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Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

Coordinates: 49°12′11″N 16°27′42″E / 49.20306°N 16.46167°E / 49.20306; 16.46167
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Czech Republic Grand Prix
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
VenueBrno Circuit (1965–1982, 1987–2020, 2025)
First race1965
Most wins (rider)Giacomo Agostini, Max Biaggi, Valentino Rossi (7)
Most wins (manufacturer)Honda (43)

The Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix is a motorcycling event that is part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. Before 1993, the race was known as the Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix. Since 1965, the race was a part of world Grand Prix series (between 1983 and 1986 race was held as a part of European Grand Prix series only).[1]

Since 1987 the race was held on the newly built Brno Circuit,[2] the historical track led through the streets of western parts of Brno and neighboring villages, such as Bosonohy and Žebětín. It was the most prestigious motor race in the country.[3] Brno has also held the most motorcycle championship rounds in the sport's history after the TT Circuit Assen.[4]

The race was not included in the 2021 calendar after Brno city councillors announced that they would opt out for the season, citing financial difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] The race has also been absent from subsequent seasons.

On 28 August 2024, the Czech Republic prime minister Petr Fiala announced that Brno will return to MotoGP for the 2025 season.[6]

Official names and sponsors

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Starting grid on the Brno Circuit
Casey Stoner at MotoGP Brno
  • 1965–1966, 1970–1971: Velká Cena ČSSR (no official sponsor)[7]
  • 1968–1969: Velká Cena Ceskoslovenska (no official sponsor)[8]
  • 1972–1982: Grand Prix ČSSR (no official sponsor)[9]
  • 1987: Grand Prix ČSSR Brno (no official sponsor)[10]
  • 1988–1989: Grand Prix ČSSR-Brno (no official sponsor)[11]
  • 1990: Grand Prix ČSFR Brno (no official sponsor)[12]
  • 1991: Grand Prix ČSFR-Brno (no official sponsor)[13]
  • 1993–1999: Grand Prix České republiky (no official sponsor)[14]
  • 2000–2006: Gauloises Grand Prix České republiky[15]
  • 2007–2011: Cardion AB Grand Prix České republiky[16]
  • 2012–2015: bwin Grand Prix České republiky[17]
  • 2016: HJC Helmets Grand Prix České republiky[18]
  • 2017–2020: Monster Energy Grand Prix České republiky[19]

Winners

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Multiple winners (riders)

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# Wins Rider Wins
Category Years won
7 Italy Giacomo Agostini 500cc 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973
350cc 1968, 1969, 1970
Italy Max Biaggi MotoGP 2002
500cc 1998, 2000
250cc 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
Italy Valentino Rossi MotoGP 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009
500cc 2001
250cc 1999
125cc 1996
6 United Kingdom Mike Hailwood 500cc 1965, 1966, 1967
350cc 1966, 1967
250cc 1966
United Kingdom Phil Read 500cc 1974, 1975
250cc 1965, 1967, 1968
125cc 1968
5 Germany Anton Mang 350cc 1980, 1981
250cc 1980, 1981, 1987
Spain Jorge Lorenzo MotoGP 2010, 2015
250cc 2006, 2007
125cc 2004
4 South Africa Kork Ballington 350cc 1978, 1979
250cc 1978, 1979
Spain Dani Pedrosa MotoGP 2012, 2014
250cc 2005
125cc 2003
Spain Marc Márquez MotoGP 2013, 2017, 2019
Moto2 2012
3 Finland Jarno Saarinen 350cc 1971, 1972
250cc 1972
Italy Walter Villa 350cc 1976
250cc 1974, 1976
United States Wayne Rainey 500cc 1990, 1991, 1993
Japan Kazuto Sakata 125cc 1993, 1994, 1995
Italy Marco Melandri 250cc 2002
125cc 1998, 1999
2 Italy Otello Buscherini 350cc 1975
125cc 1973
Venezuela Johnny Cecotto 500cc 1977
350cc 1977
France Guy Bertin 125cc 1979, 1980
Australia Wayne Gardner 500cc 1987, 1988
Spain Jorge Martínez 125cc 1988
80cc 1988
Spain Àlex Crivillé 500cc 1996
125cc 1989
Australia Mick Doohan 500cc 1994, 1997
Japan Tetsuya Harada 250cc 1998, 2001
Spain Toni Elías Moto2 2010
125cc 2001
Spain Nicolás Terol 125cc 2009, 2010
Australia Casey Stoner MotoGP 2007, 2011
Germany Jonas Folger Moto2 2016
Moto3 2012
Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Moto2 2017
125cc 2005

Multiple winners (manufacturers)

