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

Riders

Richard Scott

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Nationality
New Zealand New Zealand
Bike
Yamaha
Born
October 1, 1958(age 68)

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

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Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 500cc at Jerez in 1987.

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In 500cc (1987): 10 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 10 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)

Season by season

500cc ★ Champion

12468101987

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Scope: official results DB, 1987–1987 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

500cc1987–1987
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate0.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P11.6

3 pts · Poles 0

1 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, 1987–1987 (the rider's racing years)

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.

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 11 races · 1987

By grid positionSmall sample

average grid average finish (classified)

15101520Starting Grid 10–15: average grid 12.9 → average finish 11.4 (9 races, 0 wins)Grid 10–15Starting Grid 16〜: average grid 22.5 → average finish 13.0 (2 races, 0 wins)Grid 16〜
Grid 10–1512.9 → 11.40 wins / 9 races
Grid 16〜22.5 → 13.00 wins / 2 races

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Rijeka1 racesavg P9.0
Jerez1 racesavg P10.0
Salzburgring1 racesavg P11.0
Anderstorp1 racesavg P11.0
Brno1 racesavg P13.0
Hockenheim1 racesavg P13.0
Monza1 racesavg P13.0
Donington1 racesavg P13.0
Le Mans1 races—
Assen1 races—
Misano1 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, 1987–1987 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)8 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 626 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 215 laps

Travelled between circuits

at least 3,278 miles
0.1× around the Earth · at least 0.4 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

73.3%Start rate (11/15)
3Longest run of absences (races)
11Longest run of starts (races)
0Estimated points lost to absences
1Win3Podium8Points18No pointsRRetired–Absent
1987 500cc

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? 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, 1987–1987 (the rider's racing years)

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