Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix

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Turkish Grand Prix
Istanbul park.svg
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Venue Istanbul Park (2005–2007)
First race2005
Last race2007
Most wins (rider) Marco Melandri, Casey Stoner (2)
Most wins (manufacturer) Honda (5)

The Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix was a motorcycling event that was part of the World Motorcycle Racing season.

Contents

The races were held in Istanbul Park in Istanbul, İzmit Körfez Circuit [1] in Kocaeli Province and Pınarbaşı Racing Circuit [2] in İzmir.

History

The inaugural race was held in 2005 after the Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix was scrapped from the calendar. [3] [4] [5] However, after only three years, the race was taken off the calendar due to financial troubles. The Istanbul Park circuit had problems raising the money to stage a MotoGP round every year, and the local authorities refused to help with the funding of the race, despite the boost it gave to the local economy. [6] [7] After the venue was taken over by now ex-Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone and DORNA chairman Carmelo Ezpeleta said that no decision was taken about including the Turkish GP into the 2008 calendar, the race was dropped and replaced by the Portuguese Grand Prix, who was moved to the now empty Turkey slot after the Indianapolis Grand Prix was confirmed. [8] [9]

Official names and sponsors

Spectator attendance

2006: 38.123 [10]

Winners of the Turkish Motorcycle Grand Prix

Multiple winners (riders)

# WinsRiderWins
CategoryYears won
2 Flag of Italy.svg Marco Melandri MotoGP2005, 2006
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Casey Stoner MotoGP2007
250cc2005

Multiple winners (manufacturers)

# WinsManufacturerWins
CategoryYears won
5 Flag of Japan.svg Honda MotoGP2005, 2006
250cc2006, 2007
125cc2005
3 Flag of Italy.svg Aprilia 250cc2005
125cc2006, 2007

By year

YearTrack125cc250ccMotoGPReport
RiderManufacturerRiderManufacturerRiderManufacturer
2007 Istanbul Park Flag of Italy.svg Simone Corsi Aprilia Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Dovizioso Honda Flag of Australia (converted).svg Casey Stoner Ducati Report
2006 Flag of Spain.svg Héctor Faubel Aprilia Flag of Japan.svg Hiroshi Aoyama Honda Flag of Italy.svg Marco Melandri Honda Report
2005 Flag of France.svg Mike di Meglio Honda Flag of Australia (converted).svg Casey Stoner Aprilia Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg Marco Melandri Honda Report

References

  1. "Körfez'de, Motosiklet Pist Şampiyonası yarışları". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2006-10-15. Retrieved 2013-09-21.
  2. "İzmir'de motosiklet yarışı heyecanı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2008-09-17. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
  3. Sports, Dorna. "Turkish Grand Prix confirmed - MotoGP™". www.motogp.com.
  4. "Rio GP Canceled, Event In Turkey Added To 2005 MotoGP Schedule". www.roadracingworld.com. 18 February 2005.
  5. "CNN.com - Rio race axed from MotoGP calendar - Feb 18, 2005". CNN.
  6. Lostia, Michele (21 July 2007). "Turkey dropped from 2008 calendar - MotoGP - Autosport".
  7. "Provisional 2008 MotoGP Calendar Announced - Istanbul Gone - MotoMatters.com - Kropotkin Thinks". motomatters.com.
  8. "Turkey GP future in the air".
  9. Lostia, Michele (21 July 2007). "MotoGP news: Turkey dropped from 2008 calendar". AUTOSPORT.com.
  10. "2006 #TurkishGP | Vintage MotoGP". YouTube. 2020-03-25. Archived from the original on 2021-12-17. Retrieved 2020-03-29.

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