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Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the highest class of motorcycle road racing events held on road circuits sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Independent motorcycle racing events have been held since the start of the twentieth century [ 1 ] and large national events were often given the title Grand Prix. [ 2 ]
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 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.
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.
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]
Pons would ride a JJ Cobas motorcycle in the 1984 250cc world championship, garnering their first Grand Prix victory with a win at the Spanish Grand Prix and, ended the season in fourth place in the championship. [3] Even greater success came in 1989 when a Cobas-designed motorcycle ridden by Àlex Crivillé won the 125cc world championship. [4]
Hayden got his first MotoGP win in his home race, the United States Grand Prix, he finished third overall. Biaggi was fifth with four podiums. For 2006, Hayden was joined by 250cc World Champion Dani Pedrosa. Hayden led the championship for most of the season but at the Portuguese Grand Prix, Pedrosa recklessly crashed into him. Both riders ...
Grand Prix motorcycle racing; Active years: 1974, 1978 – 1983: First race: 1974 250 cc Dutch TT: Last race: 1983 500 cc San Marino Grand Prix: First win: 1978 250cc Venezuelan Grand Prix: Last win: 1983 500 cc San Marino Grand Prix: Team(s) Yamaha: Championships: 500 cc – 1978, 1979, 1980