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Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Index Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Grand Prix motorcycle racing refers to the premier class of motorcycle racing events held on road circuits sanctioned by FIM. [1]

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Alcañiz

Alcañiz is a town and municipality of Teruel province in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain.

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Aleix Espargaró

Aleix Espargaró Villà (born 30 July 1989) is a Spanish motorcycle road racer.

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Allan McNish

Allan McNish (born 29 December 1969) is a British former racing driver, commentator, and journalist from Scotland.

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Andrea Dovizioso

Andrea Dovizioso (born 23 March 1986) is a professional motorcycle racer who currently competes in the MotoGP world championship, for the factory Ducati Team.

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Andrea Iannone

Andrea Iannone (born 9 August 1989) is an Italian professional MotoGP rider who currently competes in the MotoGP world championship, for the factory Suzuki team.

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Aprilia

Aprilia is an Italian motorcycle company, one of the brands owned by Piaggio.

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Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix

The Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix is the Argentine round of the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing championship.

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Assen

Assen is a municipality and a city in the northeastern Netherlands, and is the capital of the province of Drenthe.

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Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo

Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo is a motorsport circuit located in Termas de Río Hondo, Argentina.

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Autosport

Autosport is a weekly magazine covering motorsport, published in the United Kingdom every Thursday.

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Àlex Crivillé

Alejandro "Àlex" Crivillé Tapias (born 4 March 1970) is a Spanish former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

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Álex Rins

Álex Rins Navarro (born 8 December 1995) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer, having made his début in the Moto3 World Championship, in the season.

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Álvaro Bautista

Álvaro Bautista Arce (born 21 November 1984) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and former 125cc World Champion.

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Barry Sheene

Barry Steven Frank Sheene (11 September 1950 – 10 March 2003) was a British professional motorcycle racer.

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BBC Sport

BBC Sport is a department of the BBC North division providing national sports coverage for BBC Television, radio and online.

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Big-bang firing order

A big bang engine is an unconventional motorcycle engine designed so that most of the power strokes occur simultaneously or in close succession.

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Bob McIntyre (motorcyclist)

Robert MacGregor McIntyre (28 November 1928 – 15 August 1962) was a Scottish motorcycle racer.

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Bradley Smith (motorcyclist)

Bradley Smith (born 28 November 1990) is a British motorcycle racer, currently competing in the MotoGP World Championship.

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Brake pad

Brake pads are a component of disc brakes used in automotive and other applications.

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Bridgestone

() is a multinational auto and truck parts manufacturer founded in 1931 by in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan.

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Brno

Brno (Brünn) is the second largest city in the Czech Republic by population and area, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia.

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Buriram

Buriram (literally means city of happiness) is a town (thesaban mueang) in Thailand, capital of Buriram Province, about 410 km northeast of Bangkok.

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Cal Crutchlow

Cal Crutchlow (born 29 October 1985) is a British professional motorcycle road racer, who currently competes in the MotoGP World Championship for CWM LCR Honda.

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Casey Stoner

Casey Joel Stoner,, (born 16 October 1985 in Southport, Queensland, Australia) is a retired Australian professional motorcycle racer, and a two-time MotoGP World Champion, in and.

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Chang International Circuit

The Buriram International Circuit (known as Chang International Circuit (ช้าง อินเตอร์เนชั่นแนล เซอร์กิต) for commercial purposes, but listed by its non-commercial name because of alcohol restrictions in some countries) is a motorsport race track in Buriram, Buriram Province, Thailand.

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Cheste

Cheste (Valencian: Xest) is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Hoya de Buñol in the Valencian Community, Spain, located 26 km from the capital Valencia.

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Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is a motorsport race track in Montmeló, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

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Circuit de la Sarthe

The Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans, also known as Circuit de la Sarthe (after the 1906 French Grand Prix triangle circuit) located in Le Mans, Maine, France, is a semi-permanent race course chiefly known as the venue for the 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race.

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Circuit of the Americas

Circuit of The Americas (COTA) is a grade 1 FIA specification motor racing facility located in Austin, Texas, on the southeastern periphery of Austin city limits, in Central Texas.

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Circuit Ricardo Tormo

Circuit Ricardo Tormo, also known as Circuit de Valencia and officially named Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo, is a motorsport race track located in Cheste (Valencia, Spain) and built in 1999.

