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...]] [[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 ...multipage list|List of Grand Prix motorcycle racers|Grand Prix motorcycle racing}}

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

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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==

...ST withdrew before the opening [[1989 Brazilian Grand Prix|Brazilian Grand Prix]], folding thereafter when attempts to regroup and strengthen the chassis f The chassis would later turn up in {{F1|1990}} as the [[Life (Racing Team)|Life]] L190.

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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]].

...="text-align:center;" | '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Motorcycle Grand Prix]] Career''' ! Grands Prix

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

...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

...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

[[Image:elaw1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|'''Eddie aboard the Honda NSR500, 1989.''']] ...rand Prix]] [[motorcycle]] [[road racing]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Champion]]. His penchant for consistently finishing i

...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

...9, he became the first Spaniard to win the [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|500cc World Championship]]. ...all in 1988, also dabbling in the 125cc series, which he raced fulltime in 1989. He won the 125cc World Championship in his first attempt riding for the JJ

...started his racing career in the 125 [[Cubic centimetre|cc]] category in [[1989]], aged 18. In [[1990]] he won the [[Italian Sport Production Championship] ...he took his first victory in [[Kyalami]], [[South Africa]]. The following season, Biaggi joined [[Honda]], and finished 4th in the championship standings by

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

...]]) 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

...er]]. She was the first woman to achieve points in [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing]]. ...he title went to Häkkinen. She was also given a personal one-year ban from racing, which eventually ended her promising career in karting.

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

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

|Long name || Life Racing Engines |Debut || [[1990 United States Grand Prix]]

'''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.

..., behind only [[Giacomo Agostini]]. He is considered to be one of the best motorcycle racers in history. ...eight weeks after the crash. After an arduous recovery, Doohan returned to racing for the final two races but could not prevent [[Yamaha Motor Corporation|Ya

...[[Italy]], with an Italio-Swiss ownership. They participated in 46 grands prix, entering a total of 76 cars. ...ill of Swiss [[Walter Brun]], who ran the [[Brun Motorsport]] [[sports car racing|sports car]] team.

...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

|Debut || [[1991 United States Grand Prix]] |Poles || 0 (best grid position: 10th [[1992 Mexican Grand Prix]])

...[[Formula Three]] Car during a support race at the [[2006 Australian Grand Prix]]]] ...e 1993. Dallara also is the chassis used by almost all teams in the [[Indy Racing League]] and all teams of [[GP2 Series]].

...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]]

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

...[[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''']]

...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 |'''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

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

|Debut || [[1980]] [[Argentine Grand Prix]] |Poles || 0 (10th Japan 1989)

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

...s]], although this part of the business is now a separate company from the motorcycle side. ...px-Benelli_raceteam_jaren_dertig.jpg|left|thumb|250px|''The 175 cc Benelli Racing Team was in the thirties an almost unbeatable force. Picture of [[Raffaele

...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.

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

| Events || [[V8 Supercar]]<br>[[Australian Grand Prix]]<br>[[Superbike World Championship]]<br>[[Castrol 6 Hour]] '''Oran Park Raceway''' is a [[Auto racing|motor racing]] circuit at [[Narellan, New South Wales|Narellan]] in southwestern [[Sydne

...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

|Years || [[1992 Formula One season|1992]] - [[1999 Formula One season|1999]] |Team(s) || [[Brabham]], [[WilliamsF1|Williams]], [[Arrows]], [[Jordan Grand Prix|Jordan]]

...o'' ("little puppy") and in 1950 began producing its own complete 98-pound motorcycle with the same name. ...bikes a day, but cheap cars were entering the markets, and sales for many motorcycle manufacturers would decline.

...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

{{F1 season | ...hree other drivers could also have won the championship; Vettel's Red Bull Racing team mate [[Mark Webber]], [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]'s [[Fernando Alonso

[[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.

==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