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Damian Cudlin


Damian Shane Cudlin (born 19 October 1982) is a professional motorcycle racer. He competed in the Endurance FIM World Championship from 2002 to 2018 and finished 2nd in the world championship on three occasions- 2011, 2012 and 2014. He was a 4th rider in the SERT (Suzuki Endurance Racing Team) who won the Endurance World Championship in 2015. After winning the 2010 IDM Supersport Championship, he made his grand prix debut at the German Grand Prix in 2010 where he finished 7th. He was drafted into MotoGP in 2011 and
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List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Teams champions


as determined by a points system based on Grand Prix results. It is awarded since 2002 in MotoGP, and since 2018 in Moto2 and Moto3. All the riders for each team contributing points towards the Championship. The winner of the teams' world championship is not necessarily the team of the riders' world champion. For example, in 2016, Marc Márquez who rode for Repsol Honda Team won the riders' world championship, but in the teams' standings, Movistar Yamaha MotoGP have higher points than Repsol Honda Team, therefore
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List of motorcycle Grand Prix wins by Marc Márquez


Marc Márquez is a Spanish seven-time Grand Prix world champion - five of which are in the premier MotoGP class. Márquez races for Honda's factory team since his MotoGP debut in 2013. Nicknamed the "Ant of Cervera", he is one of four riders to have won world championship titles in three different categories, after Mike Hailwood, Phil Read and Valentino Rossi. Márquez won the 125cc World Championship, the Moto2 World Championship, and the , , , and MotoGP World Championships. Márquez became the first rider since
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Alex Barros


Alexandre Barros (born October 18, 1970) is a former Brazilian motorcycle road racer. After a long career in MotoGP, for 2006 he moved to the Superbike World Championship. He returned to MotoGP for 2007, but retired by the end of the season. Barros started racing motorcycles at the age of 8, when he won on his debut in the Brazilian minibike championship. In the next two years, he was twice Brazilian moped champion. In 1981, he was the Brazilian 50cc Champion, and in 1985 he won
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Francesco Bagnaia


MotoGP with Pramac Ducati. He was, in fact, offered a ride in MotoGP in 2018 with the same team after his stellar rookie season in 2017, where he took four podiums and finished 5th in the championship behind Franco Morbidelli, Thomas Luthi, Miguel Oliveira, and Álex Márquez but eventually decided to stay, with an opportunity to take the championship title. He replaced fellow Italian rider Danilo Petrucci, who went to the Factory Ducati Team, replacing Spaniard and three time MotoGP World Champion Jorge Lorenzo who took the seat vacated
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Marco Simoncelli


Marco Simoncelli (; 20 January 1987 – 23 October 2011) was an Italian professional motorcycle racer. He competed in the MotoGP World Championship for 10 years from 2002 to 2011. He started in the 125cc class before moving up to the 250cc class in 2006. He won the 250cc World Championship with Gilera in 2008. After four years in the intermediate class, he stepped up to the top MotoGP class in 2010, racing with the Honda Gresini Team. Simoncelli died in an accident during the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang on
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Loris Baz


Loris Baz (born 1 February 1993) is a motorcycle racer from France, who races in the Superbike World Championship for the Gulf Althea BMW Racing Team. He has previously competed in MotoGP, the FIM Superstock 1000 Championship, the British Superbike Championship and the European Superstock 600 Championship, where he was champion in 2008. Kawasaki Racing Team confirmed Baz for the 2013 Superbike World Championship season. On 4 October 2014, it was announced that Baz would move into MotoGP, with Forward Racing. At Misano in September, Baz achieved
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Superbike World Championship


rides. The 2008 field includes five former MotoGP winners: Max Biaggi, Carlos Checa and Makoto Tamada all raced exclusively in MotoGP before joining SBK, while Troy Bayliss, Noriyuki Haga, and Régis Laconi had alternating spells in both. Except for Frenchman Raymond Roche, who won the championship in , all Superbike World Champions had been native English speakers, until Max Biaggi won the championship in 2010 and 2012 and also 2011 champion Carlos Checa and 2014 champion Sylvain Guintoli becoming the 2nd Frenchman to take the title. Italian riders Davide Tardozzi
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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. Hayden began racing motorcycles at a young age. He began his road racing career in the CMRA before progressing to the AMA Supersport Championship and then to the AMA Superbike Championship. He won the AMA title in 2002 and was approached by the Repsol Honda team to race for them in MotoGP. In his first season he performed well, finishing
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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. Jorge Lorenzo was the defending world champion, having secured his third MotoGP title and fifth overall Championship title at the 2015 Valencian Community Grand Prix. The riders' championship title was won for the third time by Marc Márquez, after his fifth victory of the season at the Japanese Grand Prix gave him an unassailable lead over his title rivals Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi – who both crashed out at Motegi – with three races remaining. Márquez's title
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Superbike World Championship


winning the championship four times, and amassing a total of 59 race wins. Jonathan Rea cemented his overtaking of Fogarty in the history books by winning his fourth consecutive world championship title in 2018, amassing a new accord amount of race wins, too. Many riders successful in the Superbike World Championship have gone on to MotoGP, such as 2002 champion Colin Edwards, 2007 champion James Toseland, and 2005 runner-up Chris Vermeulen. The championship has seen several former MotoGP riders move to it, usually after failing to earn competitive
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Chris Vermeulen


Chris Vermeulen (born 19 June 1982) is an Australian motorcycle racer who last competed in the World Superbike Championship for the works Kawasaki team. Vermeulen was born in Brisbane. He first raced in the Superbike class in 2004 and 2005 for the Ten Kate Honda team, finishing as series runner-up in 2005. He also won the World Supersport Championship for Ten Kate in 2003. From 2006 season he joined the elite MotoGP series, for the Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Team. On 28 August 2009 Suzuki confirmed Vermeulen will leave the
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2015 MotoGP season


