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NEW AND STATISTICS FROM MOTOGP
07 September 2006 - Moto GP
Loris Capirossi has longest winning career in GP racing
Loris Capirossi’s win at Brno arrived more than 16 years after his first GP victory in the 125cc race at Donington Park in 1990, on the way to becoming the youngest ever rider to win a world title. Capirossi is the rider with the longest winning career in Grand Prix racing, taking the record from thirteen times world champion Angel Nieto. The following list shows the ten riders with the longest winning careers in Grand Prix racing:
LONGEST WINNING CAREERS IN GRAND PRIX RACING- ALL SOLO CLASSES
RIDER FIRST GP WIN LAST GP WIN LENGTH OF WINNING GP CAREER 1 Loris Capirossi 125cc/GB/1990 MotoGP/Czech/2006 16 years 15 days
2 Angel Nieto 50cc/E. Germany/1969 80cc/France/1985 16 years 8 days
3 Phil Read 350cc/GB/1961 500cc/Czech/1975 14 years 71 days
4 Loris Reggiani 125cc/GB/1980 250cc/Czech/1993 13 years 12 days
5 Max Biaggi 250cc/South Africa/1992 MotoGP/Germany/2004 11 years 315 days
6 Toni Mang 125cc/W. Germany/1976 250cc/Japan/1988 11 years 211 days
7 Alex Barros 500cc/FIM/1993 MotoGP/Portugal/2005 11 years 204 days
8 Luigi Taveri 125cc/Spain/1955 125cc/Italy/1966 11 years 133 days
9 Giacomo Agostini 350cc/W. Germany/1965 500cc/W. Germany/1976 11 years 126 days
10 Alex Criville 125cc/Australia/1989 500cc/France/2000 11 years 35 days Capirossi is also the rider with the fourth longest winning career in the premier-class of Grand Prix racing. However he would need a triumph towards the end of next season before moving further up the following list: LONGEST WINNING CAREERS IN THE PREMIER-CLASS
RIDER FIRST GP WIN IN LAST GP WIN IN LENGTH OF WINNING
THE PREMIER- CLASS THE PREMIER-CLASS GP CAREER (YEARS) 1 Alex Barros FIM/1993 Portugal/2005 11 years 204 days
2 Phil Read Ulster GP/1964 Czech/1975 11 years 16 days
3 Giacomo Agostini Finland/1965 West Germany/1976 11 years 7 days
4 Loris Capirossi Australia/1996 Czech/2006 9 years 304 days
5 Eddie Lawson South Africa/1984 Hungary/1992 8 years 110 days
6 Mick Doohan Hungary/1990 Argentina/1998 8 years 53 days
7 Geoff Duke IOM TT/1950 Sweden/1958 8 years 47 days
8 Alex Criville Dutch TT/1992 France/2000 7 years 321 days
9 Randy Mamola Belgium/1980 San Marino/1987 7 years 55 days
10 John Hartle Ulster GP/1956 Dutch TT/1963 6 years 322 days
Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix STATISTICS2006 September 6th
Sepang #13
MotoGP facts & figures
Suzuki, Honda and Yamaha have each scored 2 victories in the premierclass
at the Sepang circuit. Last year’s victory by Loris Capirossi was the first at
Sepang for Ducati. With Loris Capirossi taking the 2005
victory in Malaysia, followed home in third place by Carlos Checa, this was the first
time ever in the MotoGP class that Ducati have had two riders on the podium. The Malaysian GP was the only race in 2005 at which two Bridgestone riders
finished together on the podium. Last year’s Malaysian MotoGP race
was the first time that no Honda rider finished on the podium since the
German Grand Prix in 2001. Nicky Hayden, who has finished fourth on each of his three previous visits
to Sepang, set a new lap record last year while battling for the lead early in
the race. Hayden’s ninth place finish at the Czech GP was his worst result for 20
races, since he failed to finish at the 2005 British GP. Valentino Rossi has finished on the podium at Sepang for the last 5 years,
including 3 victories. The last time that Rossi did not finish on the podium at
Sepang was his second ever race in the premier-class in 2000, when he crashed
out on lap four while in second place. Dani Pedrosa has had 2 victories in the smaller classes at Sepang; in the
125cc class in 2003 and in the 250cc class in 2004. Sepang is the least successful circuit for Marco Melandri, having only twice
finished in the top ten in his 6 appearances at the circuit; fifth place in 2000
in the 250cc class and fifth last year in the MotoGP race. Sepang is the only circuit
in the current GP calendar that Melandri has not had a podium finish in
any class of GP racing. Dani Pedrosa’s record breaking rookie season
Dani Pedrosa continued his challenge for the Championship in his rookie season in the MotoGP class with third place at Brno. Pedrosa has set a number of new records and milestones already in his first year in the premier-class; the most impressive debut since Valentino Rossi’s first year on a 500cc bike in 2000. Pedrosa’s achievements this year are summarised below: • Pedrosa’s second place at the opening race of the year at Jerez was the first podium finish in the premier-class for a rider making his debut since the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka in 1998, where two riders making their first start in the premier-class finished on the podium; Max Biaggi who won the race and Noriyuki Haga who finished third.
