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...="text-align:center;" | '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Motorcycle Grand Prix]] Career''' ...d Prix motorcycle racing season|1949]]-[[1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1952]]

...orcycle racing|Grand Prix]] [[motorcycle]] [[road racing]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Champion]]. A stylish rider and fiv He won the 1935 Junior Manx Grand Prix and then joined the [[Norton (motorcycle)|Norton]] team for the 1936 TT Rac

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...cing season|1950]], he became the first Italian to win the [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|500cc World Championship]]. ...orcycle World Championship]] in [[1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1949]] aboard a [[Moto Morini]], in the 125cc class. In the same year he also ra

The '''Czechoslovakian Grand Prix''' was a [[Grand Prix motor racing]] event first held on [[September 28]], [[1930]] at the [[Masa ...he [[Germany|German]] occupation in 1938 the race was discontinued until [[1949]] when the Masaryk Circuit was shortened to 17.8 km (11.06 miles).

...Prix motorcycle racing season|1949]] - [[1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1960]] ...Prix motorcycle racing season|1959]], [[1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1960]]

...="text-align:center;" | '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Motorcycle Grand Prix]] Career''' ...Prix motorcycle racing season|1949]] - [[1957 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1957]]

...]] [[motorcycle]] [[road racing|road racers]]''' from the 1949 to the 2006 season, in alphabetical order, from the classes MotoGP, 500 cc, 350 cc, 250 cc, 12 {{A-Z multipage list|List of Grand Prix motorcycle racers|Grand Prix motorcycle racing}}

...and winning the [[1947]] 500cc [[Ulster motorcycle Grand Prix|Ulster Grand Prix]] race with an average speed of 91.25 mph (146 km/h) in a time of 2 hrs. 43 ...position in the [[1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1950 Grand Prix season]] with seventh and fourth place respectively in the 500cc and 350cc champio

...Prix motorcycle racing season|1949]] - [[1951 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1951]] |Championships || 250cc - [[1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1950]]

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The '''Czechoslovakian Grand Prix''' was a [[Grand Prix motor racing]] event first held on [[September 28]], [[1930]] at the [[Masa ...he [[Germany|German]] occupation in 1938 the race was discontinued until [[1949]] when the Masaryk Circuit was shortened to 17.8 km (11.06 miles).

|First race || [[1955 Italian Grand Prix]] |Last race || [[1955 Italian Grand Prix]]

...urned to automobiles. By 1931 his performance earned him a spot in [[Grand Prix motor racing]] with the [[Maserati]] factory team. ...straight years from 1947 through 1949 and the [[Targa Florio]] in 1948 and 1949. He won more Mille Miglias than any other driver in history.

...], [[Switzerland]] which formerly hosted the [[Formula One]] [[Swiss Grand Prix]]. ...ns disaster|tragedy at Le Mans]]. Although there was a [[1982 Swiss Grand Prix]], it took place in [[Dijon]], [[France]]. On June 6, 2007 an amendment to

|First race || [[1950 British Grand Prix]] |Last race || [[1953 Italian Grand Prix]]

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...="text-align:center;" | '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Motorcycle Grand Prix]] Career''' ...Prix motorcycle racing season|1954]] - [[1966 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1966]]

! colspan=2 |'''[[Luxembourg]] Grand Prix''' ...year was hosted at Jerez in Spain for the 17th and final grand prix of the season. The 1998 race was also known as the Luxembourg GP despite no European Gp t

The '''Rome Grand Prix''' ('''''1925-1932:''' Premio Reale di Roma, '''1947-present:''' Gran Premi ...] races at the [[ACI Vallelunga Circuit]]. In 1954 and 1963 the Rome Grand Prix was run to [[Formula One]] rules, but neither event was included in the Wor

|First race || [[1950 British Grand Prix|1950]] [[British Grand Prix]] |Last race || [[1958 Monaco Grand Prix|1958]] [[Monaco Grand Prix]]

! colspan=2 |'''[[Netherlands|Dutch]] Grand Prix''' The '''Dutch Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula One]] automobile race held at [[Circuit Zandvoort]], fro

...on of [[World War II]]. The race was the first ever to be called a [[Grand Prix]]. ...is in many ways similar to the more famous [[Formula One]] [[Monaco Grand Prix]].