The 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 67th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Marc Márquez started the season as the defending riders' champion, having won his second consecutive title in 2014. Valentino Rossi led the championship for almost the entire season as he chased a tenth world title, but ultimately, the honours went to his Yamaha Motor Racing teammate Jorge Lorenzo, who took his third MotoGP title and a fifth world title overall. Lorenzo started the season quietly with three finishes off the podium, whereas Rossi took wins
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Motorsport in the United Kingdom


500, Dan Wheldon two, Jim Clark and Graham Hill one each. Silverstone Circuit currently hosts a round of MotoGP while Donington Park hosts the Superbike World Championship. Britain's Leslie Graham won the inaugural Grand Prix Motorcycling World Championship in 1949. Geoff Duke, John Surtees and Mike Hailwood all won multiple world titles during the 1950s and 1960s. Phil Read was world champion in 1973 and 1974, while Barry Sheene won back-to-back titles in 1976 and 1977. Britain has struggled in the top 500cc/MotoGP class
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Markus Reiterberger


Markus Reiterberger (born 9 March 1994 in Trostberg, Germany) is a German motorcycle racer. In 2007 and 2008 he was a contestant of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup; in 2010 he was champion in the German Yamaha Cup and in 2013, 2015 and 2017 he won the IDM Superbike Championship. In 2016 he was a regular rider of the Althea BMW Racing Team in the Superbike World Championship aboard a BMW S 1000 RR. Reiterberger won the European Superstock 1000 Championship in 2018 aboard a BMW S 1000 RR. He
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Valentino Rossi


Valentino Rossi (; ; born 16 February 1979) is an Italian professional motorcycle road racer and multiple MotoGP World Champion. Rossi is one of the most successful , with nine Grand Prix World Championships to his name – seven of which are in the premier class. After graduating to the premier class in 2000, Rossi won the 500cc World Championship and 8 Hours of Suzuka with Honda in 2001, the MotoGP World Championships (also with Honda) in 2002 and 2003 and continued his streak of back-to-back championships by winning
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Jorge Martín (motorcyclist)


Jorge Martín Almoguera (born 29 January 1998 in Madrid, Spain) is a motorcycle racer at World Championship level. He won the 2018 Moto3 World Championship with Gresini Racing, and was the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup champion in 2014. In 2015, Martín made his full-time Grand Prix debut in the Moto3 World Championship with MAPFRE Team Mahindra riding a Mahindra alongside Francesco Bagnaia and Juanfran Guevara. His best result was a 7th place in Aragon. He managed to score 45 points in his rookie season. Martín remained with
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Ducati Desmosedici


every phase of the Desmosedici’s development process from early testing to track debut and the project’s evolution. In 2007, Ducati's pilot Casey Stoner, riding a Desmosedici, obtained Ducati's first MotoGP World Championship Title. While still fully committed to Superbike racing, the Ducati Marlboro Team of Loris Capirossi and Troy Bayliss would compete in all rounds of the 2003 MotoGP championship. The Desmosedici GP3 quickly scored a series of results with Loris Capirossi, who stepped onto the podium in the opening round of the championship in Japan and won
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Motorsport in Australia


). Casey Stoner was the 2007 and 2011 MotoGP World Champion. A round of the world series has been in Australia since 1989 and is held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in October. The circuit also hosts a round of the World Superbike Championship. Australia has produced many top motorcycle riders with Stoner, Wayne Gardner, Troy Bayliss and Troy Corser all having won world championships in various classes, with five time 500cc world champion Mick Doohan regarded as one of the all-time greats. The Australian Superbike Championship is
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Emilia-Romagna


era Alberto Ascari, Juan Manuel Fangio, John Surtees, Niki Lauda and Kimi Räikkönen include among drivers to have won the title in a Ferrari car. Ducati Corse is the motorsports division of Ducati's motorcycle company, being the predominant Italian constructor in MotoGP and the Superbike World Championship. Ducati has won one MotoGP title with Australian Casey Stoner in 2007. Stoner is also the most successful rider for the team in MotoGP, having won 23 Grands Prix in his four seasons. Ducati have had multiple World Champions Valentino Rossi and Jorge
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2018 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup


The 2018 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup was the twelfth season of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. The season, for the sixth year contested by the riders on equal KTM 250cc 4-stroke Moto3 bikes, was held over 12 races in seven meetings on the Grand Prix motorcycle racing calendar, beginning at Jerez on 5 May and ending on 23 September at the Ciudad del Motor de Aragón. Turkish rider Can Öncü won the championship, securing the title after the Misano race. Points were awarded to the top fifteen riders, provided the
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BBC Sport


BBC Sport had coverage of the British and World Superbikes for a few years—often showing the World Championship version live. It lost the BSB rights to Premium TV at the end of 2001. Premium TV did not have a channel of its own, so sub-leased the rights first to the ITV Sport Channel, then British Eurosport. After acquiring the rights to the MotoGP World Championship in 2003 coverage of the World Superbikes was dropped. In 2003 the BBC won the rights to the MotoGP World Championship. After a successful
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Toprak Razgatlıoğlu


Toprak Razgatlıoğlu (born 16 October 1996) is a motorcycle racer from Turkey competing in the Superbike World Championship aboard a Kawasaki ZX-10R. He won the 2015 European Superstock 600 Championship aboard a Kawasaki ZX-6R. He started riding motorcycles at the age of 5. He competed in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in 2013 and 2014; finishing 10th and 6th overall respectively. He finished first in the 7th race of the 2014 season in Sachsenring, Germany. He won his debut race in the European Superstock 600 Championship on 5 October 2014 at Magny
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Andrea Dovizioso


Andrea Dovizioso (born 23 March 1986) is a professional motorcycle racer who competes in the MotoGP world championship for the factory Ducati Corse team. He won the 125cc World Championship in . He also finished third in the MotoGP class in and has been a race winner on 9 occasions, the first two coming seven years apart and the next six coming within the space of less than five months during 2017, as he mounted his first premier-class title challenge during his career. He once again finished second behind Márquez in the
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2018 MotoGP season