• His second place at Jerez made Pedrosa the youngest ever Spaniard to finish on the podium of a premier-class Grand Prix, taking the record from Alex Criville.
Capirossi moves into the top twenty in all time winners list Capirossi’s victory at Brno was his 27th win in all classes of Grand Prix racing. This moves him into 18th place in the list of all-time Grand Prix winners equal with three other riders: Pierpaolo Bianchi, Eugenio Lazzarini and Freddie Spencer. ALL TIME GRAND PRIX WINS – ALL SOLO CLASSES
RIDER TOTAL MOTOGP/500CC 350CC 250CC 125CC 80/50CC
WINS
1 Giacomo Agostini 122 68 54
2 Angel Nieto 90 62 28
3 Valentino Rossi 83 57 14 12
4 Mike Hailwood 76 37 16 21 2
5 Mick Doohan 54 54
6 Phil Read 52 11 4 27 10
7 Jim Redman 45 2 21 18 4
8 Anton Mang 42 8 33 1
9 Max Biaggi 42 13 29
10 Carlo Ubbiali 39 13 26
11 John Surtees 38 22 15 1
12 Jorge Martinez 37 15 22
13 Luca Cadalora 34 8 22 4
14 Geoff Duke 33 22 11
15 Kork Ballington 31 14 17
16 Eddie Lawson 31 31
17 Luigi Taveri 30 2 22 6
18 Pierpaolo Bianchi 27 24 3
19 Loris Capirossi 27 7 12 8
20 Eugenio Lazzarini 27 9 18
21 Freddie Spencer 27 20 7 Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix
STATISTICS2006 September 6th
Sepang #13
Loris Capirossi has had considerable success at Sepang, having won the
250cc race on the first visit to the circuit in 1999, finished second in the 500cc
race in 2001 after qualifying on pole and winning last year after again having
qualified on pole. If he wins in Malaysia it will be the first time that he will have
taken 3 victories in a single season in the premier-class. Sepang is the only circuit at which Casey Stoner has won twice in Grand
Prix racing; the 125cc class in 2004 and the 250cc race last year. If either Casey Stoner or Dani Pedrosa wins in Malaysia they will
become the youngest ever rider to win in three different classes at the same
circuit, taking the record from Mike Hailwood who won the 125cc, 250cc
and 500cc classes at the Isle of Man TT races in 1961. Kenny Roberts has had 2 victories at Sepang, including his first ever GP win
in 1999. In 2000 at Sepang is the only occasion Roberts has achieved the full
set of pole position, race victory and new lap record. Malaysia was one of two races in 2005 at which John Hopkins qualified
on the front row of the grid. Shinya Nakano’s eighth place finish in Malaysia in 2004, after qualifying on
the front row, is the only point scoring finish for a Kawasaki rider at the Sepang
circuit. Nakano won the 250cc GP at Sepang in 2000 on his way to finishing
second in the championship. Toni Elias had three podium finishes in Sepang when riding in the 250cc
class, including a winning the race in 2003 after qualifying on pole position
and also setting a new lap record. Sete Gibernau’s second place finish in 2003 is his only podium finish at the
Sepang circuit. • The Jerez result also made him the second youngest ever rider to have finished on the podium in the 125cc, 250cc and premier-class of Grand Prix racing. The only rider who has achieved this feat at a younger age is Mike Hailwood.
• At the fourth race of the year in China, Pedrosa became the third youngest rider on record to have started from pole in the premier-class of Grand Prix racing, after Freddie Spencer and Casey Stoner.
• His victory in China made him equal second youngest rider ever to have won in the premierclass, exactly the same age as Norick Abe was when he took his first GP victory in Japan in 1996 at Suzuka. Only Freddie Spencer has won a premier-class GP at a younger age.