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Circuito de Jerez

Circuito de Jerez-Ángel Nieto (formerly known as Circuit of Jerez and Circuito Permanente de Jerez), is a racing circuit located close to the city of Jerez de la Frontera, south of Seville and deep within the sherry-producing south of Spain.

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Ciudad del Motor de Aragón

The Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, also known as Motorland Aragón, is a motorsport race track located in Alcañiz, Spain.

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Colin Edwards

Colin Edwards II (born February 27, 1974) nicknamed the Texas Tornado is an American former professional motorcycle racer who retired half-way through the 2014 season, but continues in the sport as a factory test rider.

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Daijiro Kato

was a Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, the 2001 250cc world champion, and the 2000 and 2002 Suzuka 8 Hours winner.

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Dani Pedrosa

Daniel Pedrosa Ramal (born 29 September 1985) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer.

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Danilo Petrucci

Danilo Carlo Petrucci (born October 24, 1990) is an Italian motorcycle road racer who currently competes in the MotoGP world championship for the Pramac Ducati team.

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Documentary film

A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education, or maintaining a historical record.

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Dorna Sports

Dorna Sports, S.L. is the commercial rights holder for the motorcycling sport of MotoGP.

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Ducati Corse

Ducati Corse is the racing team division of Ducati that deals with the firm's involvement in motorcycle racing.

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Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A.

Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. is the motorcycle-manufacturing division of Italian company Ducati, headquartered in Bologna, Italy.

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Dunlop Tyres

Dunlop is a brand of tyres owned by various companies around the world.

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Elroy, Texas

Elroy is a small unincorporated community 12 miles south of Austin in southeastern Travis County, Texas, United States.

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Engine configuration

Engine configuration is an engineering term for the layout of the major components of a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine.

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Engine displacement

Engine displacement is the swept volume of all the pistons inside the cylinders of a reciprocating engine in a single movement from top dead centre (TDC) to bottom dead centre (BDC).

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Eskil Suter

Eskil Suter (born 29 June 1967) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and current motorcycle chassis constructor from Switzerland.

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Esteve Rabat

Esteve "Tito" Rabat Bergada (born 25 May 1989 in Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish motorcycle racer who currently competes in the MotoGP class in the Motorcycle World championship.

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Faster (2003 film)

Faster is a 2003 documentary film about the motorcycle road racing world championship, MotoGP.

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Fastest (film)

Fastest is a documentary film about the Grand Prix motorcycle racing, MotoGP.

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Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM, International Motorcycling Federation) is the global governing/sanctioning body of motorcycle racing.

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Financial crisis of 2007–2008

The financial crisis of 2007–2008, also known as the global financial crisis and the 2008 financial crisis, is considered by many economists to have been the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

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Formula 750

Formula 750 was a FIM motorcycle road racing series based on a 750 cubic centimeter engine capacity.

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Formula TT

The Formula TT was a racing class for motorcycles from 1977 to 1990 as the official World Cup under the umbrella of International Motorcycling Federation.

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Forward Racing

Forward Racing is a motorcycle racing team currently competing in the Moto2 World Championship.

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Four-stroke engine

A four-stroke (also four-cycle) engine is an internal combustion (IC) engine in which the piston completes four separate strokes while turning the crankshaft.

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Franco Morbidelli

Franco Morbidelli (born 4 December 1994 in Rome) is an Italian motorcycle racer.

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Franco Uncini

Franco Uncini (born 9 March 1955) is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion.

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Freddie Spencer

Frederick Burdette Spencer (born December 20, 1961), known by the nickname Fast Freddie, is an American former world champion motorcycle racer.

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Fuel injection

Fuel injection is the introduction of fuel in an internal combustion engine, most commonly automotive engines, by the means of an injector.

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Fuel tank

A fuel tank (or petrol tank) is a safe container for flammable fluids.

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Giacomo Agostini

Giacomo Agostini (born 16 June 1942) is an Italian multi-time world champion Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

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Gilberto Parlotti

Gilberto Parlotti (17 September 1940 – 9 June 1972) was an Italian professional motorcycle racer competing in the FIM World Championship between 1969 and 1972.

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Gilera

Gilera is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded in Arcore in 1909 by Giuseppe Gilera.

