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...side of the circuit has made future events unlikely, though the full Grand Prix circuit basically exists. Liverpool Motor club continue to use the circuit

...le racing|Grand Prix]] [[motorcycle]] [[road racing]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Champion]]. A stylish rider and five times win He won the 1935 Junior Manx Grand Prix and then joined the [[Norton (motorcycle)|Norton]] team for the 1936 TT Races. It was a winning combination as he to

...e the 50th Anniversaries of the British successes of the '55 and '57 Grand Prix held at AIntree. ...well as in a sportscar race. He was to compete at the [[1957 British Grand Prix]] only for that not to happen as he was killed in the [[Mille Miglia]].

...early post-war period. They participated in a single [[Formula One]] Grand Prix as a constructor in 1950. | [[1950 British Grand Prix|GBR]]

...[Formula One]] constructor from [[Italy]]. They participated in 31 grands prix, entering a total of 32 cars. | [[1978 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]

...win a 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle race when he won the 1976 Finnish Grand Prix for [[Suzuki]]. ...gain finish third in the world championship and won the 1977 British Grand Prix at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]].

...[[Wales]]) is a [[Wales|Welsh]] [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix motorcycle racer]] Davies started racing in the British British Mini Moto championship in 1995, moving up to Junior Road racing in 1999. In

...amshaft. Several models were equipped with this engine but almost all were British engines. {{A-Z multipage list|Motorcycle Information and Photos by Marque|Motorcycle Information and Photos by Marque|}}

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

|First race || [[1952 Swiss Grand Prix|1952]] [[Swiss Grand Prix]] |First win || [[1956 Belgian Grand Prix|1956]] [[Belgian Grand Prix]]

...d Champions|World Champion]] [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] [[motorcycle]] [[road racing|road racer]]. He became the British 125[[Cubic centimetre|cc]] champion aged just 20, and finished second in th

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

...sh 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

...in motorcycle [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Grand Prix history]]. ..., Italian industrialist. His father originally didn't approve of his son's motorcycle racing career. He did everything he could to persuade his son not to race.

...or the factory [[Suzuki]] MotoGP team. He is a former [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|250cc World Champion]] for [[Aprilia]]. ...th [[1993 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1993]] and [[1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1994]] without winning it.

|Nationality || {{flagiconUK}} [[United Kingdom|British]] ...|| [[1961 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1961]] - [[1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1976]]

| Debut || [[1991 United States Grand Prix]] | Wins || 0 (best result: 7th in the [[1991 United States Grand Prix]])

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

...onship|British F3]], [[Superbike racing|British Superbikes]], [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|MotoGP]] ...nthusiast Tom Wheatcroft. It is used as a [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] track, and for music festivals.

...ycle racing]] championship 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''' ! Grands Prix

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

...sports|1980s]] and early [[1990 in sports|1990s]] he won the [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|500cc World Championship]] three times and the [[Daytona 200]] once. ...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

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

...y]] that raced under [[Swiss]] nationality. They participated in 6 grands prix during the early 1970s, entering a total of 6 cars. ...qualification. The car reappeared for the non-championship Argentine Grand Prix in 1971, entered by the Jolly Club. In September the car popped up again at

...e. This suspension resulted in a DNS(did not start) at the Malaysian grand prix. Also noteworthy for the 2003 season was the crash in Italy where Kenny Rob ...l mechanical failures, which effectivly undid the hard work to develop the motorcycle. Having qualified on the front row at [[Motegi]], he was eliminated in a fi

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

...]] who has been racing for over 30 years, winning three World titles, four British championships and ridden in almost 110 GPs. ...ire]], Haslam started racing in 1972 at the age of 15 on a 750cc [[Norton (motorcycle)|Norton]] Commando owned jointly by elder brothers Phil and Terry. On a wet

...e. This suspension resulted in a DNS(did not start) at the Malaysian grand prix. Also noteworthy for the 2003 season was the crash in Italy where Kenny Rob ...l mechanical failures, which effectivly undid the hard work to develop the motorcycle. Having qualified on the front row at [[Motegi]], he was eliminated in a fi

...del Vallès]]. He is the youngest world champion in 125cc and 250cc Grands Prix. Pedrosa stands 1.58m (5ft, 2in) tall and weighs 51kg (112.4lbs). ...drosa started riding bikes at the early age of four, when he got his first motorcycle, an Italjet 50, which had side-wheels. His first racing bike was a minibike

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

...ut || [[1992 South African Grand Prix|1992]] [[South African Grand Prix]] [[Roberto Moreno]] in the '''Andrea Moda''' S921, at the [[1992 Monaco Grand Prix]].

