The History Of Motogp – The upcoming Gran Premio Red Bull de España will mark the 300th ™ race and the 400th race of the World Championship on Spanish soil
There is no doubt that the upcoming Gran Premio Red Bull de España will be full of action, intrigue and excitement, but especially when you add to the mix that it will mark the 300th start ™, as well as being the 400th race of the World Championship held in Spain in all categories.
The History Of Motogp
This figure not only takes into account the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Jerez – Angel Nieto but also those in Aragon, Catalunya, Valencia, Europe, Madrid; and even Portugal! Yes, Portugal. The 1987 and 1988 Portuguese Grands Prix were held in Jerez and Jarama respectively.
Motogp Motorcycle Racer Valentino Rossi Grand Prix Racing Highlights
The most frequently raced category across the nation is the 125cc/Moto3™ class with a massive 123 battles taking place. This is followed by 120 for 250cc/Moto2™ and 112 for the 500cc/™ class. Furthermore, if we go further back in the history books, we find 50cc (22), 350cc (12) and finally 80cc (8).
As for the riders who have managed to win most often around Spain, at the top of the list is Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha) with 21 wins over his 23-year career. The Doctor scores 2 in 125cc, 3 in 250cc and 16 in the premier class – 2 in 500cc and 14 in™.
The Italian is ahead of a large number of riders who have tasted success on home soil: Jorge Lorenzo (17), Dani Pedrosa – who will soon have Turn 6 at the Circuit de Jerez Angel Nieto named after him – (15) , Marc Márquez (11) and the late, great Angel Nieto (11).
The Repsol Honda Team duo of Lorenzo and Marquez will be doing their best to close the gap at the top and see them overtake Rossi as the most successful rider in the World Championship on Spanish soil in the upcoming Gran Premio Red Bull de España.
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At the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya this weekend ™ celebrates its 70th birthday, making it the oldest motorsport of the World Championship. But how did it all begin?
The idea of a World Road Racing Championship came up shortly before 1949. The first use of the term ‘Grand Prix’ for a motorcycle race was in 1904 for the Paris Coupe Internationale des Motocyclettes, with riders from France, Denmark, Germany, Britain and Austria. The Fédération Internationale des Clubs Motocyclistes (FICM) was founded the next day and this organization governed European racing competitions for more than 40 years.
During the inter-war period (1919-1939), the FICM launched its first official Championship: the European Grand Prix. Held between 1924 and 1939, the European Grand Prix was a title given to an individual Grand Prix that rotates each year. Then, after 1938, it became the European Championship. This included several races and three distinct and competitive classes: 250cc, 350cc and 500cc.
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The European Championship competition resumed after the Second World War in 1947, but it consisted of only one race, the same as in 1924. However, in November 1948 at the London Congress, the FICM took the decision to replace the European Championship with a World Championship. And so, in January 1949, the official rules for the motorcycle Grand Prix World Championship were written, with a six-race calendar published the following month.
So, what were the rules? Extract from the report written by the ISC secretary, Mayor T.W. Loughborough said: “The FICM will award the title of World Champion to a) the best rider and b) the best constructor, in the classic road racing events of the year, in each of -recognized classes where at least three races have been held. held: 125cc, 250cc, 350cc, 500cc solo and 600cc side-car.
“The minimum distances for the races in each of the various classes shall be: for the 125cc solo and the 600cc side-cars: 100 kilometers; for the 250cc solo: 125 kilometers; for the 350cc solo: 150 kilometers; for the 500cc solo: 200 kilometers.”
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No special registration was required for the race, with titles awarded according to the number of points gained in each of the events. The scoring system was very different from what we see in 2019, with the winner getting 10 points; P2 = eight; P3 = seven; P4 = six points; P5 = five points. The driver with the fastest lap, until the race is over, is awarded a point. In addition, only the best three results in all events count.
From the manufacturers’ Championship point of view, only the best-placed engine for a particular make scores points – a rule we still see today. For example, if Marc Marquez of Repsol Honda Team won from teammate Jorge Lorenzo and Cal Crutchlow of LCR Honda Castrol in the Catalan GP, Honda as a manufacturer would get 25 points, not the total points scored by Marquez , Lorenzo and Crutchlow.
Speaking of winning, the first 500cc race – the 1949 Isle of Man of Senior TT – was won by British Norton factory rider Harold Daniell, but the inaugural Championship would be contested between AJS factory rider Leslie Graham and Gilera factory rider Nello Pagani. Graham won the Swiss Grand Prix held in Geneva and the Ulster Grand Prix in Belfast-Clady, while Pagani won the Dutch TT in Assen and the Grand Prix of Nations in Monza . In the end, despite not getting any points in Spa and Monza, Graham was the first FIM Grand Prix World Champion, with 30 points, one more than Pagani.
And since then, the motorcycle Grand Prix World Championship has been going on and evolving into the sport we love today. You can celebrate 70 years of ™ and join the conversation by using #70 on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram!
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This article originally appeared in the July/August 2005 issue of Robb Report MotorCycling and has been edited for the website. Photography courtesy of Dorna Sports and Repsol Honda Team.
Throughout the weekend, thousands of Italians had passed through Honda’s hospitality area—its windows wide open to the glorious Italian sun. Their pace would slow down if they spied the Honda World Superbike riders in the tent eating or enjoying a short break, the bravest among their number stopping for a brief moment to take a picture or ask for an autograph.
The flow of human traffic never stopped—until they noticed MotoGP’s Rossi, whose cap and sunglasses failed to keep him incognito. The Italian fans stopped suddenly and stood almost in disbelief, as if they were seeing apparitions. They spoke in quick, machine-gun bursts, slapping and slapping each other, some of them covering their mouths and pointing at Rossi.
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Chaos. In less than 10 minutes, the situation went from an interesting look at how fans perceive Valentino Rossi to one in which bystanders start looking for safe escape routes. They no longer walked in the lane as they were before, the fans leaned on the pole wall and the canvas of the hospitality tent, calling Rossi, asking him to sign their shirts or asking for his picture.
The crowd at the front of the hospitality area doubled in half a minute, and the poles holding up the tent began to push inward from the mounting force. The women cried, and small scuffles broke out when the latecomers tried to elbow their way to the front of the pack. All the while, his fans shouted to him, “Please, Vale, come here. Come to us and sign this! Please, Vale!” Rossi walked over and signed a few autographs only to be mobbed by the crowd.
There were 500 people there, calling him, trying to get close to him. His teammates literally had to pull him away from the fans’ clutches. Rossi, no longer smiling, quickly left the back of the hospitality area. His supporters—women, men, children, pensioners—all stood in front of the hospitality tent for another hour, waiting for him to return, ignoring repeated statements by Honda’s public relations staff that Rossi was he left and they should move on.
From that show of devotion, it became clear to me that MotoGP racing has what it is today