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Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing, which has been divided into four classes: MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3, and MotoE.Classes that have been discontinued include Formula 750, 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 80cc, 50cc and Sidecar.
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. [2] There were four classes when the championship started in 1949; 500cc, 350cc, 250cc and 125cc. The 50cc class was introduced in the 1962 ...
Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing, which has been divided into four World Championship classes since 2023: MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3, and MotoE. Former classes that are now discontinued include 350cc, 80cc/50cc and sidecars . [ 1 ]
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 2025 Thailand Grand Prix, 1,035 World Championship Grands Prix have been held over 77 seasons in 30 countries and under 55 race titles at 74 racing circuits. [1]
1949: Start of the world championship in Grand Prix motorcycle racing for five separate categories, 125cc, 250cc, 350cc, 500cc and sidecars. [1] Harold Daniell won the first ever 500cc Grand Prix race held at the Isle of Man TT. [11] 1951: Sidecars reduced in engine capacity from 600cc to 500cc
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 (although 500cc statistics are combined with MotoGP officially), 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 80cc, 50cc and Sidecar.
Phil Read, who, along with Max Biaggi, holds the most 250cc championships, with four. Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing, which has been divided into three classes since 1990: 125cc, 250cc and 500cc. Former classes that have been discontinued include 350cc, 50cc/80cc and Sidecar.
List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing FICM European Champions, from 1924 to 1939 and from 1981 to 2013, in order of year and engine displacement. By season [ edit ]