![[MOTOGP – STUDIES] : Valentino Rossi and his performances by circuit (1996-2021)](https://virageduraccordement.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/12437219663_ebd575951a_o.jpg?w=1024)
To this day, as I am writing this in July of 2025, Valentino Rossi still tops the charts in terms of total number of podiums and wins across all classes.
You might already know that Valentino’s first win came in Brno in 1996 and his last one in Assen in 2017. You might already be aware that he scored his biggest amount of wins in Assen and Barcelona (10 each) and also had fairly successful results in circuits like Jerez and Phillip Island. But what about the other 33 tracks Valentino raced at between Shah Alam in 1996 and Valencia in 2021? Time to dive into it.
This article will look into wins and podiums but also average position finishes, all results considered.
general notes
A dash in a « wins » or « podiums » column means that Valentino never raced there in the category associated with that column.
racing : where & when
From 1996 to 2021, Valentino raced on 37 different tracks for a total of 30 125cc races, 30 250cc races, 32 500cc races and 340 MotoGP races. The repartition of those races by circuit went as follows in the next table.
| Circuit | 125cc | 250cc | 500cc | MotoGP | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerez | 2 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 27 |
| Le Mans | 2 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 26 |
| Barcelona-Catalunya | 2 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 25 |
| Brno | 2 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 25 |
| Assen | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 24 |
| Mugello | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 24 |
| Valencia | – | 1 | 2 | 21 | 24 |
| Phillip Island | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 23 |
| Sachsenring | – | 2 | 2 | 19 | 23 |
| Motegi | – | 1 | 2 | 18 | 21 |
| Sepang | – | 1 | 2 | 17 | 20 |
| Losail | – | – | – | 18 | 18 |
| Misano | – | – | – | 16 | 16 |
| Donington Park | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| Estoril | – | – | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| Aragon | – | – | – | 11 | 11 |
| Spielberg | 2 | – | – | 8 | 10 |
| Laguna Seca | – | – | – | 9 | 9 |
| Silverstone | – | – | – | 9 | 9 |
| COTA | – | – | – | 8 | 8 |
| Indianapolis | – | – | – | 8 | 8 |
| Jacarepagua | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Suzuka | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Termas de Rio Hondo | – | – | – | 6 | 6 |
| Welkom | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Imola | 2 | 2 | – | – | 4 |
| Shanghai | – | – | – | 4 | 4 |
| Istanbul Park | – | – | – | 3 | 3 |
| Portimao | – | – | – | 3 | 3 |
| Buenos Aires | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| Buriram | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| Nürburgring | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Sentul | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Shah Alam | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Eastern Creek | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Jarama | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Johor | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
A visual representation of the tracks that Valentino visited each season is presented below.
Tracks visited each season (ordered by the date of Valentino’s first race there)
There are two circuits that Valentino visited every single season from 1996 to 2021 : Jerez and Le Mans. The only reason Jerez has a higher total (27 starts for 26 seasons) is because Valentino raced there twice in 2020, during the Covid season.
Barcelona and Brno are close behind with 25 starts. Valentino missed the 2010 round in Barcelona from the leg he broke in Mugello and MotoGP didn’t race in Brno in 2021.
Despite, or rather in direction connection with, his longevity in the sport, Valentino only missed races on 3 occasions between 1996 and 2021 :
- Mugello 2010 -> Barcelona 2010 (4 races) : broken right leg,
- Misano 2017 (one race) : fractured tibia & fibula of the right leg,
- Aragon 2020 -> Teruel 2020 (2 races) : covid.
These low numbers mean that the stats around Valentino’s starts almost perfectly represent the calendar during his active racing years.
There are :
- 10 circuits that he raced in all categories (from 125cc to MotoGP),
- 3 circuits that he only visited once,
- 13 circuits that appeared or came back on the calendar once Valentino was in MotoGP (that he had never raced before in lower categories).
His top 5 countries visited are :
- Spain : 88 races on 5 different tracks,
- Italy : 44 races on 3 different tracks,
- Japan : 28 races on 2 different tracks,
- France : 26 races on one track.
