Japanese Grand Prix (motorcycle)

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500 cm³ run 1991 : Doohan (3) leads before Schwantz (34), Rainey (1) and Kocinski (19)
2009 : Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha ) celebrates the second MotoGP victory of his career

The Japanese Grand Prix for Motorcycles is a motorcycle race that has been held since 1962 and has been part of the Motorcycle World Championship since 1963 . It takes place on the Twin Ring Motegi near Motegi .

history

The race was first held on the Suzuka International Racing Course in 1962 and had World Championship status for the first time in 1963 . The Grand Prix in Fuji took place in 1966 and 1967 , after which it was no longer part of the Motorcycle World Championship for 19 years.

The Japanese Grand Prix has been part of the World Championship without interruption since the 1987 season . Until 2003 , with the exception of 1999 , when it took place at the Twin Ring Motegi, it was held again in Suzuka. In 2003, the local hero and 250 cm³ world champion of 2001 Daijirō Katō had a serious accident in Suzuka and succumbed to his injuries a few days later. This led to a permanent relocation of the race to the Motegi circuit, where the Grand Prix has been held annually since 2004 .

In 2010 , the Japanese Grand Prix was originally scheduled for April 25, but was postponed to October 3 a few days earlier due to the closure of much of European airspace after the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland . In the 2011 season , as a result of the Tōhoku earthquake in 2011, the Grand Prix was postponed again, this time from April 24 to October 2.

Statistics of the Japanese Grand Prix

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

From 1962 to 1967

Edition year route class winner Second Third Nice Race lap
1 1962 Suzuka 50 cc Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Tommy Robb ( Honda ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Frank Perris ( Suzuki ) JapanJapan Naomi Taniguchi ( Honda ) no mans landNone no mans land
125 cc Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Tommy Robb ( Honda ) New ZealandNew Zealand Hugh Anderson ( Suzuki ) JapanJapan Isao Morishita ( Suzuki ) no mans landNone no mans land
250 cc Rhodesia and NyasalandFederation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman ( Honda ) Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Tommy Robb ( Honda ) JapanJapan Fumio Ito ( Yamaha ) no mans landNone no mans land
350 cc Rhodesia and NyasalandFederation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman ( Honda ) JapanJapan Moto Kitano ( Honda ) Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Tommy Robb ( Honda ) no mans landNone no mans land
2 1963 Suzuka 50 cc SwitzerlandSwitzerland Luigi Taveri ( Honda ) New ZealandNew Zealand Hugh Anderson ( Suzuki ) JapanJapan Shunkishi Masuda ( Suzuki ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Luigi Taveri ( Honda )
125 cc United KingdomUnited Kingdom Frank Perris ( Suzuki ) Rhodesia and NyasalandFederation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman ( Honda ) GermanyGermany Ernst Degner ( Suzuki ) Rhodesia and NyasalandFederation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman ( Honda )
250 cc Rhodesia and NyasalandFederation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman ( Honda ) JapanJapan Fumio Ito ( Yamaha ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Phil Read ( Norton ) JapanJapan Fumio Ito ( Yamaha )
350 cc Rhodesia and NyasalandFederation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman ( Honda ) JapanJapan Isao Yamashita ( Honda ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Luigi Taveri ( Honda ) no mans landNone no mans land
