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The 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 62nd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. The season consisted out of 18 races for the MotoGP class and 17 for the 125cc and Moto2 classes, beginning with the Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix on 11 April 2010 and ending with the Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix on 7 November.
The sidecar class left the series to form its own championship after 1996. In 2002, 990cc bikes replaced the 500c bikes and the class was renamed as MotoGP. [2] 660cc bikes replaced the 250cc bikes in 2010, with the class rebranded as Moto2. [3] Starting 2012, the Moto3 class (250cc one cylinder) replaced the 125cc class.
Pages in category "2010 MotoGP race reports" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing, which has been divided into four World Championship classes since 2023: MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3, and MotoE. Former classes that are now discontinued include 350cc, 80cc/50cc and sidecars. [1] The premier class is MotoGP, which was formerly known as the 500cc class. [1]
The 2010 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 18–20 June 2010 at Silverstone . It was the first event Valentino Rossi missed since his debut in 1996 , due to a shin bone fracture at Mugello in practice for the previous Grand Prix.
The 2010 United States motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of July 23–25, 2010 at Laguna Seca. Only the MotoGP class raced at Laguna Seca.
In 2002, 990cc bikes replaced the 500cc bikes and the class was renamed as MotoGP. [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 2010 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix, officially the Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar, was the opening round of the 2010 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 9–11 April 2010 at the Losail International Circuit located in Doha , Qatar .