! colspan=2 |'''[[Switzerland|Swiss]] Grand Prix''' The '''Swiss Grand Prix''' was the premier [[auto race]] of [[Switzerland]]. In its later years it

...fter the conquest of the World Championship in the 125 class at Mondial in 1949''']] ...on in Moto 125cc, in 1949. In [[Formula One]] he participated in one grand prix, debuting on [[June 4]], [[1950]]. He scored no championship points, and ca

|Years || [[1977 Formula One season|1977]]- [[1986 Formula One season|1986]] |First race || [[1977 French Grand Prix]]

| First race || [[1952 Italian Grand Prix]] | Last race || [[1952 Italian Grand Prix]]

...by 1948 he won the San Diego Grand Prix. He raced in an [[Offenhauser]] in 1949 and won several races. ...unds. His 1959 season ended by competing in the only [[United States Grand Prix]] held at [[Sebring Raceway]].

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

|First race || [[1950 Monaco Grand Prix]] |Last race || [[1956 Italian Grand Prix]]

...s a British multi-time world champion [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] [[motorcycle]] [[road racing|road racer]]. ...inence after winning the 1949 Senior Clubmans TT and the Senior Manx Grand Prix and was to become the very first post-war motorcycling 'superstar', popular

...Ardennes ''[[département]]'' of France - September 10, 1950) was a [[Grand Prix motor racing]] driver. ...y including at the "Marseilles Three Hours" at [[Miramas]] and the [[Grand Prix de Tunisie]] until the outbreak of [[World War II]], where he played an act

...Marlboro Masters]]; [[A1 Grand Prix|A1GP]] ([[2006-07 A1 Grand Prix season|Season 2006-07]]) ...calendar for 30 out of the next 34 years. In {{F1|1985}}, the Dutch Grand Prix was held for the last time. The company that commercially ran the circuit (

! colspan=2 |'''[[Europe]]an Grand Prix''' ...n'' Grand Prix. The first race to be so named was the [[1923 Italian Grand Prix]], held at [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]] and won by [[Carlo Salamano]

! colspan=2 |'''[[Italy|Italian]] Grand Prix''' ...running events on the [[motor racing]] calendar. The first Italian [[Grand Prix motor racing]] championship took place on [[September 4]], [[1921]] at [[Br

...high-speed racetracks, capturing his first win in the 1937 [[Tripoli Grand Prix]] at the Mellaha Lake course in [[Libya]] which was then the fastest racetr ...|European Championship]]. He clocked the fastest lap at the [[French Grand Prix]] and was leading the field but engine trouble knocked him out of the race.

...g|240px|Route of the Silverstone Circuit as laid out for the British Grand Prix]] ...nshire]], [[England]]. It is best known as the home of the [[British Grand Prix]], which it first hosted in 1948 and which has been held on the circuit eve

! colspan=2 |'''{{flagiconUK}} [[United Kingdom|British]] Grand Prix''' ...e the oldest continuously staged [[Formula One]] world championship Grands Prix.

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

! colspan=2 |{{flagiconFrance}} '''French Grand Prix''' The '''French Grand Prix''' (''Grand Prix de France'') was a race held as part of [[Fédération Internationale de l'

|First race || [[1958 French Grand Prix|1958]] [[French Grand Prix]] |First win || [[1960 Italian Grand Prix|1960]] [[Italian Grand Prix]]

List of World Champions '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing]]''', from 1949 to 2005, in order of year and [[engine displacement]]. ...rnationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] World Champions''', from [[1949 in sports|1949]] to [[2007 in sports|2007]], in order of year and [[engine displacement]].