3 1964 Suzuka 50 cc Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Ralph Bryans ( Honda ) no mans landNone no mans land no mans landNone no mans land Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Ralph Bryans ( Honda )
125 cc GermanyGermany Ernst Degner ( Suzuki ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Luigi Taveri ( Honda ) JapanJapan Yoshimi Katayama ( Suzuki ) New ZealandNew Zealand Hugh Anderson ( Suzuki )
250 cc Rhodesia and NyasalandFederation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman ( Honda ) JapanJapan Isamu Kasuya ( Honda ) JapanJapan Hiroshi Hasegawa ( Yamaha ) Rhodesia and NyasalandFederation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman ( Honda )
350 cc Rhodesia and NyasalandFederation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman ( Honda ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike Hailwood ( MZ ) JapanJapan Isamu Kasuya ( Honda ) Rhodesia and NyasalandFederation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman ( Honda )
4th 1965 Suzuka 50 cc SwitzerlandSwitzerland Luigi Taveri ( Honda ) Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Ralph Bryans ( Honda ) JapanJapan Mitsuo Itō ( Suzuki ) New ZealandNew Zealand Hugh Anderson ( Suzuki )
125 cc New ZealandNew Zealand Hugh Anderson ( Suzuki ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Luigi Taveri ( Honda ) Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Ralph Bryans ( Honda ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Luigi Taveri ( Honda )
250 cc United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike Hailwood ( Honda ) JapanJapan Isamu Kasuya ( Honda ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bill Ivy ( Yamaha ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike Hailwood ( Honda )
350 cc United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike Hailwood ( MV Agusta ) Rhodesia and NyasalandFederation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman ( Honda ) JapanJapan Isamu Kasuya ( Honda ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike Hailwood ( MV Agusta )
5 1966 Fuji 50 cc JapanJapan Yoshimi Katayama ( Suzuki ) GermanyGermany Hans Georg Anscheidt ( Suzuki ) New ZealandNew Zealand Hugh Anderson ( Suzuki ) JapanJapan Yoshimi Katayama ( Suzuki )
125 cc United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bill Ivy ( Yamaha ) JapanJapan Yoshimi Katayama ( Suzuki ) JapanJapan Mitsuo Itō ( Suzuki ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bill Ivy ( Yamaha )
250 cc JapanJapan Hiroshi Hasegawa ( Yamaha ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Phil Read ( Yamaha ) JapanJapan Akiyasu Motohashi ( Yamaha ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Phil Read ( Yamaha )
350 cc United KingdomUnited Kingdom Phil Read ( Yamaha ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bill Ivy ( Yamaha ) ItalyItaly Alberto Pagani ( Aermacchi ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bill Ivy ( Yamaha )
6th 1967 Fuji 50 cc JapanJapan Mitsuo Itō ( Suzuki ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Stuart Graham ( Suzuki ) JapanJapan Hiroyuki Kawasaki ( Suzuki ) JapanJapan Mitsuo Itō ( Suzuki )
125 cc New ZealandNew Zealand Hugh Anderson ( Suzuki ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Stuart Graham ( Suzuki ) JapanJapan Hideo Kanaya ( Suzuki ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bill Ivy ( Yamaha )
250 cc Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Ralph Bryans ( Honda ) JapanJapan Akiyasu Motohashi ( Yamaha ) JapanJapan Jyun Hamano ( Yamaha ) JapanJapan Hiroshi Hasegawa ( Yamaha )
350 cc United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike Hailwood ( Honda ) Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Ralph Bryans ( Honda ) JapanJapan Shigeyoshi Mimuro ( Yamaha ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike Hailwood ( Honda )

