Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix

The Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix (パシフィックグランプリ) was a round of the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing championship between 2000 and 2003.

Pacific Grand Prix
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
VenueTwin Ring Motegi (2000–2003)
First race2000
Last race2003
Most wins (rider)Toni Elías (2)
Most wins (manufacturer)Aprilia, Honda (5)

Official names and sponsors edit

  • 2000–2001: Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi (no official sponsor)[1]
  • 2002–2003: Gauloises Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi[2]

Winners of the Pacific Grand Prix edit

Multiple winners (riders) edit

# Wins Rider Wins
Category Years won
2   Toni Elías 250cc 2002, 2003

Multiple winners (manufacturers) edit

# Wins Manufacturer Wins
Category Years won
5   Aprilia 250cc 2001, 2002, 2003
125cc 2000, 2003
  Honda MotoGP 2002, 2003
500cc 2001
250cc 2000
125cc 2002

By year edit

Year Track 125cc 250cc MotoGP Report
Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer
2003 Motegi   Hector Barbera Aprilia   Toni Elías Aprilia   Max Biaggi Honda Report
2002   Daniel Pedrosa Honda   Toni Elías Aprilia   Alex Barros Honda Report
Year Track 125cc 250cc 500cc Report
Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer
2001 Motegi   Youichi Ui Derbi   Tetsuya Harada Aprilia   Valentino Rossi Honda Report
2000   Roberto Locatelli Aprilia   Daijiro Kato Honda   Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Report

References edit

  1. ^ "2000 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  2. ^ "2002 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.

Sources edit

"History of the Grand Prix of Japan : The Pacific Grand Prix" (in French). Racing Memory. Retrieved 2007-07-23.

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