[[Image:GPItaly.jpg|thumb|left|250px|'''Grand Prix of Italy''']] '''Grand Prix motor racing''' has its roots in organized automobile racing that began in

| Debut || [[1939 Tripoli Grand Prix]] ...|| 6 <small>(pre-war Voiturette)</small><br>25 <small>(post-war Grand Prix)</small><br>0 <small>(Formula One)</small>

! colspan=2 |'''Pescara Grand Prix''' ...y of vehicle class regulations and durations. In F1 1957 the Pescara Grand Prix formed a round of the [[Formula One]] World Championship, a race which stil

...Formula One season|1950]]. Drivers who competed in the [[2007 Formula One season]] are highlighted in '''bold'''. This page is accurate up to and including the [[2007 Brazilian Grand Prix]] ([[October 21]], [[2007]]).

...produced. The 158 and its derivative, the 159, took 47 wins from 54 Grands Prix entered. It was originally developed for the pre-World War II [[voiturette] ...th 1.5&nbsp;litre engines, standing in the same relation to the top 'Grand Prix' formula (usually for 3&nbsp;litre engines) as the [[GP2 series]] does to F

...la One season|1975]], [[1977 Formula One season|1977]], [[1984 Formula One season|1984]]) | First race || [[1971 Austrian Grand Prix]]

| Debut || [[1939 Tripoli Grand Prix]] ...|| 6 <small>(pre-war Voiturette)</small><br>25 <small>(post-war Grand Prix)</small><br>0 <small>(Formula One)</small>

===Grand Prix racing=== ...cycle racing season|1976]], and by the [[1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season]], they were out of racing.

...supercharged]] 250cc racing bike. This was intended to compete in the 1940 season, building on Benelli's success in the [[1939 Isle of Man TT]]. With the sta ...d, designs were still largely based on those of the pre-war period. During 1949, Guiseppe Benelli left the family concern to found the [[Motobi]] marque.

! colspan=2 |'''[[Australia]]n Grand Prix''' | Circuit || [[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit]]

! 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

! colspan=2 |'''Grand Prix''' (motorcycles) |Current season || 2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

...thumb|right|250px|'''[[Tazio Nuvolari]] next to the 1950 Cisitalia [[Grand Prix]], the lack of money would not allow the stunning car to be completed.''']] ...and 1938, during which time he finished sixth in the 1936 [[Italian Grand Prix]] driving a [[Maserati 6C]]-34 for his own team, [[Scuderia Torino]], and w

...orld Cycling Championship|World Championships]] a few weeks earlier in the season. ...he race started in Basel and finished in Zurich and was known as the Grand Prix Suisse.

...ycling]] race which takes place in October towards the end of the European season. The route runs from the outskirts of [[Paris]] to the cathedral city of [[ ...constantly changed, at this time the race was sometimes known as the Grand Prix d'Automne and sometimes by the names of the start and finish towns. For man

...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 At a time when [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] racing was occurring throughout Europe, Le Mans was envisioned as a diffe

[[Formula One]] has its roots in the European [[Grand Prix motor racing]] (''q.v.'' for pre-1947 history) of the 1920s and 1930s. Howe ...reality the cars were no different to those that had raced earlier in the season. Indeed Varzi's car was built before the war. Championships for drivers or

1949-1950 Bartali - Gardiol<br /> | Major wins || '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]'''

...[Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network]] since 1952, televised live in 1949 and 1950 on then-independent, local station WFBM-TV (now [[WRTV]]), and not ...(183 in³) engine, inspired by the Peugeot [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] engine which had been serviced in his shop by [[Fred Offenhauser]] in 191

...motorcycle racing World Champions|World Championships]], 6 [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Constructor's Championships]] and 11 [[Is [[Image:Moto Guzzi Airone Sport 1949.jpg|thumb|Moto Guzzi Airone Sport 1949]]

...an advanced Grand Prix car was designed and built, the [[Alfa Romeo Grand Prix|GP1914]] which featured a four cylinder, double overhead camshafts, four va ...rix car]], which won Alfa Romeo the inaugural world championship for Grand Prix cars in 1925. For Alfa road cars Jano developed a series of small-to-mediu