Since 1987

Edition year route class winner Second Third Pole position Nice Race lap
7th 1987 Suzuka 250 cc JapanJapan Masaru Kobayashi ( Honda ) SpainSpain Sito Pons ( Honda ) GermanyGermany Reinhold Roth ( Honda ) JapanJapan Masahiro Shimizu ( Honda ) JapanJapan Masaru Kobayashi ( Honda )
500 cc United StatesUnited States Randy Mamola ( Yamaha ) AustraliaAustralia Wayne Gardner ( Honda ) JapanJapan Takumi Ito ( Suzuki ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Niall Mackenzie ( Honda ) United StatesUnited States Randy Mamola ( Yamaha )
8th 1988 Suzuka 250 cc GermanyGermany Toni Mang ( Honda ) SpainSpain Sito Pons ( Honda ) JapanJapan Masaru Kobayashi ( Honda ) JapanJapan Toshihiko Honma ( Yamaha ) SpainSpain Sito Pons ( Honda )
500 cc United StatesUnited States Kevin Schwantz ( Suzuki ) AustraliaAustralia Wayne Gardner ( Honda ) United StatesUnited States Eddie Lawson ( Yamaha ) JapanJapan Tadahiko Taira ( Yamaha ) United StatesUnited States Kevin Schwantz ( Suzuki )
9 1989 Suzuka 125 cc ItalyItaly Ezio Gianola ( Honda ) JapanJapan Hisashi Unemoto ( Honda ) JapanJapan Kohji Takada ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Ezio Gianola ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Ezio Gianola ( Honda )
250 cc United StatesUnited States John Kocinski ( Yamaha ) SpainSpain Sito Pons ( Honda ) JapanJapan Luca Cadalora ( Yamaha ) United StatesUnited States John Kocinski ( Yamaha ) United StatesUnited States John Kocinski ( Yamaha )
500 cc United StatesUnited States Kevin Schwantz ( Suzuki ) United StatesUnited States Wayne Rainey ( Yamaha ) United StatesUnited States Eddie Lawson ( Yamaha ) JapanJapan Tadahiko Taira ( Yamaha ) United StatesUnited States Kevin Schwantz ( Suzuki )
10 1990 Suzuka 125 cc NetherlandsNetherlands Hans Spaan ( Honda ) GermanyGermany Stefan Prein ( Honda ) JapanJapan Kohji Takada ( Honda ) JapanJapan Kin'ya Wada ( Honda ) GermanyGermany Stefan Prein ( Honda )
250 cc JapanJapan Luca Cadalora ( Yamaha ) SpainSpain Carlos Cardus ( Honda ) NetherlandsNetherlands Wilco Zeelenberg ( Honda ) United StatesUnited States John Kocinski ( Yamaha ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jacques Cornu ( Honda )
500 cc United StatesUnited States Wayne Rainey ( Yamaha ) AustraliaAustralia Wayne Gardner ( Honda ) United StatesUnited States Kevin Schwantz ( Suzuki ) United StatesUnited States Wayne Rainey ( Yamaha ) United StatesUnited States Wayne Rainey ( Yamaha )
11 1991 Suzuka 125 cc JapanJapan Noboru Ueda ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Fausto Gresini ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Loris Capirossi ( Honda ) JapanJapan Noboru Ueda ( Honda ) JapanJapan Noboru Ueda ( Honda )
250 cc ItalyItaly Luca Cadalora ( Honda ) SpainSpain Carlos Cardus ( Honda ) NetherlandsNetherlands Wilco Zeelenberg ( Honda ) NetherlandsNetherlands Wilco Zeelenberg ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Luca Cadalora ( Honda )
500 cc United StatesUnited States Kevin Schwantz ( Suzuki ) AustraliaAustralia Mick Doohan ( Honda ) United StatesUnited States Wayne Rainey ( Yamaha ) United StatesUnited States Kevin Schwantz ( Suzuki ) United StatesUnited States John Kocinski ( Yamaha )
12 1992 Suzuka 125 cc GermanyGermany Ralf Waldmann ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Bruno Casanova ( Aprilia ) JapanJapan Noboyuki Wakai ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Bruno Casanova ( Aprilia ) GermanyGermany Ralf Waldmann ( Honda )
250 cc ItalyItaly Luca Cadalora ( Honda ) JapanJapan Tadayuki Okada ( Honda ) JapanJapan Nobuatsu Aoki ( Honda ) JapanJapan Nobuatsu Aoki ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Luca Cadalora ( Honda )
