Brazilian Grand Prix (motorcycle)

Circuit diagram of the Autódromo José Carlos Pace

The Brazilian Grand Prix for Motorcycles was a motorcycle race that was held four times between 1987 and 1992 and was part of the Motorcycle World Championship .

history

The race took place from 1987 to 1989 at the Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna in Goiânia and in 1992 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace near São Paulo .

A Brazilian Grand Prix was also planned for 1990 and 1991 , but the races were canceled at the beginning of each season. In 1991, the Le Mans Grand Prix was held as a replacement event.

In the 2014 season , the Grand Prix is ​​back on the racing calendar of the Motorcycle World Championship and will be held at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet near Brasília .

Record winners are Dominique Sarron from France and the Italian and Luca Cadalora , who each won the race twice.

Statistics of the Brazilian Grand Prix

Edition	year	route	class	winner	Second	Third	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	1987	Goiânia	250 cc	Dominique Sarron ( Honda )	Sito Pons ( Honda )	Carlos Cardus ( Honda )	Dominique Sarron ( Honda )	Sito Pons ( Honda )
			500 cc	Wayne Gardner ( Honda )	Eddie Lawson ( Yamaha )	Randy Mamola ( Yamaha )	Wayne Gardner ( Honda )	Wayne Gardner ( Honda )
2	1988	Goiânia	250 cc	Dominique Sarron ( Honda )	Carlos Lavado ( Yamaha )	Sito Pons ( Honda )	Dominique Sarron ( Honda )	Luca Cadalora ( Yamaha )
			500 cc	Eddie Lawson ( Yamaha )	Wayne Gardner ( Honda )	Kevin Schwantz ( Suzuki )	Wayne Gardner ( Honda )	Eddie Lawson ( Yamaha )
3	1989	Goiânia	250 cc	Luca Cadalora ( Yamaha )	Masao Shimizu ( Honda )	Loris Reggiani ( Honda )	Loris Reggiani ( Honda )	Luca Cadalora ( Yamaha )
			500 cc	Kevin Schwantz ( Suzuki )	Eddie Lawson ( Honda )	Wayne Rainey ( Yamaha )	Wayne Rainey ( Yamaha )	Eddie Lawson ( Honda )
4th	1992	Interlagos	125 cc	Dirk Raudies ( Honda )	Jorge Martínez ( Honda )	Alessandro Gramigni ( Aprilia )	Kazuto Sakata ( Honda )	Dirk Raudies ( Honda )
			250 cc	Luca Cadalora ( Honda )	Max Biaggi ( Aprilia )	Loris Reggiani ( Aprilia )	Max Biaggi ( Aprilia )	Loris Reggiani ( Aprilia )
			500 cc	Wayne Rainey ( Yamaha )	John Kocinski ( Yamaha )	Doug Chandler ( Suzuki )	John Kocinski ( Yamaha )	Wayne Rainey ( Yamaha )

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