Despite the seasons where MotoGP went racing in the USA multiple times in the same season, Valentino had 25 starts across all 3 circuits visited (Laguna Seca, Indianapolis, COTA), all races happening in MotoGP between 2005 and 2021.
results
wins
when
Wins per season
Across his career, Valentino Rossi scored a total of 115 wins : 12 in 125cc, 14 in 250cc, 13 in 500cc and 76 in MotoGP; winning with every factory he raced for except for Ducati between 2011 and 2012.
In all 3 classes, Valentino had a similar pattern of a first « quiet » season with one to 5 wins (1996, 1998 and 2000) followed by a dominating second season (1997, 1999, 2001) and third and fourth, etc, in the premier class.
In the premier class, most of Valentino’s wins took place in the first half of his 500cc/MotoGP career :
- From 2000 to 2010 : 181 starts and 79 wins,
- From 2011 to 2021 : 191 starts and 10 wins.
where
numbers
| Circuit | 125cc wins | 250cc wins | 500cc wins | MotoGP wins | Total wins | Races started | % of wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 42% |
| Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 40% |
| Mugello | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 38% |
| Jerez | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 33% |
| Phillip Island | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 35% |
| Donington Park | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 50% |
| Brno | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 28% |
| Jacarepagua | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 75% |
| Sepang | – | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 30% |
| Estoril | – | – | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 38% |
| Sachsenring | – | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 22% |
| Losail | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | 18 | 22% |
| Le Mans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 15% |
| Welkom | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 50% |
| Suzuka | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 43% |
| Misano | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 16 | 19% |
| Shanghai | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 4 | 50% |
| Imola | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 4 | 50% |
| Motegi | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10% |
| Valencia | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 8% |
| Buenos Aires | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 50% |
| Nürburgring | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 50% |
| Sentul | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 50% |
| Shah Alam | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 50% |
| Termas de Rio Hondo | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 6 | 17% |
| Indianapolis | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13% |
| Laguna Seca | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11% |
| Silverstone | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11% |
| Jarama | – | 0 | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Johor | – | 0 | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Eastern Creek | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Buriram | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
| Istanbul Park | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| Portimao | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| COTA | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0% |
| Spielberg | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0% |
| Aragon | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0% |
% of wins amongst races started for each circuit
successes
While being a track Valentino can tie to multiple special occasions (first win back with Yamaha in 2013, last win in MotoGP in 2017), Assen is above all the place where Valentino has finished on the top step the most amount of times (10). He did it in every category except 500cc (P6 in 2000, P2 in 2001).
To be exact, Assen is tied with another circuit where Valentino has raced one less time (24 against 25 starts) : Barcelona. This time, Valentino won there in all 4 categories, including both 250cc races.
One step behind on the rankings, with one less win, are two other European circuits that Valentino has visited almost every season : Jerez and Mugello. To close the podium we go on the other side of the planet in Phillip Island (8 wins). Valentino only finished P6 for his first race on the island in 1998 but he got his revenge in 250cc with the win in 1999.
Jacarepagua is the only circuit where Valentino always won when he crossed the finish line with 6 P1s and 2 DNFs amongst his 8 starts in Brazil.
After that, there are 8 circuits where Valentino won exactly half the races he started : Donington Park (7 wins in 14 races), Welkom (3 wins in 6 races), Shanghai (2 wins in 4 races), Imola (2 wins in 4 races) and then Buenos Aires, Nürburgring, Sentul and Shah Alam with one win in two starts.
struggles
There are 9 circuits that Valentino never scored a win at :
- 3 of them he only visited once : Eastern Creek, Jarama, Johor,
- 5 of them he only raced in MotoGP,
- Spielberg is then kind of special because Valentino raced there both his 125cc seasons (P3 in 1996, P2 in 1997), then it was taken off the calendar and it came back in 2016.
If we look at when those tracks appeared on the calendar and how much Valentino raced there :
- Istanbul Park : 2005 (3 races),
- Aragon : 2010 (11 races),
- COTA : 2013 (8 races),
- Buriram : 2018 (2 races),
- Portimao : 2020 (2 races).