500 cc AustraliaAustralia Mick Doohan ( Honda ) United StatesUnited States Doug Chandler ( Suzuki ) United StatesUnited States Kevin Schwantz ( Suzuki ) United StatesUnited States Kevin Schwantz ( Suzuki ) AustraliaAustralia Mick Doohan ( Honda )
13 1993 Suzuka 125 cc GermanyGermany Dirk Raudies ( Honda ) JapanJapan Kazuto Sakata ( Honda ) JapanJapan Takeshi Tsujimura ( Honda ) GermanyGermany Dirk Raudies ( Honda ) JapanJapan Kazuto Sakata ( Honda )
250 cc JapanJapan Tetsuya Harada ( Yamaha ) JapanJapan Tadayuki Okada ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Doriano Romboni ( Honda ) JapanJapan Tetsuya Harada ( Yamaha ) ItalyItaly Loris Capirossi ( Honda )
500 cc United StatesUnited States Wayne Rainey ( Yamaha ) United StatesUnited States Kevin Schwantz ( Suzuki ) AustraliaAustralia Daryl Beattie ( Honda ) United StatesUnited States Kevin Schwantz ( Suzuki ) United StatesUnited States Kevin Schwantz ( Suzuki )
14th 1994 Suzuka 125 cc JapanJapan Takeshi Tsujimura ( Honda ) JapanJapan Kazuto Sakata ( Aprilia ) JapanJapan Hideyuki Nakajō ( Honda ) JapanJapan Noboru Ueda ( Honda ) JapanJapan Kazuto Sakata ( Aprilia )
250 cc JapanJapan Tadayuki Okada ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Loris Capirossi ( Honda ) JapanJapan Tōru Ukawa ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Max Biaggi ( Aprilia ) ItalyItaly Max Biaggi ( Aprilia )
500 cc United StatesUnited States Kevin Schwantz ( Suzuki ) AustraliaAustralia Mick Doohan ( Honda ) JapanJapan Shin'ichi Itō ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Luca Cadalora ( Yamaha ) United StatesUnited States Kevin Schwantz ( Suzuki )
15th 1995 Suzuka 125 cc JapanJapan Haruchika Aoki ( Honda ) JapanJapan Akira Saitō ( Honda ) JapanJapan Kazuto Sakata ( Aprilia ) JapanJapan Kazuto Sakata ( Aprilia ) JapanJapan Hideyuki Nakajō ( Honda )
250 cc GermanyGermany Ralf Waldmann ( Honda ) JapanJapan Nobuatsu Aoki ( Honda ) JapanJapan Sadanori Hikita ( Honda ) JapanJapan Tetsuya Harada ( Yamaha ) JapanJapan Tadayuki Okada ( Honda )
500 cc AustraliaAustralia Daryl Beattie ( Suzuki ) AustraliaAustralia Mick Doohan ( Honda ) JapanJapan Takuma Aoki ( Honda ) AustraliaAustralia Mick Doohan ( Honda ) AustraliaAustralia Mick Doohan ( Honda )
16 1996 Suzuka 125 cc JapanJapan Masaki Tokudome ( Aprilia ) JapanJapan Haruchika Aoki ( Honda ) JapanJapan Noboru Ueda ( Honda ) JapanJapan Noboru Ueda ( Honda ) JapanJapan Kazuto Sakata ( Aprilia )
250 cc ItalyItaly Max Biaggi ( Aprilia ) JapanJapan Noriyasu Numata ( Suzuki ) JapanJapan Daijirō Katō ( Honda ) JapanJapan Tetsuya Harada ( Yamaha ) ItalyItaly Max Biaggi ( Aprilia )
500 cc JapanJapan Norick Abe ( Yamaha ) SpainSpain Àlex Crivillé ( Honda ) United StatesUnited States Scott Russell ( Suzuki ) SpainSpain Àlex Crivillé ( Honda ) JapanJapan Norick Abe ( Yamaha )
17th 1997 Suzuka 125 cc JapanJapan Noboru Ueda ( Honda ) JapanJapan Kazuto Sakata ( Aprilia ) JapanJapan Hideyuki Nakajō ( Honda ) JapanJapan Noboru Ueda ( Honda ) JapanJapan Masaki Tokudome ( Aprilia )
250 cc JapanJapan Daijirō Katō ( Honda ) JapanJapan Tōru Ukawa ( Honda ) JapanJapan Tetsuya Harada ( Aprilia ) JapanJapan Tetsuya Harada ( Aprilia ) JapanJapan Tetsuya Harada ( Aprilia )
500 cc AustraliaAustralia Mick Doohan ( Honda ) SpainSpain Àlex Crivillé ( Honda ) JapanJapan Tadayuki Okada ( Honda ) JapanJapan Tadayuki Okada ( Honda ) AustraliaAustralia Mick Doohan ( Honda )
18th 1998 Suzuka 125 cc JapanJapan Kazuto Sakata ( Aprilia ) JapanJapan Tomomi Manako ( Honda ) JapanJapan Masao Azuma ( Honda ) JapanJapan Noboru Ueda ( Honda ) JapanJapan Masao Azuma ( Honda )