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Godfrey Nash

Godfrey Nash was a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

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Hafizh Syahrin

Hafizh Syahrin Abdullah (born 5 May 1994) is a Malaysian motorcycle racer.

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Handicapping

Handicapping, in sport and games, is the practice of assigning advantage through scoring compensation or other advantage given to different contestants to equalize the chances of winning.

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Harold Daniell

Harold Daniell (29 October 1909 – 19 January 1967) was a British professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and auto racing driver.

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Haymarket Media Group

Haymarket Media Group is a privately held media company headquartered in London.

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Highsider

A highsider or highside is a type of motorcycle accident characterized by sudden and violent rotation of the bike around its long axis.

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Highway

A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land.

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Hockenheimring

The is a motor racing circuit situated in the Rhine valley near the town of Hockenheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located on Bertha Benz Memorial Route.

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Hohenstein-Ernstthal

Hohenstein-Ernstthal is a town in the Zwickau rural district, Free State of Saxony, Germany.

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Honda

is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles, aircraft, motorcycles, and power equipment.

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Honda NR500

NR500 was an innovative racing motorcycle developed by Honda HRC in 1979 to compete in Grand Prix motorcycle racing.

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Honda NSR500

Japanese Grand Prix 1993 The Honda NSR500 is a race motorcycle from the Honda NSR series.

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Honda Racing Corporation

Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) is a division of the Honda Motor Company formed in 1982.

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Inline-four engine

The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is a type of inline internal combustion four-cylinder engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase.

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Internal combustion engine

An internal combustion engine (ICE) is a heat engine where the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber that is an integral part of the working fluid flow circuit.

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International

International mostly means something (a company, language, or organization) involving more than a single country.

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Isle of Man TT

The International Isle of Man TT (Tourist Trophy) races are an annual motorcycle sport event run on the Isle of Man in May/June of most years since its inaugural race in 1907, and is often called one of the most dangerous racing events in the world.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Iván Palazzese

Iván Palazzese (2 January 1962 – 28 May 1989) was an Italian born Venezuelan professional motorcycle racer.

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Jack Findlay

Cyril John Findlay (5 February 1935 – 19 May 2007) was an Australian professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

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Jack Miller (motorcyclist)

Not to be confused with the Indy Racing League driver Jack Miller (racing driver). Jack Peter Miller (born 18 January 1995) is an Australian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, best known for being the championship runner-up in the 2014 Moto3 World Championship.

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Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

The Japanese Motorcycle Grand Prix (日本グランプリ) is a motorcycling event that is part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.

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Jarno Saarinen

Jarno Karl Keimo Saarinen (11 December 1945 – 20 May 1973) was a Finnish professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

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Jerez de la Frontera

Jerez de la Frontera, or simply Jerez, is a Spanish city and municipality in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of Andalusia, in southwestern Spain, located midway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Cádiz Mountains.

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Jim Redman

James Albert Redman MBE (born 8 November 1931) is a Rhodesian former professional motorcycle racer.

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Joan Mir

Joan Mir Mayrata (born 1 September 1997) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer.

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Johann Zarco

Johann Zarco (born 16 July 1990) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from France, best known for winning the 2015 and 2016 Moto2 World Championships.

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Jorge Lorenzo

Jorge Lorenzo Guerrero (born 4 May 1987) is a professional Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

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Kalex

Kalex Engineering is a German specialty engineering company that designs, manufactures and sells high-performance parts for motorcycles.

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Karel Abraham

Karel Abraham (born 2 January 1990) is a Czech motorcycle racer.

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Kawasaki Motors Racing

Kawasaki Motors Racing was the European subsidiary of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and was located in Netherlands.

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Kenny Roberts

Kenneth Leroy Roberts (born December 31, 1951 in Modesto, California) is an American former professional motorcycle racer and racing team owner.

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Kenny Roberts Jr.

Kenneth Leroy Roberts Jr. (born July 25, 1973 in Mountain View, California) is an American former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who won the 500cc Road Racing World Championship in 2000.

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KTM

KTM AG (the former KTM Sportmotorcycle AG) is an Austrian motorcycle and sports car manufacturer owned by KTM Industries AG and Indian manufacturer Bajaj Auto.

