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disclaimer: the accuracy might not be 100% correct, because for some the data was unavailable and there could be calculus errors, so please take these statistics with a grain of salt! :)

let's start with a quick statistic of the current 2025 grid: there are 7 dads (Miguel Oliveira, Maverick Viñales, Álex Rins, Jack Miller, Joan Mir, Luca Marini, Brad Binder) out of the 22 official riders, of which 5 are girl dads (Oliveira, Viñales, Miller, Marini, Binder), therefore there's a ~31,8% rate of riders beings dads and amongst these a ~71,4% one of being girl dads!

ok so, up until 2025 (since 2002) there have been 157 official active MotoGP™ riders:

apparently, ~46,5% of them (73 riders) had at least a child (no matter the gender) and amongst these a whopping ~74% had at least one daughter (54 riders); while about ~63% of the dad riders had at least one son (46 riders).

then, ~33,3% of these girl dads (18 riders) had 2 or more daughters, which means that ~24,6% of all the dad riders had more that one daughter.

concerning the boy dads, even less (9 riders) had 2 or more sons, only ~19,5%; this means that ~12,3% of dad riders had more than one son.

specifically, just ~35,6% (26 riders) of all the dad riders had both a daughter and a son. Oh, and merely ~4% had twins (3 riders)!

here's a last full chart with all the data:

therefore, at the moment, if you're a MotoGP rider you have a ~34,3% chance of becoming a girl dad... Congratulations! [and ~29,2% chance of becoming a boy dad :)]

this is the full list of dad riders to check yourself:

1. Norifumi Abe → 1 son

2. Karel Abraham → 1 daughter, 1 son (twins)

3. Álvaro Bautista → 2 daughters

4. Troy Bayliss → 2 sons, 1 daughter

5. Max Biaggi → 1 daughter, 1 son

6. Brad Binder → 1 daughter

7. Ben Bostrom → 1 daughter, 1 son

8. Shane Byrne → 1 daughter, 1 son

9. Leon Camier → 1 son

10. Loris Capirossi → 1 son

11. José Luis Cardoso → 1 daughter

12. David Checa → 1 daughter

13. Cal Crutchlow → 1 daughter

14. Damian Cudlin → 1 son, 1 daughter

15. Chaz Davies → 1 daughter, 1 son

16. Mike Di Meglio → 2 sons

17. Jake Dixon → 1 daughter

18. Andrea Dovizioso → 1 daughter

19. Miguel Duhamel → 1 daughter, 1 son

20. Colin Edwards → 2 daughters, 1 son

21. Toni Elías → 1 son, 1 daughter

22. Aleix Espargaró → 1 daughter, 1 son (twins)

23. Pol Espargaró → 2 daughters

24. Xavi Forés → 1 daughter

25. Sete Gibernau → 1 daughter

26. Jurgen van den Goorbergh → 1 son

27. Sylvain Guintoli → 1 daughter, 1 son (get well soon little one!)

28. Jamie Hacking → 1 daughter, 1 son

29. Noriyuki Haga → 2 sons (rest in peace Ryota 🕊️)

30. Tetsuya Harada → 2 daughters

31. James Haydon → 2 daughters, 1 son

32. Josh Hayes → 1 son, 1 daughter

33. Neil Hodgson → 1 daughter, 1 son

34. Alex Hofmann → 1 son, 1 daughter

35. John Hopkins → 2 daughters

36. Olivier Jacque → 2 sons

37. Yukio Kagayama → 2 daughters

38. Mika Kallio → 2 daughters

39. Daijiro Kato → 1 son, 1 daughter

40. Ryuichi Kiyonari → 1 son, 1 daughter

41. Michael Laverty → 1 son, 1 daughter

42. Alex Lowes → 2 daughters (twins)

43. Sam Lowes → 1 daughter

44. Luca Marini → 1 daughter

45. Michael van der Mark → 1 son

46. Jeremy McWilliams → 1 son

47. Marco Melandri → 1 daughter

48. Jack Miller → 1 daughter

49. Joan Mir → 1 son

50. Tetsuta Nagashima → 2 daughters, 1 son

51. Fonsi Nieto → 2 sons

52. Tadayuki Okada → 1 son

53. Miguel Oliveira → 1 daughter, 1 son

54. Broc Parkes → 2 sons, 2 daughters

55. Lukáš Pešek → 1 daughter

56. Michele Pirro → 2 daughters

57. Andrew Pitt → 2 sons

58. Randy de Puniet → 1 son

59. Jonathan Rea → 2 sons

60. Scott Redding → 1 son

61. Álex Rins → 1 son

62. Kenny Roberts Jr. → 1 daughter, 1 son

63. Kurtis Roberts → 1 daughter (I guess?)

64. Valentino Rossi → 2 daughters

65. Iván Silva → 1 daughter, 1 son

66. Ben Spies → 2 daughters

67. Bryan Staring → 1 son

68. Casey Stoner → 2 daughters

69. Hafizh Syahrin → 2 sons

70. Yuki Takahashi → 1 son, 2 daughters

71. Chris Vermeulen → 2 daughters

72. Maverick Viñales → 2 daughters

POLE → PODIUM → VICTORY Máximo Quiles takes his first pole in the FrenchGP, first podium in the BritishGP, and first victory in the ItalianGP (paralleling Marc Marquez's first milestones, below the cut).

“Now I have to still learn, I need to treat the races like they are a test because I have a lot of time with many races to enjoy, and of course, I want to do good results, but with this result it makes me really happy and I want more now.” — Máximo Quiles via Crash.Net

David Emmett: “This is a question for everyone — it is quite a difficult question. Last week Jason Collins, an NBA player, admitted he was homosexual. Now there have been are no openly homosexual MotoGP riders. I want to hear your thoughts on why that is not the case. Are people afraid of coming out as gay, or are you all just more really interested in women?”

*laughter from the crowd*

Cal Crutchlow: “Should I go first?!”

*more laughter*

Cal Crutchlow: “Sorry David I’m off bounds — I’m nearly married. That’s all I have to say…I don’t know. I don’t think it matters, you know? I think this sport is about racing motorcycles. It’s never came out that anybody is gay. But maybe there are some, just hidden in the closet, I don’t know. Maybe I’m sat with one of them. I don’t know.”

Jorge Lorenzo: “For the people who ask me on Twitter, or whatever, if I am gay this is the time that they will know I’m not gay. I respect the gay people. Of course, there is no problem.”

Nick Harris: “Marc?”

*more laughter*

Marc Marquez: “I think it’s not a problem. I have a big respect for everybody, and everybody have a different personalities. Not a problem.”

Andrea Dovisioso: “I never thought about that, that some riders can be gay, but I think for everybody it would be not a problem. But, it is difficult to think. I don’t know why. But…”

Stefan Bradl: “Maybe if it makes faster we will think about it…”

*laughter from the entire room*

Stefan Bradl: “But so far I don’t have the experience. I’m not gay also. But for sure I respect the guys that are gay. They are also normal person.”

Yamaha has endured a difficult start to the 2026 season following its complete switch to a V4 engine, with all of its riders frequently finishing near the back of the field.

Among them is factory rider Alex Rins, who has struggled to rediscover his form after the serious injuries sustained during the 2024 Italian GP. Competing on what many currently consider one of the least competitive bikes on the grid has only added to his challenges.

Former moto gp rider Scott Redding says that Alex Rins continued presence on the grid may be influenced by nationality rather than performance alone. As also the promoters are Spanish.

As Redding told.

"There are some guys, and they are all great riders. I don't take away from them, but you have guys like Alex Rins who is on a factory Yamaha, has been for a couple of years. Why? He is a good driver, but he has had many injuries, he is not constant". In this context, he introduces a particularly sensitive element by pointing out that "it should not be like this, but he is Spanish. Being British does not make it easier, and the fact that there are no British riders in moto gp is really crazy."