250 cc JapanJapan Daijirō Katō ( Honda ) JapanJapan Shin'ya Nakano ( Yamaha ) JapanJapan Naoki Matsudo ( Yamaha ) JapanJapan Daijirō Katō ( Honda ) JapanJapan Naoki Matsudo ( Yamaha )
500 cc ItalyItaly Max Biaggi ( Honda ) JapanJapan Tadayuki Okada ( Honda ) JapanJapan Noriyuki Haga ( Yamaha ) ItalyItaly Max Biaggi ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Max Biaggi ( Honda )
19th 1999 Motegi 125 cc JapanJapan Masao Azuma ( Honda ) JapanJapan Hideyuki Nakajō ( Honda ) SpainSpain Emilio Alzamora ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Lucio Cecchinello ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Max Sabbatani ( Honda )
250 cc JapanJapan Shin'ya Nakano ( Yamaha ) JapanJapan Tōru Ukawa ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Loris Capirossi ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Franco Battaini ( Aprilia ) JapanJapan Tōru Ukawa ( Honda )
500 cc United StatesUnited States Kenny Roberts Jr. ( Suzuki ) AustraliaAustralia Mick Doohan ( Honda ) JapanJapan Norick Abe ( Yamaha ) United StatesUnited States Kenny Roberts Jr. ( Suzuki ) AustraliaAustralia Mick Doohan ( Honda )
20th 2000 Suzuka 125 cc JapanJapan Yōichi Ui ( Derbi ) JapanJapan Noboru Ueda ( Honda ) JapanJapan Masao Azuma ( Honda ) JapanJapan Yōichi Ui ( Derbi ) ItalyItaly Roberto Locatelli ( Aprilia )
250 cc JapanJapan Daijirō Katō ( Honda ) JapanJapan Tōru Ukawa ( Honda ) JapanJapan Shin'ya Nakano ( Yamaha ) JapanJapan Daijirō Katō ( Honda ) JapanJapan Shin'ya Nakano ( Yamaha )
500 cc JapanJapan Norick Abe ( Yamaha ) United StatesUnited States Keny Roberts Jr. ( Suzuki ) JapanJapan Tadayuki Okada ( Honda ) United StatesUnited States Keny Roberts Jr. ( Suzuki ) United StatesUnited States Keny Roberts Jr. ( Suzuki )
21st 2001 Suzuka 125 cc JapanJapan Masao Azuma ( Honda ) JapanJapan Yōichi Ui ( Derbi ) ItalyItaly Simone Sanna ( Aprilia ) JapanJapan Masao Azuma ( Honda ) JapanJapan Masao Azuma ( Honda )
250 cc JapanJapan Daijirō Katō ( Honda ) JapanJapan Tetsuya Harada ( Aprilia ) ItalyItaly Roberto Locatelli ( Aprilia ) JapanJapan Daijirō Katō ( Honda ) JapanJapan Daijirō Katō ( Honda )
500 cc ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Honda ) AustraliaAustralia Garry McCoy ( Yamaha ) ItalyItaly Max Biaggi ( Yamaha ) ItalyItaly Loris Capirossi ( Honda ) JapanJapan Tōru Ukawa ( Honda )
22nd 2002 Suzuka 125 cc FranceFrance Arnaud Vincent ( Aprilia ) ItalyItaly Mirko Giansanti ( Honda ) San MarinoSan Marino Manuel Poggiali ( Gilera ) SpainSpain Dani Pedrosa ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Stefano Bianco ( Aprilia )
250 cc JapanJapan Osamu Miyazaki ( Yamaha ) JapanJapan Daisaku Sakai ( Honda ) FranceFrance Randy De Puniet ( Aprilia ) SpainSpain Fonsi Nieto ( Aprilia ) JapanJapan Osamu Miyazaki ( Yamaha )
MotoGP ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Honda ) JapanJapan Akira Ryō ( Suzuki ) SpainSpain Carlos Checa ( Yamaha ) ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Honda )
23 2003 Suzuka 125 cc ItalyItaly Stefano Perugini ( Aprilia ) ItalyItaly Mirko Giansanti ( Aprilia ) GermanyGermany Steve Jenkner ( Aprilia ) San MarinoSan Marino Alex De Angelis ( Aprilia ) ItalyItaly Stefano Perugini ( Aprilia )
250 cc San MarinoSan Marino Manuel Poggiali ( Aprilia ) JapanJapan Hiroshi Aoyama ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Yūki Takahashi ( Honda ) JapanJapan Hiroshi Aoyama ( Honda ) JapanJapan Hiroshi Aoyama ( Honda )
MotoGP ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Max Biaggi ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Loris Capirossi ( Ducati ) ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Honda )
