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Francesco Bagnaia entered as defending Riders' Champion. Jorge Martín is the current Riders' Championship leader. Ducati won their sixth Constructors Championship.. The season opener returned to its traditional home in Qatar, seeing Jorge Martín take the early championship lead with a sprint race win from pole position, before being eclipsed by defending champion Francesco Bagnaia taking the ...
The motorcycles used in MotoGP are purpose-built for the sport, and are unavailable for purchase by the general public because they cannot be legally ridden on public roads. [2] From the mid-1970s to 2002, the top class of GP racing allowed 500cc with a maximum of four cylinders, regardless of whether the engine was a two-stroke or four-stroke. [2]
Marc Márquez (2013) Fewest pole positions scored in a Championship-winning season (from 1974) 0. Wayne Rainey (1992) Joan Mir (2020) Longest time between first and last pole positions. 6,251 days. Valentino Rossi (2001 South African Grand Prix – 2018 Italian Grand Prix) Longest time between successive pole positions.
Sprints were held on the Saturday of each Grand Prix weekend and were approximately 50% of the total race distance. Points were awarded to the top 9 finishers on a 12–9–7–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis, similar to the system used in Superbike World Championship Superpole races.
2026. 2025 Moto2 World Championship. 2025 Moto3 World Championship. 2025 MotoE World Championship. The 2025 FIM MotoGP World Championship will be the premier class of the 77th Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) Road Racing World Championship season, the highest level of competition in motorcycle road racing.
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 Japanese Grand Prix , 1,031 World Championship Grands Prix have been held over 76 seasons in 30 countries and under 54 race titles at 74 racing circuits.
The 2020 FIM MotoGP World Championship was the premier class of the 72nd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. The season was notably characterized by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the absence of perennial title favourite and defending champion Marc Márquez due to a serious arm injury, the high number of wins from different ...
Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing, which has been divided into three classes: MotoGP, Moto2, and Moto3. Classes that have been discontinued include 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 80cc, 50cc and Sidecar. The Grand Prix Road-Racing World Championship was established in 1949 by the sport's governing ...