The 2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 70th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Marc Márquez entered the season as the reigning champion, with Repsol Honda being the reigning team champions and Honda the reigning constructors' champions. Originally scheduled for 19 races, the season was reduced by one Grand Prix due to the cancellation of the 26 August Silverstone event due to unsafe track conditions involving standing water after a rider vote. Marc Márquez clinched the championship trophy on 21 October 2018 after sixteen rounds, winning three consecutive races during spring
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Danilo Petrucci


Danilo Carlo Petrucci (born October 24, 1990) is an Italian motorcycle road racer, he Won The Italian Superstock 1000 Championship in 2011, and who currently competes in the MotoGP world championship for the Ducati Corse team. Born in Terni, Petrucci began racing in 1998 with mini-trial and mini-cross bikes, achieving some national trophies. In 2006 he switched to road racing entering the CBR600 Cup where he emerged as the best rookie. In 2007 Petrucci competed in the Yamaha R6 Cup and made some appearances in the
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Superbike World Championship


Corser. 2009 Champion Ben Spies moved to MotoGP. James Toseland returned to the championship after 2 seasons in MotoGP and took Spies place at the Sterilgarda Yamaha World Superbike team, partnered by fellow Brit Cal Crutchlow. The factory Ducati team retained their two riders. The 2010 season started on February 28 at Phillip Island and ended on October 3 at Magny-Cours. Riders from all over the world compete in the Superbike World Championship. The championship is perhaps most closely followed in Italy because of Ducati and the United Kingdom where superbike
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Dani Pedrosa


out of the race. Pedrosa finished sixth in the championship standings, his worst finish to a season since his rookie year in the premier class. Pedrosa is contracted to continue racing for Repsol Honda for 2017 and 2018. Following the fact that Honda didn't renew his contract for the 2019 season, with Jorge Lorenzo taking his place, Pedrosa announced in a press conference at the German Grand Prix on 12 July that he will retire from the MotoGP world championship by the end of 2018. Throughout his final season in MotoGP,
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Max Sport


Volleyball, the ATP World Tour and the WTA Tour, athletics from IAAF Diamond League, NHL, MotoGP, NASCAR, the FIA World Rallycross Championship, UFC, boxing and others. The two channels of the group, along with the sports channel "EDGEsport", owned by IMG Media, form the paid "Mtel Sport" pack, which is offered exclusively for Mtel and blizoo television customers. After Mtel was rebranded to A1 Bulgaria in May 2018, Mtel Sport became Max Sport. In October 2018 Max Sport 3 was
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Superbike racing


glamorous MotoGP championship, the Superbike World Championship has grown into a world-class professional racing series. Many of the riders that competed in SBK over the years are household names among motorcycle racing fans. The most successful rider thus far has been England’s Carl Fogarty, who won the championship four times (1994–95, 1998–99). Ducati has been the most successful manufacturer in the series over the years, accumulating 15 manufacturer championships. Honda has won it 6 times, with Suzuki claiming one championship. Australia's Troy Bayliss won
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2016 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix


Karel Abraham left MotoGP after five seasons and switched to the Superbike World Championship as did Alex de Angelis and Ioda Racing. Loris Baz moved to Avintia Racing to replace Mike Di Meglio who went to the FIM Endurance World Championship. The final change was Stefan Bradl who remained with Aprilia after riding for them as a replacement rider in 2015 when Marco Melandri left MotoGP during the middle of the season. Title holder Jorge Lorenzo stayed with Yamaha MotoGP after his title-winning campaign and was again joined by seven-time MotoGP champion Valentino
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Thomas Strudwick


achieved three wins finishing in third-place of the 2017 championship. On 1 April 2018, Strudwick won the inaugural British Talent Cup race at Donington Park. The championship was conceived during 2017 by the MotoGP world championship organisers Dorna to promote young British riders. In 2015, Strudwick competed in the KTM British Junior Cup for MTS Racing. He became the youngest-ever winner of a British championship motorcycle race at the age of 13 years and 247 days on 21 June 2015, replacing the former accolade-holder Kyle Ryde.
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Jonathan Rea


title in 2016, 2017 and 2018, becoming the first man ever to win four successive superbike world championships. On 9 June 2018, Rea won the first race at Brno to take his 60th career win and surpass the record of Carl Fogarty. Rea made his MotoGP debut in 2012, replacing the injured Casey Stoner for the Repsol Honda team. He finished 8th in the San Marino race, held at Misano in Italy, and 7th at Motorland Aragon in Spain, before returning to World Superbike duties. Rea's family background
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Joan Mir


Joan Mir Mayrata (born 1 September 1997) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer. Mir has also been a competitor in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup and the CEV Moto3 Championship. He won the 2017 Moto3 World Championship with Leopard Racing. Prior to moving up to the Moto3 world championship, Palma-born Mir competed for two seasons in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in 2013 and 2014, finishing as runner-up (with three wins) to Jorge Martín in 2014. Mir contested the CEV Moto3 Junior World
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Ducati Corse


fully owned by Ducati Motor Holding. To date, Ducati has one MotoGP world championship for both rider and manufacturer, with Casey Stoner in 2007. In addition Ducati has won multiple Superbike world championships, with Carl Fogarty (four titles) and Troy Bayliss (three titles) being the most successful riders. The company is split into four departments. Technical research and development is composed of two teams responsible for the design and development of the motorcycles that compete in the MotoGP and Superbike championships. The sporting activities department is responsible for
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2018 WPA World Nine-ball Junior Championship


