List of Grand Prix motorcycle racers
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This is a list of Grand Prix
motorcycle
road racers
from the 1949 to the 2006 season, in alphabetical order, from the classes MotoGP, 500 cc, 350 cc, 250 cc, 125 cc, 80 cc and 50 cc.
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing currently divided into three distinct classes: 125cc, Moto2 and MotoGP. The 125cc class uses a two-stroke engine while Moto2 and MotoGP use four-stroke engines. In 2010 the 250cc two-stroke was replaced...
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Motorcycle
A motorcycle is a single-track, two-wheeled motor vehicle. Motorcycles vary considerably depending on the task for which they are designed, such as long distance travel, navigating congested urban traffic, cruising, sport and racing, or off-road conditions.Motorcycles are one of the most...
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Road racing
Road racing is a general term for most forms of motor racing held on paved, purpose-built race tracks , as opposed to oval tracks and off-road racing...
from the 1949 to the 2006 season, in alphabetical order, from the classes MotoGP, 500 cc, 350 cc, 250 cc, 125 cc, 80 cc and 50 cc.
Women in Grand Prix
- Inge StollInge StollIngeborg Stoll-Laforge was a female German motorcycle racer.Inge Stoll competed as a female passenger with sidecar driver Jacques Drion and won the 1952 and 1954 French Sidecar Championship...
(Germany) competed as a female passenger during the world sidecar championship between 1954 and 1958. Also, the first female to race at the Isle of Man TTIsle of Man TTThe International Isle of Man TT Race is a motorcycle racing event held on the Isle of Man and was for many years the most prestigious motorcycle race in the world...
in 1954. - Beryl SwainBeryl SwainBeryl Swain was a female motorcycle road racer. She was noted for being the first solo woman to complete a TT race, performed on the notorious Isle of Man TT course in an official event, a rare occurrence to this day on one of the world's most famous closed public road races...
was the first female to compete in the solo class at the Isle of Man TTIsle of Man TTThe International Isle of Man TT Race is a motorcycle racing event held on the Isle of Man and was for many years the most prestigious motorcycle race in the world...
and finished 22nd in the 19621962 Isle of Man TTThe 1962 Isle of Man TT was a FIM event held on 4 June 1962 at the Snaefell Mountain Course. It was part of the 1962 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.-1962 Isle of Man Lightweight TT 125cc final standings:3 Laps Mountain Course....
50 cc50 ccThe 50 cc class was the ultra-lightweight class in Grand Prix motorcycle racing, and formed part of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme World Championships from 1962 until 1983; when the class was replaced by 80 cc....
Ultra-Lightweight TTUltra-Lightweight TTThe Ultra-Lightweight TT is a motorcycle road race that takes place during the Isle of Man TT festival; an annual event at the end of May and beginning of June. Between 1951 and 1974 this race was part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. The Ultra-Lightweight TT and the Lightweight TT...
riding a Itom motor-cycle. This led the male dominated world of motorcycling to revoke her international licence due to the perception of the sport being too dangerous for women, and the resulting ban on female entrants persisted until Hilary Musson competed in 1978 Isle of Man TT. - 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 MugelloMugello CircuitMugello Circuit is a race track in the Mugello region of Italy near Florence. Its length is . It has 15 turns and a long straight.Grand Prix motorcycle racing host an annual event here . Also, the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters hold an annual event. The track is property of Scuderia Ferrari which...
and finished fourteenth. - Taru RinneTaru RinneTaru Rinne is a Finnish former motorcycle racer. She was the first woman to achieve points in Grand Prix motorcycle racing.-Karting:...
(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 http://www.highsider.com/textlager/finland_textlager/Rinne_90_03.htm. - Tomoko IgataTomoko IgataTomoko Igata was a Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. She was one of a handful of females to race at Grand Prix level over the history of the Championships....
(Japan) scored a total of thirty points in the 125 cc class throughout the 1994 and 1995 seasons.