24 2004 Motegi 125 cc ItalyItaly Andrea Dovizioso ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Roberto Locatelli ( Aprilia ) SpainSpain Héctor Barberá ( Aprilia ) ItalyItaly Andrea Dovizioso ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Andrea Dovizioso ( Honda )
250 cc SpainSpain Dani Pedrosa ( Honda ) SpainSpain Toni Elías ( Honda ) JapanJapan Hiroshi Aoyama ( Honda ) SpainSpain Dani Pedrosa ( Honda ) SpainSpain Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )
MotoGP JapanJapan Makoto Tamada ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha ) JapanJapan Shin'ya Nakano ( Kawasaki ) JapanJapan Makoto Tamada ( Honda ) JapanJapan Makoto Tamada ( Honda )
25th 2005 Motegi 125 cc FinlandFinland Mika Kallio ( KTM ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Thomas Lüthi ( Honda ) SpainSpain Héctor Faubel ( Aprilia ) HungaryHungary Gábor Talmácsi ( KTM ) SpainSpain Mateo Tunez ( Aprilia )
250 cc JapanJapan Hiroshi Aoyama ( Honda ) SpainSpain Dani Pedrosa ( Honda ) AustraliaAustralia Casey Stoner ( Aprilia ) JapanJapan Hiroshi Aoyama ( Honda ) SpainSpain Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )
MotoGP ItalyItaly Loris Capirossi ( Ducati ) ItalyItaly Max Biaggi ( Honda ) JapanJapan Makoto Tamada ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Loris Capirossi ( Ducati ) ItalyItaly Loris Capirossi ( Ducati )
26th 2006 Motegi 125 cc FinlandFinland Mika Kallio ( KTM ) SpainSpain Álvaro Bautista ( Aprilia ) SpainSpain Julián Simón ( KTM ) SpainSpain Álvaro Bautista ( Aprilia ) FinlandFinland Mika Kallio ( KTM )
250 cc JapanJapan Hiroshi Aoyama ( KTM ) San MarinoSan Marino Alex De Angelis ( Aprilia ) SpainSpain Jorge Lorenzo ( Aprilia ) SpainSpain Jorge Lorenzo ( Aprilia ) JapanJapan Hiroshi Aoyama ( KTM )
MotoGP ItalyItaly Loris Capirossi ( Ducati ) ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha ) ItalyItaly Marco Melandri ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Loris Capirossi ( Ducati ) ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )
27 2007 Motegi 125 cc ItalyItaly Mattia Pasini ( Aprilia ) HungaryHungary Gábor Talmácsi ( Aprilia ) SpainSpain Héctor Faubel ( Aprilia ) ItalyItaly Mattia Pasini ( Aprilia ) ItalyItaly Raffaele De Rosa ( Aprilia )
250 cc FinlandFinland Mika Kallio ( KTM ) ItalyItaly Andrea Dovizioso ( Honda ) SpainSpain Héctor Barberá ( Aprilia ) JapanJapan Shūhei Aoyama ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Andrea Dovizioso ( Honda )
MotoGP ItalyItaly Loris Capirossi ( Ducati ) FranceFrance Randy De Puniet ( Kawasaki ) SpainSpain Toni Elías ( Honda ) SpainSpain Dani Pedrosa ( Honda ) SpainSpain Toni Elías ( Honda )
28 2008 Motegi 125 cc GermanyGermany Stefan Bradl ( Aprilia ) FranceFrance Mike Di Meglio ( Derbi ) HungaryHungary Gábor Talmácsi ( Aprilia ) FranceFrance Mike Di Meglio ( Derbi ) HungaryHungary Gábor Talmácsi ( Aprilia )
250 cc ItalyItaly Marco Simoncelli ( Gilera ) SpainSpain Álvaro Bautista ( Aprilia ) SpainSpain Alex Debón ( Aprilia ) ItalyItaly Marco Simoncelli ( Gilera ) SpainSpain Álvaro Bautista ( Aprilia )
MotoGP ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha ) AustraliaAustralia Casey Stoner ( Ducati ) SpainSpain Dani Pedrosa ( Honda ) SpainSpain Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha ) AustraliaAustralia Casey Stoner ( Ducati )
29 2009 Motegi 125 cc ItalyItaly Andrea Iannone ( Aprilia ) SpainSpain Julián Simón ( Aprilia ) SpainSpain Pol Espargaró ( Derbi ) ItalyItaly Andrea Iannone ( Aprilia ) ItalyItaly Andrea Iannone ( Aprilia )
