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22-542: The team was founded in 1999 following the retirement of Wayne Rainey , who had run a factory-supported team in the 500 cc class for the previous two years, with Kenny Roberts and Giacomo Agostini having run their own works supported teams before him. The team was originally based in the Netherlands but was relocated in Italy in 2002. Max Biaggi and Carlos Checa raced for the team from 1999 to 2002 . Biaggi achieved

44-614: A total of 8 race wins in that period, first riding the Yamaha YZR500 and later the Yamaha YZR-M1 in 2002. In 2003 , Checa was joined by Marco Melandri . The team had an average season with no podium finishes. For 2004 , Valentino Rossi joined Checa at the team. Rossi got 9 wins and won the championship. Colin Edwards joined the team for 2005 , when Rossi once again won the championship, collecting 11 wins. Rossi and Edwards stayed with

66-724: The AFL Grand Final . Two other changes were made. Portugal was moved from 20 April to 13 April and the Grand Finale in Valencia was on 26 October instead of 2 November, to avoid clashes with the F1 season finale. The following changes are made to the regulation for the 2008 season: It is also forbidden to lodge a protest against a statement of fact of the Race Direction based on a photo finish. Dunlop left MotoGP as tyre manufacturer following

88-554: The Piaggio bikes, ( Aprilia , Derbi and Gilera ), as Spanish Marc Márquez was only other rider to achieve podium place with his 3rd place in Donington. The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2008: The 2008 race schedule was released in July 2007. The schedule was later revised, with Japan held before Australia, because of the original Australian date had a conflict with

110-465: The 2007 season. Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider had to finish the race to earn points. Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider had to finish the race to earn points. Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap The teams' standings were based on results obtained by regular and substitute riders; wild-card entries were ineligible. Points were awarded to

132-717: The 250 class. Honda's Emilio Alzamora became only the second rider to win a world championship without winning a race when he captured the 125 crown from Marco Melandri and Masao Azuma who split five victories between them. The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1999: †† = Saturday race †† = Saturday race Revision as of 04:58, 24 September 2024 edit 6 days ago 2001:d08:2310:89ca:8137:3d24:f2ee:8cf0 (talk) →500cc participants Tag: Visual edit ← Previous edit Revision as of 11:02, 28 September 2024 edit 2 days ago undo 158.140.182.32 (talk) No edit summary Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Next edit → Line 273: †† = Saturday race Points were awarded to

154-402: The championship two races before the end. Corsi took second ahead of Talmácsi and Bradl who failed to finish the final race. The season saw eight riders winning races: Talmácsi, Corsi, di Meglio, Sergio Gadea and four first-time winners: Andrea Iannone , Stefan Bradl , Nicolás Terol and Scott Redding , who became the youngest ever winner in the class. The season was completely dominated by

176-482: The first of five consecutive wins. In the next two races, Czech Republic and San Marino , Stoner fell off while leading from Rossi, who then won both times. The race at Indianapolis was a particularly difficult due to track conditions: the arrival of Hurricane Ike over Indiana meant cold temperatures, heavy winds and rain for the whole race duration; the race was a battle between Rossi and former World Champion Nicky Hayden , who eventually took his first podium of

198-474: The podium, from China to Czech Republic. He started the season on a semi-works Aprilia LE ( Gilera is a subsidiary of Aprilia , so Gilera racing bikes are rebranded Aprilia bikes), but his performances led Aprilia to give him a works Aprilia RSA , making him a de facto works rider. After his strong start, Kallio couldn't keep the pace of Simoncelli, his KTM not being able to challenge the more powerful Aprilias in most tracks. Bautista got into shape well into

220-405: The pre-season favourites were also Bradley Smith , Simone Corsi and Mike di Meglio . Talmácsi had dismal start to the season, with reliability problems on his new bike. Corsi won three of first six races and despite few bad results, looked good in the championship. However, Mike di Meglio won also multiple races, and having escaped without retirement until Misano, built up strong lead. He clinched

242-508: The season and the first of three consecutive first places, after a weekend dominated by rain and cold temperatures; he then won in France and in front of his home crowd in Italy . Stoner won the three consecutive races in Britain , the Netherlands and Germany , also obtaining pole position and the fastest lap in all three. The United States race at Laguna Seca was the biggest turning point of

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264-451: The season, after a series of bad races and retirements due to problems with his bike and rider errors. After that, however, he also began a streak of podiums which lasted from Catalunya to Malaysia, but Simoncelli was too far ahead of him on the standings, and he won his first World Championship with one race to go. Reigning champion Gábor Talmácsi stayed in the class, unlike other top names from last year who moved into 250cc category. Among

