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 availableThe 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 Margin1949 Italy Bruno Ruffo Moto Guzzi 4 1 2 0 24 51950 Italy Dario Ambrosini Benelli 4 3 4 3 24 101951 Italy Bruno Ruffo Moto Guzzi 5 2 4 3 22 41952 Italy Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi 6 2 5 2 28 41953 West Germany Werner Haas NSU 7 2 5 2 28 51954 West Germany Werner Haas NSU 7 5 5 3 32 61955 West Germany Hermann Paul Muller NSU 5 1 3 1 16 21956 Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 6 5 5 4 32 61957 United Kingdom Cecil Sandford Mondial 6 2 5 0 26 101958 Italy Tarquinio Provini MV Agusta 6 4 4 5 32 161959 Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 7 2 5 2 28 121960 Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 6 4 6 4 32 41961 United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Honda 11 4 8 3 44 61962 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman Honda 10 6 9 2 48 161963 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman Honda 12 4 9 2 44 21964 United Kingdom Phil Read Yamaha 11 5 7 4 46 41965 United Kingdom Phil Read Yamaha 12 7 9 6 56 141966 United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Honda 12 10 10 8 56 221967 United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Honda 13 5 8 7 50 01968 United Kingdom Phil Read Yamaha 10 5 7 5 46 01969 Australia Kel Carruthers Benelli 12 3 7 3 89 51970 United Kingdom Rodney Gould Yamaha 12 6 9 3 102 181971 United Kingdom Phil Read Yamaha 12 3 5 3 73 51972 Finland Jarno Saarinen Yamaha 13 4 9 6 94 11973 West Germany Dieter Braun Yamaha 11 4 5 2 80 161974 Italy Walter Villa Harley Davidson 10 1 4 5 3 77 191975 Italy Walter Villa Harley Davidson 11 5 5 6 4 85 91976 Italy Walter Villa Harley Davidson 11 7 7 8 7 90 171977 Italy Mario Lega Morbidelli 12 0 1 5 1 85 131978 South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki 12 5 4 8 4 124 61979 South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki 12 3 7 9 7 141 601980 West Germany Anton Mang Kawasaki 10 9 4 10 4 128 411981 West Germany Anton Mang Kawasaki 12 10 10 11 9 160 651982 France Jean Louis Tournadre Yamaha 12 0 1 8 2 118 11983 Venezuela Carlos Lavado Yamaha 11 1 4 6 2 100 271984 France Christian Sarron Yamaha 12 3 3 8 1 109 91985 United States Freddie Spencer Honda 12 6 7 8 6 127 31986 Venezuela Carlos Lavado Yamaha 11 7 6 8 3 114 61987 West Germany Anton Mang Honda 15 1 8 8 1 136 281988 Spain Sito Pons Honda 15 1 4 11 2 231 101989 Spain Sito Pons Honda 15 3 7 12 7 262 721990 United States John Kocinski Yamaha 15 8 7 12 8 223 151991 Italy Luca Cadalora Honda 15 4 8 12 8 237 171992 Italy Luca Cadalora Honda 13 2 7 9 3 203 641993 Japan Tetsuya Harada Yamaha 14 2 4 7 3 197 41994 Italy Max Biaggi Aprilia 14 7 5 10 8 234 201995 Italy Max Biaggi Aprilia 13 9 8 12 7 283 631996 Italy Max Biaggi Aprilia 15 8 9 11 9 274 61997 Italy Max Biaggi Honda 15 3 5 10 2 250 21998 Italy Loris Capirossi Aprilia 14 8 2 9 3 204 31999 Italy Valentino Rossi Aprilia 16 5 9 12 8 309 482000 France Olivier Jacque Yamaha 16 5 3 11 4 279 72001 Japan Daijiro Kato Honda 16 6 11 13 9 322 492002 Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia 16 2 9 12 4 298 572003 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 16 3 4 10 6 249 142004 Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda 16 4 7 13 8 317 612005 Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda 16 5 8 11 7 309 552006 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 16 10 8 11 1 289 172007 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 17 9 9 12 3 312 522008 Italy Marco Simoncelli Gilera 16 7 6 12 4 281 372009 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 16 2 4 7 4 261 222010 Spain Toni Elias Moriwaki 17 3 7 8 2 271 702011 Germany Stefan Bradl Kalex 17 7 4 11 3 274 232012 Spain Marc Marquez Suter 17 7 9 14 5 328 592013 Spain Pol Espargaro Kalex 17 6 6 10 4 265 402014 Spain Tito Rabat Kalex 18 11 7 14 5 346 572015 France Johann Zarco Kalex 18 7 8 14 1 352 1182016 France Johann Zarco Kalex 18 7 7 10 4 276 422017 Italy Franco Morbidelli Kalex 18 6 8 12 8 308 652018 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Kalex 18 6 8 12 3 306 92019 Spain Alex Marquez Kalex 19 6 5 10 5 262 32020 Italy Enea Bastianini Kalex 15 0 3 7 2 205 92021 Australia Remy Gardner Kalex 18 3 5 12 3 311 42022 Spain Augusto Fernandez Kalex 20 2 4 9 5 271 5 29 5Multiple champions Edit 250cc Moto2 Motorcycle multiple champions Rider Total Seasons Phil Read 4 1964 1965 1968 1971 Max Biaggi 4 1994 1995 1996 1997 Carlo Ubbiali 3 1956 1959 1960 Mike Hailwood 3 1961 1966 1967 Walter Villa 3 1974 1975 1976 Anton Mang 3 1980 1981 1987 Bruno Ruffo 2 1949 1951 Werner Haas 2 1953 1954 Jim Redman 2 1962 1963 Kork Ballington 2 1978 1979 Carlos Lavado 2 1983 1986 Sito Pons 2 1988 1989 Luca Cadalora 2 1991 1992 Dani Pedrosa 2 2004 2005 Jorge Lorenzo 2 2006 2007 Johann Zarco 2 2015 2016By constructor Edit 250cc Moto2 Motorcycle world champions by constructor Constructor Total Honda 16 Yamaha 14 Kalex 11 Aprilia 9 MV Agusta 4 Kawasaki 4 NSU 3 Harley Davidson 3 Moto Guzzi 3 Benelli 2 Mondial 1 Morbidelli 1 Gilera 1 Moriwaki 1 Suter 1By nationality Edit 250cc Moto2 Motorcycle world champions by nationality Nationality Riders Total Italy 16 25 Spain 9 12 United Kingdom 4 9 Germany 5 8 France 4 5 Japan 3 3 United States 2 2 Australia 2 2 Rhodesia 1 2 South Africa 1 2 Venezuela 1 2 Finland 1 1 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 1120343040, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