As I mentioned earlier, it was more complicated for Valentino to win in the latest years of his career and MotoGP started racing in Buriram and Portimao after Valentino’s last win (Assen 2017). Valentino raced in Istanbul Park only 3 times, two of them during seasons of the 2000s he struggled more with (2006 and 2007).
Compared to the rest, with Valentino’s 8 and 11 starts there, COTA and Aragon appear as outsiders in the list of tracks Valentino never mastered. He has podiumed at both circuits, though, as we will discuss next.
podiums
when
Podiums per season
Across his career, Valentino Rossi scored a total of 232 podiums : 15 in 125cc, 21 in 250cc, 23 in 500cc and 176 in MotoGP.
The tendencies of the repartition of Valentino’s podiums over the years doesn’t stir away from the wins data much, although we can note that the 1998 and 2010 seasons stick out less compared to the seasons that came before them and Valentino did score a couple of podiums with Ducati (both races in Le Mans with P3 in 2011 and a P2 in 2012 and then a P2 at home in Misano in 2012).
Also, the repartition between Valentino’s first and second half of his premier class career is less drastic, about two-thirds and one third with :
- From 2000 to 2010 : 181 starts and 136 podiums,
- From 2011 to 2021 : 191 starts and 63 podiums.
where
numbers
| Circuit | 125cc podiums | 250cc podiums | 500cc podiums | MotoGP podiums | Total podiums | Races started | % of podiums |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillip Island | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 23 | 74% |
| Barcelona-Catalunya | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 25 | 68% |
| Jerez | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 27 | 63% |
| Le Mans | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 58% |
| Mugello | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 24 | 58% |
| Brno | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 56% |
| Assen | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 54% |
| Sepang | – | 0 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 60% |
| Sachsenring | – | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 52% |
| Motegi | – | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 52% |
| Estoril | – | – | 2 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 77% |
| Donington Park | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 71% |
| Losail | – | – | – | 10 | 10 | 18 | 56% |
| Valencia | – | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 33% |
| Jacarepagua | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 75% |
| Misano | – | – | – | 6 | 6 | 16 | 38% |
| Welkom | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 83% |
| Laguna Seca | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | 9 | 56% |
| Termas de Rio Hondo | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | 6 | 67% |
| Silverstone | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | 9 | 44% |
| Imola | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | 4 | 75% | |
| Shanghai | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 4 | 75% |
| Suzuka | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 43% |
| Indianapolis | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 8 | 38% |
| COTA | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 8 | 38% |
| Aragon | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 11 | 27% |
| Buenos Aires | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Spielberg | 2 | – | – | 0 | 2 | 10 | 20% |
| Nürburgring | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 50% |
| Sentul | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 50% |
| Shah Alam | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 50% |
| Istanbul Park | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 33% |
| Eastern Creek | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Jarama | – | 0 | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Johor | – | 0 | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Buriram | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
| Portimao | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
% of podiums amongst races started for each circuit
successes
We have a 3-way tie with 17 podiums at the top of the standings. Valentino reached them in 23 races in Phillip Island, 25 races in Barcelona and 27 races in Jerez.
There are 6 circuits where Valentino scored a podium at least 3 times out of 4 :
- 100% : Buenos Aires (2 podiums in 2 races),
- 78% : Welkom (5 podiums in 6 races),
- 77% : Estoril (10 podiums in 13 races),
- 75% : Jacarepagua (6 podiums in 8 races), Imola and Shanghai (both with 3 podiums in 4 races).
If Valentino never managed to win in COTA or Aragon despite his 8 and 11 starts there, he did manage to get close a couple of times. Neither circuits are amongst Valentino’s most podiumed circuits but he did get 3 podiums in COTA (P2 in 2017 and 2019, P3 in 2015) and 3 in Aragon (all P3s, in 2013, 2015 and 2016).
struggles
From 9 tracks without a win we go down to 5 tracks without a podium :
- Eastern Creek : one race in 1996 (P14),
- Jarama + Johor : one race each in 1998, both ending with a DNF,
- Buriram : 2 races with a P4 in 2018 and a P8 in 2019,
- Portimao : 3 races with a P12 in 2020 and then a DNF and a P13 in the two rounds there in 2021.
