Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier championship of motorcycleroad racing, which has been divided into three classes since 1990: 125cc, 250cc and MotoGP. Former classes that have been discontinued include 350cc, 50cc/80cc and Sidecar.[1] 250cc is the intermediate category; the 250cc refers to the size of the engines of the motorcycles that race in that class. The engines have twin cylinders, as opposed to the four cylinders used in MotoGP.[2] The Grand Prix Road-Racing World Championship was established in 1949 by the sport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), and is the oldest motorsport World Championship.[2] The 250cc class was replaced in 2010 by a new class called Moto2. The 250cc engines were replaced by 600cc engines, which were supplied by Honda to all teams.[3]
Phil Read, who, along with Max Biaggi, holds the most 250cc championships, with four.
Each season consists of 12 to 18 Grands Prix contested on closed circuits, as opposed to public roads. Points earned in these events count toward the riders' and constructors' world championships. The rider's and constructor's championship are separate championships, but are based on the same point system. The number of points awarded at the end of each race to the top 15 qualifying riders depends on their placement. Points received by each finisher, from first 1st place to 15th place: 25, 20, 16, 13, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Historically, there have been several points systems.[4] Results from all current Grands Prix count towards the championships; in the past, only a certain number of results were counted.[5]
Phil Read and Max Biaggi have won the most championships, with four each. Dani Pedrosa is the youngest to win the championship; he was 19 years and 18 days old when he won the championship in 2004.[6] Italian riders have won the most championships; 13 riders have won a total of 22 championships. Riders from Great Britain have won the second most; four riders have won a total of nine championships. Germans have won the third most, as four riders have won a total of seven championships. Bruno Ruffo won the inaugural championship in 1949. Hiroshi Aoyama was the last rider to win the 250cc championship in 2009. Toni Elías was the first champion of the Moto2 category.[7]Augusto Fernández is the current champion; he won the 2022 Moto2 World Championship.
^"Elías makes history as first Moto2 World Champion". Dorna Sports. 10 October 2010.
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Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing which has been divided into three classes since 1990 125cc 250cc and MotoGP Former classes that have been discontinued include 350cc 50cc 80cc and Sidecar 1 250cc is the intermediate category the 250cc refers to the size of the engines of the motorcycles that race in that class The engines have twin cylinders as opposed to the four cylinders used in MotoGP 2 The Grand Prix Road Racing World Championship was established in 1949 by the sport s governing body the Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme FIM and is the oldest motorsport World Championship 2 The 250cc class was replaced in 2010 by a new class called Moto2 The 250cc engines were replaced by 600cc engines which were supplied by Honda to all teams 3 Phil Read who along with Max Biaggi holds the most 250cc championships with four Each season consists of 12 to 18 Grands Prix contested on closed circuits as opposed to public roads Points earned in these events count toward the riders and constructors world championships The rider s and constructor s championship are separate championships but are based on the same point system The number of points awarded at the end of each race to the top 15 qualifying riders depends on their placement Points received by each finisher from first 1st place to 15th place 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Historically there have been several points systems 4 Results from all current Grands Prix count towards the championships in the past only a certain number of results were counted 5 Phil Read and Max Biaggi have won the most championships with four each Dani Pedrosa is the youngest to win the championship he was 19 years and 18 days old when he won the championship in 2004 6 Italian riders have won the most championships 13 riders have won a total of 22 championships Riders from Great Britain have won the second most four riders have won a total of nine championships Germans have won the third most as four riders have won a total of seven championships Bruno Ruffo won the inaugural championship in 1949 Hiroshi Aoyama was the last rider to win the 250cc championship in 2009 Toni Elias was the first champion of the Moto2 category 7 Augusto Fernandez is the current champion he won the 2022 Moto2 World Championship Contents 1 Champions 1 1 By season 1 2 Multiple champions 1 3 By constructor 1 4 By nationality 2 ReferencesChampions editKey Champion also won 500cc Championship in that season Champion also won 350cc Championship in that season Champion also won 125cc Championship in that season Indicates information is not available The Season column refers to the season the competition was held and wikilinks to the article about that season The Margin column refers to the margin of points by which the winner defeated the runner up By season edit 250cc Moto2 Motorcycle World Champions Season Country Rider Constructor Grands Prix Poles Wins Podiums Fastest laps Points Margin 1949 nbsp Italy Bruno Ruffo Moto Guzzi 4 1 2 0 24 5 1950 nbsp Italy Dario Ambrosini Benelli 4 3 4 3 24 10 1951 nbsp Italy Bruno Ruffo Moto Guzzi 5 2 4 3 22 4 1952 nbsp Italy Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi 6 2 5 2 28 4 1953 nbsp West Germany Werner Haas NSU 7 2 5 2 28 5 1954 nbsp West Germany Werner Haas NSU 7 5 5 3 32 6 1955 nbsp West Germany Hermann Paul Muller NSU 5 1 3 1 16 2 1956 nbsp Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 6 5 5 4 32 6 1957 nbsp United Kingdom Cecil Sandford Mondial 6 2 5 0 26 10 1958 nbsp Italy Tarquinio Provini MV Agusta 6 4 4 5 32 16 1959 nbsp Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 7 2 5 2 28 12 1960 nbsp Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 6 4 6 4 32 4 1961 nbsp United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Honda 11 4 8 3 44 6 1962 nbsp Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman Honda 10 6 9 2 48 16 1963 nbsp Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman Honda 12 4 9 2 44 2 1964 nbsp United Kingdom Phil Read Yamaha 11 5 7 4 46 4 1965 nbsp United Kingdom Phil Read Yamaha 12 7 9 6 56 14 1966 nbsp United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Honda 12 10 10 8 56 22 1967 nbsp United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Honda 13 5 8 7 50 0 1968 nbsp United Kingdom Phil Read Yamaha 10 5 7 5 46 0 1969 nbsp Australia Kel Carruthers Benelli 12 3 7 3 89 5 1970 nbsp United Kingdom Rodney Gould Yamaha 12 6 9 3 102 18 1971 nbsp United Kingdom Phil Read Yamaha 12 3 5 3 73 5 1972 nbsp Finland Jarno Saarinen Yamaha 13 4 9 6 94 1 1973 nbsp West Germany Dieter Braun Yamaha 11 4 5 2 80 16 1974 nbsp Italy Walter Villa Harley Davidson 10 1 4 5 3 77 19 1975 nbsp Italy Walter Villa Harley Davidson 11 5 5 6 4 85 9 1976 nbsp Italy Walter Villa Harley Davidson 11 7 7 8 7 90 17 1977 nbsp Italy Mario Lega Morbidelli 12 0 1 5 1 85 13 1978 nbsp South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki 12 5 4 8 4 124 6 1979 nbsp South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki 12 3 7 9 7 141 60 1980 nbsp West Germany Anton Mang Kawasaki 10 9 4 10 4 128 41 1981 nbsp West Germany Anton Mang Kawasaki 12 10 10 11 9 160 65 1982 nbsp France Jean Louis Tournadre Yamaha 12 0 1 8 2 118 1 1983 nbsp Venezuela Carlos Lavado Yamaha 11 1 4 6 2 100 27 1984 nbsp France Christian Sarron Yamaha 12 3 3 8 1 109 9 1985 nbsp United States Freddie Spencer Honda 12 6 7 8 6 127 3 1986 nbsp Venezuela Carlos Lavado Yamaha 11 7 6 8 3 114 6 1987 nbsp West Germany Anton Mang Honda 15 1 8 8 1 136 28 1988 nbsp Spain Sito Pons Honda 15 1 4 11 2 231 10 1989 nbsp Spain Sito Pons Honda 15 3 7 12 7 262 72 1990 nbsp United States John Kocinski Yamaha 15 8 7 12 8 223 15 1991 nbsp Italy Luca Cadalora Honda 15 4 8 12 8 237 17 1992 nbsp Italy Luca Cadalora Honda 13 2 7 9 3 203 64 1993 nbsp Japan Tetsuya Harada Yamaha 14 2 4 7 3 197 4 1994 nbsp Italy Max Biaggi Aprilia 14 7 5 10 8 234 20 1995 nbsp Italy Max Biaggi Aprilia 13 9 8 12 7 283 63 1996 nbsp Italy Max Biaggi Aprilia 15 8 9 11 9 274 6 1997 nbsp Italy Max Biaggi Honda 15 3 5 10 2 250 2 1998 nbsp Italy Loris Capirossi Aprilia 14 8 2 9 3 204 3 1999 nbsp Italy Valentino Rossi Aprilia 16 5 9 12 8 309 48 2000 nbsp France Olivier Jacque Yamaha 16 5 3 11 4 279 7 2001 nbsp Japan Daijiro Kato Honda 16 6 11 13 9 322 49 2002 nbsp Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia 16 2 9 12 4 298 57 2003 nbsp San Marino Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 16 3 4 10 6 249 14 2004 nbsp Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda 16 4 7 13 8 317 61 2005 nbsp Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda 16 5 8 11 7 309 55 2006 nbsp Spain Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 16 10 8 11 1 289 17 2007 nbsp Spain Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 17 9 9 12 3 312 52 2008 nbsp Italy Marco Simoncelli Gilera 16 7 6 12 4 281 37 2009 nbsp Japan Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 16 2 4 7 4 261 22 2010 nbsp Spain Toni Elias Moriwaki 17 3 7 8 2 271 70 2011 nbsp Germany Stefan Bradl Kalex 17 7 4 11 3 274 23 2012 nbsp Spain Marc Marquez Suter 17 7 9 14 5 328 59 2013 nbsp Spain Pol Espargaro Kalex 17 6 6 10 4 265 40 2014 nbsp Spain Tito Rabat Kalex 18 11 7 14 5 346 57 2015 nbsp France Johann Zarco Kalex 18 7 8 14 1 352 118 2016 nbsp France Johann Zarco Kalex 18 7 7 10 4 276 42 2017 nbsp Italy Franco Morbidelli Kalex 18 6 8 12 8 308 65 2018 nbsp Italy Francesco Bagnaia Kalex 18 6 8 12 3 306 9 2019 nbsp Spain Alex Marquez Kalex 19 6 5 10 5 262 3 2020 nbsp Italy Enea Bastianini Kalex 15 0 3 7 2 205 9 2021 nbsp Australia Remy Gardner Kalex 18 3 5 12 3 311 4 2022 nbsp Spain Augusto Fernandez Kalex 20 2 4 9 5 271 5 29 5 2023 nbsp Spain Pedro Acosta Kalex 20 3 7 14 8 332 5 83 Multiple champions edit 250cc Moto2 Motorcycle multiple champions Rider Total Seasons nbsp Phil Read 4 1964 1965 1968 1971 nbsp Max Biaggi 4 1994 1995 1996 1997 nbsp Carlo Ubbiali 3 1956 1959 1960 nbsp Mike Hailwood 3 1961 1966 1967 nbsp Walter Villa 3 1974 1975 1976 nbsp Anton Mang 3 1980 1981 1987 nbsp Bruno Ruffo 2 1949 1951 nbsp Werner Haas 2 1953 1954 nbsp Jim Redman 2 1962 1963 nbsp Kork Ballington 2 1978 1979 nbsp Carlos Lavado 2 1983 1986 nbsp Sito Pons 2 1988 1989 nbsp Luca Cadalora 2 1991 1992 nbsp Dani Pedrosa 2 2004 2005 nbsp Jorge Lorenzo 2 2006 2007 nbsp Johann Zarco 2 2015 2016 By constructor edit 250cc Moto2 Motorcycle world champions by constructor Constructor Total nbsp Honda 16 nbsp Yamaha 14 nbsp Kalex 12 nbsp Aprilia 9 nbsp MV Agusta 4 nbsp Kawasaki 4 nbsp NSU 3 nbsp Harley Davidson 3 nbsp Moto Guzzi 3 nbsp Benelli 2 nbsp Mondial 1 nbsp Morbidelli 1 nbsp Gilera 1 nbsp Moriwaki 1 nbsp Suter 1 By nationality edit 250cc Moto2 Motorcycle world champions by nationality Nationality Riders Total nbsp Italy 16 25 nbsp Spain 9 12 nbsp United Kingdom 4 9 nbsp Germany 5 8 nbsp France 4 5 nbsp Japan 3 3 nbsp United States 2 2 nbsp Australia 2 2 nbsp Rhodesia 1 2 nbsp South Africa 1 2 nbsp Venezuela 1 2 nbsp Finland 1 1 nbsp San Marino 1 1References editBibliography Marshall Anne 1997 Guinness Book of Knowledge Guinness Publishing ISBN 0 85112 046 6 Specific Marshall 1997 p 289 a b Basics MotoGP Retrieved 3 February 2012 2010 Moto2 class to be powered by Honda MotoGP 2 May 2009 Retrieved 8 August 2009 FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix Regulations 2009 PDF Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme 31 January 2009 p 44 Archived from the original PDF on 10 March 2012 Retrieved 2 September 2009 Key Rules MotoGP Retrieved 3 February 2012 Dani Pedrosa Laureus Retrieved 23 July 2020 Elias makes history as first Moto2 World Champion Dorna Sports 10 October 2010 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of 250cc Moto2 World Riders 27 Champions amp oldid 1186944473, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
