List of world champions in motorcycle road racing

List of world champion of the FIM - Motorcycle World Championships starting with the motorcycle world championship in 1949 , ordered by years and classes.

Solo world champion

year	Class / driver / manufacturer	Class / driver / manufacturer	Class / driver / manufacturer	Class / driver / manufacturer	Class / driver / manufacturer
1949		125 Nello Pagani ( FB-Mondial )	250 Bruno Ruffo ( Moto Guzzi )	350 Freddie Frith ( Velocette )	500 Leslie Graham ( AJS )
1950		125 Bruno Ruffo ( FB Mondial )	250 Dario Ambrosini ( Benelli )	350 Bob Foster ( Velocette )	500 Umberto Masetti ( Gilera )
1951		125 Carlo Ubbiali ( FB-Mondial )	250 Bruno Ruffo ( Moto Guzzi )	350 Geoff Duke ( Norton )	500 Geoff Duke ( Norton )
1952		125 Cecil Sandford ( MV Agusta )	250 Enrico Lorenzetti ( Moto Guzzi )	350 Geoff Duke ( Norton )	500 Umberto Masetti ( Gilera )
1953		125 Werner Haas ( NSU )	250 Werner Haas ( NSU )	350 Fergus Anderson ( Moto Guzzi )	500 Geoff Duke ( Gilera )
1954		125 Rupert Hollaus ( NSU )	250 Werner Haas ( NSU )	350 Fergus Anderson ( Moto Guzzi )	500 Geoff Duke ( Gilera )
1955		125 Carlo Ubbiali ( MV Agusta )	250 Hermann Paul Müller ( NSU )	350 Bill Lomas ( Moto Guzzi )	500 Geoff Duke ( Gilera )
1956		125 Carlo Ubbiali ( MV Agusta )	250 Carlo Ubbiali ( MV Agusta )	350 Bill Lomas ( Moto Guzzi )	500 John Surtees ( MV Agusta )
1957		125 Tarquinio Provini ( FB-Mondial )	250 Cecil Sandford ( FB-Mondial )	350 Keith Campbell ( Moto Guzzi )	500 Libero Liberati ( Gilera )
1958		125 Carlo Ubbiali ( MV Agusta )	250 Tarquinio Provini ( MV Agusta )	350 John Surtees ( MV Agusta )	500 John Surtees ( MV Agusta )
1959		125 Carlo Ubbiali ( MV Agusta )	250 Carlo Ubbiali ( MV Agusta )	350 John Surtees ( MV Agusta )	500 John Surtees ( MV Agusta )
1960		125 Carlo Ubbiali ( MV Agusta )	250 Carlo Ubbiali ( MV Agusta )	350 John Surtees ( MV Agusta )	500 John Surtees ( MV Agusta )
1961		125 Tom Phillis ( Honda )	250 Mike Hailwood ( Honda )	350 Gary Hocking ( MV Agusta )	500 Gary Hocking ( MV Agusta )
1962	50 Ernst Degner ( Suzuki )	125 Luigi Taveri ( Honda )	250 Jim Redman ( Honda )	350 Jim Redman ( Honda )	500 Mike Hailwood ( MV Agusta )
1963	50 Hugh Anderson ( Suzuki )	125 Hugh Anderson ( Suzuki )	250 Jim Redman ( Honda )	350 Jim Redman ( Honda )	500 Mike Hailwood ( MV Agusta )
1964	50 Hugh Anderson ( Suzuki )	125 Luigi Taveri ( Honda )	250 Phil Read ( Yamaha )	350 Jim Redman ( Honda )	500 Mike Hailwood ( MV Agusta )
1965	50 Ralph Bryans ( Honda )	125 Hugh Anderson ( Suzuki )	250 Phil Read ( Yamaha )	350 Jim Redman ( Honda )	500 Mike Hailwood ( MV Agusta )
1966	50 Hans Georg Anscheidt ( Suzuki )	125 Luigi Taveri ( Honda )	250 Mike Hailwood ( Honda )	350 Mike Hailwood ( Honda )	500 Giacomo Agostini ( MV Agusta )
1967	50 Hans Georg Anscheidt ( Suzuki )	125 Bill Ivy ( Yamaha )	250 Mike Hailwood ( Honda )	350 Mike Hailwood ( Honda )	500 Giacomo Agostini ( MV Agusta )
1968	50 Hans Georg Anscheidt ( Suzuki )	125 Phil Read ( Yamaha )	250 Phil Read ( Yamaha )	350 Giacomo Agostini ( MV Agusta )	500 Giacomo Agostini ( MV Agusta )
1969	50 Angel Nieto ( Derbi )	125 Dave Simmonds ( Kawasaki )	250 Kel Carruthers ( Benelli )	350 Giacomo Agostini ( MV Agusta )	500 Giacomo Agostini ( MV Agusta )
1970	50 Angel Nieto ( Derbi )	125 Dieter Braun ( Suzuki )	250 Rodney Gould ( Yamaha )	350 Giacomo Agostini ( MV Agusta )	500 Giacomo Agostini ( MV Agusta )
1971	50 Jan de Vries ( Kreidler )	125 Angel Nieto ( Derbi )	250 Phil Read ( Yamaha )	350 Giacomo Agostini ( MV Agusta )	500 Giacomo Agostini ( MV Agusta )
1972	50 Angel Nieto ( Derbi )	125 Angel Nieto ( Derbi )	250 Jarno Saarinen ( Yamaha )	350 Giacomo Agostini ( MV Agusta )	500 Giacomo Agostini ( MV Agusta )
1973	50 Jan de Vries ( Kreidler )	125 Kent Andersson ( Yamaha )	250 Dieter Braun ( Yamaha )	350 Giacomo Agostini ( MV Agusta )	500 Phil Read ( MV Agusta )
1974	50 Henk van Kessel ( Kreidler - Van Veen )	125 Kent Andersson ( Yamaha )	250 Walter Villa ( Harley-Davidson )	350 Giacomo Agostini ( Yamaha )	500 Phil Read ( MV Agusta )
1975	50 Angel Nieto ( Kreidler )	125 Paolo Pileri ( Morbidelli )	250 Walter Villa ( Harley-Davidson )	350 Johnny Cecotto ( Yamaha )	500 Giacomo Agostini ( Yamaha )
1976	50 Angel Nieto ( Bultaco )	125 Pier Paolo Bianchi ( Morbidelli )	250 Walter Villa ( Harley-Davidson )	350 Walter Villa ( Harley-Davidson )	500 Barry Sheene ( Suzuki )
1977	50 Angel Nieto ( Bultaco )	125 Pier Paolo Bianchi ( Morbidelli )	250 Mario Lega ( Morbidelli )	350 Takazumi Katayama ( Yamaha )	500 Barry Sheene ( Suzuki )
1978	50 Ricardo Tormo ( Bultaco )	125 Eugenio Lazzarini ( MBA )	250 cork Ballington ( Kawasaki )	350 cork Ballington ( Kawasaki )	500 Kenny Roberts Sr. ( Yamaha )
1979	50 Eugenio Lazzarini ( Kreidler )	125 Angel Nieto ( Minarelli )	250 cork Ballington ( Kawasaki )	350 cork Ballington ( Kawasaki )	500 Kenny Roberts Sr. ( Yamaha )
1980	50 Eugenio Lazzarini ( Kreidler - Van Veen )	125 Pier Paolo Bianchi ( MBA )	250 Toni Mang ( Kawasaki )	350 Jon Ekerold ( Bimota )	500 Kenny Roberts Sr. ( Yamaha )
1981	50 Ricardo Tormo ( Motul - Bultaco )	125 Angel Nieto ( Minarelli )	250 Toni Mang ( Kawasaki )	350 Toni Mang ( Kawasaki )	500 Marco Lucchinelli ( Suzuki )
1982	50 Stefan Dörflinger ( Kreidler )	125 Angel Nieto ( Garelli )	250 Jean-Louis Tournadre ( Yamaha )	350 Toni Mang ( Kawasaki )	500 Franco Uncini ( Suzuki )
1983	50 Stefan Dörflinger ( Krauser )	125 Angel Nieto ( Garelli )	250 Carlos Lavado ( Yamaha )		500 Freddie Spencer ( Honda )
1984	80 Stefan Dörflinger ( Zündapp )	125 Angel Nieto ( Garelli )	250 Christian Sarron ( Yamaha )		500 Eddie Lawson ( Yamaha )
1985	80 Stefan Dörflinger ( Krauser )	125 Fausto Gresini ( Garelli )	250 Freddie Spencer ( Honda )		500 Freddie Spencer ( Honda )
1986	80 Jorge Martínez ( Derbi )	125 Luca Cadalora ( Garelli )	250 Carlos Lavado ( Yamaha )		500 Eddie Lawson ( Yamaha )
1987	80 Jorge Martínez ( Derbi )	125 Fausto Gresini ( Garelli )	250 Toni Mang ( Honda )		500 Wayne Gardner ( Honda )
1988	80 Jorge Martínez ( Derbi )	125 Jorge Martínez ( Derbi )	250 Sito Pons ( Honda )		500 Eddie Lawson ( Yamaha )
1989	80 Manuel Herreros ( Derbi )	125 Àlex Crivillé ( JJ Cobas )	250 Sito Pons ( Honda )		500 Eddie Lawson ( Honda )
1990		125 Loris Capirossi ( Honda )	250 John Kocinski ( Yamaha )		500 Wayne Rainey ( Yamaha )