..., ([[January 16]], [[1903]] – [[March 18]], [[1945]]), was a [[Grand Prix motor racing]] driver and [[war hero]]. ...y inclined, and fascinated by motorized vehicles, Grover-Williams bought a motorcycle and began racing. Returning to [[Paris]], in [[1919]] he worked as the chau

|First race || [[1957 Argentine Grand Prix|1957]] [[Argentine Grand Prix]] |Last race || [[1959 United States Grand Prix|1959]] [[United States Grand Prix]]

...[[Ducati Motor Holding|Ducati]] that deals with the firm's involvement in motorcycle racing. It is directed by Claudio Domenicali and is based inside Bologna in ==Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing (MotoGP)==

|Debut || [[1990 United States Grand Prix]] |Last race || [[1990 Spanish Grand Prix]]

| Debut || [[1972 Belgian Grand Prix|1972]] [[Belgian Grand Prix]] | Last race || [[1973 Austrian Grand Prix|1973]] [[Austrian Grand Prix]]

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

[[Image:BRM H16 engine.jpg|thumb|The [[British Racing Motors|BRM]] H16 [[Formula One]] engine in its final, 64-[[Poppet va ...Despite its poor reputation [[Jim Clark]] managed to win the 1966 US Grand Prix with a [[Lotus 43]] powered by this engine. [http://members.madasafish.com/

...ndon]]), often known as Shakey or Shaky, is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[motorcycle]] [[road racing|road racer]]. ...tester for Colin Schiller's Fast Bikes magazine, Shakey sat and passed his motorcycle test on a Ducati 996 SPS.

...[[Italy]], with an Italio-Swiss ownership. They participated in 46 grands prix, entering a total of 76 cars. ...uri failing seven times), and Modena's 11th place at the [[Hungarian Grand Prix]] would be their best result.

...left|[[Thierry Boutsen]] driving for Benetton at the [[1988 Canadian Grand Prix]].]] ...[[Giancarlo Fisichella]] driving for Benetton at the [[1999 Canadian Grand Prix]].]]

|Nationality || {{flagiconUK}} [[United Kingdom|British]] ...|| [[1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1952]] - [[1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1960]]

...on the [[Superbike racing|World Superbike]] championship, as well as the [[British Superbike]] series. ...f power of his machine. Troy was offered a ride in the [[British Superbike|British]] championship the next year, winning it in style in 1999.

...[[Formula Three]] Car during a support race at the [[2006 Australian Grand Prix]]]] ...]; the other at the [[1991 San Marino Grand Prix|1991]] [[San Marino Grand Prix]], thanks to [[JJ Lehto]]. Dallara would return briefly to F1 in 1999, buil

...nised by enthusiasts in [[Bristol]] just before the [[Second World War]] - British racing after the war picked up slowly and home-built 500cc motorbike-engine ...was known for producing excellent drivers who polished their skills in the British Formula Three championship. Perhaps the most curious of all was the small

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

|align="center"| [[1950 Italian Grand Prix|Race 7]] of 7 |align="center"| [[1951 Spanish Grand Prix|Race 8]] of 8

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

|First race:||[[1957 Argentine Grand Prix|1957]] [[Argentine Grand Prix]] |Last race:||[[1959 United States Grand Prix|1959]] [[United States Grand Prix]]

...03]], [[2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|2004]], [[2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|2005]]) ...] professional [[Motorcycle racing|motorcycle racer]] and multiple [[Grand Prix motorcycles|MotoGP]] World Champion.

|First race:||[[1950 Monaco Grand Prix|1950]] [[Monaco Grand Prix]] |First win:||[[1951 German Grand Prix|1951]] [[German Grand Prix]]

|Debut || [[1987 Italian Grand Prix]] |Last race || [[1991 Australian Grand Prix]]

....jpg|thumb|250px|Jackie Stewart speaking at the [[2005 United States Grand Prix]]]] Sir '''John Young Stewart''', Order of the British Empire (born 11 June 1939 in Milton, Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire),

...(born 5 October 1980 in [[Doncaster]], [[South Yorkshire]] is an British [[motorcycle]] racer. Toseland was the {{SBK|2007}} [[List of Superbike World champions| ...Ray Stubbs]] for BBC's Sport Relief, as well as playing a piano set at the British sports personality of the year awards 2007.

|Debut || [[1980]] [[Argentine Grand Prix]] ...based in Volpiano near [[Turin]], Italy. They participated in 132 [[Grand Prix]]s between 1980 and 1990. They achieved two point finishes and scored 5 cha

...s]]; [[Superbike_racing#World Superbike series|World Superbike series]]; [[British Touring Car Championship|BTCC]]; [[Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters|DTM]]; [[Wo ...the city of [[London]], ensured a popular slot on the [[Formula One|Grand Prix]] calendar between [[1964]] and [[1986]]. Those in attendance were treated

...>'''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|MotoGP World Championship]]'''<br>Grand Prix of Japan ...tube.com/watch?v=fBS-wKwkiAU Impossible Dream]'', the sequence where the [[British American Racing|BAR]] [[Formula One]] car is driven into the bridge is shot

|Layout2 || Grand Prix track |Layout3 || Grand Prix track motorcycle

|Debut || [[2006 Bahrain Grand Prix]] ...zi 2006.jpg|thumb|right|[[Vitantonio Liuzzi]] at the [[2006 Canadian Grand Prix]].]]