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Le Mans

Le Mans is a city in France, on the Sarthe River.

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Losail International Circuit

Losail International Circuit (Arabic: حلبة لوسيل الدولية) is a motor racing circuit located just outside in the town of Lusail, north of Doha, Qatar.

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Lowsider

The lowsider or lowside is a type of motorcycle or bicycle crash usually occurring in a turn.

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Luis Salom

Luis Jaime Salom Horrach (7 August 1991 – 3 June 2016) was a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer.

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Lusail

Lusail is a planned city in Qatar, located on the coast, in the northern part of the municipality of Al Daayen.

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Makoto Tamada

(born November 4, 1976 in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan) is a former Japanese professional motorcycle racer currently working as a rider instructor in Suzuka Racing School.

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Marc Márquez

Marc Márquez Alentà (born 17 February 1993) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and one of the most successful motorcycle racers of all time with six Grand Prix world championships to his name - four of which are in the premier MotoGP class.

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Marco Lucchinelli

Marco Lucchinelli (born 26 June 1954) is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

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Marco Simoncelli

Marco Simoncelli (20 January 1987 – 23 October 2011) was an Italian professional motorcycle racer.

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Masaryk Circuit

The Masaryk circuit (Masarykův okruh) or Masarykring, now referred to as the Brno Circuit, refers to two motorsport race tracks located close to the city of Brno, Czech Republic.

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Maverick Viñales

Maverick Viñales Ruiz (born 12 January 1995) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from Catalonia, Spain and former Moto3 world champion, taking the title in 2013.

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Michelin

Michelin (full name: SCA Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin) is a French tyre manufacturer based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne région of France.

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Mick Doohan

Michael "Mick" Sydney Melbourne Doohan, (born 4 June 1965) is an Australian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion, who won five consecutive 500 cc World Championships.

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Mike Hailwood

Stanley Michael Bailey Hailwood,, (2 April 1940 – 23 March 1981) was a British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

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Misano Adriatico

Misano Adriatico (Misên) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Rimini in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about southeast of Rimini.

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Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli

The Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli (previously called Misano World Circuit, and before 2006 called Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica), also known as Marco Simoncelli Circuit is a race track located next to the town of Misano Adriatico (Province of Rimini) in the frazione of Santa Monica.

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Mondial (motorcycle manufacturer)

FB-MondialTitle: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Motorcycles, Editor: Erwin Tragatsch, Publisher: New Burlington Books, Copyright: 1979 Quarto Publishing, Edition: 1988 Revised, Page 260, is a motorcycle manufacturer, founded in 1929, in Milan, Italy.

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Montmeló

Montmeló is a municipality in the comarca of Vallès Oriental, within the Barcelona metropolitan area, in Catalonia, Spain.

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Motegi, Tochigi

is a town located in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.

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Moto Guzzi

Moto Guzzi is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer and the oldest European manufacturer in continuous motorcycle production.

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Motocross

Motocross is a form of off-road motorcycle racing held on enclosed off-road circuits.

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Motorcycle

A motorcycle, often called a bike, motorbike, or cycle, is a two-> or three-wheeled motor vehicle.

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Motorcycle racing

Motorcycle racing (also called moto racing and motorbike racing) is the motorcycle sport of racing motorcycles.

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Motorcycle sport

Motorcycle sport is a broad field that encompasses all sporting aspects of motorcycling.

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Mugello Circuit

Mugello Circuit (Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello) is a race track in Scarperia e San Piero, Tuscany, Italy.

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MV Agusta

MV Agusta, originally Meccanica Verghera Agusta, is a motorcycle manufacturer founded on 12 February 1945 near Milan in Cascina Costa, Italy.

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Naturally aspirated engine

A naturally aspirated engine is an internal combustion engine in which oxygen intake depends solely on atmospheric pressure and does not rely on forced induction through a turbocharger or a supercharger.

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NGK

is a public company established in 1936 and based in Nagoya, Japan.

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Nicky Hayden

Nicholas Patrick Hayden (July 30, 1981 May 22, 2017), nicknamed "The Kentucky Kid", was an American professional motorcycle racer who won the MotoGP World Championship in 2006.

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Norton Manx

The Norton Manx or Manx Norton is a British racing motorcycle that was made from 1947 to 1962 by Norton Motors Ltd.