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# Wins Manufacturer Wins
Category Years won
43 Japan Honda MotoGP 2003, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019
500cc 1966, 1967, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
Moto3 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020
350cc 1965, 1966, 1967
250cc 1966, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2005
125cc 1966, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005
31 Japan Yamaha MotoGP 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015
500cc 1977, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2000
350cc 1971, 1972, 1973
250cc 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1988, 2000
125cc 1967, 1968, 1974, 1975
25 Italy Aprilia 250cc 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
125cc 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
10 Italy MV Agusta 500cc 1965, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975
350cc 1968, 1969, 1970
9 Japan Kawasaki 350cc 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
250cc 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
125cc 1969
8 Germany Kalex Moto2 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020
Moto3 2012
5 United States Harley-Davidson 350cc 1976
250cc 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977
4 Spain Derbi 125cc 1971, 1988, 2004
80cc 1988
Austria KTM MotoGP 2020
Moto2 2018
Moto3 2013, 2019
3 Japan Suzuki 500cc 1976, 1989
125cc 1965
Italy Ducati MotoGP 2006, 2007, 2018
2 Netherlands Jamathi 50cc 1969, 1970
France Motobécane 125cc 1979, 1980
Spain Bultaco 50cc 1978, 1981
Italy Garelli 125cc 1982, 1987
Germany Krauser 80cc 1987, 1989
Switzerland Suter Moto2 2011, 2012

Winners of the Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

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Year Track Moto3 Moto2 MotoGP Report
Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer
2020 Brno Italy Dennis Foggia Honda Italy Enea Bastianini Kalex South Africa Brad Binder KTM Report
2019 Spain Arón Canet KTM Spain Álex Márquez Kalex Spain Marc Márquez Honda Report
2018 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Report
2017 Spain Joan Mir Honda Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex Spain Marc Márquez Honda Report
2016 United Kingdom John McPhee Peugeot Germany Jonas Folger Kalex United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Honda Report
2015 Italy Niccolò Antonelli Honda France Johann Zarco Kalex Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Report
2014 France Alexis Masbou Honda Spain Esteve Rabat Kalex Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda Report
2013 Spain Luis Salom KTM Finland Mika Kallio Kalex Spain Marc Márquez Honda Report
2012 Germany Jonas Folger Kalex KTM Spain Marc Márquez Suter Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda Report
Year Track 125cc Moto2 MotoGP Report
Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer
2011 Brno Germany Sandro Cortese Aprilia Italy Andrea Iannone Suter Australia Casey Stoner Honda Report
2010 Spain Nicolás Terol Aprilia Spain Toni Elías Moriwaki Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Report
Year Track 125cc 250cc MotoGP Report
Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer
2009 Brno Spain Nicolás Terol Aprilia Italy Marco Simoncelli Gilera Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha Report
2008 Germany Stefan Bradl Aprilia Spain Alex Debón Aprilia Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha Report
2007 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia Spain Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia Australia Casey Stoner Ducati Report
2006 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Spain Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia Italy Loris Capirossi Ducati Report
2005 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Honda Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha Report
2004 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Derbi Argentina Sebastián Porto Aprilia Spain Sete Gibernau Honda Report
2003 Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda France Randy de Puniet Aprilia Italy Valentino Rossi Honda Report
2002 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia Italy Max Biaggi Yamaha Report
Year Track 125cc 250cc 500cc Report
Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer
2001 Brno Spain Toni Elías Honda Japan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia Italy Valentino Rossi Honda Report
2000 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia Japan Shinya Nakano Yamaha Italy Max Biaggi Yamaha Report
1999 Italy Marco Melandri Honda Italy Valentino Rossi Aprilia Japan Tadayuki Okada Honda Report
1998 Italy Marco Melandri Honda Japan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia Italy Max Biaggi Honda Report
1997 Japan Noboru Ueda Honda Italy Max Biaggi Honda Australia Mick Doohan Honda Report
1996 Italy Valentino Rossi Aprilia Italy Max Biaggi Aprilia Spain Àlex Crivillé Honda Report
1995 Japan Kazuto Sakata Aprilia Italy Max Biaggi Aprilia Italy Luca Cadalora Yamaha Report
1994 Japan Kazuto Sakata Aprilia Italy Max Biaggi Aprilia Australia Mick Doohan Honda Report
1993 Japan Kazuto Sakata Honda Italy Loris Reggiani Aprilia United States Wayne Rainey Yamaha Report

Winners of the Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix

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All layouts of the Masaryk Circuit (Brno Circuit) between 1930 and today combined

A pink background indicates an event that was not part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing championship.