1991		125 Loris Capirossi ( Honda )	250 Luca Cadalora ( Honda )		500 Wayne Rainey ( Yamaha )
1992		125 Alessandro Gramigni ( Aprilia )	250 Luca Cadalora ( Honda )		500 Wayne Rainey ( Yamaha )
1993		125 Dirk Raudies ( Honda )	250 Tetsuya Harada ( Yamaha )		500 Kevin Schwantz ( Suzuki )
1994		125 Kazuto Sakata ( Aprilia )	250 Max Biaggi ( Aprilia )		500 Mick Doohan ( Honda )
1995		125 Haruchika Aoki ( Honda )	250 Max Biaggi ( Aprilia )		500 Mick Doohan ( Honda )
1996		125 Haruchika Aoki ( Honda )	250 Max Biaggi ( Aprilia )		500 Mick Doohan ( Honda )
1997		125 Valentino Rossi ( Aprilia )	250 Max Biaggi ( Honda )		500 Mick Doohan ( Honda )
1998		125 Kazuto Sakata ( Aprilia )	250 Loris Capirossi ( Aprilia )		500 Mick Doohan ( Honda )
1999		125 Emilio Alzamora ( Honda )	250 Valentino Rossi ( Aprilia )		500 Àlex Crivillé ( Honda )
2000		125 Roberto Locatelli ( Aprilia )	250 Olivier Jacque ( Yamaha )		500 Kenny Roberts Jr. ( Suzuki )
2001		125 Manuel Poggiali ( Gilera )	250 Daijirō Katō ( Honda )		500 Valentino Rossi ( Honda )
2002		125 Arnaud Vincent ( Aprilia )	250 Marco Melandri ( Aprilia )		MotoGP 990 Valentino Rossi ( Honda )
2003		125 Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )	250 Manuel Poggiali ( Aprilia )		MotoGP 990 Valentino Rossi ( Honda )
2004		125 Andrea Dovizioso ( Honda )	250 Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )		MotoGP 990 Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )
2005		125 Thomas Lüthi ( Honda )	250 Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )		MotoGP 990 Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )
2006		125 Álvaro Bautista ( Aprilia )	250 Jorge Lorenzo ( Aprilia )		MotoGP 990 Nicky Hayden ( Honda )
2007		125 Gábor Talmácsi ( Aprilia )	250 Jorge Lorenzo ( Aprilia )		MotoGP 800 Casey Stoner ( Ducati )
2008		125 Mike Di Meglio ( Derbi )	250 Marco Simoncelli ( Gilera )		MotoGP 800 Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )
2009		125 Julián Simón ( Aprilia )	250 Hiroshi Aoyama ( Honda )		MotoGP 800 Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )
2010		125 Marc Marquez ( Derbi )	Moto2 600 Toni Elías ( Moriwaki )		MotoGP 800 Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )
2011		125 Nicolás Terol ( Aprilia )	Moto2 600 Stefan Bradl ( Kalex )		MotoGP 800 Casey Stoner ( Honda )
2012		Moto3 250 Sandro Cortese ( KTM )	Moto2 600 Marc Marquez ( Suter )		MotoGP 1000 Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )
2013		Moto3 250 Maverick Viñales ( KTM )	Moto2 600 Pol Espargaró ( Kalex )		MotoGP 1000 Marc Marquez ( Honda )
2014		Moto3 250 Alex Marquez ( Honda )	Moto2 600 Esteve Rabat ( Kalex )		MotoGP 1000 Marc Marquez ( Honda )
2015		Moto3 250 Danny Kent ( Honda )	Moto2 600 Johann Zarco ( Kalex )		MotoGP 1000 Jorge Lorenzo ( Yamaha )
2016		Moto3 250 Brad Binder ( KTM )	Moto2 600 Johann Zarco ( Kalex )		MotoGP 1000 Marc Marquez ( Honda )
2017		Moto3 250 Joan Mir ( Honda )	Moto2 600 Franco Morbidelli ( Kalex )		MotoGP 1000 Marc Marquez ( Honda )
2018		Moto3 250 Jorge Martín ( Honda )	Moto2 600 Francesco Bagnaia ( Kalex )		MotoGP 1000 Marc Marquez ( Honda )
2019		Moto3 250 Lorenzo Dalla Porta ( Honda )	Moto2 765 Álex Márquez ( Kalex )		MotoGP 1000 Marc Marquez ( Honda )