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Octane rating

An octane rating, or octane number, is a standard measure of the performance of an engine or aviation fuel.

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Outline of motorcycles and motorcycling

The following outline is provided as an overview of motorcycles and motorcycling: Motorcycle — two-wheeled, single-track motor vehicle.

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Overhead camshaft

Overhead camshaft, commonly abbreviated to OHC, is a valvetrain configuration which places the camshaft of an internal combustion engine of the reciprocating type within the cylinder heads ("above" the pistons and combustion chambers) and drives the valves or lifters in a more direct manner compared with overhead valves (OHV) and pushrods.

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Patrick Pons

Patrick Pons (24 December 1952 in Paris - 10 August 1980) was a French professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

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Phillip Island

Phillip Island is an Australian island about south-southeast of Melbourne, Victoria.

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Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit

The Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near Ventnor, on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia.

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Pol Espargaró

Pol Espargaró Villà (born June 10, 1991) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer who currently rides in the MotoGP class for the KTM factory team.

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Pole position

In motorsport the pole position is the position at the inside of the front row at the start of a racing event.

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Push start

Push starting, also known as bump starting, clutch starting, popping the clutch or crash starting, is a method of starting a motor vehicle with an internal combustion engine by engaging the manual transmission while the vehicle is in motion.

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Race track

A race track (or "racetrack", "racing track" or "racing circuit") is a facility built for racing of vehicles, athletes, or animals (e.g. horse racing or greyhound racing).

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Radial tire

A radial tire (more properly, a radial-ply tire) is a particular design of vehicular tire.

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Red Bull Ring

The Red Bull Ring is a motorsport race track in Spielberg, Styria, Austria.

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Renzo Pasolini

Renzo Pasolini (18 July 1938 – 20 May 1973), nicknamed "Paso", was a popular Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer in the 1960s and early 1970s.

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Road racing

In North America, road racing is motor racing held on a paved closed circuit with both left and right turns.

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Room temperature

Colloquially, room temperature is the range of air temperatures that most people prefer for indoor settings, which feel comfortable when wearing typical indoor clothing.

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Sachsenring

The Sachsenring racing circuit is located in Hohenstein-Ernstthal near Chemnitz in Saxony, Germany.

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Scarperia e San Piero

Scarperia e San Piero is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence, in the Italian region Tuscany, located about northeast of Florence.

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Scott Redding

Scott Christopher Redding (born 4 January 1993) is a British Grand Prix motorcycle racer who currently rides in the MotoGP World Championship for Aprilia Gresini Racing Team.

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Sepang (town)

Sepang (雪邦) is a small border town and also a mukim located in Sepang District, Selangor, Malaysia.

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Sepang International Circuit

The Sepang International Circuit (Litar Antarabangsa Sepang) is a motorsport race track in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia.

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Shinichi Ito

born in Kakuda, Miyagi, Japan) is a retired professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He has raced extensively in Japanese and International championships. Ito has competed in the All Japan Road Race Championship, and won the Japanese 500 cc Championship, and is also 3 times Japanese Superbike Champion. In the prestigious Suzuka 8 Hour Endurance Race he has qualified on pole 5 times and won the race 3 times. Ito has also raced in Superbike World Championship. His considerable experience on different types of racing machine has earned him a reputation as a premier development rider.

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Shoya Tomizawa

(December 10, 1990 – September 5, 2010) was a Japanese motorcycle racer.

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Sidecar

A sidecar is a one-wheeled device attached to the side of a motorcycle, scooter, or bicycle, producing a three-wheeled vehicle.

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Sidecar World Championship

FIM Sidecar World Championship is the international sidecar racing championship.

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Silverstone

Silverstone is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, perhaps best known for its race circuit.

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Silverstone Circuit

Silverstone Circuit is a motor racing circuit in England next to the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury.

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Single-cylinder engine

A single-cylinder engine is a basic piston engine configuration of an internal combustion engine.

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Spain

Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

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Speed Up

Speed Up is an Italian motorcycle racing team and constructor founded in 2010 and based in Vicenza, Italy.

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Spielberg, Styria

Spielberg bei Knittelfeld is a city located in the Bezirk Murtal in Styria, Austria.

