Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Trans7 is the licensed broadcaster for MotoGP in Indonesia for more than 20 years since 2002 and will continue until 2026 after obtaining a broadcast rights extension. [10] Starting from the 2022 season and the opening of Mandalika International Street Circuit , Trans7 will also broadcast the Superbike World Championship .
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.
The Grand Prix Road-Racing World Championship was established in 1949 by the sport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), and is the oldest motorsport World Championship. [1] The Teams' World Championship is awarded to the most successful team over a season, as determined by a points system based on Grand Prix ...
Ray Amm wins the 1952 350cc Nations Grand Prix to become the first African competitor to win a world championship Grand Prix race. 1957: Gilera, Mondial and Moto Guzzi withdraw at the end of the season citing increasing costs. Bob McIntyre wins the longest ever Grand Prix race of 301.84 miles, held over 8 laps of the Isle of Man. [11]
The Riders' World Championship is awarded to the most successful rider over a season, as determined by a points system based on Grand Prix results. The constructors listed in this table are the bike that the world champions rode during that winning season and are not necessarily the winner of the constructors' world championship in that season.
This is a list of circuits which have hosted a World Championship race from 1949 to 2025.. In total, 74 different circuits have hosted World Championship races. The first to do so was the Snaefell Mountain Course, home of the Isle of Man TT, which also has the distinction, at 60.718 km (37.728 mi) long, of being the longest track which hosted a World Championship race.
The motorcycles used in MotoGP are purpose-built for the sport, and are unavailable for purchase by the general public because they cannot be legally ridden on public roads. [2] From the mid-1970s to 2002, the top class of GP racing allowed 500cc with a maximum of four cylinders, regardless of whether the engine was a two-stroke or four-stroke ...
Gina Bovaird (United States) is the only female motorcycle racer to compete in the 500 cc class (1982 at France Moto Grand Prix - DNF). Katja Poensgen (Germany) is the only female motorcycle racer to score points in the 250 cc Grand Prix class. In 2001, she raced 250 cc at the Italian Moto Grand Prix in Mugello and finished fourteenth.