List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions
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List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing FIM World Champions, from 1949 to 2006, in order of year and engine displacement.
At the end of the 1968 season, the FIM limited gearboxes to 6 speeds, 125s and 250s to no more than two cylinders and 350s and 500s to no more than four cylinders.
The 350 class was discontinued after the 1982 season. After the 1983 season, the 50 class was increased to 80cc.
After the 1989 season, 125 bikes were limited to single cylinder engines and the 80cc class was discontinued.
Sidecars had 500 cc engines. Only the pilot is listed here, not the passenger. The significance of this class dropped after the 1950s, but races were held in connection with WC until the early 2000s.
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Multiple World Championships holders:
| Rider | Titles |
|---|---|
| 15 (500 cc: 8, 350 cc: 7) | |
| 13 (125 cc: 7, 50 cc: 6) | |
| 9 (500 cc: 4, 350 cc: 2, 250 cc: 3) | |
| 9 (250 cc: 3, 125 cc: 6) | |
| 7 (MotoGP: 4, 500 cc: 1, 250 cc: 1, 125 cc: 1) | |
| 7 (500 cc: 2, 250 cc: 4, 125 cc: 1) | |
| 7 (500 cc: 4, 350 cc: 3) | |
| 6 (500 cc: 4, 350 cc: 2) | |
| 6 (350 cc: 4, 250 cc: 2) | |
| 5 (500 cc: 5) | |
| 5 (350 cc: 2, 250 cc: 3) | |
| 4 (125 cc: 2, 50 cc: 2) | |
| 4 (350 cc: 2, 250 cc: 2) | |
| 4 (250 cc: 4) | |
| 4 (80 cc: 2, 50 cc: 2) | |
| 4 (500 cc: 4) | |
| 4 (125 cc: 1, 80 cc: 3) | |
| 4 (350 cc: 1, 250 cc: 3) |
Multiple World Championships in different classes in the same year:
| Seasons | Rider | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 | 10 (500 cc: 5, 350 cc: 5) | |
| 1958, 1959, 1960 | 6 (500 cc: 3, 350 cc: 3) | |
| 1956, 1959, 1960 | 6 (250 cc: 3, 125 cc: 3) | |
| 1962, 1963 | 4 (350 cc: 2, 250 cc: 2) | |
| 1966, 1967 | 4 (350 cc: 2, 250 cc: 2) | |
| 1978, 1979 | 4 (350 cc: 2, 250 cc: 2) | |
| 1951 | 2 (500 cc: 1, 350 cc: 1) | |
| 1953 | 2 (250 cc: 1, 125 cc: 1) | |
| 1961 | 2 (500 cc: 1, 350 cc: 1) | |
| 1963 | 2 (125 cc: 1, 50 cc: 1) | |
| 1972 | 2 (125 cc: 1, 50 cc: 1) | |
| 1976 | 2 (350 cc: 1, 250 cc: 1) | |
| 1981 | 2 (350 cc: 1, 250 cc: 1) | |
| 1985 | 2 (500 cc: 1, 250 cc: 1) | |
| 1988 | 2 (125 cc: 1, 80 cc: 1) |
| Country | 500 cc/MotoGP | 350 cc | 250 cc | 125 cc | 50 cc/80 cc | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 2 | 72 | |
| 17 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 44 | |
| 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 30 | ||
| 15 | 2 | 17 | ||||
| 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | |
| 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | |||
| 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
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| 2 | 2 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||
| Totals | 58 | 34 | 58 | 58 | 28 | 236 |
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By manufacturer (1949-2006)
| Manufacturer | 500 cc/MotoGP | 350 cc | 250 cc | 125 cc | 50 cc/80 cc | Total |
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| 17 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 59 | |
| 16 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 37 | ||
| 9 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 32 | ||
| 8 | 3 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 6 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |||
| 3 | 5 | 8 | ||||
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| 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||
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| Totals | 57 | 33 | 57 | 57 | 28 | 232 |
- John Surtees remains the only rider to win World Championship titles in 350 cc, 500 cc, and Formula One (1964).
- Valentino Rossi is the only rider to win four World Championship titles in four different classes: 125 cc, 250 cc, 500 cc & MotoGP.
- Eddie Lawson (1988 & 1989) and Valentino Rossi (2003 & 2004) are the only riders to win back-to-back premier-class championships on different marques.
- Freddie Spencer (1985), Loris Capirossi (1990), Tetsuya Harada (1993), Manuel Poggiali (2003), and Daniel Pedrosa (2004) are the only riders to win the 250 cc Grand Prix World Championship title in their first year of competition. In 1990, Capirossi won the 125 cc title in his first attempt.
- Emilio Alzamora is the only rider to win a 125 cc World Championship title with no Grand Prix wins (1999).
- Gina Bovaird (United States) is the only female motorcycle racer to compete in the 500 cc class (1982 at France Moto Grand Prix - DNF).
- Katja Poensgen (Germany) is the only female motorcycle racer to score points in the 250 cc Grand Prix class. In 2001, she raced 250 cc at the Italian Moto Grand Prix in Mugello and finished fourteenth.
- Taru Rinne (Finland) scored a total of twenty-five points in the 125 cc class throughout the 1988 and 1989 seasons, and was second in practice for the 1998 German Grand Prix [1].
- Tomoko Igata (Japan) scored a total of thirty points in the 125 cc class throughout the 1994 and 1995 seasons.
- Inge Stoll (Germany) competed as a female passenger during the world sidercar championship between 1954 and 1958. Also, the first female to race at the Isle of Man TT in 1954.