The 2018 WPA 9 World Junior Ball Championships was the 27th hosting of the Junior World Championship in the pool discipline 9-Ball. The event ran from 31 October to 3 November 2018 Moscow, Russia. Under 19 world champion was Yip Kin Ling from Hong Kong. In the final against his countryman Robbie Capito he won 11-10 against last year's finalist. In the Under 17 age group was won by Mahkeal Parris who won the final against the Norwegian Emil Andre Gangfløt 9-6. In the junior women, Chen Chia
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Bridgestone


left international sports car racing in 2000, but remains as one of the main suppliers in the Japanese Super GT championship. In 2002, Bridgestone entered the Grand Prix motorcycle racing's main class MotoGP. From 2009 to 2015, it was the exclusive tyre supplier of the championship and reached the milestone of 100 MotoGP victories in 2012. Nine-time World Champion Valentino Rossi was 'Bridgestone Tyre Adviser' having won two MotoGP titles on Bridgestone tyres in 2008 and 2009. In May 2014, Bridgestone announced they would leave Moto GP
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Ducati Desmosedici


his Bridgestone-shod Ducati proved to be the top combination in MotoGP and he won the world championship at Motegi, Japan, on September 23, 2007, four races before the end of the season. An evolutionary update of the GP7 design, Ducati's entry for the 2008 MotoGP World Championship was tested first in February 2007. For purposes of avoiding chatter which was encountered on some occasions with GP7, the rigidity of the GP8's frame was altered, although further details of relevant modifications are not disclosed. In addition,
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Kawasaki Heavy Industries Motorcycle & Engine


title was with Dave Simmonds in 1969 when they won the 125 cc World Championship. Kawasaki dominated the 250 cc and 350 cc grand prix classes from 1978 to 1982 winning four titles in each category. With the introduction of the four-stroke engines into MotoGP in 2002, Kawasaki decided to take part in the new MotoGP World Championship. Kawasaki entered the championship in 2003 with 250 cc Grand Prix racer Harald Eckl's Team Eckl. In 2003, the Kawasaki Racing Team was formed after Kawasaki had developed their new 990cc ZX-
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J. D. Beach


James Douglas Beach (born October 12, 1991) is an American motorcycle racer. He currently races a Yamaha YZF-R1 in the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship. Born in Snoqualmie, Washington and based in Philpot, Kentucky, Beach won the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in 2008 and the AMA Pro Supersport East Championship in 2010. In 2011 he made a one-off appearance in the Moto2 World Championship, replacing Tommaso Lorenzetti for the Aeroport de Castelló team in the Indianapolis Grand Prix. After competing in the AMA Superbike Championship and
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Ben Spies


On October 25, 2009 at the final round of the Championship at Portimão, Spies was crowned the 2009 Superbike World Champion after winning Race One, in conjunction with a fall from title rival Noriyuki Haga, and a solid 5th place in Race 2. On October 1, 2009, Yamaha officially confirmed that Spies would replace James Toseland at the Yamaha Tech 3 team for the 2010 MotoGP Championship. Two days later it was confirmed that Spies would ride as a wildcard for the Yamaha Sterilgarda team, in the final MotoGP race of
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2008 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix


The 2008 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 3–5 October 2008 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. The premier class MotoGP race was won by Casey Stoner from pole position. Stoner rode a lights to flag victory ahead of a fast and charging Valentino Rossi who started the race from 12th position on the grid. Nicky Hayden rounded out the podium finishing in a respectable third place. In the early stages of the race, Stoner and Hayden had a
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Pol Espargaró


Pol Espargaró Villà (born 10 June 1991) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer who currently rides in the MotoGP class for the KTM factory team. Pol is the younger brother of Aleix Espargaró, and is best known for winning the 2013 Moto2 World Championship. He won the Suzuka 8 Hours in 2015 with Bradley Smith and Katsuyuki Nakasuga, and in 2016 with Nakasuga and Alex Lowes. He is the first rider to finish on the podium riding a KTM motorcycle in MotoGP. Born in Granollers, Barcelona, Espargaró, arrived
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Stefan Bradl


moved from MotoGP to Superbike World Championship, riding a Honda of the RedBull Honda Team. He only raced 6 full rounds and 4 half-rounds; taking up 67 points and ranked 14th in the list. In 2018, Bradl returned to MotoGP as a wildcard rider. He raced with EG 0,0 Marc VDS Racing, HRC Racing, and LCR Honda. He collected 10 points and ranked 24th. In 2019 he is contracted as a test rider for the Honda works MotoGP team. He raced in the SPanisH Grand Prix is
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Grand Prix motorcycle racing sponsorship liveries


that he was leaving for the Forward Racing team with Andrea Dovizioso having been confirmed as his replacement. Bradley Smith signed a deal to ride for the team in MotoGP in 2013 and 2014. Yamaha Motor Racing or Yamaha Factory Racing is the official Italian-Japanese factory team of Yamaha in MotoGP. In motorcycle racing Yamaha has won 39 world championships, including 6 in MotoGP and 9 in the preceding 500 cc two-stroke class, and 1 in World Superbike. In addition Yamaha have recorded 208 victories at the Isle of Man
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Sport in Switzerland


E championship. Despite the long-standing restrictions, the country has produced successful road racing drivers such as Clay Regazzoni, Jo Siffert and successful World Touring Car Championship driver Alain Menu. Switzerland also won the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport in 2007-08 with driver Neel Jani. Swiss racing driver Marcel Fässler won the World Endurance Championship in 2012 and has won the Le Mans 24 Hours three times, and motorcycle racer Thomas Lüthi won the 2005 MotoGP World Championship in the 125cc category. Also, Formula One constructor Alfa Romeo is
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2017 Women's African Volleyball Championship


The 2017 Women's African Nations Championship was the 18th edition of the Women's African Volleyball Championship organised by Africa's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Africaine de Volleyball. Held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, the tournament took place from 7 to 14 October 2017. The top two teams, who had registered with FIVB for the 2018 World Championship, qualify to represent Africa in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship. Cameroon won the championship defeating Kenya and Egypt won the bronze medal over Senegal. 13 teams have registered to participate
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María Herrera


was the only female rider in the MotoGP paddock for 2017 with Team AGR, who was running a single bike in both Moto3 and Moto2 series. She took part in the Moto3 category in 2017. She raced in the same Moto3 class the previous year as Owner-Rider on a KTM with team MH6 and in 2015 with Husqvarna Factory Laglisse. In 2018 Maria Herrera was riding for BCD Yamaha MS Racing on a Yamaha YZF-R3 in the FIM Supersport 300 World Championship. She finished 13th in the 2018 World Supersport 300
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List of 500cc/MotoGP Motorcycle World Champions


Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing, which has been divided into three classes since 1997: 125cc, 250cc and MotoGP. Former classes that have been discontinued include 350cc, 50cc/80cc and Sidecar. The premier class is MotoGP, which was formerly known as the 500cc class. 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 in existence. The motorcycles used in MotoGP
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Daniel Falzon


the World Superbike (WSBK) and MotoGP Championships. At the Australian round of the MotoGP Championship, Daniel won all 3 races to secure his 5th National Title in 6 years. Result at the point at which the championship was abandoned Asterix (*) symbol denotes a season that is still in progress 2008- Collingrove Hillclimb Junior - 1st Place 2009- Collingrove Hillclimb Junior - 1st Place 2009- George Carrick Open Championship - 2nd Place 2009- Phillip Island 6Hr Endurance Race (Superstock 600) - 1st Place 2011- Nominated as South Australian Male Youth Athlete
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Sport in Scotland


Shedden, who won the championship in 2012. One round of the championship is annually held at Knockhill in Scotland. In motor cycling, the legends continue. Jock Taylor took the Sidecar World Championship in 1980 and Jimmy Guthrie and Bob McIntyre both set the standard for Scottish motorcycle competitors on either side of the war. In the 1980s and 1990s, it was Niall Mackenzie and Steve Hislop who led the way. Mackenzie competed in the 500cc Grand Prix championship (now MotoGP) for nine years from 1986 to 1994, only twice
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Carlos Checa


Carlos Checa (born 15 October 1972) is a Spanish former professional motorcycle road racer and winner of the 2011 Superbike World Championship. After racing in 500 cc and MotoGP for over a decade, mostly on Honda and Yamaha machinery with and without full manufacturer support, he moved to the Superbike World Championship on a Honda for . He has two Grand Prix victories. He has a younger brother, David Checa, also a motorcycle racer who competed in the Superbike World Championship for . Born in Barcelona, Spain, Checa made his
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Marc Márquez


Catalan and Spanish rider in the top category. Márquez won the 125cc World Championship, the Moto2 World Championship, and the , , , and MotoGP World Championships. Márquez became the first rider since Kenny Roberts in to accomplish the premier class title in his first season, and the youngest to win the title overall. In 2014 he defended his title, winning the championship with three rounds to spare, during which he won ten races in a row. He is the older brother of 2014 Moto3 world champion Álex Márquez. Márquez
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List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champions


replaced the 250cc bikes in the 2010 season, with the class re-branded as Moto2. Giacomo Agostini, with 15 victories, has won the most world championships. Ángel Nieto is second with 13 world championships and Valentino Rossi, Mike Hailwood and Carlo Ubbiali are third with 9 world championships. Agostini holds the record for the most victories in the 500cc/MotoGP and 350cc classes with eight and seven world championships respectively. Phil Read and Max Biaggi have won the most 250cc/Moto2 championships, with four victories each. Nieto
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Luis d'Antin


Luis d'Antin (born January 2, 1964) is a Spanish former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and motorcycle racing team owner. Born in Madrid, Spain, d'Antin had his best year in 1996 when he finished sixth in the 250cc world championship. He also won the European 600cc Championship in 1991. After his riding career ended, D'Antin formed the D'Antin MotoGP team in 1999. The team used Yamaha motorcycles before becoming Ducati's satellite MotoGP team in 2004. Norick Abe won a 500cc race for the d'Antin team in both
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Marco Melandri


the Superbike World Championship from 2011 with the Yamaha World Superbike Team, replacing Cal Crutchlow, who moved to the Tech 3 team in MotoGP. On 2 October 2011, Melandri signed a contract to ride with the BMW World Superbike team for the 2012 season, after Yamaha elected not to continue with a factory team after the 2011 season. Melandri achieved BMW's best result, at the time, in the Superbike World Championship, with a second place in the season-opening race at Phillip Island, having started 13th on the
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2014 MotoGP season


during the season. Repsol Honda were the winners of the teams' championship, as the results for Márquez and Pedrosa allowed them to finish 50 points clear of Movistar Yamaha MotoGP, while Honda won the constructors' championship for the 21st time – and their 63rd title in total – 55 points clear of Yamaha. The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2014: The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released a 19-race provisional calendar on 2 October 2013. The calendar was updated on 13 December 2013 and again on 24 February 2014
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2013 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix


The 2013 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventeen round of the 2013 MotoGP season. It was held at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi on 27 October 2013. Jorge Lorenzo won the MotoGP race to gain Yamaha its 200th victory in the 500cc/MotoGP class. Pol Espargaró clinched the Moto2 world title after title contenders Scott Redding and Esteve Rabat crashed out in the race. This was Valentino Rossi's 200th race in the 500cc/MotoGP class. The first attempt to run the race was interrupted on the opening lap, following
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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. He joins his father Kenny Roberts, as the only father-son duo to have won 500cc World Championships. Roberts was inducted into the F.I.M. MotoGP Hall of Fame in 2017. Roberts first raced in the 250cc class at Willow Springs in 1990, winning 5 races in his debut season in road racing. By 1993, he made
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2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season


The 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 60th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. The MotoGP class opened with the historic Qatar Grand Prix, the first night race held in the World Championship history. The race was won by Ducati's Casey Stoner ahead of rookie Jorge Lorenzo, who started on pole in the first race in the top class, and Dani Pedrosa. In Spain Pedrosa won his first race of the year, ahead of Rossi and Lorenzo, while Stoner struggled with technical problems on his bike and finished 11th
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Troy Bayliss


the Honda MotoGP bike and MotoGP bikes in general as too inflexible, rigid, and like a 250 for his style. After the success of Superbike, Ducati offered Bayliss a one-off entry in the final MotoGP race of the year in Valencia, due to Sete Gibernau being injured. Remarkably Bayliss qualified 2nd and led the whole race, which ended in a Ducati 1–2. This was the first time any rider had won a race in both the Superbike and the Grand Prix world championships in the same year, and the
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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. From 2017 he was a member of the Tech 3 Yamaha MotoGP satellite team, and in early 2018 it was announced that he would ride for the factory KTM MotoGP team from 2019. With 16 Grands Prix victories, Zarco is also the most successful French rider in Grand Prix racing. Born in Cannes, Zarco progressed up the motorcycling ladder and moved into minimoto championships in 2004
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Tito Rabat


