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1964: The 1964 United States Grand Prix is the first world championship race held in North America. 1966: Honda wins the constructors' championship in all five solo classes. Jim Redman wins Honda's first ever 500cc Grand Prix at Hockenheim, also the first win for a Japanese factory in the premier class. [11]
Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing, which has been divided into four classes: MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3, and MotoE. Classes that have been discontinued include Formula 750, 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 80cc, 50cc and Sidecar.
The following is a complete list of Grands Prix which have been a part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing championship season since its inception in 1949. As of the 2024 Solidarity Grand Prix , 1,034 World Championship Grands Prix have been held over 76 seasons in 30 countries and under 55 race titles at 74 racing circuits.
He won his first Grand Prix in 1996 at the 125cc Czech Republic Grand Prix, and his last in 2017 at the MotoGP Dutch TT, a gap that spans 20 years, 311 days. The youngest winner of a Grand Prix is Can Öncü , who was 15 years and 115 days old when he won – as a wildcard on his Grand Prix début – the 2018 Moto3 Valencian Grand Prix . [ 4 ]
[3] 600cc bikes replaced the 250cc bikes in the 2010 season, with the class re-branded as Moto2. [4] In 2012 , 250cc bikes replaced the 125cc bikes, with the class re-branded as Moto3, retiring the two-stroke bikes from Grand Prix motorcycle racing. [ 5 ]
The 1973 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 25th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Season summary
Emilio Alzamora's 1999 title was the only time in Grand Prix motorcycle racing that a rider won the championship without winning a race in a season. Sandro Cortese was the first rider to win the Moto3 championship in 2012. [7] David Alonso is the current champion; he won the 2024 Moto3 World Championship.
1995 Italian Grand Prix–1997 Indonesian Grand Prix: 2 Colin Edwards: 34 2004 Qatar Grand Prix–2006 Malaysian Grand Prix: 3 Wayne Gardner: 30 1986 German Grand Prix–1988 German Grand Prix: 4 Eddie Lawson: 28 1983 Nations Grand Prix–1985 Yugoslavian Grand Prix: Valentino Rossi: 2002 Portuguese Grand Prix–2004 Dutch TT: 6 Eddie Lawson: 26