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...t motorcycle racers of the early 1980s. He was a racing prodigy who began racing at the age of four, competing in dirt track events near his hometown of Shr ==Racing history==

...006]] called ''Circuito Internazionale Santamonica'') is an Italian [[auto racing|racetrack]] located next to the town of [[Misano Adriatico]] ([[Province of ...ino and Rimini's Coast Grand Prix]] as part of the [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|MotoGP]] World Championship.

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'''Circuito Permanente de Jerez''' is a 4,428 m (2.752-[[mile]]s) racing circuit located in the city of [[Jerez de la Frontera]], deep within the [[ ...d to [[Circuit de Catalunya|Barcelona]] following the [[1990 Spanish Grand Prix|1990 race]].

...e most talented riders never to have won a [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|world championship]]. ...four times: in [[1980]], [[1981]], [[1984]] and [[1987]]. During his Grand Prix career he rode for [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]], [[Suzuki]], [[Honda]] a

...[[Wales]]) is a [[Wales|Welsh]] [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix motorcycle racer]] ...championship in 1995, moving up to Junior Road racing in 1999. In the same season he was given special dispensation at the age of 12 to take part in the [[Ap

| Birthdate || January 20, 1987 | Last season || 2008

...e]] road racer and touring car racer. His success on the world motorcycle racing circuit earned him the nickname ''The Wollongong Whiz''. ==Motorcycle career==

...0s]] and early [[1990 in sports|1990s]] he won the [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|500cc World Championship]] three times and the [[Daytona 200]] once. He was ...l Champion [[Eddie Lawson]]. The following year, Lawson moved to the Grand Prix circuit and Rainey took over, earning the [[1983 in sports|1983]] National

...sports|1991]] and [[1992 in sports|1992]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|250cc World Championship]] aboard an [[Erv Kanemoto]] tuned ...moto Honda. He returned to the Rainey Yamaha squad for a few races in 1997 season then helped develop the new [[MZ Motorrad- und Zweiradwerk|MuZ]] race bike

...]]) was an [[United States|American]] World Champion [[motorcycle]] [[road racing|road racer]] during the late [[1980 in sports|1980s]] and early [[1990 in s Schwantz, whose parents owned a motorcycle shop, learned to ride at the age of three. He began his competitive career

...9, he became the first Spaniard to win the [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|500cc World Championship]]. ...unct 80cc World Championship, taking a 2nd place in his very first race in 1987. He was 7th overall in 1988, also dabbling in the 125cc series, which he ra

...rand Prix motorcycle racing|MotoGP]], for 2006 he moved to the [[Superbike racing|World Superbike]] series. ...15. He finished the championship in thirteenth place, scoring 6 points. In 1987, he also raced the 80cc championship, finishing seventeenth, scoring 8 poin

...rand Prix]] [[motorcycle]] [[road racing]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Champion]]. His penchant for consistently finishing i ...won the AMA Superbike Series 1981 and 1982. He also won the AMA 250cc road racing National Championship in 1980 and 1981 for Kawasaki.

|First race || [[1992 South African Grand Prix]] |Last race = [[1992 Brazilian Grand Prix]]

...pionship season since its inception in [[1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1949]]. == Alphabetical list of Grands Prix ==

...="text-align:center;" | '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Motorcycle Grand Prix]] Career''' ...Prix motorcycle racing season|1973]] - [[1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1989]]

! colspan=2 |'''[[San Marino]] Grand Prix''' ...Imola track was used for the [[1980 Italian Grand Prix|51st Italian Grand Prix]].

'''Hermann Lang''', born [[April 6]], [[1909]] – died [[October 19]], [[1987]], was a [[Germany|German]] champion race car driver. ...mechanic, eventually buying his own used bike with which he began amateur racing. He won the very first race he entered and before long decided to compete

|Events || [[Formula One]] (tests), [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|MotoGP]], [[F3]] ...i]]. The first race of the [[A1GP]] [[2008-09 A1 Grand Prix season|2008/09 season]] was originally planned to be held at the Mugello circuit on 21 September

'''John Kocinski''' is a retired [[motorcycle]] [[road racing|road racer]] whose successes include winning the 1990 250cc World Champions ...3rd in a field of 80 riders. He also took pole for the 1988 250cc US Grand Prix, and finished this and the Japan 250cc race in the top 5.

