Indianapolis Grand Prix (motorcycle)

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The Indianapolis Grand Prix for Motorcycles is a motorcycle race that has been held since 2008 and has been part of the Motorcycle World Championship ever since . It takes place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway .

Race scene from 2009 : Dovizioso ( Honda ) leads ahead of Rossi and Lorenzo (both Yamaha )

The route traveled is within the famous oval course and is 4186 meters long. It is largely the same as the slope used by Formula 1 , but is used in the opposite direction.

In contrast to the US Grand Prix for motorcycles in Laguna Seca , in which only the MotoGP class started, all three solo classes will start in Indianapolis.

The first Grand Prix held in 2008 was heavily influenced by Hurricane Ike , which caused wet track conditions for almost the entire race weekend. On race Sunday, both the 125 cc and MotoGP races had to be canceled due to rain and wind, the 250 cc race fell completely victim to the poor weather conditions. In the 125cc race, the 19-year-old Spaniard Nicolás Terol celebrated the first Grand Prix victory of his career, in the MotoGP class Valentino Rossi surpassed Giacomo Agostini's record of racing victories in the premier class with his 69th victory .

Indianapolis Grand Prix statistics

Edition	year	route	class	winner	Second	Third	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	2008	Indianapolis	125 cc	Nicolás Terol ( Aprilia )	Pol Espargaró ( Derbi )	Stefan Bradl ( Aprilia )	Pol Espargaró ( Derbi )	Stefan Bradl ( Aprilia )
			250 cc	Canceled due to bad weather.			Marco Simoncelli ( Gilera )	-
			MotoGP	Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )	Nicky Hayden ( Honda )	Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )	Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )	Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )
2	2009	Indianapolis	125 cc	Pol Espargaró ( Derbi )	Bradley Smith ( Aprilia )	Simone Corsi ( Aprilia )	Julián Simón ( Aprilia )	Bradley Smith ( Aprilia )
			250 cc	Marco Simoncelli ( Gilera )	Hiroshi Aoyama ( Honda )	Álvaro Bautista ( Aprilia )	Mike Di Meglio ( Aprilia )	Marco Simoncelli ( Gilera )
			MotoGP	Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )	Alex De Angelis ( Honda )	Nicky Hayden ( Ducati )	Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )	Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )
3	2010	Indianapolis	125 cc	Nicolás Terol ( Aprilia )	Sandro Cortese ( Derbi )	Pol Espargaró ( Derbi )	Marc Marquez ( Derbi )	Marc Marquez ( Derbi )
			Moto2	Toni Elías ( Moriwaki )	Julián Simón ( Suter )	Scott Redding ( Suter )	Julián Simón ( Suter )	Julián Simón ( Suter )
			MotoGP	Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )	Ben Spies ( Yamaha )	Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )	Ben Spies ( Yamaha )	Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )
4th	2011	Indianapolis	125 cc	Nicolás Terol ( Aprilia )	Maverick Viñales ( Aprilia )	Sandro Cortese ( Aprilia )	Nicolás Terol ( Aprilia )	Nicolás Terol ( Aprilia )
			Moto2	Marc Marquez ( Suter )	Pol Espargaró ( FTR )	Esteve Rabat ( FTR )	Marc Marquez ( Suter )	Andrea Iannone ( Suter )
			MotoGP	Casey Stoner ( Honda )	Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )	Ben Spies ( Yamaha )	Casey Stoner ( Honda )	Casey Stoner ( Honda )
5	2012	Indianapolis	Moto3	Luis Salom ( Kalex - KTM )	Sandro Cortese ( KTM )	Jonas Folger ( Kalex - KTM )	Sandro Cortese ( KTM )	Romano Fenati ( FTR - Honda )
			Moto2	Marc Marquez ( Suter )	Pol Espargaró ( Kalex )	Julián Simón ( Suter )	Pol Espargaró ( Kalex )	Marc Marquez ( Suter )
			MotoGP	Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )	Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )	Andrea Dovizioso ( Yamaha )	Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )	Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )
6th	2013	Indianapolis	Moto3	Álex Rins ( KTM )	Álex Marquez ( KTM )	Maverick Viñales ( KTM )	Álex Rins ( KTM )	Isaac Viñales ( FTR - Honda )
			Moto2	Esteve Rabat ( Kalex )	Takaaki Nakagami ( Kalex )	Scott Redding ( Kalex )	Scott Redding ( Kalex )	Simone Corsi ( Kalex )
			MotoGP	Marc Marquez ( Honda )	Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )	Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )	Marc Marquez ( Honda )	Marc Marquez ( Honda )
7th	2014	Indianapolis	Moto3	Efrén Vázquez ( Honda )	Romano Fenati ( KTM )	Jack Miller ( KTM )	Jack Miller ( KTM )	Álex Rins ( Honda )
			Moto2	Mika Kallio ( Kalex )	Maverick Viñales ( Kalex )	Dominique Aegerter ( Suter )	Mika Kallio ( Kalex )	Mika Kallio ( Kalex )
			MotoGP	Marc Marquez ( Honda )	Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )	Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )	Marc Marquez ( Honda )	Marc Marquez ( Honda )
8th	2015	Indianapolis	Moto3	Livio Loi ( Honda )	John McPhee ( Honda )	Philipp Öttl ( KTM )	Danny Kent ( Honda )	Isaac Viñales ( KTM )
			Moto2	Álex Rins ( Kalex )	Johann Zarco ( Kalex )	Franco Morbidelli ( Kalex )	Álex Rins ( Kalex )	Franco Morbidelli ( Kalex )
			MotoGP	Marc Marquez ( Honda )	Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )	Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )	Marc Marquez ( Honda )	Marc Marquez ( Honda )

References

Web links

Commons : Indianapolis Grand Prix (motorcycle)  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Official website (English)
• Official website of the Motorcycle World Championship (multilingual)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Roman Wittemeier: 125cc: Terol wins the demolition race. www.motorsport-total.com, September 14, 2008, accessed on September 14, 2008 . 
2. ^ Roman Wittemeier: Indianapolis: 250cc race canceled! www.motorsport-total.com, September 14, 2008, accessed on September 14, 2008 . 
3. ^ Roman Wittemeier: Aborted racing in MotoGP: Rossi wins. www.motorsport-total.com, September 14, 2008, accessed on September 14, 2008 . 
4. ↑ Officially there is no counting of the editions