MotoGP

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MotoGP

With Motorcycle World Championship is generally by the FIM World Federation in 1949 advertised first world championship for road motorcycles meant. The world championship titles in several classes, which by capacity, number of cylinders, operation and weight can be defined. Compared with the Formula 1 races are usually aktionsreicher, overtaking are on the agenda, but also falls.

In addition, there are world championships for motocross, Speedway, etc.


History
For many years, the displacement classes 50 cc, 125 cc, 250 cc, 350 cc and 500 cc for solo machines and 500 cc in the sidecar out. In the'50s dominated English and Italian brands with a four-stroke engines. Also, the southern German mark NSU could win a World Cup title.

At the beginning of the'70s sparked a two-stroke engines mostly of Japanese origin also in the king's class up to 500 cm ³ the hitherto dominant four-stroke engines from Europe. So moved Giacomo Agostini 1974 after several World Cup titles in a row at the 350ern and 500ern by the Italian brand MV Agusta to Yamaha and thus won the first 500 titles for the two-stroke machines, in the following four decades, the crowd completely. Despite the 15-times world champion Giacomo Agostini in 1976, a victory on the four-stroke MV Agusta, on the northern fahrerisch demanding 'of the Nurburgring.

In 1984, the 50 "brandy glass" class by 80 cc class replaced the 350s class since 1983 has been completely deleted. This leaves the German Toni Mang from Inning am Ammersee, who also won several titles 250s, perpetual world champion in that class. The classic start with pushing the motorcycles at the end of the 1980s by a standing start with engines running.

1990, the'80s and even the 1997 sidecar racing machines from the World Cup programme taken up so that in year 2001 the world championship only in the displacement classes 125 cc, 250 cc and 500 cc out. The manufacturers, it was increasingly a thorn in the flesh that for the World Cup race of the development on environmental grounds more contemporary two-stroke engines was necessary, while large motorcycles on the road long with only four-stroke engines were equipped.

Since 1988, in parallel with the Superbike World Championship established, where a series motorcycles with 750 cc (four-cylinder) and 1000 cm ³ (two cylinders) almost as soon as there was with the lighter and more powerful 500 GP machines. For the 2002 season was under pressure from the Japanese manufacturers, notably Honda, the 500 class in MotoGP renamed, and a new regulatory framework and urged now allowed four engines with 990 ccm. This scheme was introduced on 2007 season again adjusted, making the maximum allowable capacity to 800 cc limited. Similar to the Formula 1 must MotoGP machines specially designed for racing prototypes, and may be due to the demarcation of the superbikes not derived series machines. The first four years of MotoGP dominated the Italian Valentino Rossi.

Curiosity

* John Surtees is still the only driver, the World Championship title in the classes to 350 cc to 500 cc of motorcycle championship and the Formula 1 won (1964). Only three other Motorcycle World Champion drove in Formula 1: Nello Pagani, Mike Hailwood and Johnny Cecotto.

* Valentino Rossi is the only motorcycle racers, the World Championship title in four different classes won (125 cc, 250 cc, 500 cc and MotoGP)

* Loris Capirossi is the only motorcycle racers, the world champion title in his first season, won in 1990.

* Emilio Alzamora is the first motorcycle racers, the world champion title in the 125-cc class was able to win without a single race in the season (1999) to win. Manuel Herreros 1989 reached the last 80-cc title also without Grand Prix victories. George O'Dell was 1977 sidecar world champion, but could never be in a Grand Prix win.

* Hollaus Rupert is the only one so far posthumuous world champion. 1954 accident at NSU as it is already established world champion of the 125-cc class in training for the Nations Grand Prix at Monza deadly.

Women in Sport GP

* Inge Stoll (Germany) is the first woman in the GP-Sports points won. From 1952 to 1957 she took as Beifahrerin Norton in a carriage on the side-car motorcycle race in the World Cup. They reached the following places: 1952:5; 1953:3; 1954:7; 1955:4; 1956:11; 1957:9; 24 August 1958 fatal accident them in a race in Brno.
* Gina Bovaird is the only motorcycle racing driver, in the 500 cc class started. This was at the French Grand Prix in 1982.

* Katja Poensgen (Germany) is the only motorcycle racing driver, in the 250 cc class points import. They started in the 2001 and 2003 seasons and was 2001 at the Italian Grand Prix in Mugello Fourteenth.

* Taru Rinne (Finland) collected a total of 25 points in the 125 cc class (1988 and 1989). She was second fastest in training for the 1989 Grand Prix of Germany.

* Tomoko Igata (Japan) collected a total of 30 points in the 125 cc class (1994 and 1995).

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