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2005: MotoGP adopts flag-to-flag rule, allowing riders to pit and switch to bikes fitted with wet-weather tyres and continue if rain begins to fall mid-race. 2005: Valentino Rossi wins his fifth consecutive MotoGP title. 2007: MotoGP engine capacity is restricted to 800cc four-stroke.
A new 'flag-to-flag' rule has been introduced. This means that, in the event of rain, the race will not be stopped and instead will be allowed to change bikes. This rule will only count for the MotoGP class. A new white flag has been introduced. If this flag is waved at a marshal post during the race, all riders are allowed to change bikes.
Remy Gardner left MotoGP for the Superbike World Championship. [77] He was replaced by 2022 Moto2 World Riders' Champion Augusto Fernández, who entered the MotoGP class with the rebranded GasGas Factory Racing team. [61] After being left without a place in the MotoGP grid, Darryn Binder went down to Moto2 to make his debut in that class. [78]
The 2005 United States motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship.It took place on the weekend of July 8–10, 2005 at Laguna Seca.Only the MotoGP class raced here because of the Californian law on air pollution, which forbids 2-stroke engines in the state.
An eight-motorcycle crash in the Snake Pit at the start (#34 R. Hayden, #29 Iannone, #2 Talmácsi, #52 Pešek, #61 Ivanov, #3 Corsi, #48 Tomizawa, #56 Ranseder) led to a red flag and two retirements (Tomizawa and Ranseder) immediately. It was later restarted, with the distance shortened to 17 laps. [8]
The 2026 FIM MotoGP World Championship will be the premier class of the 78th Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) Road Racing World Championship season, the highest level of competition in motorcycle road racing.
The 2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 58th Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) Road racing World Championship season. The season consisted out of 17 races for the MotoGP class and 16 for the 125cc and 250cc classes, beginning with the Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix on 26 March 2006 and ending with the Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix on 29 October.
The chequered red, yellow, white, and green flags are used identically to how they are used in auto racing. The yellow and red striped flag is used to indicate debris on the track. Other flags used include: A white flag with couped red cross, to indicate medical attention is required near the marshalling post.