250 cc SpainSpain Álvaro Bautista ( Aprilia ) JapanJapan Hiroshi Aoyama ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Mattia Pasini ( Aprilia ) ItalyItaly Marco Simoncelli ( Gilera ) SpainSpain Álvaro Bautista ( Aprilia )
MotoGP SpainSpain Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha ) ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha ) SpainSpain Dani Pedrosa ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha ) SpainSpain Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )
30th 2010 Motegi 125 cc SpainSpain Marc Marquez ( Derbi ) SpainSpain Nicolás Terol ( Aprilia ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bradley Smith ( Aprilia ) SpainSpain Marc Marquez ( Derbi ) GermanyGermany Sandro Cortese ( Derbi )
Moto2 SpainSpain Toni Elías ( Moriwaki ) SpainSpain Julián Simón ( Suter ) Czech RepublicCzech Republic Karel Abraham ( FTR ) SpainSpain Julián Simón ( Suter ) SpainSpain Julián Simón ( Suter )
MotoGP AustraliaAustralia Casey Stoner ( Ducati ) ItalyItaly Andrea Dovizioso ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha ) ItalyItaly Andrea Dovizioso ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )
31 2011 Motegi 125 cc FranceFrance Johann Zarco ( Derbi ) SpainSpain Nicolás Terol ( Aprilia ) SpainSpain Héctor Faubel ( Aprilia ) FranceFrance Johann Zarco ( Derbi ) FranceFrance Johann Zarco ( Derbi )
Moto2 ItalyItaly Andrea Iannone ( Suter ) SpainSpain Marc Marquez ( Suter ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Thomas Lüthi ( Suter ) SpainSpain Marc Marquez ( Suter ) ItalyItaly Andrea Iannone ( Suter )
MotoGP SpainSpain Dani Pedrosa ( Honda ) SpainSpain Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha ) AustraliaAustralia Casey Stoner ( Honda ) AustraliaAustralia Casey Stoner ( Honda ) SpainSpain Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )
32 2012 Motegi Moto3 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Danny Kent ( KTM ) SpainSpain Maverick Viñales ( FTR - Honda ) ItalyItaly Alessandro Tonucci ( FTR - Honda ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Danny Kent ( KTM ) ItalyItaly Alessandro Tonucci ( FTR - Honda )
Moto2 SpainSpain Marc Marquez ( Suter ) SpainSpain Pol Espargaró ( Kalex ) SpainSpain Esteve Rabat ( Kalex ) SpainSpain Pol Espargaró ( Kalex ) SpainSpain Pol Espargaró ( Kalex )
MotoGP SpainSpain Dani Pedrosa ( Honda ) SpainSpain Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha ) SpainSpain Álvaro Bautista ( Honda ) SpainSpain Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha ) SpainSpain Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )
33 2013 Motegi Moto3 SpainSpain Álex Marquez ( KTM ) SpainSpain Maverick Viñales ( KTM ) GermanyGermany Jonas Folger ( Kalex - KTM ) SpainSpain Álex Rins ( KTM ) SpainSpain Álex Marquez ( KTM )
Moto2 SpainSpain Pol Espargaró ( Kalex ) FinlandFinland Mika Kallio ( Kalex ) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Thomas Lüthi ( Suter ) FinlandFinland Mika Kallio ( Kalex ) SpainSpain Pol Espargaró ( Kalex )
MotoGP SpainSpain Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha ) SpainSpain Marc Marquez ( Honda ) SpainSpain Dani Pedrosa ( Honda ) SpainSpain Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha ) SpainSpain Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )
34 2014 Motegi Moto3 SpainSpain Álex Márquez ( Honda ) SpainSpain Efrén Vázquez ( Honda ) South AfricaSouth Africa Brad Binder ( Mahindra ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Danny Kent ( Husqvarna ) SpainSpain Álex Márquez ( Honda )
Moto2 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Thomas Lüthi ( Suter ) SpainSpain Maverick Viñales ( Kalex ) SpainSpain Esteve Rabat ( Kalex ) SpainSpain Esteve Rabat ( Kalex ) SpainSpain Maverick Viñales ( Kalex )
