Pacific Grand Prix (motorcycle)

Circuit diagram of the Twin Ring Motegi

The Pacific Grand Prix for Motorcycles was a motorcycle race that was held four times between 2000 and 2003 at the Twin Ring in Motegi , Japan and was part of the Motorcycle World Championship .

The record winner is the Spaniard Toni Elías , who won the race twice.

In the 2000 season, the Italian Roberto Locatelli was able to secure the only world title of his career in the 125 cm³ class with a win .

Statistics of the Pacific Grand Prix

Edition	year	route	class	winner	Second	Third	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	2000	Motegi	125 cc	Roberto Locatelli ( Aprilia )	Emilio Alzamora ( Honda )	Simone Sanna ( Aprilia )	Roberto Locatelli ( Aprilia )	Roberto Locatelli ( Aprilia )
			250 cc	Daijirō Katō ( Honda )	Shin'ya Nakano ( Yamaha )	Marco Melandri ( Aprilia )	Daijirō Katō ( Honda )	Shin'ya Nakano ( Yamaha )
			500 cc	Kenny Roberts Jr. ( Suzuki )	Valentino Rossi ( Honda )	Max Biaggi ( Yamaha )	Max Biaggi ( Yamaha )	Valentino Rossi ( Honda )
2	2001	Motegi	125 cc	Yōichi Ui ( Derbi )	Manuel Poggiali ( Gilera )	Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )	Yōichi Ui ( Derbi )	Yōichi Ui ( Derbi )
			250 cc	Tetsuya Harada ( Aprilia )	Emilio Alzamora ( Honda )	Jeremy McWilliams ( Aprilia )	Tetsuya Harada ( Aprilia )	Tetsuya Harada ( Aprilia )
			500 cc	Valentino Rossi ( Honda )	Alex Barros ( Honda )	Loris Capirossi ( Honda )	Loris Capirossi ( Honda )	Valentino Rossi ( Honda )
3	2002	Motegi	125 cc	Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )	Manuel Poggiali ( Gilera )	Steve Jenkner ( Aprilia )	Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )	Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )
			250 cc	Toni Elías ( Aprilia )	Marco Melandri ( Aprilia )	Yūki Takahashi ( Honda )	Fonsi Nieto ( Aprilia )	Toni Elías ( Aprilia )
			MotoGP	Alex Barros ( Honda )	Valentino Rossi ( Honda )	Loris Capirossi ( Honda )	Daijirō Katō ( Honda )	Alex Barros ( Honda )
4th	2003	Motegi	125 cc	Héctor Barberá ( Aprilia )	Casey Stoner ( Aprilia )	Andrea Dovizioso ( Honda )	Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )	Jorge Lorenzo ( Derbi )
			250 cc	Toni Elías ( Aprilia )	Roberto Rolfo ( Honda )	Manuel Poggiali ( Aprilia )	Toni Elías ( Aprilia )	Toni Elías ( Aprilia )
			MotoGP	Max Biaggi ( Honda )	Valentino Rossi ( Honda )	Nicky Hayden ( Honda )	Max Biaggi ( Honda )	Valentino Rossi ( Honda )

References

Web links

• Official website of the Motorcycle World Championship (multilingual)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Officially, the number of editions was not met.