Argentina Grand Prix (motorcycle)

This article is about the Argentine Grand Prix in the Motorcycle World Championship ; for other races of the same name, see Argentine Grand Prix (disambiguation) .

Route graphic of the variant of the Autódromo Juan y Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, which was driven on from 1981

The Argentina Grand Prix for motorcycles is a motorcycle race that has been held intermittently since 1960 and has been part of the motorcycle world championship between 1961 and 1999 and since 2014 .

Record winners are Mick Doohan and Hugh Anderson , who each won the race three times.

Between 1961 and 1963, different variants of the route were used for the different cubic capacity classes. The classes up to 50 and up to 125  cm³ used a 2.625 kilometer long runway, the 250 and 500 classes ran three different variants with lengths between 3.140 and 4.706 kilometers.

After the race had been scheduled several times in previous years and canceled at short notice, the 2014 season of Argentina is back on the racing calendar of the motorcycle world championship and will be held at the Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo .

Statistics of the Argentina Grand Prix

From 1960 to 1963

(colored background = no race as part of the motorcycle world championship )

Edition	year	route	class	winner	Second	Third	Nice Race lap
1	1960	Buenos Aires	125 cc	John Grace ( Bultaco )	unknown	unknown	unknown
			500 cc	Juan Carlos Salatino ( Gilera )	unknown	unknown	unknown
2	1961	Buenos Aires	125 cc	Tom Phillis ( Honda )	Jim Redman ( Honda )	Kunimitsu Takahashi ( Honda )	Tom Phillis ( Honda )
			250 cc	Tom Phillis ( Honda )	Kunimitsu Takahashi ( Honda )	Jim Redman ( Honda )	Tom Phillis ( Honda )
			500 cc	Jorge Kissling ( Matchless )	Juan Carlos Salatino ( Norton )	Frank Perris ( Norton )	Juan Carlos Salatino ( Norton )
3	1962	Buenos Aires	50 cc	Hugh Anderson ( Suzuki )	Ernst Degner ( Suzuki )	Hans Georg Anscheidt ( Kreidler )	unknown
			125 cc	Hugh Anderson ( Suzuki )	Raúl Kissling ( DKW )	Mitsuo Itō ( Suzuki )	Hugh Anderson ( Suzuki )
			250 m³	Arthur Wheeler ( Moto Guzzi )	Umberto Masetti ( Morini )	Raúl Kaiser ( NSU )	Arthur Wheeler ( Moto Guzzi )
			500 cc	Benedicto Caldarella ( Matchless )	Juan Carlos Salatino ( Norton )	Eduardo Salatino ( Norton )	Benedicto Caldarella ( Matchless )
4th	1963	Buenos Aires	50 cc	Hugh Anderson ( Suzuki )	Ernst Degner ( Suzuki )	Alberto Pagani ( Kreidler )	Hugh Anderson ( Suzuki )
			125 cc	Jim Redman ( Honda )	Héctor Pochettino ( Bultaco )	Aldo Caldarella ( Bultaco )	Jim Redman ( Honda )
			250 cc	Tarquinio Provini ( Morini )	Jim Redman ( Honda )	Umberto Masetti ( Morini )	Tarquinio Provini ( Morini )
			500 cc	Mike Hailwood ( MV Agusta )	Jorge Kissling ( Norton )	Benedicto Caldarella ( Matchless )	Mike Hailwood ( MV Agusta )