[[Image:Lisboa.jpg|thumb|right|380px|Macau Grand Prix]] ...the only [[Road racing|street circuit racing event]] in which both car and motorcycle races are held. Every year more than three hundred racing drivers and rider

! 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

...sens Aprilia Team during the warm up lap of the 125cc Czech Republic Grand Prix at Brno.]] ...en [[2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|2002]] and [[2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|2006]], competitors had been allowed to use 990&nbsp;cc motor

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

|Debut || [[1985 Brazilian Grand Prix|1985]] [[Brazilian Grand Prix]] ...vintage Minardi M185 driven by Roderigo Gallego at a [[Thoroughbred Grand Prix]] event at [[Brands Hatch]] in September 2005]]

...ght regulation. "Formulas" limiting engine capacity had been used in Grand Prix racing on a regular basis since after [[World War I]]. The engine formulae ...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 ...xciting races. Japan's traditional role as the penultimate or final Grand Prix of the season means numerous [[List of Formula One World Champions|World Ch

The '''Ducati 750 Imola Desmo''' is a race [[motorcycle]] built by [[Ducati]] that won the [[1972]] [[Imola Circuit|Imola]] 200km r ...ere was a running motor. By August of 1970, there was a complete prototype motorcycle. Taglioni engaged Leopoldo Tartarini, the founder of Italjet, to refine the

...s]], although this part of the business is now a separate company from the motorcycle side. A year later in 1921, Benelli built its first motorcycle with its OWN engine which had by then become a 98 cc model.

|Nationality || {{flagiconUK}} [[United Kingdom|British]] |Team(s) || [[Brabham]], [[WilliamsF1|Williams]], [[Arrows]], [[Jordan Grand Prix|Jordan]]

The '''Isle of Man TT (Tourist Trophy)''' is a [[motorcycle racing]] event held on the [[Isle of Man]] since 1907. The race is run on p ...27.29 mph (204.81 km/h) in 2002. This was surpassed by [[John McGuinness (motorcycle racer)|John McGuinness]] during the 2004 TT on a Yamaha R1 setting a time o

...nando Alonso]] won the drivers' championship at the [[2005 Brazilian Grand Prix]].]] ...minance by [[Michael Schumacher]] and [[Scuderia Ferrari]]. With 19 Grands Prix the 2005 season featured the most events ever.

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|Company slogan || Motorcycle Art |Industry || [[Motorcycle]]

! 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

The 1964 '''Ducati Berliner 1260 Apollo''' was a prototype model of [[motorcycle]], that did not make it into production, yet influenced other production mo [[Image:Ducati_apollo.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Ducati Apollo motorcycle]]

'''Motorcycle sport''' is a broad field that encompasses all [[sport]]ing aspects of [[mo ...rnationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] is the international sanctioning body for motorcycle racing and most nations have their own governing bodies. Other breakaway/in

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

...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.

...] [[automobile]]s. '''Motor racing''' or '''motorsport''' may also mean [[motorcycle racing]], and can include [[motorboat racing]] and [[air racing]]. It is on :''See: [[Grand Prix motor racing]]''

...] [[automobile]]s. '''Motor racing''' or '''motorsport''' may also mean [[motorcycle racing]], and can include [[motorboat racing]] and [[air racing]]. It is on :''See: [[Grand Prix motor racing]]''

The '''CNA Rondine''', also known as '''Gilera 500 4C''' is an [[Italian]] [[motorcycle]] manufacturer. Unlike the traditional trend for technological motor compan ...dine" appeared two years later, when it was established the ''[[Grand Prix motorcycle Tripoli]]''by [[Italo Balbo]], now governor of the [[Tripolitania]] and [[C

...usqvarna’s motorcycle history goes back even further. Just like many other motorcycle makers, Husqvarna began by making bicycles. '''1903 - From bicycle to motorcycle'''

...ine to 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 w Generally, any two-cylinder motorcycle engine with its two cylinders at an equidistant opposite angles from the ce

'''Motorcycle speedway''', normally referred to as '''Speedway''', is a [[motorcycle sport]] that involves usually 4 and sometimes up to 6 riders competing over ...up]] whilst the highest overall scoring individual in the [[Speedway Grand Prix]] events is pronounced the Speedway world champion.