...racing|Grand Prix]] [[motorcycle]] [[road racing|road racer]] who has been racing for over 30 years, winning three World titles, four British championships a ...spends much of his time helping his son, [[Leon Haslam]], in his expanding racing career and training riders and racers alike at the Ron Haslam Race School a

...1950]], and the WCC has been awarded every season since [[1958 Formula One season|1958]]. ...could not count all of his results towards the championship - in the first season 4 races out of 7 were counted, and in the era of 16-race seasons, only 11 r

...[[Varese]], originally producing small metal components. It went into the motorcycle industry in [[1978]]. The name is a [[portmanteau]] derived from the founde ..._elefant-650_1986.jpg|left|thumb|200px|'''Cagiva Elefant 650, a dual-sport motorcycle using a Ducati engine''']]

...g|240px|Route of the Silverstone Circuit as laid out for the British Grand Prix]] ...ing|Superbikes]]; [[British Touring Car Championship|BTCC]]; [[Touring car racing|WTCC]]; [[British Formula Three Championship|British F3]]

== 1987 - == ...[[Italy]], with an Italio-Swiss ownership. They participated in 46 grands prix, entering a total of 76 cars.

|industry || [[Motorcycle]] '''Aprilia''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[motorcycle]] company, which in recent times bought the historical [[Moto-Guzzi]] and [

List of World Champions '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing]]''', from 1949 to 2005, in order of year and [[engine displacement]]. The following is a list of '''Grand Prix motorcycle racing [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] World Champions''', fro

! colspan=2 |'''German Grand Prix''' ...er motor racing events, it holds the annual [[Formula One]] [[German Grand Prix]]. Situated in the [[Rhine]] valley, the circuit is completely flat, withou

...0 the team was purchased by Renault, but competed as Benetton for the 2001 season. In 2002 the team became [[Renault F1]]. ...left|[[Thierry Boutsen]] driving for Benetton at the [[1988 Canadian Grand Prix]].]]

! colspan=2 |'''[[Belgium|Belgian]] Grand Prix''' The '''Belgian Grand Prix''' is an automobile race, part of the [[Formula One]] World Championship.

! colspan=2 |'''Enzo Coloni Racing Systems''' |Debut || [[1987 Italian Grand Prix]]

|Debut || [[1980]] [[Argentine Grand Prix]] |Last season || 1990

...egulation. "Formulas" limiting engine capacity had been used in Grand Prix racing on a regular basis since after [[World War I]]. The engine formulae are div ...far back as 2001, the [[Audi RS4]] with 24.2 m/s or the [[Yamaha YZF-R6]] motorcycle with 23 m/s.

...) is a co-host of the [[Formula One]] [[Fuji Television]] [[Japanese Grand Prix]], and is one of the oldest and most famous [[motorsport]] [[race track]]s ...is a massive test of driver skill and is easily one of the most difficult racing circuits in the world. Nevertheless, the track is loved by drivers and spec

|Debut || [[1985 Brazilian Grand Prix|1985]] [[Brazilian Grand Prix]] |Last season || 2005

'''[[MotoGP]]'''<br>[[United States motorcycle Grand Prix|United States Grand Prix]]<br><br> '''[[Rolex Sports Car Series|Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series]]'''

...Literal Translation: Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Road Race)'' is an endurance motorcycle race held at the [[Suzuka Circuit]] in [[Japan]] each year. As the name im ...ange for the race came in 1993. Due to the high popularity of [[Superbike racing]], which had been a support class in previous 8 Hours races, the race now c

! colspan=2 |'''[[Monaco]] Grand Prix – [[F1]]''' The '''Monaco Grand Prix''' (''Grand Prix de Monaco'') is a [[Formula One]] race held each year on the [[Circuit de M

'':go here for'' [[Lancia motorcycle|Lancia]] ''motorcycle'' ...n]] by [[Vincenzo Lancia]] and his friend Claudio Fogolin, both being Fiat racing drivers, as Lancia & C. The first Lancia automobile the "[[Lancia Alfa-12HP

...Ford Motor Company|Ford]]''' <small>({{F1|1995}})</small><br />Forti Grand Prix <small>({{F1|1996}})</small> |Debut || [[1995 Brazilian Grand Prix]]

...o appear after the [[Ducati Apollo]] was the 90°V twin, initial Grand Prix racing versions being 500 cc, and the production bikes were 750 cc. There was also Generally, any two-cylinder motorcycle engine with its two cylinders at an equidistant opposite angles from the ce

''For the motorcycle endurance event [[24 Hours of Le Mans (motorcycle race)]]'' ...own of [[Le Mans]], [[Sarthe]], [[France]]. Commonly known as the '''Grand Prix of Endurance''', it is organised by the [[Automobile Club de l'Ouest]] (ACO

[[Formula One]] has its roots in the European [[Grand Prix motor racing]] (''q.v.'' for pre-1947 history) of the 1920s and 1930s. However, the foun ...tionale (CSI) of the FIA, forerunner of FISA, as the premier single seater racing category in worldwide motorsport. It was initially known as Formula A, but

|Industry || [[Motorcycle]] ...], Europe's largest motorcycle manufacturer and the world's fourth largest motorcycle manufacturer by unit sales.

...ours of Le Mans''' (''24 heures du Mans'') is the most famous [[Sports car racing|sports car]] [[endurance race]]. It is held at ''[[Circuit de la Sarthe]]'' ...g the car that has covered the greatest distance in 24 hours of continuous racing. This rule appears obvious, but the [[1966]] race saw a surprise winner. Fo

==1955 The worst accident in racing history== ...ilure of all the Ferrari and Ford works cars. However the [[North American Racing Team]] (NART), [[Luigi Chinetti]]'s private team, saved Ferrari's honor wit