Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix

For Brazilian motorcycle Grand Prix held between 1987 and 1992, see Brazilian motorcycle Grand Prix.

The Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix was a motorcycling event that was part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing season from 1995 to 2004.

Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix

Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Venue	Jacarepaguá (1995–2004)
First race	1995
Last race	2004
Most wins (rider)	Valentino Rossi (6)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Honda (15)

Official names and sponsors

• 1995, 1997: Lucky Strike Rio Grand Prix
• 1996: GP Rio (no official sponsor)
• 1999: Telefônica Celular Rio Grand Prix
• 2000–2004: Cinzano Rio Grand Prix

Winners of the Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix

Multiple winners (riders)

# Wins	Rider	Wins
		Category	Years won
6	Valentino Rossi	MotoGP	2002, 2003
		500cc	2000, 2001
		250cc	1999
		125cc	1997
2	Mick Doohan	500cc	1996, 1997
	Olivier Jacque	250cc	1996, 1997
	Daijiro Kato	250cc	2000, 2001
	Manuel Poggiali	250cc	2003, 2004

Multiple winners (manufacturers)

# Wins	Manufacturer	Wins
		Category	Years won
15	Honda	MotoGP	2002, 2003, 2004
		500cc	1996, 1997, 2000, 2001
		250cc	1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001
		125cc	1996, 1999, 2002
7	Aprilia	250cc	1999, 2003, 2004
		125cc	1995, 1997, 2000, 2004
3	Yamaha	500cc	1995, 1999
		250cc	2002
2	Derbi	125cc	2001, 2003

By year

Year	Track	125cc		250cc		MotoGP		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
2004	Jacarepaguá	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	Makoto Tamada	Honda	Report
2003		Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	Valentino Rossi	Honda	Report
2002		Masao Azuma	Honda	Sebastian Porto	Yamaha	Valentino Rossi	Honda	Report
Year	Track	125cc		250cc		500cc		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
2001	Jacarepaguá	Youichi Ui	Derbi	Daijiro Kato	Honda	Valentino Rossi	Honda	Report
2000		Simone Sanna	Aprilia	Daijiro Kato	Honda	Valentino Rossi	Honda	Report
1999		Noboru Ueda	Honda	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	Report
1997		Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	Olivier Jacque	Honda	Mick Doohan	Honda	Report
1996		Haruchika Aoki	Honda	Olivier Jacque	Honda	Mick Doohan	Honda	Report
1995		Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	Doriano Romboni	Honda	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha	Report

References

• "History of the Grand Prix of Brazil" (in French). Racing Memory. Retrieved 2007-11-18.