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...successes include winning the 1990 250cc World Championship, and the 1997 World Superbike title. He was born on March 20th [[1967]] in [[Little Rock]], [[A ...ook pole for the 1988 250cc US Grand Prix, and finished this and the Japan 250cc race in the top 5.

...win the [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|500cc World Championship]]. ...the 125cc series, which he raced fulltime in 1989. He won the 125cc World Championship in his first attempt riding for the JJ Cobas team, claiming 5 victories.

...produced. He was runner-up in the 1994 [[250cc]] and 1997 [[500cc]] World Championship. ...ive years from 1989 to 1991 for [[Honda]], who took him to the 250cc World Championship in 1993. He was runner-up in the series in 1994, and fourth in 1995.

! [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Championships]] | 250cc - [[1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1949]], [[1951 Grand Prix moto

...onship]] in 2000. He is the first son of a World Champion to win the World Championship, as his father is [[Kenny Roberts]]. In total he has 8 wins, 10 poles and 8 ...de his World 250cc debut at the [[Laguna Seca]] event, and was a full-time 250cc racer for 1994 and 1995.

...rnational competition in 1999, adjusting to [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|250cc Grand Prix racing]] quickly by finishing 4th overall with five podium finis ...in 2002. Despite semi-works machinery Shinya managed to finish 5th in the championship. He started 2002 on a 500cc [[two-stroke]] machine, but the team got him up

...ship, finishing 4th in 2001. In 2003 he raced in the [[British Superbike]] Championship for [[Rizla Suzuki]], alongside double British champion John Reynolds, and ...0]], riding on largely unfamiliar circuits against some of the world's top riders.

...e]] [[road racing]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Champion]]. | 250cc

{{250cc rider| Championships = 250cc - [[2006 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|2006]], [[2007 Grand Prix moto

|Last race || [[1957 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1957]] 250cc [[Dutch TT]] ...motorcycle racing season|1956]] when he finished fifth in the 125cc world championship.

...ix motorcycle racing|MotoGP]], for 2006 he moved to the [[Superbike racing|World Superbike]] series. ...hip in thirteenth place, scoring 6 points. In 1987, he also raced the 80cc championship, finishing seventeenth, scoring 8 points.

...win the [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|500cc World Championship]]. ...], in the 125cc class. In the same year he also raced a [[Benelli]] in the 250cc class and a [[Gilera]] in the 500cc class.

...|1992]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|250cc World Championship]] aboard an [[Erv Kanemoto]] tuned [[Honda]]. ...he world during a period in Grand Prix history that was rich with talented riders.

...racing season|1958]]-[[1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1960]] <br>250cc- [[1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1956]], [[1959 Grand Prix motor ...i''' (born [[september 22]] [[1929]]) is an [[italians|Italian]] nine-time World Champion [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|motorcycle]] [[road racing|road rac

! [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Championships]] | 250cc - [[1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1952]]

...World Championship debut in his home round. He combined world and Spanish 250cc racing over the next 2 seasons, finishing as runner-up in his domestic seri ...he next 2 seasons. He doubled up successfully in 1998, winning the Spanish 250cc title and finishing 11th in the international level.

...ar’. He stayed with the series for a second year, and was runner up in the championship ...ars 5 months. Davies also contested all rounds of the Spanish National 125 Championship with the [[Telefonica]] [[Movistar]] team under the management of [[Alberto

...|| 2<br />125cc: [[2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|2001]]<br />250cc: [[2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|2003]] | Last win || [[2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|2004]] 250cc [[2004 Brazilian motorcycle Grand Prix|Brazilian Grand Prix]]

...ircus'' race of 1994, and only two years later he won the 250cc [[European Championship]]. ...championship]] riding a [[Yamaha TZ250]], and in 5th position in the 2002 championship, winning the Brazilian Grand Prix in [[Rio de Janeiro]].

...as runner-up in the German series, and also started the German 125cc World Championship race as a [[wild card]]. ...the European title, as well as coming 10th in a one-off in the 250cc World Championship. From 1999 to 2001 Hofmann was a regular in this series, although without t

...00cc [[Honda]] in 2001 (the youngest ever to compete in the series), and a 250cc [[Honda]] in 2002. He gained valuable experience from these years, but few ...of the British [[Supersport]], British [[Superbike]] and [[Superbike World Championship]]s, adjusting quickly to all 3.

|Championships || 250cc - [[1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1950]] |First race || [[1949 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix|1949 250cc Swiss Grand Prix]]

...n]]. He was the first Japanese rider to win a motorcycle road racing world championship when he claimed the 1977 350cc title aboard a [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha | 250cc

...h Grand Prix]] and finished the season in seventh place in the 350cc world championship. *[http://www.motogp.com/en/motogp/motogp_riders.htm?menu=riders&rider_id=1808&from=archive Duilio Agostini statistics at MotoGP website]

...90 in sports|1990s]] he won the [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|500cc World Championship]] three times and the [[Daytona 200]] once. He was characterized by his smo ...circuit and Rainey took over, earning the [[1983 in sports|1983]] National Championship for Kawasaki.