From 1981 to 1999

Edition	year	route	class	winner	Second	Third	Pole position	Nice Race lap
5	1981	Buenos Aires	125 cc	Ángel Nieto ( Minarelli )	Loris Reggiani ( Minarelli )	Jacques Bolle ( Motobécane )	Ángel Nieto ( Minarelli )	Loris Reggiani ( Minarelli )
			250 cc	J.-F. Baldé ( Kawasaki )	Graeme Geddes ( Yamaha )	Patrick Fernandez ( Bimota - Yamaha )	Carlos Lavado ( Yamaha )	Graeme Geddes ( Yamaha )
			350 cc	Jon Ekerold ( Bimota - Yamaha )	J.-F. Baldé ( Kawasaki )	Carlos Lavado ( Yamaha )	Jon Ekerold ( Bimota - Yamaha )	Jon Ekerold ( Bimota - Yamaha )
6th	1982	Buenos Aires	125 cc	Ángel Nieto ( Garelli )	Ricardo Tormo ( Sanvenero )	Willy Pérez ( MBA )	Ángel Nieto ( Garelli )	Ricardo Tormo ( Sanvenero )
			350 cc	Carlos Lavado ( Yamaha )	J.-F. Baldé ( Kawasaki )	D. de Radiguès ( Chevallier )	J.-F. Baldé ( Kawasaki )	J.-F. Baldé ( Kawasaki )
			500 cc	Kenny Roberts sr. ( Yamaha )	Barry Sheene ( Yamaha )	Freddie Spencer ( Honda )	Kenny Roberts sr. ( Yamaha )	Kenny Roberts sr. ( Yamaha )
7th	1987	Buenos Aires	250 cc	Sito Pons ( Honda )	Dominique Sarron ( Honda )	Masahiro Shimizu ( Honda )	Martin Wimmer ( Yamaha )	unknown
			500 cc	Eddie Lawson ( Yamaha )	Randy Mamola ( Yamaha )	Wayne Gardner ( Honda )	Wayne Gardner ( Honda )	unknown
8th	1994	Buenos Aires	125 cc	Jorge Martínez ( Yamaha )	Noboru Ueda ( Honda )	Stefano Perugini ( Aprilia )	Noboru Ueda ( Honda )	Stefano Perugini ( Aprilia )
			250 cc	Tadayuki Okada ( Honda )	Max Biaggi ( Aprilia )	Tetsuya Harada ( Yamaha )	Loris Capirossi ( Honda )	Tetsuya Harada ( Yamaha )
			500 cc	Mick Doohan ( Honda )	Doug Chandler ( Cagiva )	John Kocinski ( Cagiva )	John Kocinski ( Cagiva )	Mick Doohan ( Honda )
9	1995	Buenos Aires	125 cc	Emilio Alzamora ( Honda )	Masaki Tokudome ( Aprilia )	Dirk Raudies ( Honda )	Emilio Alzamora ( Honda )	Takehiro Yamamoto ( Honda )
			250 cc	Max Biaggi ( Aprilia )	Tetsuya Harada ( Yamaha )	Doriano Romboni ( Honda )	Jean-Michel Bayle ( Aprilia )	Max Biaggi ( Aprilia )
			500 cc	Mick Doohan ( Honda )	Daryl Beattie ( Suzuki )	Luca Cadalora ( Yamaha )	Luca Cadalora ( Yamaha )	Daryl Beattie ( Suzuki )
10	1998	Buenos Aires	125 cc	Tomomi Manako ( Honda )	Marco Melandri ( Honda )	Lucio Cecchinello ( Honda )	Roberto Locatelli ( Honda )	Masao Azuma ( Honda )
			250 cc	Valentino Rossi ( Aprilia )	Loris Capirossi ( Aprilia )	Olivier Jacque ( Honda )	Loris Capirossi ( Aprilia )	Valentino Rossi ( Aprilia )
			500 cc	Mick Doohan ( Honda )	Tadayuki Okada ( Honda )	Alex Barros ( Honda )	Mick Doohan ( Honda )	Tadayuki Okada ( Honda )
11	1999	Buenos Aires	125 cc	Marco Melandri ( Honda )	Emilio Alzamora ( Honda )	Roberto Locatelli ( Aprilia )	Masao Azuma ( Honda )	Marco Melandri ( Honda )
			250 cc	Olivier Jacque ( Yamaha )	Tōru Ukawa ( Honda )	Valentino Rossi ( Aprilia )	Valentino Rossi ( Aprilia )	Olivier Jacque ( Yamaha )
			500 cc	Kenny Roberts Jr. ( Suzuki )	Max Biaggi ( Yamaha )	Norick Abe ( Yamaha )	Kenny Roberts Jr. ( Suzuki )	Kenny Roberts Jr. ( Suzuki )

