Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix (motorcycle)

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Circuit diagram of the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet

The Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix for motorcycles was a motorcycle race that was held nine times between 1995 and 2004 at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet in Jacarepaguá near Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and was part of the Motorcycle World Championship .

The record winner is the Italian Valentino Rossi , who won the race six times in various classes.

Statistics of the Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix

Edition year route class winner Second Third Pole position Nice Race lap
1 1995 Jacarepaguá 125 cc JapanJapan Masaki Tokudome ( Aprilia ) ItalyItaly Gianluigi Scalvini ( Aprilia ) JapanJapan Haruchika Aoki ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Stefano Perugini ( Aprilia ) SpainSpain Herri Torrontegui ( Honda )
250 cc ItalyItaly Doriano Romboni ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Max Biaggi ( Aprilia ) JapanJapan Tadayuki Okada ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Max Biaggi ( Aprilia ) JapanJapan Tetsuya Harada ( Yamaha )
500 cc ItalyItaly Luca Cadalora ( Yamaha ) AustraliaAustralia Mick Doohan ( Honda ) JapanJapan Norick Abe ( Yamaha ) AustraliaAustralia Mick Doohan ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Luca Cadalora ( Yamaha )
2 1996 Jacarepaguá 125 cc JapanJapan Haruchika Aoki ( Honda ) SpainSpain Emilio Alzamora ( Honda ) JapanJapan Masaki Tokudome ( Aprilia ) JapanJapan Haruchika Aoki ( Honda ) JapanJapan Haruchika Aoki ( Honda )
250 cc FranceFrance Olivier Jacque ( Honda ) GermanyGermany Ralf Waldmann ( Honda ) GermanyGermany Jürgen Fuchs ( Honda ) FranceFrance Olivier Jacque ( Honda ) FranceFrance Olivier Jacque ( Honda )
500 cc AustraliaAustralia Mick Doohan ( Honda ) SpainSpain Àlex Crivillé ( Honda ) JapanJapan Norick Abe ( Yamaha ) AustraliaAustralia Mick Doohan ( Honda ) AustraliaAustralia Mick Doohan ( Honda )
3 1997 Jacarepaguá 125 cc ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Aprilia ) JapanJapan Noboru Ueda ( Honda ) JapanJapan Yōichi Ui ( Yamaha ) JapanJapan Noboru Ueda ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Aprilia )
250 cc FranceFrance Olivier Jacque ( Honda ) JapanJapan Tetsuya Harada ( Aprilia ) JapanJapan Tōru Ukawa ( Honda ) FranceFrance Olivier Jacque ( Honda ) FranceFrance Olivier Jacque ( Honda )
500 cc AustraliaAustralia Mick Doohan ( Honda ) JapanJapan Tadayuki Okada ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Luca Cadalora ( Yamaha ) AustraliaAustralia Mick Doohan ( Honda ) JapanJapan Tadayuki Okada ( Honda )
4th 1999 Jacarepaguá 125 cc JapanJapan Noboru Ueda ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Marco Melandri ( Honda ) SpainSpain Emilio Alzamora ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Marco Melandri ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Marco Melandri ( Honda )
250 cc ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Aprilia ) JapanJapan Tōru Ukawa ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Loris Capirossi ( Honda ) FranceFrance Olivier Jacque ( Yamaha ) ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Aprilia )
500 cc JapanJapan Norick Abe ( Yamaha ) ItalyItaly Max Biaggi ( Yamaha ) United StatesUnited States Kenny Roberts junior ( Suzuki ) United StatesUnited States Kenny Roberts junior ( Suzuki ) ItalyItaly Max Biaggi ( Yamaha )
