Motorcycling

MotoGP

Motocross

Track racing

Freestyle motocross

Motorcycling is the driving of motorcycles and motorcycles with sidecars in a sporting competition.

Motorcycling is regulated worldwide by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) and across Europe by the Union Européenne de Motocyclisme (UEM) .

Paved circuit

International championships

• Motorcycle world championship
  • 500 cm³ class (prototypes up to 500 cm³, 1949–2001) → MotoGP (prototypes up to 800 cm³, 2007–2011; prototypes up to 1000 cm³, 2002–2006, since 2012)
  • 350 cm³ class (prototypes up to 350 cm³, 1949–1982)
  • 250 cm³ class (prototypes up to 250 cm³, 1949–2009) → Moto2 (prototypes up to 600 cm³, standard engine from Honda 2010–2018, since 2019 from Triumph )
  • 125 cm³ class (prototypes up to 125 cm³, 1949–2011) → Moto3 (prototypes up to 250 cm³, since 2012)
  • 50 cm³ class (prototypes up to 50 cm³, 1962–1983) → 80 cm³ class (prototypes up to 80 cm³, 1984–1989)
• Superbike World Championship (near-series motorcycles up to 1300 cm³, since 1988)
• Supersport World Championship (near-series motorcycles up to 600 cm³, since 1999)
• Formula 750 (1973–1979, near-series motorcycles up to 750 cm³)
• Formula TT (1977–1989, near-series motorcycles)
  • Formula I - four-stroke from 600 to 1000  cm³ and two-stroke from 350 to 500 cm³
  • Formula II - four-stroke from 400 to 600 cm³ and two-stroke from 250 to 350 cm³
  • Formula III - four-stroke from 200 to 400 cm³ and two-stroke from 125 to 250 cm³
• FIM Endurance World Championship (series motorcycles up to 1000 cm², since 1980)
• FIM Sidecar World Championship
• FIM Supermoto World Championship
• International German Supermoto Championship

European championships

• European Motorcycle Championship (1924–1939, 1947–1948, 1961, since 1981)
  • Superstock 1000 (up to 1000 cm³)
  • Supersport 600 (up to 600 cm³)
  • Moto3 (up to 250 cm³)

National championships

•  German motorcycle road championship
•  Austrian State Motorcycle Championship
•  Belgian motorcycle road championship
•  British Superbike Championship
•  Italian motorcycle road championship
•  Dutch motorcycle road championship
•  Swiss motorcycle road championship
•  Spanish motorcycle road championship
•  AMA Superbike Championship
•  All Japan Road Race Championship
•  Motorbike road championship of the GDR (1950-1990, in classes from 50 to 500 cm³)

Endurance racing

• 8 hours from Suzuka
• 24 hours of Le Mans
• Bol d'Or driven on the
  • Circuit Paul Ricard (1978–1999, since 2015)
  • Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours (2000-2014)
• Ridden 24 hours from Liège on the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

Race without World Championship status

• Daytona 200 driven on the
  • Daytona Beach Road Course (1937-1941 and 1947-1960)
  • Daytona International Speedway (currently Superbike class, since 1961)

Road racing

• Isle of Man TT ridden on the Snaefell Mountain Course (all classes, since 1907)
  • TTXGP (electric motorcycles, 2009) → TT Zero (electric motorcycles, since 2010)
• Macau Grand Prix driven on the Guia Circuit (in addition to automobiles, currently near-series motorcycles up to 1000 cm³, since 1967)
• Manx Grand Prix ridden on the Snaefell Mountain Course
• North west 200
• Ulster Grand Prix (all classes, 1922-1939 and since 1946)

terrain

• Motocross
• Enduro sport
• Trial
• Hillclimbing (without FIM World Championship title)
• Rally raid such as B. Paris-Dakar Rally

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• Long track races (races on sand or grass tracks with a length of up to 1200 m)
• Speedway (races on short sandy tracks up to 400 m)
• Dirt track or flat track (in the US)
• Ice speedway

Other forms

• Hill climb
• Freestyle motocross
• Motoball (football on motorcycles)
• Supermono (single cylinder engines up to 800 cm³)
• Drag races
• Skijoring

See also

Portal: Motorsport  - Overview of Wikipedia content on motorsport

• Historical motorcycle sport
• List of fatally injured motorcycle racers

Web links

Wiktionary: Motorcycle sport  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Commons : Motorcycling  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

 Wikinews: Motorcycling  - In The News

• Link catalog on motorcycle sport at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )