Mick Doohan : biography
4 June 1965 –
Michael "Mick" Doohan AM (born in Brisbane, Australia) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion, who won five consecutive 500 cc World Championships. Only Giacomo Agostini with eight (seven consecutive) and Valentino Rossi with seven (five consecutive) have won more premier class titles.
Grand Prix career statistics
This section lists Doohan’s Grand Prix achievements. Points system from 1988 to 1992
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
Points | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Points system from 1993
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Class | Team | Machine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Points | Rank | Wins |
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1989 | 500cc | Rothmans Honda | NSR500 | JPNRet | AUS8 | USA8 | ESPRet | NATRet | GER3 | AUT8 | YUG6 | NED9 | BEL8 | FRA8 | GBR- | SWE- | CZE- | BRA4 | 81 | 9th | 0 | |
1990 | 500cc | Rothmans Honda | NSR500 | JPNRet | USA2 | ESP4 | NAT3 | GERRet | AUT3 | YUG4 | NED4 | BEL6 | FRA4 | GBR4 | SWE4 | CZE9 | HUN1 | AUS2 | 179 | 3rd | 1 | |
1991 | 500cc | Rothmans Honda | NSR500 | JPN2 | AUS2 | USA2 | ESP1 | ITA1 | GER3 | AUT1 | EUR2 | NEDRet | FRA2 | GBR3 | SMR3 | CZE2 | VDM2 | MAL3 | 224 | 2nd | 3 | |
1992 | 500cc | Rothmans Honda | NSR500 | JPN1 | AUS1 | MAL1 | ESP1 | ITA2 | EUR2 | GER1 | NEDDNS | HUNINJ | FRAINJ | GBRINJ | BRA12 | RSA6 | 136 | 2nd | 5 | |||
1993 | 500cc | Rothmans Honda | NSR500 | AUSRet | MAL4 | JPN7 | ESP4 | AUT2 | GERRet | NED2 | EUR2 | SMR1 | GBRRet | CZE3 | ITA2 | USARet | FIMINJ | 156 | 4th | 1 | ||
1994 | 500cc | HRC Honda | NSR500 | AUS3 | MAL1 | JPN2 | ESP1 | AUT1 | GER1 | NED1 | ITA1 | FRA1 | GBR2 | CZE1 | USA3 | ARG1 | EUR2 | 317 | 1st | 9 | ||
1995 | 500cc | Repsol Honda | NSR500 | AUS1 | MAL1 | JPN2 | ESPRet | GERRet | ITA1 | NED1 | FRA1 | GBR1 | CZE2 | BRA2 | ARG1 | EUR4 | 248 | 1st | 7 | |||
1996 | 500cc | Repsol Honda | NSR500 | MAL5 | INA1 | JPN6 | ESP1 | ITA1 | FRA1 | NED1 | GER2 | GBR1 | AUT2 | CZE2 | IMO1 | CAT2 | BRA1 | AUS8 | 309 | 1st | 8 | |
1997 | 500cc | Repsol Honda | NSR500 | MAL1 | JPN1 | ESP2 | ITA1 | AUT1 | FRA1 | NED1 | IMO1 | GER1 | BRA1 | GBR1 | CZE1 | CAT1 | INA2 | AUSRet | 340 | 1st | 12 | |
1998 | 500cc | Repsol Honda | NSR500 | JPNRet | MAL1 | ESP2 | ITA1 | FRA2 | MADRet | NED1 | GBR2 | GER1 | CZERet | IMO1 | CAT1 | AUS1 | ARG1 | 260 | 1st | 8 | ||
1999 | 500cc | Repsol Honda | NSR500 | MAL4 | JPN2 | ESPDNS | FRA- | ITA- | CAT- | NED- | GBR- | GER- | CZE- | IMO- | VAL- | AUS- | RSA- | BRA- | ARG- | 33 | 17th | 0 |