! [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Championships]] | 250cc - [[1972 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1972]]

...ships || 125cc - [[1968 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1968]]{{-}}250cc - [[1964 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1964]],[[1965 Grand Prix motor ...Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|world championships]] in the 125cc, 250cc and 500cc classes.

...e]] [[road racing]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Champion]]. ...n 250cc (Grand Prix of Nations and Czechoslovakia) and finishing second in championship behind [[Mario Lega]]. However, his quarrelsome relantionship with teammate

! [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Championships]] | [[1969 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1969]] 250cc [[French motorcycle Grand Prix|French Grand Prix]]

! [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Championships]] | 125cc - [[1957 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1957]]{{-}}250cc - [[1958 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1958]]

...y the nickname '''Fast Freddie''', is an [[United States|American]] former World Champion [[motorcycle racing|motorcycle racer]]. Spencer is regarded as on ...versus Britain Trans-Atlantic Match races when he won two legs, defeating World Champions [[Kenny Roberts]] and [[Barry Sheene]] in the process. In [[1981

...to have won a [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|world championship]]. ...]. He went on to win a total of 13 Grands Prix, and finished second in the championship four times: in [[1980]], [[1981]], [[1984]] and [[1987]]. During his Grand

...|500cc Grand Prix]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Champion]]. ...lowing year with [[Gilera]]. Liberati scored his first points in the World Championship in 1953, and his first race victory came in 1956 in the 350cc class.

...tired [[motorcycle]] road racer and touring car racer. His success on the world motorcycle racing circuit earned him the nickname ''The Wollongong Whiz''. ...areer in 1977 at age 18, riding a second-hand 250cc bike in the Australian championship and finishing second on debut at [[Amaroo Park]]. He went on to record his

| Championships || 250cc - {{MGP|2008}} ...torcycle]] [[road racing|road racer]]. A top rider of the Italian Minimoto Championship from 1996 to 2000, Marco Simoncelli moved to 125cc bikes after taking two c

...series in 1999. He came to international fame as a [[wild card]] in the [[World Superbike]] series at [[Sugo]], upsetting the regulars to win all 4 races a ...en [[wrist]] sustained early in the season prevented him from reaching the championship top 10, and he has been short of top results in the first half of 2006. At

...st of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Champion]] in the 250cc class. ...ge, becoming a four-time national champion in the Japanese [[pocket-bike]] championship.

! [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Championships]] | 1974 250cc [[Dutch TT]]

...motorcycle]] [[road racing|road racer]]. Checa made his debut in 125cc and 250cc motorcycle racing in 1993 for [[Honda]]. In 1995 he moved up to the blue ri [[Category:MotoGP riders|Checa, Carlos]]

...a]]) is a [[Catalonia|Catalan]] motorcycle racer, presently competing in [[World Superbike]] ...terium, and that same year he took victory in the 80cc Catalonia Supermoto Championship.

...rld Championships]] in 1949, (This was 1 year before the [[Formula 1]] Car World championships began) Les was the 1st winner of the prestigious [[500cc]] cl ...final round was in Italy where local hero Nello Pagani on a Gilera won. A riders best 3 finishes counted. Les had 2 wins & a second, Pagani had 2 wins & a 3

...e]] [[road racing]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Champion]]. His penchant for consistently finishing in the points earned hi ...rbike Series 1981 and 1982. He also won the AMA 250cc road racing National Championship in 1980 and 1981 for Kawasaki.

...Helens, Merseyside|St. Helens]], [[Lancashire]]) was a British multi-time world champion [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] [[motorcycle]] [[road ...1950s, winning [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|six world championships]] and five [[Isle of Man TT]] races. Duke came to prominence

! [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Championships]] | [[1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1975]] 250cc [[French motorcycle Grand Prix|French Grand Prix]]

| Championships || 125cc - {{MGP|1990}}, {{MGP|1991}}<br>250cc - {{MGP|1998}} ...e is a former [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|250cc World Champion]] for [[Aprilia]].

...ike Speedway, which has 4 riders per race, Grasstrack racing can have many riders in each heat and the circuit is normally longer allowing higher speeds. Gra ...|Peter Collins]] started their racing careers in Grasstrack. Some Speedway riders continue to take part in national Grasstrack meetings when their schedule p

...M]] in the [[MotoGP]] 125cc class. For the 2007 season, he will move up to 250cc. * Second overall in the world championship (8 poles, 4 wins and 237 points) in 2005

...th the various production categories of racing, such as [[Superbike racing|World Superbike]], that feature modified versions of motorcycles available to the ...The 350cc class vanished in the 1980s. Sidecars were dropped from World Championship events in the 1990s, reducing the field to 125s, 250s, and 500s.

! [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|Championships]] | 250cc - 1961, 1966, [[1967 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1967]] 350cc - 196

...[[Castellar del Vallès]]. He is the youngest world champion in 125cc and 250cc Grands Prix. Pedrosa stands 1.58m (5ft, 2in) tall and weighs 51kg (112.4lb ...in the second race of the season. The next year, Pedrosa entered the same championship, but health problems prevented him from improving his results and he ended

[[Image:Supercross-0118.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Supercross riders from the 2006 series in Anaheim]] ...rodigious cycle racing organization, or the [[THQ]] series of Supercross [[Championship]] events that are in part the work of [[Clear Channel]], who in 2004 contr

...ships in [[Britain]] and [[Spain]] before moving full time to the 250cc GP World Championships in 2002. ...llo and Aprilia, he met with considerable success, scoring his first world championship win and three second places, finishing 8th overall at the season's end.

...e racing|motorcycle racer]] and multiple [[Grand Prix motorcycles|MotoGP]] World Champion. ...ck-to-back championships by winning the [[2004]] and [[2005]] MotoGP World Championship after leaving Honda to join [[Yamaha Motor Corporation|Yamaha]].

Riding a Benelli 175, Tonino Benelli won 4 Italian championship titles almost consecutively, in 1927, 1928 and 1930 with the single overhea ...ar 2 loomed, the Benelli company debuted their 4 cylinder [[supercharged]] 250cc racing bike. This was intended to compete in the 1940 season, building on B

|First win || [[1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1955]] 250cc [[Ulster Grand Prix]] ...mula One]] driver from [[England]]. He remains the only person to have won World Championships on both two and four wheels. He is also the ambassador of th

...motorcycle history is very much associated with the long series of [[World Championship]] victories in motocross that Husqvarna enjoyed in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. ...c engine. It soon becomes very popular. During the years before the Second World War, thousands upon thousands of machines are produced, which means that Sw

...[[dragstrip]] with a signaled starting line. Upon the starting signal, the riders accelerate down a straight, quarter-mile long paved track where their elaps ...ad traffic laws (not to be confused with car rallies such as [[World Rally Championship|WRC]]).

...e MV stood for Meccanica Verghera) at the end of the [[World War II|Second World War]] as a means to save the jobs of employees of the Agusta firm and also ...ing motorcycles ever created and the 2008 F4 312R model is known to be the world's fastest production motorcycle. Claimed power of the new F4 312R model is

Shortly after the 2nd world war he opens his own workshop in space reclaimed in the cloisters of the ex The special, ridden by Alberto, conquers two world records in the category that remained unchallenged for many years. The reco

...and second place in the 100cc class, he went on to win the Italian Senior Championship in 1961, '62, '63 and '64 on a 125cc [[Mondial]]. His career has been based ...prepared several machines to be sold to private individuals or to trusted riders, such as Francesco and his brother Walter. The Modenese rider-technician, a

...articipants|33]] (MotoGP) <br />[[2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season#250cc participants|53]] (250 cc) <br />[[2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |Champion riders || {{flagiconAustralia}} [[Casey Stoner]] (MotoGP) <br />{{flagiconESP}} [[

...3 model called the Sprite. Eventually, in 1966, there was a full 74mm-bore 250CC version whose Sport Special performance kit delivered 150 kph in road guis ...ni moved back to Motobi in 1966. There he focused his attention on the new 250cc Sprite model introduced that year, with the specific purpose of making it a

...Internationale de Motocyclisme|F.I.M.]] [[Road racing|Road Racing]] World Championship season. The 2007 season was significant as it introduced a new regulation w | [[Misano World Circuit|Misano]]