MotoE

year	driver
2019	Matteo Ferrari ( Energica )

Team world champion

year	Driver / passenger	Manufacturer
1949	Eric Oliver / Denis Jenkinson	Norton
1950	Eric Oliver / Lorenzo Dobelli	Norton
1951	Eric Oliver / Lorenzo Dobelli	Norton
1952	Cyril Smith / Bob Clements	Norton
1953	Eric Oliver / Stan Dibben	Norton
1954	Wilhelm Noll / Fritz Cron	BMW
1955	Willi Faust / Karl Remmert	BMW
1956	Wilhelm Noll / Fritz Cron	BMW
1957	Fritz Hillebrand / Manfred Grunwald	BMW
1958	Walter Schneider / Hans Strauss	BMW
1959	Walter Schneider / Hans Strauss	BMW
1960	Helmut Fath / Alfred Wohlgemuth	BMW
1961	Max Deubel / Emil Hörner	BMW
1962	Max Deubel / Emil Hörner	BMW
1963	Max Deubel / Emil Hörner	BMW
1964	Max Deubel / Emil Hörner	BMW
1965	Fritz Scheidegger / John Robinson	BMW
1966	Fritz Scheidegger / John Robinson	BMW
1967	Klaus Enders / Ralf Engelhardt	BMW
1968	Helmut Fath / Wolfgang Kalauch	URS
1969	Klaus Enders / Ralf Engelhardt	BMW
1970	Klaus Enders / Wolfgang Kalauch and Ralf Engelhardt	BMW
1971	Horst Owesle / Julius Kremer and Peter Rutterford	URS
1972	Klaus Enders / Ralf Engelhardt	BMW
1973	Klaus Enders / Ralf Engelhardt	BMW
1974	Klaus Enders / Ralf Engelhardt	BMW
1975	Rolf Steinhausen / Josef Huber	Bush King
1976	Rolf Steinhausen / Josef Huber	Bush King
1977	George O'Dell / Kenny Arthur or Cliff Holland	Seymaz - Yamaha / Windle -Yamaha
1978	Rolf Biland / Kenny Williams	TTM-Yamaha / BEO-Yamaha
1979	(Cat.B2A) Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Schmid-Yamaha
	(Cat. B2B) Bruno Holzer / Karl Meierhans	LCR -Yamaha
1980	Jock Taylor / Benga Johansson	Windle -Yamaha
1981	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	LCR Yamaha
1982	Werner Schwärzel / Andreas Huber	Seymaz -Yamaha
1983	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	LCR Yamaha
1984	Egbert Streuer / Bernd Schnieders	LCR Yamaha
1985	Egbert Streuer / Bernd Schnieders	LCR Yamaha
1986	Egbert Streuer / Bernd Schnieders	LCR Yamaha
1987	Steve Webster / Tony Hewitt	LCR Yamaha
1988	Steve Webster / Tony Hewitt	LCR Yamaha
1989	Steve Webster / Tony Hewitt	LCR Krauser
1990	Alain Michel / Simon Birchall	LCR Krauser
1991	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	LCR Krauser
1992	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	LCR Krauser
1993	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	LCR Krauser
1994	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	LCR-ADM
1995	Darren Dixon / Andy Hetherington	Windle -ADM
1996	Darren Dixon / Andy Hetherington	Windle -ADM
1997	Steve Webster / David James	LCR-ADM
1998	Steve Webster / David James	LCR Honda
1999	Steve Webster / David James	LCR- Suzuki
2000	Steve Webster / Paul Woodhead	LCR-Suzuki
2001	Klaus Klaffenböck / Christian Parzer	LCR-Suzuki
2002	Steve Abbott / Jamie Biggs	Windle -Yamaha
2003	Steve Webster / Paul Woodhead	LCR-Suzuki
2004	Steve Webster / Paul Woodhead	LCR-Suzuki
2005	Tim Reeves / Patrick Farrance	LCR-Suzuki
2006	Tim Reeves / Patrick Farrance	LCR-Suzuki
2007	Tim Reeves / Patrick Farrance	LCR-Suzuki
2008	Pekka Päivärinta / Timo Karttiala	LCR-Suzuki
2009	Ben Birchall / Tom Birchall	LCR-Suzuki
2010	Pekka Päivärinta / Adolf Hänni	LCR-Suzuki
2011	Pekka Päivärinta / Adolf Hänni	LCR-Suzuki
2012	Tim Reeves / Ashley Hawes	LCR-Suzuki
2013	Pekka Päivärinta / Adolf Hänni	LCR-Suzuki
2014	(F1) Tim Reeves / Gregory Cluze	LCR-Kawasaki
	(F2) Tim Reeves / Gregory Cluze	DMR
2015	(F1) Bennie Streuer / Geert Koerts	LCR-Suzuki
	(F2) Tim Reeves / Patrick Farrance	DMR Honda
2016	(F1) Pekka Päivärinta / Kirsi Kainulainen	LCR-BMW
	(F2) Ben Birchall / Tom Birchall	LCR Honda
2017	Ben Birchall / Tom Birchall	LCR Honda
2018	Ben Birchall / Tom Birchall	LCR Honda
2019	Tim Reeves / Mark Wilkes	Adolf RS-Yamaha

