Grand Prix motor bike

Grand Prix motor bike ( MotoGP ) is a format of races of motor bikes which gathers each year the best world pilots. The competition proceeds March at November in the form of a Championnat of the World. All the machines are prototypes and the manufacturers are directly implied in their design like in the management of the best teams.

In 2002, the engines four times of 990 cm ³ replaced 500 cm ³ two times in MotoGP (although in theory 500 cm ³ were accepted until 2006) then the new regulation 2007 reduced the cubic capacity to 800 cm ³, prohibiting the use of other engines.

General information

It is in 1949 that the International federation of motorcycle racing (FIM) organizes the first championship of the world. Today, it intervenes in the field of the regulation, the company Dorna Sports holding on its side the commercial laws of the discipline.

MotoGP is the queen category of race of motor bicycles, the categories 125 cm ³ and 250 cm ³ being in general the classes where the young pilots make their weapons. The motor bikes are prototypes, contrary to the Superbike category which gathers motor bikes of series modified according to criteria defined by the regulation. There is thus a technological aspect which obliges in fact the teams to do a work of often expensive research and development, which also explains the statute of elite which is associated with MotoGP.

World circuit

The calendar includes/understands 18 go throughout the world on various closed circuits:

For the season 2008, a second US Grand Prix of MotoGP will be held for the first time on the circuit of Indianapolis on September 14th, 2008. The the United States will have thus two Grand Prix.

Course of the Grand Prix

The competition always proceeds over 3 days, the race being the finality:

  • Friday morning: 1 hour of free tests.

  • Friday afternoon: 1 hour of free tests.
  • Saturday morning: 1 hour of free tests.
  • Saturday afternoon: 1 hour of performance tests.
  • Sunday morning: 20 minutes of heating.
  • Sunday afternoon: race according to a given number of revolutions.

For certain Grand Prix as in Qatar and Assen, the race taking place saturdays, the calendar is then advanced one day.

At the time of the departure of the race, a score of pilots are laid out by lines of 3. The order of the starting grid is defined by the classification at the time of the meeting of qualifications. That which produced the turn fastest share in first position. There is a number préfini turns according to the length of the circuit (the races last 45 minutes in general) and there is no obligation to stop with the stands.

World champions

Models used

Video games

Several video games taking as a starting point the discipline were published:

  • MotoGP4 for PlayStation 2, published by Namco in 2005, official play of MotoGP.

  • MotoGP for PSP, published by Namco in 2005, official play of MotoGP.
  • MotoGP' 06 for Xbox 360, published by THQ in 2006.
  • Tourist Trophy for PlayStation 2, published by Polyphony in 2006. This title contains cicuits of MotoGP but it does not have the license under control of Dorna.

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