5 2000 Jacarepaguá 125 cc ItalyItaly Simone Sanna ( Aprilia ) JapanJapan Masao Azuma ( Honda ) JapanJapan Yōichi Ui ( Derbi ) ItalyItaly Roberto Locatelli ( Aprilia ) ItalyItaly Mirko Giansanti ( Honda )
250 cc JapanJapan Daijirō Katō ( Honda ) JapanJapan Tōru Ukawa ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Marco Melandri ( Aprilia ) ItalyItaly Marco Melandri ( Aprilia ) FranceFrance Olivier Jacque ( Yamaha )
500 cc ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Honda ) BrazilBrazil Alex Barros ( Honda ) AustraliaAustralia Garry McCoy ( Yamaha ) ItalyItaly Max Biaggi ( Yamaha ) ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Honda )
6th 2001 Jacarepaguá 125 cc JapanJapan Yōichi Ui ( Derbi ) ItalyItaly Simone Sanna ( Aprilia ) FranceFrance Arnaud Vincent ( Honda ) JapanJapan Yōichi Ui ( Derbi ) ItalyItaly Simone Sanna ( Aprilia )
250 cc JapanJapan Daijirō Katō ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Marco Melandri ( Aprilia ) ItalyItaly Roberto Locatelli ( Aprilia ) SpainSpain Fonsi Nieto ( Aprilia ) ItalyItaly Marco Melandri ( Aprilia )
500 cc ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Honda ) SpainSpain Carlos Checa ( Yamaha ) ItalyItaly Max Biaggi ( Yamaha ) JapanJapan Tōru Ukawa ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Honda )
7th 2002 Jacarepaguá 125 cc JapanJapan Masao Azuma ( Honda ) FranceFrance Arnaud Vincent ( Aprilia ) San MarinoSan Marino Manuel Poggiali ( Gilera ) San MarinoSan Marino Manuel Poggiali ( Gilera ) JapanJapan Masao Azuma ( Honda )
250 cc ArgentinaArgentina Sebastián Porto ( Yamaha ) ItalyItaly Roberto Rolfo ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Franco Battaini ( Aprilia ) FranceFrance Randy De Puniet ( Aprilia ) ArgentinaArgentina Sebastián Porto ( Yamaha )
MotoGP ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Max Biaggi ( Yamaha ) United StatesUnited States Kenny Roberts junior ( Suzuki ) ItalyItaly Max Biaggi ( Yamaha ) SpainSpain Carlos Checa ( Yamaha )
8th 2003 Jacarepaguá 125 cc SpainSpain Jorge Lorenzo ( Derbi ) AustraliaAustralia Casey Stoner ( Aprilia ) San MarinoSan Marino Alex De Angelis ( Aprilia ) SpainSpain Dani Pedrosa ( Honda ) SpainSpain Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )
250 cc San MarinoSan Marino Manuel Poggiali ( Aprilia ) ItalyItaly Roberto Rolfo ( Honda ) FranceFrance Randy De Puniet ( Aprilia ) SpainSpain Toni Elías ( Aprilia ) San MarinoSan Marino Manuel Poggiali ( Aprilia )
MotoGP ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Honda ) SpainSpain Sete Gibernau ( Honda ) JapanJapan Makoto Tamada ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi ( Honda )
9 2004 Jacarepaguá 125 cc SpainSpain Héctor Barberá ( Aprilia ) AustraliaAustralia Casey Stoner ( KTM ) ItalyItaly Andrea Dovizioso ( Honda ) SpainSpain Héctor Barberá ( Aprilia ) SpainSpain Héctor Barberá ( Aprilia )
250 cc San MarinoSan Marino Manuel Poggiali ( Aprilia ) SpainSpain Dani Pedrosa ( Honda ) SpainSpain Toni Elías ( Honda ) ArgentinaArgentina Sebastián Porto ( Aprilia ) ArgentinaArgentina Sebastián Porto ( Aprilia )
MotoGP JapanJapan Makoto Tamada ( Honda ) ItalyItaly Max Biaggi ( Honda ) United StatesUnited States Nicky Hayden ( Honda ) United StatesUnited States Kenny Roberts junior ( Suzuki ) JapanJapan Makoto Tamada ( Honda )

References

Web links

Individual evidence

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