MotoGP SpainSpain Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha ) SpainSpain Marc Marquez ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha ) ItalyItaly Andrea Dovizioso ( Ducati ) SpainSpain Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )
35 2015 Motegi Moto3 ItalyItaly Niccolò Antonelli ( Honda ) PortugalPortugal Miguel Oliveira ( KTM ) SpainSpain Jorge Navarro ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Romano Fenati ( KTM ) SpainSpain Isaac Viñales ( Husqvarna )
Moto2 FranceFrance Johann Zarco ( Kalex ) GermanyGermany Jonas Folger ( Kalex ) GermanyGermany Sandro Cortese ( Kalex ) FranceFrance Johann Zarco ( Kalex ) GermanyGermany Jonas Folger ( Kalex )
MotoGP SpainSpain Dani Pedrosa ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha ) SpainSpain Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha ) SpainSpain Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha ) SpainSpain Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )
36 2016 Motegi Moto3 ItalyItaly Enea Bastianini ( Honda ) South AfricaSouth Africa Brad Binder ( KTM ) ItalyItaly Nicolò Bulega ( KTM ) JapanJapan Hiroki Ono ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Nicolò Bulega ( KTM )
Moto2 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Thomas Lüthi ( Kalex ) FranceFrance Johann Zarco ( Kalex ) ItalyItaly Franco Morbidelli ( Kalex ) FranceFrance Johann Zarco ( Kalex ) ItalyItaly Franco Morbidelli ( Kalex )
MotoGP SpainSpain Marc Marquez ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Andrea Dovizioso ( Ducati ) SpainSpain Maverick Viñales ( Suzuki ) ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha ) SpainSpain Marc Marquez ( Honda )
37 2017 Motegi Moto3 ItalyItaly Romano Fenati ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Niccolò Antonelli ( KTM ) ItalyItaly Marco Bezzecchi ( Mahindra ) ItalyItaly Nicolò Bulega ( KTM ) ItalyItaly Romano Fenati ( Honda )
Moto2 SpainSpain Álex Márquez ( Kalex ) SpainSpain Xavi Vierge ( Tech 3 ) MalaysiaMalaysia Hafizh Syahrin ( Kalex ) JapanJapan Takaaki Nakagami ( Kalex ) SpainSpain Álex Márquez ( Kalex )
MotoGP ItalyItaly Andrea Dovizioso ( Ducati ) SpainSpain Marc Marquez ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Danilo Petrucci ( Ducati ) FranceFrance Johann Zarco ( Yamaha ) ItalyItaly Andrea Dovizioso ( Ducati )
38 2018 Motegi Moto3 ItalyItaly Marco Bezzecchi ( KTM ) ItalyItaly Lorenzo Dalla Porta ( Honda ) South AfricaSouth Africa Darryn Binder ( KTM ) ArgentinaArgentina Gabriel Rodrigo ( KTM ) South AfricaSouth Africa Darryn Binder ( KTM )
Moto2 ItalyItaly Francesco Bagnaia ( Kalex ) ItalyItaly Lorenzo Baldassarri ( Kalex ) PortugalPortugal Miguel Oliveira ( KTM ) ItalyItaly Francesco Bagnaia ( Kalex ) ItalyItaly Francesco Bagnaia ( Kalex )
MotoGP SpainSpain Marc Marquez ( Honda ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cal Crutchlow ( Honda ) SpainSpain Álex Rins ( Suzuki ) ItalyItaly Andrea Dovizioso ( Ducati ) SpainSpain Marc Marquez ( Honda )

List of fatally injured racing drivers

driver date of death class
JapanJapan Daijirō Katō April 20, 2003 MotoGP

References

Web links

Commons : Japanese Grand Prix (Motorcycle)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lennart Schmid: Official: Motegi race postponed to October. www.motorsport-total.com, April 19, 2009, accessed April 20, 2010 .
  2. World Championship races in Japan postponed. Welt Online , March 15, 2011, accessed March 15, 2011 .
  3. a b Officially there is no counting of the editions.