Esteve "Tito" Rabat Bergada (born 25 May 1989) is a Spanish motorcycle racer who currently competes in the MotoGP class in the motorcycle World Championship. He is best known for winning the Moto2 World Championship with a record points total for the intermediate class. Rabat suffered serious leg injuries in August 2018 after falling in heavy rain during practice for the British round at Silverstone. He was hit by a closely following out-of-control machine. He started racing professionally in 2005, and made his Grand Prix début at
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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. Casey Stoner started the season as the defending World Champion, while Honda was the defending Manufacturers' Champion. Moto2 champion Stefan Bradl joined the MotoGP grid with LCR Honda and 125cc champion Nicolás Terol entered Moto2, racing for Aspar. In the premier MotoGP class, the championship battle revolved around Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo and Honda pairing Dani Pedrosa and defending champion Stoner. Lorenzo won four of the first six races to be held in the campaign to
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2013 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season


The 2013 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 65th Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme Road racing World Championship season. Jorge Lorenzo started the season as the defending World Champion, while Honda was the defending Manufacturers' Champion. Moto2 champion Marc Márquez joined the MotoGP grid with Repsol Honda and Moto3 champion Sandro Cortese entered Moto2, with Intact GP. The three championships were each won by Spanish riders, with Márquez winning in MotoGP, Pol Espargaró winning in Moto2, and Maverick Viñales winning in Moto3. Spanish riders dominated the season overall, with
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2018 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix


The 2018 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2018 MotoGP season. It was held at the Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo in Santiago del Estero on 8 April 2018. In the MotoGP class, Jack Miller scored his first MotoGP pole position. The race started on wet tyres, and drivers were obliged to swap bikes to slick tyres mid-race in the flag-to-flag rule. Cal Crutchlow took Honda's 750th victory and became the first non-factory rider to lead the championship since Sete Gibernau
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Superbike World Championship


, riding once again a Ducati 999. Though 999 production ended in 2006 and the bike was replaced by the Ducati 1098, Ducati produced 150 limited-edition 999s at an elevated race specification to satisfy homologation requirements. Bayliss' main rivals in his title defense included former MotoGP rider Max Biaggi riding a Suzuki, 2004 champion James Toseland riding a Honda and Noriyuki Haga riding a Yamaha. The combination of some uneventful races in MotoGP and some exciting races in SBK saw the championship's popularity increase even more. The championship was won
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2006 Superbike World Championship


The 2006 Superbike World Championship was the nineteenth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 25 February at Losail, and finished on 8 October at Magny-Cours after 12 rounds and 24 races. The original season calendar issued by the FIM included a 13th round scheduled in South Africa on 22 October but the round was cancelled at the request of the series' promoter FGSport. 2006 saw the return of Australian Troy Bayliss in Superbike World Championship after 3 years in MotoGP. The combination of Bayliss and Ducati proved unstoppable and
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Makoto Tamada


Superbike Championship #100 Honda RVF750 RC45 2000- 3rd, All Japan Road Race Superbike Championship #100 Honda RVF750 RC45 2001- 2nd, All Japan Road Race Superbike Championship #100 Honda VTR1000F 2002- 4th, All Japan Road Race Superbike Championship #100 Honda VTR1000F 2003- 11th, MotoGP #6 Honda RC211V 2004- 6th, MotoGP #6 Honda RC211V 2005- 11th, MotoGP #6 Honda RC211V 2006- 12th, MotoGP #6 Honda RC211V 2007- 18th, MotoGP #6 Yamaha YZR-M1 2008- 20th, Superbike World Championship #100 Kawasaki ZX-10R 2009-
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Akrapovič


, the first world championship title using an Akrapovič exhaust was won in the WSBK when Colin Edwards won the world championship title on his Castrol Honda SP-01. That year, the 600 SS class with Yamaha and also won using an Akrapovič exhaust. Modifications made to the design saw the company enter into the American AMA Superbike and the Japanese All Japan Superbike Championship and then in 2002, the MotoGP class, forming an alliance with the Honda, Kawasaki and Aprilia factory teams. As income increased, the company invested in new technology and
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2009 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix


The 2009 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 24–26 April 2009 at the Twin Ring Motegi, located in Motegi, Japan. The MotoGP race was the 700th premier class race in the history of Grand Prix motorcycle racing. Jorge Lorenzo won the MotoGP race ahead of teammate Valentino Rossi to take the overall lead in the world championship. All qualifying sessions for MotoGP, 250cc and 125cc were cancelled due to adverse weather conditions and grid positions for
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2014 MotoGP season


The 2014 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 66th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Marc Márquez started the season as the defending riders' champion in the MotoGP category, with Honda the defending manufacturers' champions. Pol Espargaró and Maverick Viñales were the reigning Moto2 and Moto3 champions respectively; however, neither defended their titles as both riders moved up a class, with Espargaró joining MotoGP and Viñales entering Moto2. Winning a premier class record 13 races during the season, Márquez won a second successive title, finishing 67 points clear
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2008 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix


The 2008 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 28–30 March 2008 at the Circuito de Jerez located in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. The MotoGP race was won by Dani Pedrosa, who finished ahead of Jorge Lorenzo who started on pole position. Mika Kallio won the 250cc race, after Álvaro Bautista and Marco Simoncelli, the two leaders collided on the last lap. The 125cc race was won by Simone Corsi, ahead of Nicolás Terol and Bradley Smith
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Buriram


a football club, Buriram United F.C., which plays at Chang Arena. Chang International Circuit Speedway construction started in March 2013 and opened on 4 October 2014. The track is an FIA Grade I certified circuit, suitable for Formula One racing, and hosted a Japanese Super GT round in 2014. From 2018 on, the circuit will host MotoGP for the first time. It also hosts rounds of the World Superbike Championship (WSBK). Other racetracks are being planned, such as a motocross circuit. In 2013, Newin Chidchob
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Norman Sheil