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Superbike World Championship

Superbike World Championship (also known as SBK, World Superbike, WSB, or WSBK) is the worldwide Superbike racing Championship.

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Suzuka Circuit

The Suzuka International Racing Course is a motorsport race track located in Ino, Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture, Japan and operated by Mobilityland Corporation, a subsidiary of Honda Motor Co, Ltd.

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Suzuki

is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Minami-ku, Hamamatsu, that manufactures automobiles, four-wheel drive vehicles, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines.

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Suzuki RG500

The Suzuki RG500 "Gamma" is a two stroke sport bike that was produced by Suzuki from 1985 through 1987.

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Takaaki Nakagami

is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from Japan, who rides for Idemitsu Honda Team Asia.

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Tech 3

Tech3 is a motorcycle racing team currently competing in the MotoGP World Championship under the name Monster Yamaha Tech3 and in the Moto2 World Championship under the name Tech3 Moto2.

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Termas de Río Hondo

Termas de Río Hondo is a spa city in Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina.

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Thomas Lüthi

Thomas Lüthi (born 6 September 1986) is a professional motorcycle road racer currently competing in the MotoGP Grand Prix World Championship.

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Total S.A.

Total S.A. is a French multinational integrated oil and gas company and one of the seven "Supermajor" oil companies in the world.

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Traction control system

A traction control system (TCS), also known as ASR (from lit), is typically (but not necessarily) a secondary function of the electronic stability control (ESC) on production motor vehicles, designed to prevent loss of traction of driven road wheels.

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Triumph Motorcycles Ltd

Triumph Motorcycles Ltd is the largest British motorcycle manufacturer, established in 1983 by John Bloor after the original company Triumph Engineering went into receivership.

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TT Circuit Assen

The TT Circuit Assen is a motorsport race track built in 1955 and located in Assen, Netherlands.

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Twin Ring Motegi

is a motorsport race track located at Motegi, Japan.

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Two-stroke engine

A two-stroke (or two-cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine which completes a power cycle with two strokes (up and down movements) of the piston during only one crankshaft revolution.

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United States motorcycle Grand Prix

The United States motorcycle Grand Prix was a motorcycling event that was part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.

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V4 engine

A V4 engine is a four-cylinder engine with its cylinders arranged in a "V" configuration.

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Valentino Rossi

Valentino Rossi (born 16 February 1979) is an Italian professional motorcycle road racer and multiple MotoGP World Champion.

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Wayne Gardner

Wayne Michael Gardner (born in Wollongong, New South Wales) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and touring car racer.

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Wayne Rainey

Wayne Wesley Rainey (born October 23, 1960) is an American former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.

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Wet sump

A wet sump is a lubricating oil management design for piston engines which uses the crankcase as a built-in reservoir for oil, as opposed to an external or secondary reservoir used in a dry sump design.

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World championship

A world championship is generally an international sports competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport or contest.

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Xavier Siméon

Xavier Siméon (born 31 August 1989) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from Belgium and winner of the 2009 FIM Superstock 1000 Championship and the 2006 European Superstock 600 Championship.

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Yamaha Corporation

() is a Japanese multinational corporation and conglomerate with a very wide range of products and services, predominantly musical instruments, electronics and power sports equipment.

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Yamaha Motor Company

is a Japanese manufacturer of motorcycles, marine products such as boats and outboard motors, and other motorized products.

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Yamaha Motor Racing

Yamaha Motor Racing or Yamaha Factory Racing is the official Italian-Japanese factory team of Yamaha in MotoGP.

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1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the inaugural F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season.

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1976 Isle of Man TT

The 1976 Isle of Man TT was the fifth round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.

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1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 1997 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 49th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

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2002 Japanese Grand Prix

The 2002 Japanese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Suzuka on 13 October 2002.

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2008 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2008 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the opening round of the 2008 MotoGP championship.

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2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 64th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

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2016 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2016 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 2016 MotoGP season.

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2016 MotoGP season

The 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 68th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

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2018 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2018 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.

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2018 MotoGP season

The 2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season is the 70th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

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50 cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing

The 50 cc class was the ultra-lightweight class in Grand Prix motorcycle racing, and formed part of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) World Championships from 1962 until 1983; when the class was replaced by 80 cc.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing

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