Mick Doohan is an Australian five-time Grand Prix world champion - all five of which are in the premier 500cc class (now known as MotoGP). Doohan raced for Honda's factory team for the entirety of his career.
Doohan won the 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 500cc World Championships, before a crash during practice for the 1999 Spanish Grand Prix ended his career.
His 54 Grand Prix victories are the equal seventh highest of all time (with Dani Pedrosa). His most successful circuit is Mugello Circuit where he has won six times. Doohan's largest margin of victory was at the 1992 Japanese Grand Prix when he beat Doug Chandler by 28.298 seconds in the race, and his smallest margin of victory was at the 1996 City of Imola Grand Prix when he beat teammate Àlex Crivillé by 0.104 seconds in the race.
Key:
No. | Grand Prix | Years won | Wins |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Italian Grand Prix | 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 | 6 |
2 | Malaysian Grand Prix | 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998 | 5 |
3 | Dutch TT | 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 | |
4 | Spanish Grand Prix | 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996 | 4 |
5 | French Grand Prix | 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 | |
6 | German Grand Prix | 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998 | |
7 | Austrian Grand Prix | 1991, 1994, 1997 | 3 |
8 | British Grand Prix | 1995, 1996, 1997 | |
9 | City of Imola Grand Prix | 1996, 1997, 1998 | |
10 | Australian Grand Prix | 1992, 1995, 1998 | |
11 | Argentine Grand Prix | 1994, 1995, 1998 | |
12 | Japanese Grand Prix | 1992, 1997 | 2 |
13 | Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix | 1996, 1997 | |
14 | Czech Republic Grand Prix | 1994, 1997 | |
15 | Catalan Grand Prix | 1997, 1998 | |
16 | Hungarian Grand Prix | 1990 | 1 |
17 | San Marino Grand Prix | 1993 | |
18 | Indonesian Grand Prix | 1996 | |
Total number of Grand Prix wins: | 54 |
No. | Circuit | Years won | Wins |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mugello Circuit | 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 | 6 |
2 | TT Circuit Assen | 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 | 5 |
3 | Circuito de Jerez-Ángel Nieto | 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996 | 4 |
4 | Shah Alam Circuit | 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997 | |
5 | Donington Park | 1995, 1996, 1997 | 3 |
6 | Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 1996, 1997, 1998 | |
7 | Autódromo de Buenos Aires Oscar y Juan Gálvez | 1994, 1995, 1998 | |
8 | Salzburgring | 1991, 1994 | 2 |
9 | Hockenheimring | 1992, 1994 | |
10 | Eastern Creek Raceway | 1992, 1995 | |
11 | Bugatti Circuit | 1994, 1995 | |
12 | Suzuka International Racing Course | 1992, 1997 | |
13 | Circuit Paul Ricard | 1996, 1997 | |
14 | Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 1996, 1997 | |
15 | Brno Circuit | 1994, 1997 | |
16 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 1997, 1998 | |
17 | Hungaroring | 1990 | 1 |
18 | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli | 1991 | |
19 | Sentul International Circuit | 1996 | |
20 | Red Bull Ring | 1997 | |
21 | Nürburgring | 1997 | |
22 | Johor Circuit | 1998 | |
23 | Sachsenring | 1998 | |
24 | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | 1998 | |
Total number of Grand Prix wins: | 54 |
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