Norman Leslie Sheil (22 October 1932 – 25 October 2018) was a racing cyclist who won world pursuit championships for Britain in 1955 and 1958 and rode the Tour de France in 1960. He became national coach of the British Cycling Federation and later of the Canadian Cycling Association. He returned to racing in the 1998 and won the world points championship for over-65s, in Manchester England. Born in Liverpool on 22 October 1932, Norman Sheil started club riding with the Phoenix (Aintree) club in Liverpool in 1948. He said
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2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season


The 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 57th F.I.M. Road racing World Championship season. The 2005 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season began on 10 April at Jerez and closing on 6 November at Valencia. There were seventeen Grands Prix for the MotoGP class, and sixteen for the 250cc and 125cc classes. The MotoGP championship was won by Valentino Rossi on a Yamaha, 250cc title by Dani Pedrosa on a Honda and 125cc title by Thomas Lüthi on a Honda. It was a season which featured a lot of dramatic races including 4
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Digi Sport (Romania)


Sport TT Cup, Euroformula Open Championship, Formula1 (until 2018), Moto GP (until 2017), Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, IndyCar (until 2018), Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, NASCAR, Wimbledon (until 2016), WTA Tour Championships (until 2021), WTA Premier tournaments (until 2021), WTA International tournaments (until 2021), ATP World Tour Masters 1000, ATP World Tour Finals, Rugby World Cup (in year 2015), European Rugby Champions Cup, European Rugby Challenge Cup, IAAF
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Nicky Hayden


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Ángel Rodríguez (motorcyclist)


, winning this championship against some riders who rode in World SSP. He also made three World Supersport appearances with his CEV bike doing 2 top 10 in 3 races. After this amazing season, some World SSP and World SBK were interested in signing him and also Aspar Team had some conversations with Angel for race in 2009 MotoGP season, but due to sponsors problems he did not sign with any of this teams. In 2009 he won the 3 races and he did the 3 poles in Spanish championship, but after that he
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UK Seniors Championship


The UK Seniors Championship is a senior snooker tournament, that took place at the Harlequin Theatre in Redhill, England. The event takes part of the World Seniors Tour. The current champion is Ken Doherty who beat Igor Figueiredo 4–1 in the 2018-19 final. The event was created in 2017, as a part of the World Snooker Tour. The first UK Senior championship took place in October 2017, and was won by Jimmy White. The 2018 UK Seniors Championship is scheduled to take place in the Hull Venue, in
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Jenny Tinmouth


years would have won the championship outright but with the new 2010 rules she was placed 3rd overall, the highest championship finishing place for a female competitor. Tinmouth is the first British female to race in World Supersport and the first to race a full-blown superbike when she was invited to race for Rizla Suzuki in 2007 as a team mate to current MotoGP rider Cal Crutchlow. Tinmouth also won the first ever UK Electric Bike Racing (TTXgp) Championship in 2010 as well as finishing 3rd in the World Electric bike Racing Championship
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List of 500cc/MotoGP Motorcycle World Champions


1. Historically, there have been several points systems. Results from all current Grands Prix count towards the championships; in the past, only a certain number of results were counted. Giacomo Agostini has won the most championships, with eight, including a record seven championships in succession from 1966 to 1972. Marc Márquez is the youngest to win the championship; he was 20 years and 266 days old when he won the championship in 2013. Italian riders have won the most championships; six riders have won a total of twenty
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Dani Pedrosa


Daniel Pedrosa Ramal (born 29 September 1985) is a Spanish former Grand Prix motorcycle racer who retired from competition at the end of the season. He grew up in Castellar del Vallès, a village near Sabadell. He is the youngest world champion in 250 cc Grands Prix. Pedrosa is tall and weighs . In spite of never being a MotoGP world champion, Pedrosa has won races in twelve consecutive seasons in the championship (2006–2017). He has also finished as championship runner-up on three occasions (, and )
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Casey Stoner


Casey Joel Stoner (born 16 October 1985) is a retired Australian professional motorcycle racer, and a two-time MotoGP World Champion, in and . Stoner served as a test and development rider for Ducati from 2016 to 2018. Born in Southport, Queensland, Stoner raced from a young age and moved to the United Kingdom to pursue a racing career. After first competing internationally in 2002, Stoner became MotoGP World Champion in 2007 for Ducati. One of Stoner's greatest talents was his ability to ride any motorcycle beyond its
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Raphael Kandra


Raphael Kandra is a professional squash player who represents Germany. Raphael Kandra reached a career-high world ranking of 19 in October 2018, after reaching the semi-final of the 2018 British Open - the first German to achieve this - and the quarter-final of the China Squash Open. He won his first German National Championships title in 2018 against Valentin Rapp; he reached the final for the first time in 2013. He has represented the German national team on numerous European Squash Team Championships and World Team Championships. He
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Ducati Corse


When the MotoGP technical rules changed in the season, giving priority to four-stroke machinery, Ducati decided to enter Grand Prix motorcycle racing. Ducati's MotoGP motorcycle was unveiled at the 2002 Italian GP at Mugello, for use in the 2003 MotoGP championship. Ducati began taking part in the MotoGP Championship in the season and won one title in the season. Ducati has collected 48 wins: 23 by Casey Stoner, 12 by Andrea Dovizioso, 7 by Loris Capirossi, 3 by Jorge Lorenzo and 1 each by Troy Bayliss,
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Aprilia RS-GP


Aprilia RS-GP is the name of the series of four-stroke V4 Prototype Motorcycles developed by Aprilia to compete in the MotoGP World Championship. For 2015 Aprilia returned to the world championship with a factory effort, with Álvaro Bautista and Marco Melandri, who made a comeback since he last competed in the premier class back in 2010. Aprilia return to the premier class under the name Aprilia Racing Team Gresini, to be exact, not a under a full factory effort. For 2016 Aprilia stays in MotoGP but this time the
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Max Biaggi