List of racing drivers who have become world champions several times

driver	Number of titles (class)
Giacomo Agostini	15 (7 × 350 cm³, 8 × 500 cm³)
Ángel Nieto	13 (6 × 50 cm³, 7 × 125 cm³)
Mike Hailwood	9 (3 × 250 cm³, 2 × 350 cm³, 4 × 500 cm³)
Valentino Rossi	9 (1 × 125 cm³, 1 × 250 cm³, 1 × 500 cm³, 6 × MotoGP )
Carlo Ubbiali	9 (6 × 125 cm³, 3 × 250 cm³)
Marc Marquez	8 (1 × 125 cm³, 1 × Moto2, 6 × MotoGP)
Phil Read	7 (1 × 125 cm³, 4 × 250 cm³, 2 × 500 cm³)
John Surtees	7 (3 × 350 cm³, 4 × 500 cm³)
Geoff Duke	6 (2 × 350 cm³, 4 × 500 cm³)
Jim Redman	6 (2 × 250 cm³, 4 × 350 cm³)
Mick Doohan	5 x 500 cc
Toni Mang	5 (3 × 250 cm³, 2 × 350 cm³)
Jorge Lorenzo	5 (2 × 250 cm³, 3 × MotoGP)
Hugh Anderson	4 (2 × 50 cm³, 2 × 125 cm³)
Cork Ballington	4 (2 × 250 cm³, 2 × 350 cm³)
Max Biaggi	4 x 250 cm³
Stefan Dörflinger	4 (2 × 50 cm³, 2 × 80 cm³)
Eddie Lawson	4 x 500 cc
Jorge Martínez	4 (3 × 80 cm³, 1 × 125 cm³)
Walter Villa	4 (3 × 250 cm³, 1 × 350 cm³)
Hans Georg Anscheidt	3 x 50 cm³
Pier Paolo Bianchi	3 x 125 cm³
Luca Cadalora	3 (1 × 125 cm³, 2 × 250 cm³)
Loris Capirossi	3 (2 × 125 cm³, 1 × 250 cm³)
Werner Haas	3 (1 × 125 cm³, 2 × 250 cm³)
Eugenio Lazzarini	3 (1 × 125 cm³, 2 × 50 cm³)
Dani Pedrosa	3 (1 × 125 cm³, 2 × 250 cm³)
Wayne Rainey	3 x 500 cc
Kenny Roberts sr.	3 x 500 cc
Bruno Ruffo	3 (1 × 125 cm³, 2 × 250 cm³)
Freddie Spencer	3 (1 × 250 cm³, 2 × 500 cm³)
Luigi Taveri	3 x 125 cm³
Johann Zarco	2 × Moto2
Fergus Anderson	2 x 350 cm³
Kent Andersson	2 x 125 cm³
Haruchika Aoki	2 x 125 cm³
Dieter Braun	2 (1 × 125 cm³, 1 × 250 cm³)
Àlex Crivillé	2 (1 × 125 cm³, 1 × 500 cm³)
Jan de Vries	2 x 50 cm³
Fausto Gresini	2 x 125 cm³
Gary Hocking	2 (1 × 350 cm³, 1 × 500 cm³)
Carlos Lavado	2 x 250 cm³
Bill Lomas	2 x 350 cm³
Umberto Masetti	2 x 500 cc
Manuel Poggiali	2 (1 × 125 cm³, 1 × 250 cm³)
Sito Pons	2 x 250 cm³
Tarquinio Provini	2 (1 × 125 cm³, 1 × 250 cm³)
Kazuto Sakata	2 x 125 cm³
Cecil Sandford	2 (1 × 125 cm³, 1 × 250 cm³)
Barry Sheene	2 x 500 cc
Casey Stoner	2 × MotoGP
Ricardo Tormo	2 x 50 cm³
Álex Marquez	2 (1 × Moto3 , 1 × Moto2 )

List of racing drivers who became double world champions in one year

year	driver	Number of titles (class)
1968 to 1972	Giacomo Agostini	10 (5 in 350 cm³, 5 in 500 cm³)
1958 to 1960	John Surtees	6 (3 in 350 cm³, 3 in 500 cm³)
1956, 1959, 1960	Carlo Ubbiali	6 (3 in 125 cm³, 3 in 250 cm³)
1962, 1963	Jim Redman	4 (2 in 250 cm³, 2 in 350 cm³)
1966, 1967	Mike Hailwood	4 (2 in 250 cm³, 2 in 350 cm³)
1978, 1979	Cork Ballington	4 (2 in 250 cm³, 2 in 350 cm³)
1951	Geoff Duke	2 (1 in 350 cm³, 1 in 500 cm³)
1953	Werner Haas	2 (1 in 125 cm³, 1 in 250 cm³)
1961	Gary Hocking	2 (1 in 350 cm³, 1 in 500 cm³)
1963	Hugh Anderson	2 (1 in 50 cm³, 1 in 125 cm³)
1968	Phil Read	2 (1 in 125 cm³, 1 in 250 cm³)
1972	Ángel Nieto	2 (1 in 50 cm³, 1 in 125 cm³)
1976	Walter Villa	2 (1 in 250 cm³, 1 in 350 cm³)
1981	Toni Mang	2 (1 in 250 cm³, 1 in 350 cm³)
1985	Freddie Spencer	2 (1 in 250 cm³, 1 in 500 cm³)
1988	Jorge Martínez	2 (1 in 80 cm³, 1 in 125 cm³)

Remarks

• To this day, John Surtees is the only driver who won world championship titles in the 350 cm³, 500 cm³ and Formula 1 classes ( 1964 ). Only three other motorcycle world champions drove in Formula One: Nello Pagani, Mike Hailwood and Johnny Cecotto.
• Valentino Rossi is the only motorcycle racer to have won four world titles in four different classes (125 cm³, 250 cm³, 500 cm³ and MotoGP)
• Loris Capirossi is the only motorcycle racer to win the world title in his first season, 1990.
• Emilio Alzamora is the first motorcycle racer to win the world title in the 125cc class without winning a race during the season (1999).
• Rupert Hollaus is the only posthumous solo world champion to date . He had a fatal accident in 1954 as the established world champion of the 125 cc class during training for the Nations' Grand Prix in Monza .
• 2014 were Tim Reeves and Gregory Cluze the first sidecar World Champion.

Web links

• Official website of the motorcycle world championship