Since 2014

Edition	year	route	class	winner	Second	Third	Pole position	Nice Race lap
12	2014	Termas de Río Hondo	Moto3	Romano Fenati ( KTM )	Álex Márquez ( Honda )	Jack Miller ( KTM )	Jack Miller ( KTM )	Álex Márquez ( Honda )
			Moto2	Esteve Rabat ( Kalex )	Xavier Siméon ( Suter )	Luis Salom ( Kalex )	Esteve Rabat ( Kalex )	Luis Salom ( Kalex )
			MotoGP	Marc Marquez ( Honda )	Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )	Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )	Marc Marquez ( Honda )	Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )
13	2015	Termas de Río Hondo	Moto3	Danny Kent ( Honda )	Efrén Vázquez ( Honda )	Isaac Viñales ( Husqvarna )	Miguel Oliveira ( KTM )	Miguel Oliveira ( KTM )
			Moto2	Johann Zarco ( Kalex )	Álex Rins ( Kalex )	Sam Lowes ( Speed ​​Up )	Johann Zarco ( Kalex )	Jonas Folger ( Kalex )
			MotoGP	Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )	Andrea Dovizioso ( Ducati )	Cal Crutchlow ( Honda )	Marc Marquez ( Honda )	Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )
14th	2016	Termas de Río Hondo	Moto3	Khairul Idham Pawi ( Honda )	Jorge Navarro ( Honda )	Brad Binder ( KTM )	Brad Binder ( KTM )	Joan Mir ( KTM )
			Moto2	Johann Zarco ( Kalex )	Sam Lowes ( Kalex )	Jonas Folger ( Kalex )	Sam Lowes ( Kalex )	Johann Zarco ( Kalex )
			MotoGP	Marc Marquez ( Honda )	Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )	Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )	Marc Marquez ( Honda )	Marc Marquez ( Honda )
15th	2017	Termas de Río Hondo	Moto3	Joan Mir ( Honda )	John McPhee ( Honda )	Jorge Martín ( Honda )	John McPhee ( Honda )	Romano Fenati ( Honda )
			Moto2	Franco Morbidelli ( Kalex )	Miguel Oliveira ( KTM )	Thomas Lüthi ( Kalex )	Miguel Oliveira ( KTM )	Miguel Oliveira ( KTM )
			MotoGP	Maverick Viñales ( Yamaha )	Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )	Cal Crutchlow ( Honda )	Marc Marquez ( Honda )	Maverick Viñales ( Yamaha )
16	2018	Termas de Río Hondo	Moto3	Marco Bezzecchi ( KTM )	Arón Canet ( Honda )	Fabio Di Giannantonio ( Honda )	Tony Arbolino ( Honda )	Jorge Martín ( Honda )
			Moto2	Mattia Pasini ( Kalex )	Xavi Vierge ( Kalex )	Miguel Oliveira ( KTM )	Xavi Vierge ( Kalex )	Xavi Vierge ( Kalex )
			MotoGP	Cal Crutchlow ( Honda )	Johann Zarco ( Yamaha )	Álex Rins ( Suzuki )	Jack Miller ( Ducati )	Marc Marquez ( Honda )
17th	2019	Termas de Río Hondo	Moto3	Jaume Masiá ( KTM )	Darryn Binder ( KTM )	Tony Arbolino ( Honda )	Jaume Masiá ( KTM )	Gabriel Rodrigo ( Honda )
			Moto2	Lorenzo Baldassarri ( Kalex )	Remy Gardner ( Kalex )	Álex Márquez ( Kalex )	Xavi Vierge ( Kalex )	Remy Gardner ( Kalex )
			MotoGP	Marc Marquez ( Honda )	Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )	Andrea Dovizioso ( Ducati )	Marc Marquez ( Honda )	Marc Marquez ( Honda )

References

Web links

• Official website of the Motorcycle World Championship (multilingual)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Isabelle Larivière: FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix - 2014 provisional calendar. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Www.fim-live.com, October 2, 2013, archived from the original on October 4, 2013 ; accessed on December 4, 2013 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Officially, there was no count of the number of copies.