Massimiliano "Max" Biaggi (; born 26 June 1971 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion and winner of the 2010 and 2012 World Superbike Championship. Throughout his racing career, he has won the 250cc World Championship four consecutive times, and finished as runner-up in both the 500cc and MotoGP championships. In 2007 he switched to the World Superbike Championship, finishing third overall as a rookie and earned his first Superbike World Championship in 2010 becoming only the 2nd European from outside the
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List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing winners (constructors)


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 are now discontinued include 350cc, 50cc and sidecars. The premier class is MotoGP, which was formerly known as the 500cc class. 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 in existence. The motorcycles used in MotoGP are
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List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing polesitters


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 are now discontinued include 350cc, 50cc and sidecars. The premier class is MotoGP, which was formerly known as the 500cc class. 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 in existence. The motorcycles used in MotoGP are
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MotoGP 13


championships. "MotoGP 13" features 4 single player game modes: Grand Prix, World Championship, Career and Time attack. Grand Prix is a standard mode where the player picks a class, team and rider along with the track and weather conditions. This game mode takes the player across a single Grand Prix weekend including practice, qualifying and the race. World Championship mode allows the player to ride a full or custom season in either MotoGP, Moto 2 or Moto 3. Career mode is the main single player mode and
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CMLL World Heavyweight Championship


cibernetico" match a week earlier to earn spots in the match. Máximo Sexy won the championship on January 30, 2015, by defeating El Terrible. On May 22, 2017, then-reigning champion Máximo Sexy was fired by CMLL for his involvement in an act of vandalism and the championship was vacated. On June 6, 2017 Marco Corleone won a 10-man "torneo cibernetico" elimination match to become the new CMLL World Heavyweight Champion. The current champion is Último Guerrero, who won the title on October 16, 2018
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Annemiek van Vleuten


Annemiek van Vleuten (born 8 October 1982) is a Dutch road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team . In 2011, she won the UCI Women's Road World Cup and in 2018 she was the UCI Women's World Tour winner. She is the 2017 and 2018 winner of the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships. In 2018 she won both the points and the overall ranking in the Giro Rosa, considered the most prestigious stage race of the women's road cycling calendar. Only two
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Marco Melandri


Marco Melandri (born 7 August 1982) is an Italian motorcycle road racer. He competes in the Superbike World Championship for Italy-based GRT team using Yamaha R1 machines with teammate Sandro Cortese. In July 2019, Melandri announced his intended retirement at the end of the season. Melandri lost his position with the Ducati factory team midway through the 2018 Superbike season, finishing the 2018 riders' championship in fifth place. Melandri was the 2002 250 cc World Champion, and finished second overall in the 2005 MotoGP season. Melandri was
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2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season


The 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 63rd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. The 2011 season was also the final season for 800cc engines in MotoGP, and also for 125cc machinery, as both MotoGP switched back to 1000cc engines and a new four-stroke Moto3 class was also introduced in 2012. Casey Stoner was crowned as MotoGP World Champion for the second time, following his ninth victory of the season at the Australian Grand Prix. Stoner, who was champion previously in , finished 16 of the 17 races to
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Leighton Bennett


Leighton Bennett (born 31 December 2005 in Lincoln, England) is an English professional darts player who currently plays in British Darts Organisation events. He reached and won the final of the 2019 BDO World Youth Darts Championship. In August 2018, Bennett won the Cambridgeshire Open, aged 12; in the semi-final, he beat Ricky Evans, before seeing off Rhys Hayden in the final. In October 2018, he booked his place in the final of the 2019 BDO World Youth Darts Championship. He beat Nathan Girvan 3–0
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Grand Prix motorcycle racing sponsorship liveries


had achieved 3 victories, 11 podiums, 6 pole position and 3 fastest laps in the 500cc. When the MotoGP technical rules changed in the 2002 season, giving priority to four-stroke machinery, Ducati decided to enter Grand Prix motorcycle racing. Ducati's first MotoGP motorcycle was unveiled at the 2002 Italian GP at Mugello, for use in the 2003 MotoGP championship. Ducati began taking part in the MotoGP Championship in the 2003 season and won one title in the 2007 season. Ducati has collected 40 wins: 23 by Casey
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Sports in Austin, Texas


a former race car owner and driver. Circuit of the Americas will also play host to MotoGP World Championships from 2013. Lewis Hamilton won the 2012 United States Grand Prix at Austin on November 18. Austin is known as a major Disc Golf city as well, with 11 established courses and over 50 courses within driving distance. In July 2013 ESPN announced the X Games would relocate from Los Angeles to Austin, where the city will serve as one of six stops on the Global X Games circuit from 2014 to 2018 at the
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Sport in Italy


Vettel and Charles Leclerc. Giacomo Agostini (born 1942) is the holder of the record of 122 motorcycle Gran Prix wins and 15 World championship titles in two classes: 8 in the 500cc, the other 7 in the 350cc; Valentino Rossi (born 1979) has won 89 Grand Prix and 9 World Championship but he's the only motorcycle racer to have won their world titles in 4 classes: one each in the 125cc, 250cc and 500cc, and six in the MotoGP. Golf is played by over 9,000 registered players
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Öhlins


1980, 1981 and 1982, where they also won the 125cc and Sidecar World Championships. In 1983, Yamaha rider Carlos Lavado became the first Öhlins road racing world champion, with victory in the 250cc Grand Prix Championship. The first 500cc MotoGP title came in 1984, with Eddie Lawson. Since then, further titles Grand Prix championships have been won with Álex Márquez, Alvaro Bautista, Arnaud Vincent, Casey Stoner, Danny Kent, Esteve Rabat, Gabor Talmacsi, John Kocinski, Jorge Lorenzo, Julian Simon, Kasuto Sakata,
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