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The 2005 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2005 MotoGP Championship.It took place on the weekend of 22–24 July 2005 at the Donington Park circuit. . It was also marked the final victory of Valentino Rossi in the wet race at the British circuit until the 2015 event was held at the Silverstone Circu
The 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 57th F.I.M. 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 10 April and ending with the Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix on 6 November.
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.
2009 MotoGP British Grand Prix: 2020 MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix: 21 USA: Randy Mamola: 13 1979–1990 1992: 1980 500cc Belgian Grand Prix: 1987 500cc San Marino Grand Prix ITA: Max Biaggi † 13 1998–2005: 1998 500cc Japanese Grand Prix: 2004 MotoGP German Grand Prix: 23 UK: Phil Read * 11 1961–1964 1971 1973–1976: 1964 500cc Ulster Grand ...
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 ...
1997: Sun British Grand Prix [18] 2000–2004: Cinzano British Grand Prix [19] 2005: betandwin.com British Grand Prix [20] 2006: GAS British Grand Prix [21] 2007: Nickel&Dime British Grand Prix [22] 2008: bwin.com British Grand Prix [23] 2010–2011: AirAsia British Grand Prix [24] 2012–2014: Hertz British Grand Prix [25] 2015–2017: Octo ...
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 premier class is MotoGP, which was formerly known as the 500cc class. [1]
2011: MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli is killed at Sepang. [18] 2011: Suzuki suspend their MotoGP participation at the end of the season. 2012: The new Moto3 250cc (15.2 cu in) four-stroke single-cylinder class replaces the 125cc two-stroke class. 2012: MotoGP raises the maximum engine capacity to 1,000cc [19] (61 cu in) and introduces claiming ...