286-614: The season. As Rossi began to pull a gap, heavy winds began to blow and the race was ended early with Rossi leading. Two weeks later, in Japan , Rossi clinched his sixth premier class title with three races to go, by winning the race ahead of Stoner. The Australian then won his home race and in Valencia , while Rossi won in Malaysia . 2008 MotoGP season was also final season for Michelin tyres, from 2009 until 2015 seasons Bridgestone would take over

308-402: The season. Before the race Stoner trailed Rossi on the standings by only 20 points. The Australian took pole position and started the race in first position. However, Rossi passed Stoner in the middle on the first lap, and Stoner could never make a decisive pass, and he stayed behind until the 24th lap, where he fell at the last corner. He re-mounted, but finished in second place while Rossi caught

330-467: The single tyre partner and supplier role for MotoGP class. The first four races of the season showed the early form of KTM and Mika Kallio , with two wins and two other third places, with strong showings by Marco Simoncelli , Alvaro Bautista and Mattia Pasini , who won the season opener in Qatar, his first race in the class. After the initial problems, though, Simoncelli had a run of 7 consecutive races on

352-552: The team for 2006 . Rossi earned 5 wins and finished 2nd in the championship. For the 2007 season, both riders remained with the team riding the new 800cc Yamaha YZR-M1 . Rossi had 4 wins and finished the season 3rd overall. For 2008 , Yamaha had a unique line-up with Rossi being joined in the team by Jorge Lorenzo . Although the pair were fighting for the title from different pit boxes (as Rossi chose to use Bridgestone tyres and as Lorenzo continued with Michelin ), Yamaha operated as one team and not two separate entities. The title

374-1539: The team to compete with Ducati for two seasons. He rejoined Yamaha again for the 2013 MotoGP season. They won the 2015 Championship with Jorge Lorenzo . Then went on a 6 year wait for their next world championship title with Fabio Quartararo . ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) * Season still in progress. Giacomo Agostini , Hideo Kanaya , Kenny Roberts , Eddie Lawson , Wayne Rainey , John Kocinski , Luca Cadalora , Norifumi Abe , Max Biaggi , Valentino Rossi , Jorge Lorenzo , Ben Spies , Maverick Viñales , Fabio Quartararo 2002   Repsol Honda Team 2003   Repsol Honda Team 2004   Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha 2005   Gauloises Yamaha Team 2006   Repsol Honda Team 2007   Ducati Marlboro Team 2008   Fiat Yamaha Team 2009   Fiat Yamaha Team 2010   Fiat Yamaha Team 2011   Repsol Honda Team 2012   Repsol Honda Team 2013   Repsol Honda Team 2014   Repsol Honda Team 2015   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 2016   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 2017   Repsol Honda Team 2018   Repsol Honda Team 2019   Repsol Honda Team 2020   Team Suzuki Ecstar 2021   Ducati Lenovo Team 2022   Ducati Lenovo Team 2023   Prima Pramac Racing 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season The 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

396-555: The top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points. Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points. Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points. Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season The 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

418-713: Was the 51st F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. The dominant reign of Honda's Mick Doohan came to an end with serious injuries suffered in practice for the Spanish Grand Prix . In his absence, his Honda teammate Àlex Crivillé stepped forward and claimed Spain's first-ever 500cc world championship . Kenny Roberts Jr. gave a strong performance to finish in second with four victories including an outright victory over Doohan in Japan. A young Valentino Rossi continued to impress for Aprilia , winning nine races and claiming his second world championship, this time in

440-656: Was the 60th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. The season consisted out of 18 races for the MotoGP class and 17 for the 125cc and 250cc classes, beginning with the Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix on 9 March 2008 and ending with the Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix on 26 October. The MotoGP class opened with the historic Qatar Grand Prix, the first night race held in the World Championship history. The race

462-593: Was won by Ducati's Casey Stoner ahead of rookie Jorge Lorenzo , who started on pole in his maiden race in the premier 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 after twice going out on the gravel. At the Portugal GP, Lorenzo started on pole and won his first MotoGP race, ahead of Pedrosa and Rossi. In China Rossi took his first win of

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484-521: Was won dominantly by Rossi who won 9 of the 18 races and finished on the podium in every race except for two. Even though this was the learning year for Lorenzo, he was able to cruise to victory at Estoril and finished 4th in the championship. In 2009 , Yamaha dominated MotoGP with Rossi winning the title and Lorenzo finishing second. The pair won 12 out of the 17 races, and Yamaha won the Constructors' Championship. After seven years with Yamaha, Rossi left

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