MotoGP: International Motorcycle Racing Officials MotoGP is a national motorcycle world championship that has a glorious history of 64 years, with one race originating in 1949; the Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) has renamed the top class GP500 and the entire race as MotoGP; text-align: center;">

MotoGP was founded in 1949 with only six races, and has since gone through 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, and from 1999 until 2004, 16 races per year. From 1999 to 2004, MotoGP has maintained 16 races every year. Since 2005, the number of races has increased to 17, and the frequency of races is expanding, so is its territory.

MotoGP is divided into three classes, MotoGP class (1000cc), Moto2 class (600cc replacing the original GP250 class) and Moto3 class (250cc replacing the original GP125 class), according to the size of the displacement. All classes are now powered by four-stroke engines. In other words, there are three classes of races in each stage. The Moto GP class was upgraded from the GP500 class, and the main change was the switch from the original two-stroke 500cc engine to a 990cc four-stroke engine. Since this change was officially confirmed and implemented by the FIM in 2000, the status of MotoGP in motorcycle racing has been the same as that of Formula 1 at present. The MotoGP cars are narrower than F1, and with more cars competing in the race, there are more opportunities to overtake than in F1, sometimes changing positions almost every lap. There were also scenes where riders suddenly made a sprint in the last lap or even in the last corner to change the pattern. In addition, in MotoGP, riders are completely exposed and generally do not pit for fuel, so there is no pit strategy to speak of. Therefore, MotoGP is more exciting than F1.

Boasting 63 years of history, MotoGP™ is the oldest of all motorsports World Championships - its first annual

Boasting 63 years of history, MotoGP™ is the oldest of all motorsports World Championships - its first annual competition having been held in 1949.

From the early 1900s motorcycle Grands Prix were held in various countries And in 1938 the predecessor to the current FIM, the FICM (Fédération Internationale des Clubs Motocyclistes), announced a European Championship. However, the start of the Second World War interrupted the competition and it then took some time after the war for fuel to become available, before a truly However, the start of the Second World War interrupted the competition and it then took some time after the war for fuel to become available, before a truly international series could be created.

EARLY DAYS

When the first formal World Championship was held in 1949 Grand Prix racing comprised four solo classes, with the inaugural 'premier class' Another Brit, Freddie Frith (Velocette) took the first ever 350cc World title, Another Brit, Freddie Frith (Velocette) took the first ever 350cc World title, while Italians Bruno Ruffo (Moto Guzzi) and Nello Pagani (Mondial) were the first 250cc and 125cc World Champions respectively.

& amp;lt;p>A 600cc sidecar championship in the same season was won by Britons Eric Oliver and Denis Jenkinson with Norton machinery, though the sidecar category became a 500cc competition in 1951.

The Italian manufacturers such as the aforementioned Mondial and Moto Guzzi firms, along with companies such as Gilera and MV Agusta, dominated the World Championships during the 1950s, reflecting the MV Agusta were particularly prolific late in the decade, taking a clean sweep of World titles across all four categories for three seasons from 1958 to 1960 - while their dominance in the 500cc class was unbroken for 17 years from 1958 until 1974.

THE SWINGING SIXTIES

During the '60s the Japanese motorbike industry began to boom and during that decade many of the manufacturers that participate in modern day MotoGP™ racing, such as Honda, Suzuki and Yamaha, arrived to pick up their first World Championship title wins across the 125, 250 and 500 categories, as they Suzuki in particular enjoyed great success in a new 50cc class which was introduced in 1962.The late '60s brought the start of the glory days for MotoGP™ Legend Giacomo Agostini - the most Up until the modern era riders regularly competed in two or three classes simultaneously and Agostini took 10 of the most successful rider in the history of World Championship competition. Up until the modern era riders regularly competed in two or three classes simultaneously and Agostini took 10 of his 15 titles in five successive seasons as double champion in 350cc and 500cc - in a golden period commencing in 1968 At this time the escalating costs associated with Grand Prix racing had reached such a At this time the escalating costs associated with Grand Prix racing had reached such a level that several Japanese firms withdrew from competition - with only Yamaha left at the end of the '60s. In response the FIM introduced rules which limited the bikes to single cylinder engines in the 50cc class, two cylinders in 125cc and 250cc, and four cylinders in 350cc and 500cc.< ;/p>