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- ↑ "History – Paton – moto". Paton.it. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ↑ "Roberto Pattoni: Team Manager of the unlucky Paton outfit". Motogp.com. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
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| Series | Manufacturer | 2000s | |||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||
| MotoGP 500 cc 990 cc 800 cc | Aprilia | RSW-2 500 | RS Cube | ||||||||
| Ducati | Desmosedici GP3 | Desmosedici GP4 | Desmosedici GP5 | Desmosedici GP6 | Desmosedici GP7 | Desmosedici GP8 | Desmosedici GP9 | ||||
| Honda | NSR500 | RC211V | RC212V | ||||||||
| Ilmor | X3 | ||||||||||
| Kawasaki | ZX-RR | ZX-RR | |||||||||
| Paton | PG 500 R | PG 500 RC | |||||||||
| Suzuki | RGV500 | GSV-R | GSV-R | ||||||||
| Team Roberts | Proton KR3 | Proton V5 | KR211V | KR212V | |||||||
| Yamaha | YZR500 | YZR-M1 | YZR-M1 | ||||||||
| 250 cc | Aprilia | RSW 250 | RSA 250 | ||||||||
| Gilera | RSW 250 | RSA 250 | |||||||||
| Honda | NSR250 | RS250RW | |||||||||
| RS250R | |||||||||||
| KTM | 250 FRR | ||||||||||
| Yamaha | YZR250 | ||||||||||
| TZ250 | |||||||||||
| 125 cc | Aprilia | RSW 125 | RSA 125 | ||||||||
| Derbi | 125 GP | RSW 125 | RSA 125 | ||||||||
| Gilera | 125 GP | RSW 125 | |||||||||
| Honda | RS125R | ||||||||||
| Italjet | F125 | ||||||||||
| KTM | 125 FRR | ||||||||||
| Loncin | 125 | ||||||||||
| Malaguti | 125 | ||||||||||
| TSR-Honda | AC11M/AC12M | ||||||||||
| Yamaha | TZ 125 | TZ 125 | TZ 125 | ||||||||