Regarding Spielberg, Valentino was on the podium the two times he raced at the Red Bull Ring in 125cc but his highest result there in MotoGP was a P4 (which he achieved 3 times in 8 participations).
In a way, considering the number of times he’s raced there (24 occurrences), Valencia is also amongst the circuit where Valentino has struggled the most (in comparison to other circuits) with exactly one podium every 3 races (8 in 24) for a 33% podium rate. Obviously there are other parameters to take into account here but I thought it was interesting considering the role Valencia played for Valentino in the 2006 and 2015 seasons (a respective P13 and P4).
finishes
introduction
I’ve already did a deeper study of all of Valentino’s DNFs in the premier class so I won’t expand on them too much here and will just look at the numbers by circuit to see if there are circuits where Valentino has been less lucky than others.
when
Number of DNFs per season
| Season | Races Started | DNFs | % of Races Completed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 16 | 0 | 100,0% |
| 2008 | 18 | 0 | 100,0% |
| 2010 | 14 | 0 | 100,0% |
| 2015 | 18 | 0 | 100,0% |
| 2012 | 18 | 1 | 94,4% |
| 2013 | 18 | 1 | 94,4% |
| 2014 | 18 | 1 | 94,4% |
| 2005 | 17 | 1 | 94,1% |
| 2009 | 17 | 1 | 94,1% |
| 1999 | 16 | 1 | 93,8% |
| 2001 | 16 | 1 | 93,8% |
| 2002 | 16 | 1 | 93,8% |
| 1997 | 15 | 1 | 93,3% |
| 2018 | 18 | 2 | 88,9% |
| 2017 | 17 | 2 | 88,2% |
| 2004 | 16 | 2 | 87,5% |
| 2007 | 18 | 3 | 83,3% |
| 2021 | 18 | 3 | 83,3% |
| 2006 | 17 | 3 | 82,4% |
| 2011 | 17 | 3 | 82,4% |
| 2000 | 16 | 3 | 81,3% |
| 2019 | 19 | 4 | 79,0% |
| 2016 | 18 | 4 | 77,8% |
| 1996 | 15 | 5 | 66,7% |
| 1998 | 14 | 5 | 64,3% |
| 2020 | 12 | 5 | 58,3% |
Valentino had 4 seasons where he finished all the races he started and they all occured in MotoGP : 2003, 2008, 2010 and 2015. Amongst those, 2015 is the only year where Valentino didn’t win the title.
For 9 seasons, he only missed the crossing line on one single occasion. He won the title in 6 of them.
Somehow, Valentino had the most DNFs in the seasons of his career where he raced the least : 5 in 12 races in 2020 (covid season, last year with Yamaha as a factory rider), 5 in 14 races in 1998 (first 250cc season) and 5 in 15* races in 1996 (first 125cc season).
*Valentino also started 15 races in 1997 but that went much better with only one DNF and his first world title at the end.
