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Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing, which has been divided into four classes since 2023: MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3, and MotoE. Former classes that are now discontinued include 350cc, 50cc and sidecars. [1] The premier class is MotoGP, which was formerly known as the 500cc class. [1] 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 in existence. [2] The motorcycles used in MotoGP are purpose-built for the sport, are unavailable for purchase by the general public and cannot be legally ridden on public roads. [2]
Valentino Rossi holds the record for the most race wins in the premier class with 89. Giacomo Agostini is second with 68 wins, and Marc Márquez is third with 62 wins. [3] Dani Pedrosa holds the record for most career wins without winning the championship with 31.
* | MotoGP/500cc World Champion |
† | Grand Prix World Champion |
Bold | Rider has competed in the 2024 MotoGP season |
Rank | Country | Wins | Rider(s) |
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1 | Italy | 289 | 27 |
2 | Spain | 196 | 13 |
3 | United States | 154 | 11 |
4 | United Kingdom | 141 | 26 |
5 | Australia | 128 | 12 |
6 | France | 15 | 5 |
7 | Rhodesia | 12 | 3 |
Japan | 12 | 6 | |
9 | Netherlands | 8 | 3 |
10 | Brazil | 7 | 1 |
11 | Portugal | 5 | 1 |
12 | Ireland | 4 | 1 |
13 | Venezuela | 3 | 1 |
Finland | 3 | 2 | |
New Zealand | 3 | 3 | |
16 | Argentina | 2 | 2 |
South Africa | 2 | 1 | |
18 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 1 |
Germany | 1 | 1 | |
Switzerland | 1 | 1 |
Race number | Season | Grand Prix | Circuit | Winner | |
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Rider | Constructor | ||||
100 | 1962 | East German | Sachsenring | Mike Hailwood | MV Agusta |
200 | 1972 | Dutch TT | Assen | Giacomo Agostini | MV Agusta |
300 | 1981 | Swedish | Anderstorp | Barry Sheene | Yamaha |
400 | 1989 | French | Le Mans | Eddie Lawson | Honda |
500 | 1996 | Imola | Imola | Mick Doohan | Honda |
600 | 2003 | French | Le Mans | Sete Gibernau | Honda |
700 | 2009 | Japanese | Motegi | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha |
800 | 2014 | Aragon | Motorland Aragón | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha |
900 | 2020 | Styrian | Red Bull Ring | Miguel Oliveira | KTM |
Rider has competed in the 2024 MotoGP season | |
Bold | Won the World Championship in the same year |
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 and large national events were often given the title Grand Prix. The foundation of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme as the international governing body for motorcycle sport in 1949 provided the opportunity to coordinate rules and regulations in order that selected events could count towards official World Championships. It is the oldest established motorsport world championship.
Aprilia is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded immediately after World War II in Noale, Italy, by Alberto Beggio. The company started as a manufacturer of bicycles and moved on to manufacture scooters and small-capacity motorcycles. Since in the 1980s, Aprilia has also produced large sportbikes such as the 1,000 cc V-twin RSV Mille and the V4 RSV4.
The 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 53rd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
Marc Márquez Alentà is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who races for the Ducati Lenovo Team. He previously raced for Honda's factory team from his MotoGP debut in 2013 until 2023. Born in Cervera, Catalonia, Spain, he is nicknamed the 'Ant of Cervera' worldwide (due to his height of 5' 7", and 'el tro de Cervera' in his hometown, meaning the 'Thunder of Cervera'. He is one of four riders to have won world championship titles in three different categories, after Mike Hailwood, Phil Read and Valentino Rossi, and is one of the most successful motorcycle racers of all time, with eight Grand Prix World Championships to his name, six of which are in the premier class. Márquez became the third Spaniard after Àlex Crivillé and Jorge Lorenzo to win the premier class title, and is the most successful Spanish rider in MotoGP to date with 62 wins, most recently the 2024 Australian Grand Prix. In 2013 he became the first rider since Kenny Roberts in 1978 to win the premier class title in his first season, and the youngest to win the title overall, at 20 years and 266 days of age.