...was initially announced as the same as for 2005, with the [[Belgian Grand Prix]] scheduled for [[September 17]]. However, on [[February 8]], the [[FIA]] a ...and FIA President [[Max Mosley]] and the Grand Prix was back on the Grand Prix calendar for the [[2007 Formula One season|2007 season]].

[[Ducati]] abandoned the [[MotoGP|Grand Prix]] racing scene at the start of the 1970s. For many years the 500 class was ...n the rear wheel gave better control. Capirossi took two wins in the Grand Prix of Japan at [[Twin Ring Motegi|Motegi]] and in the Malaysian GP at [[Sepang

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

...] [[automobile]]s. '''Motor racing''' or '''motorsport''' may also mean [[motorcycle racing]], and can include [[motorboat racing]] and [[air racing]]. It is on :''See: [[Grand Prix motor racing]]''

...] [[automobile]]s. '''Motor racing''' or '''motorsport''' may also mean [[motorcycle racing]], and can include [[motorboat racing]] and [[air racing]]. It is on :''See: [[Grand Prix motor racing]]''

...] [[automobile]]s. '''Motor racing''' or '''motorsport''' may also mean [[motorcycle racing]], and it can further include [[motorboat racing]] and [[air racing] :''See: [[Grand Prix motor racing]]''

...get=StrumentoMTA&isin=IT0001278081&lang=en DMH]) is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[motorcycle]] manufacturer located in [[Bologna, Italy]]. ...nt motorbikes Ducati has gained prominence in motorcycle racing and in the motorcycle industry.

...the engine blew when its bearings failed. Better luck would be had at the British GP on July 16th, with Bruce and the McLaren-Serenissima finishing 6th behin ...lans were made to enter the car in the next Siracusa and Monte Carlo Grand Prix. The new car had a short test at the Aerodrome of Modena, where it was driv

|First race || [[2001 Australian Grand Prix]] |First win || [[2001 Italian Grand Prix]]

...ational recognition came later, with a victory in the 1925 [[Tripoli Grand Prix]], followed by success in Spain and a fourth-place tie for the two-car team ...alve conversions and stronger drivetrains were the result, though only for British consumption.

...championship came after a dramatic season finale at [[2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix|Abu Dhabi]] where three other drivers could also have won the championship; ...in]] and the season concluded on November 14 in the [[2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix|United Arab Emirates]] after 19 motor races held in 18 countries on five co

|Industry || [[Scooter (motorcycle)|Scooter]] ...actured scooters; [[India|Indian]] light vehicle engines; [[United Kingdom|British]] fashion clothing; and [[China|Chinese]] produced watches.

''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

*[[Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit]], [[Albert Park, Victoria|Albert Park,]] [[Melbourne]], [[VIC|Vict *[[Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit]], [[Phillip Island (Victoria)|Phillip Island]]

...ries, notably when Vincenzo Auricchio in a Stanguellini 1100 won the Grand Prix of Pescara ahead of Cortese. Similarly at [[Florence]] the Stanguellini aga ...al problems. A lack of sponsorship funding made further competing with the British teams impossible.{{-}}

...uce cars of his own; the Ferrari team first appeared on the European grand prix scene after the end of [[World War II]]. ...4 [[pole position]]s, 11,182 laps led, and 180 fastest laps in 1622 grands prix contested.

...track racing]], [[motorcycle speedway]], and [[rallying]]. Early [[Grand Prix]] drivers such as [[Tazio Nuvolari]] also used an at the limit form of driv ...lar in the All Japan Touring Car Championship races over 30 years ago. A [[motorcycle racing|motorcycling]] legend turned driver, [[Kunimitsu Takahashi]], was th

[[Formula One]] has its roots in the European [[Grand Prix motor racing]] (''q.v.'' for pre-1947 history) of the 1920s and 1930s. Howe ...anned. The first race under the new regulations was the [[1946 Turin Grand Prix]] held on [[1 September]], the race being won by [[Achille Varzi]] in an [[

| Debut || [[1963 Belgian Grand Prix]] | Last race || [[1964 Italian Grand Prix]]

...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

...major and minor races were cancelled in 1955, like the [[Formula_One|Grand Prix]] races in Germany and [[Switzerland]] - the latter country banned circuit ...d other Ferrari prototypes, including two 330&nbsp;Ps, were entered by the British team Maranello Concessionaires, the Belgian team Equipe Nationale Belge and

.... Other Ferrari prototypes, including two 330&nbsp;Ps, were entered by the British team Maranello Concessionaires, the Belgian team Equipe Nationale Belge and ...d [[Brian Redman]] was still out after a crash in the [[1968 Belgian Grand Prix]] at Spa.