Year Track 125cc 250cc 500cc Report
Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer
1991 Brno Italy Alessandro Gramigni Aprilia Germany Helmut Bradl Honda United States Wayne Rainey Yamaha Report
1990 Netherlands Hans Spaan Honda Spain Carlos Cardús Honda United States Wayne Rainey Yamaha Report
Year Track 80cc 125cc 250cc 500cc Report
Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer
1989 Brno Spain Herri Torrontegui Krauser Spain Àlex Crivillé JJ Cobas West Germany Reinhold Roth Honda United States Kevin Schwantz Suzuki Report
1988 Spain Jorge Martínez Derbi Spain Jorge Martínez Derbi Spain Joan Garriga Yamaha Australia Wayne Gardner Honda Report
1987 Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger Krauser Italy Fausto Gresini Garelli West Germany Anton Mang Honda Australia Wayne Gardner Honda Report
1986 Italy Bruno Casanova Austria Hans Lindner Report
1985 France Paul Bordes Italy Massimo Matteoni Report
1984 Italy Massimo Messere Report
Year Track 50cc 125cc 250cc 500cc Report
Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer
1983 Brno West Germany Gustav Reiner Report
Year Track 50cc 125cc 250cc 350cc 500cc Report
Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer Rider Manufacturer
1982 Brno Italy Eugenio Lazzarini Garelli Venezuela Carlos Lavado Yamaha Belgium Didier de Radiguès Chevallier Report
1981 Netherlands Theo Timmer Bultaco West Germany Anton Mang Kawasaki West Germany Anton Mang Kawasaki Report
1980 France Guy Bertin Motobécane West Germany Anton Mang Kawasaki West Germany Anton Mang Kawasaki Report
1979 France Guy Bertin Motobécane South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki Report
1978 Spain Ricardo Tormo Bultaco South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki South Africa Kork Ballington Kawasaki Report
1977 Italy Franco Uncini Harley-Davidson Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Yamaha Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Yamaha Report
1976 Italy Walter Villa Harley-Davidson Italy Walter Villa Harley-Davidson United Kingdom John Newbold Suzuki Report
1975 Sweden Leif Gustafsson Yamaha France Michel Rougerie Harley-Davidson Italy Otello Buscherini Yamaha United Kingdom Phil Read MV Agusta Report
1974 Netherlands Henk van Kessel Van Veen Kreidler Sweden Kent Andersson Yamaha Italy Walter Villa Harley-Davidson United Kingdom Phil Read MV Agusta Report
1973 Italy Otello Buscherini Malanca West Germany Dieter Braun Yamaha Finland Teuvo Länsivuori Yamaha Italy Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta Report
1972 Sweden Börje Jansson Maico Finland Jarno Saarinen Yamaha Finland Jarno Saarinen Yamaha Italy Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta Report
1971 United Kingdom Barry Sheene Kreidler Spain Ángel Nieto Derbi Hungary János Drapál Yamaha Finland Jarno Saarinen Yamaha Report
1970 Netherlands Aalt Toersen Jamathi Italy Gilberto Parlotti Morbidelli Australia Kel Carruthers Yamaha Italy Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta Report
1969 Netherlands Paul Lodewijkx Jamathi United Kingdom Dave Simmonds Kawasaki Italy Renzo Pasolini Benelli Italy Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta Italy Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta Report
1968 United Kingdom Phil Read Yamaha United Kingdom Phil Read Yamaha Italy Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta Italy Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta Report
1967 United Kingdom Bill Ivy Yamaha United Kingdom Phil Read Yamaha United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Honda United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Honda Report
1966 Switzerland Luigi Taveri Honda United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Honda United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Honda United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Honda Report
1965 United Kingdom Frank Perris Suzuki United Kingdom Phil Read Yamaha Rhodesia Jim Redman Honda United Kingdom Mike Hailwood MV Agusta Report
1964 Switzerland Luigi Taveri East Germany Heinz Rosner Czechoslovakia Stanislav Malina Report
1963 Switzerland Luigi Taveri Czechoslovakia Stanislav Malina Czechoslovakia Gustav Havel Czechoslovakia Gustav Havel Report
1962 Czechoslovakia Stanislav Malina Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman Czechoslovakia František Šťastný Report
Year Track 125cc 250cc 350cc 500cc Report
1961 Brno Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman Czechoslovakia František Šťastný Austria Rudolf Thalhammer Report
1960 East Germany Ernst Degner Czechoslovakia František Šťastný Czechoslovakia František Šťastný Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking Report
1959 East Germany Ernst Degner Czechoslovakia František Srna Czechoslovakia František Šťastný Australia Eric Hinton Report
1958 East Germany Ernst Degner Czechoslovakia František Bartoš Czechoslovakia František Šťastný United Kingdom Dickie Dale Report
1957 East Germany Ernst Degner West Germany Helmut Hallmeier West Germany Helmut Hallmeier Austria Gerold Klinger Report
1956 Czechoslovakia František Bartoš West Germany Horst Kassner Czechoslovakia František Šťastný Austria Gerold Klinger Report
1955 Czechoslovakia Václav Parus West Germany Horst Kassner West Germany Hans Baltisberger Australia Keith Campbell Report
1954 Czechoslovakia František Bartoš Czechoslovakia František Šťastný Austria Leonhard Faßl Czechoslovakia Gustav Havel Report
1952 West Germany Bernhard Petruschke Czechoslovakia František Bartoš Czechoslovakia František Bartoš Czechoslovakia Antonín Vitvar Report
1951 Czechoslovakia Antonín Vitvar Report
1950 Czechoslovakia Josef Vejvoda Czechoslovakia Antonín Vitvar Czechoslovakia Antonín Vitvar Report
1947 Prague United Kingdom Fergus Anderson United Kingdom Fergus Anderson United Kingdom Ted Frost Report

References

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49°12′11″N 16°27′42″E / 49.20306°N 16.46167°E / 49.20306; 16.46167