where
| Circuit | Races Started | DNFs | % of Races Finished |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estoril | 13 | 0 | 100,0% |
| Spielberg | 10 | 0 | 100,0% |
| Silverstone | 9 | 0 | 100,0% |
| Imola | 4 | 0 | 100,0% |
| Istanbul Park | 3 | 0 | 100,0% |
| Buenos Aires | 2 | 0 | 100,0% |
| Nürburgring | 2 | 0 | 100,0% |
| Shah Alam | 2 | 0 | 100,0% |
| Buriram | 2 | 0 | 100,0% |
| Sentul | 2 | 0 | 100,0% |
| Eastern Creek | 1 | 0 | 100,0% |
| Jerez | 27 | 1 | 96,3% |
| Phillip Island | 23 | 1 | 95,7% |
| Sachsenring | 23 | 1 | 95,7% |
| Losail | 18 | 1 | 94,4% |
| Brno | 25 | 2 | 92,0% |
| Aragon | 11 | 1 | 90,9% |
| Sepang | 20 | 2 | 90,0% |
| Misano | 16 | 2 | 87,5% |
| Indianapolis | 8 | 1 | 87,5% |
| COTA | 8 | 1 | 87,5% |
| Donington Park | 14 | 2 | 85,7% |
| Barcelona-Catalunya | 25 | 4 | 84,0% |
| Mugello | 24 | 4 | 83,3% |
| Assen | 24 | 4 | 83,3% |
| Valencia | 24 | 4 | 83,3% |
| Welkom | 6 | 1 | 83,3% |
| Termas de Rio Hondo | 6 | 1 | 83,3% |
| Le Mans | 26 | 5 | 80,8% |
| Laguna Seca | 9 | 2 | 77,8% |
| Motegi | 21 | 5 | 76,2% |
| Jacarepagua | 8 | 2 | 75,0% |
| Shanghai | 4 | 1 | 75,0% |
| Suzuka | 7 | 2 | 71,4% |
| Portimao | 3 | 1 | 66,7% |
| Jarama | 1 | 1 | 0,0% |
| Johor | 1 | 1 | 0,0% |
Number of DNFs per circuit – ordered by number of DNFs and then least amount of races started
There are 11 tracks where Valentino always saw the finish line, the most impressive of them being Estoril with 13 starts in total, then Spielberg (10 races started) and Silverstone (9 races started).
Then, we have 3 circuits where Valentino started more than 20 races and came close to that 100% completion, if it hadn’t been for one mistake / issue : Jerez (27 starts), Phillip Island and Sachsenring (both with 23 starts).
On the other end of the scale, as I’ve mentioned before, there are two circuits where Valentino raced once and DNFed : Johor and Jarama (respectively round 2 and round 6 of the 1998 season). Then, the circuits where he’s had the least amount of luck have been :
- Portimao : one DNF in 3 races (66.7% of races completed),
- Suzuka : 2 DNFs in 7 races (71.4% of races completed),
- Shanghai (1 DNF in 4 races) and Jacarepagua (2 DNFs in 8 races) (75% of races completed for both).
Finally, all the circuits where Valentino has had more than 4 DNFs are circuits where he started more than 20 races. He had 5 DNFs in Motegi (21 starts) and Le Mans (26 starts). Circuits where he’s had 4 DNFs include : Mugello, Assen and Valencia (24 starts each) + Barcelona (25 starts).
average finishing position
definition
The average finishing position (AFP) described in this section only takes into account the races where Valentino crossed the finish line. It is considering the DNFs as non existent.
when
Average finishing position per season
Valentino’s average finishing position over a season was under 2.0 for 11 seasons. It was under 2.4 for all of his titles except for 2009 (2.9).
In 1998, for his first season in 250cc, Valentino did well when he crossed the finish line (5 wins, 3 P2s, one P3). The issue that season was definitely his 5 DNFs in 14 rounds (36% of DNFs across the season).
Just like they did with the lower number of podiums and the lack of wins, the Ducati years stick out with Valentino’s AFP roughly doubling for that period in comparison to the Yamaha seasons surrounding it.
where
| Circuit | AFP | Races Finished | Races Started | Highest Finish | Lowest Finish (outside of 2021) | 2021 result(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacarepagua | 1.0 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Shanghai | 1.3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | – |
| Welkom | 1.4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | – |
| Donington Park | 1.9 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 5 | – |
| Buenos Aires | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | – |
| Termas de Rio Hondo | 2.2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | – |
| Imola | 2.3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | – |
| Barcelona-Catalunya | 2.4 | 21 | 25 | 1 | 8 | DNF |
| Estoril | 2.5 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 7 | – |
| Phillip Island | 2.8 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 8 | – |
| Sepang | 2.8 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 7 | – |
| Nürburgring | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | – |
| Brno | 3.1 | 23 | 25 | 1 | 7 | – |
| Laguna Seca | 3.1 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 6 | – |
| Mugello | 3.2 | 20 | 24 | 1 | 12 | 10 |
| Assen | 3.3 | 20 | 24 | 1 | 11 | DNF |
| Shah Alam | 3.5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | – |
| Motegi | 3.7 | 16 | 21 | 1 | 13 | – |
| Jerez | 4.0 | 26 | 27 | 1 | 14 | 16 |
| Le Mans | 4.0 | 21 | 26 | 1 | 16 | 11 |
| Sachsenring | 4.1 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 14 |
| Losail | 4.5 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 12 / 16 |
| Indianapolis | 4.6 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 10 | – |
| Misano | 4.9 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 17 / 10 |
| Suzuka | 5.0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 11 | – |
| Istanbul Park | 5.3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | – |
| COTA | 5.7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| Silverstone | 5.7 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| Valencia | 6.0 | 20 | 24 | 1 | 13 | 10 |
| Buriram | 6.0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | – |
| Sentul | 6.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | – |
| Aragon | 7.3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| Spielberg | 6.1 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 13 / 8 |
| Portimao | 12.5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | DNF / 13 |
| Eastern Creek | 14.0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14 | – |
| Jarama | – | 0 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Johor | – | 0 | 1 | – | – | – |
As expected since he won every race he finished there (6 wins, 2 DNFs), Valentino’s highest average position finish is a 1.0 in Jacarepagua. Shanghai and Welkom are not far behind with respectively a 1.3 (one win and 2 second places) and a 1.4 (3 wins, 2 second places, one DNF).
If we only look at the circuits where Valentino finished at least 10 races, Donington Park comes out on top with a 1.9 AFP (7 wins, never finished lower than P5). Then, we find :
- Barcelona : 2.4 AFP (10 wins, always on the podium when finishing except for a P5, P7 and P8 in 21 races completed),
- Estoril : 2.5 AFP (5 wins, 3 second places, 2 P3, never finishing lower than P7 in 13 occasions crossing the finish line),
- Sepang : 2.8 AFP (6 wins, 12 podiums in total, also a P7 as a lowest non-DNF result in 18 races completed),
- Phillip Island : 2.8 AFP (8 wins, 17 podiums in total, 4 results between P4 and P8 for a total of 22 races completed in 23 starts).
On the lower end of the rankings, if we also consider tracks where Valentino crossed the finish line at least 10 times, we find :
- Aragon : 7.1 AFP (P3 as a best result achieved 3 times, a P5, a P6, three P8, a P10 and a P19 amongst 10 races completed),
- Spielberg : 6.1 AFP (10 races completed, no wins but 2 podiums, 2 P4s, one P5, one P6, one P7, one P8, one P9 and a P13),
- Valencia : 6.0 AFP (20 non-DNF finishes that are a little all over the place : 2 wins, 6 podiums in addition to those wins, 3 P4 and one P5, 4 results between P8 and P10, 4 results between P11 and P13).
The AFP has been calculated using Valentino’s results from 1996 to 2021 but I’ve decided to put it aside for the lowest finish column as I consider that his 2021 season do not represent well the rest of his career.
For example, Valentino finished P15 in COTA in 2021 but he had never finished below P8 at that circuit before. Same thing with his P18 in Silverstone after never finishing below P9 until 2020.
That said, in the top 13 of these AFP rankings, Valentino never placed below P8, for a total of 136 races started and 120 races finished. If we look at the whole table, there are 23 tracks (62% of the total) where Valentino never placed below P10.
bonus
Repartition of results throughout the seasons
From 1996 to 2020, Valentino only finished outside of the points once : a P16 in Le Mans in 2009 (wet race, a crash, multiple bike changes, overall very chaotic).
Another way to see how impressive Valentino’s results have been and the influence of his career choices throughout the years, is to look at a slightly altered version of the previous chart that includes the P4 and P5 results :
Repartition of results throughout the seasons (including P4s and P5s)
And finally, all the results per circuit, ordered by Valentino’s first appearance at each track.
Results by circuit across the years
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