1 +25
1994	Brno	grid 6	7 +9
1995	Eastern Creek	grid 5	5 +11
1995	Shah Alam	grid 7	4 +13
1995	Suzuka	grid 10	6 +10

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1986–1995 (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 1986. Of the 63 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Mick Doohan 5 world titles
75 races together: ahead 34, behind 38, both out 3
Eddie Lawson 4 world titles
70 races together: ahead 32, behind 35, both out 3
Wayne Rainey 3 world titles
80 races together: ahead 35, behind 43, both out 2
Luca Cadalora 3 world titles
26 races together: ahead 15, behind 11, 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 104 races · 1986–1995

By grid position

Starting Grid 1–3: average finish 2.0

average grid average finish (classified)

Grid 1–3	1.7 → 2.0	23 wins / 58 races
Grid 4–6	4.8 → 4.5	1 wins / 29 races
Grid 7–9	7.5 → 2.7	1 wins / 4 races
Grid 10–15	11.3 → 7.9	0 wins / 9 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

In 500cc, best at Donington (average P1.0, 7 races)

Donington7 racesavg P1.0

Nürburgring2 racesavg P1.0

Rijeka2 racesavg P1.5

Hockenheim5 racesavg P1.8

Salzburgring6 racesavg P2.0

Mugello4 racesavg P2.0

Goiânia2 racesavg P2.0

Suzuka7 racesavg P2.3

Jerez8 racesavg P3.0

Assen8 racesavg P3.2

Le Mans5 racesavg P3.3

Laguna Seca5 racesavg P3.5

Paul Ricard3 racesavg P3.5

Jarama3 racesavg P3.5

Catalunya2 racesavg P3.5

Hungaroring2 racesavg P3.5

Eastern Creek5 racesavg P3.8

Imola1 racesavg P4.0

Shah Alam3 racesavg P4.3

Brno6 racesavg P4.5

Kyalami1 racesavg P5.0

Misano5 racesavg P5.5

Spa4 racesavg P6.3

Interlagos1 racesavg P7.0

Monza1 racesavg P8.0

Anderstorp3 racesavg P12.0

Phillip Island2 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, 1986–1995 (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)79 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 5,632 miles
0.2× around the Earth · 2,004 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 173,443 miles
7.0× around the Earth · at least 15.8 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

94%Start rate (94/100)

3Longest run of absences (races)

49Longest run of starts (races)

68Estimated points lost to absences

1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent

1988 500cc P8 · 119 pts

1989 500cc P4 · 162.5 pts

1990 500cc P2 · 188 pts

1991 500cc P3 · 204 pts

1992 500cc P4 · 99 pts

1993 500cc P1 · 248 pts

1994 500cc P4 · 169 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, 1986–1995 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data