• The victory in China also makes Pedrosa the youngest ever rider in the 58 year history of World Championship Grand Prix racing to have won in three different classes, taking the record from the legendary Mike Hailwood.
• At the French GP, Pedrosa became the youngest ever rider to have back-to-back pole positions in the premier-class of Grand Prix racing.
• At the German GP, Pedrosa became the first rider in the premier-class to qualify on pole at four races in his rookie season since Freddie Spencer back in 1982.
• With five races still remaining in 2006 Pedrosa has already had 2 victories, finished on the podium on 7 occasions and scored 176 points, the best
performance in the premier-class since Valentino Rossi’s record-breaking debut season of 2000 when he scored 209 points and 10 podium
finishes, including 2 wins. Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix
STATISTICS2006 September 6th
Sepang #13 Sepang is one of only two circuits at which Carlos Checa has had three
podium finishes, the other being his home track of Catalunya.
250cc facts & figures n Both Honda and Aprilia have scored 3
victories in the 250cc class at the Sepang circuit, with the other victory
going to Yamaha. The Malaysian GP was the only time in 2005 that all the podium finishers in the
250cc race were riding Aprilia machinery. Championship leader Jorge Lorenzo
missed the Malaysian GP last year after being suspended for his part in a collision
with Alex de Angelis on the final lap at the previous race in Japan. Lorenzo
has finished on the podium at the last 6 races, which has included 4 victories. Andrea Dovizioso has finished in the top ten in each of the fifteen races since
he crashed out of the Malaysian GP last year on the first lap. After Yuki Takahashi failed to start at Brno due to injury there are now just 2
riders in the 250cc class who have scored points at each of the first 11
races of 2006; Roberto Locatelli and Andrea Dovizioso. Hiroshi Aoyama started from pole last year at Sepang, one of his two pole positions
of 2005. Alex de Angelis finished second at Sepang last year, equalling his best ever
Grand Prix result. De Angelis is the only rider from the top four finishers in the
250cc race last year who are still competing in the class.
Martin Cardenas finished seventh in the Czech Republic, his best ever Grand
Prix result. Valentino Rossi set to level with Giacomo Agostini
Valentino Rossi’s second place at Brno was his 87th appearance on the podium in the premier-class from his 109 starts. Another top-three finish in Malaysia and he will have equaled the number of podiums that the legendary Giacomo Agostini achieved during his Grand Prix career, in which he made 119 starts in the premier-class and won eight world championship titles. As shown in the following table, only Mick Doohan has finished in the top three more times than Agostini, with 95 podium appearances from 137 starts. Loris Capirossi’s victory at the Czech GP was his 34th appearance on the podium in the premier- class, the same number as Phil Read who won the 500cc world title in 1974 and 1975. PODIUM FINISHES IN THE PREMIER-CLASS OF GP RACING
RIDER TOTAL PODIUM WINS SECOND PLACE THIRD PLACE
FINISHES FINISHES FINISHES
1 Mick Doohan 95 54 31 10
2 Giacomo Agostini 88 68 20 0
3 Valentino Rossi 87 57 20 10
4 Eddie Lawson 78 31 31 16
5 Wayne Rainey 64 24 22 18
6 Max Biaggi 58 13 26 19
7 Randy Mamola 54 13 22 19
8 Wayne Gardner 52 18 20 14
9 Kevin Schwantz 51 25 13 13
10 Alex Criville 51 15 16 20
11 Mike Hailwood 48 37 9 2
12 Barry Sheene 40 19 10 11
13 Kenny Roberts Snr. 39 22 12 5
14 Loris Capirossi 34 7 10 17
15 Phil Read 34 11 13 10
16 Geoff Duke 32 22 5 5
17 Freddie Spencer 31 20 9 2
18 Alex Barros 31 7 11 13
19 Sete Gibernau 30 9 14 7
20 Luca Cadalora 24 8 9 7
21 Jack Findlay 24 3 9 12
22 John Surtees 24 22 2 0
23 Carlos Checa 24 2 14 8 Closest top fifteen of all-time at Czech GP Although Loris Capirossi ran away at the front of the race at the Czech GP, there was a tremendous battle going on for the remainder of the points resulting in the top 15 riders across the line covered by just 29.296 seconds, making this the closest race of all-time with respect to the top 15 riders. The following table shows the ten closest races in terms of the time covering the top 15 riders (only races that have run the full distance are included). It is clear from this list that the Brno circuit encourages close racing, taking three of the top four places. The list also indicates how close the racing has been seen since the introduction of the four-stroke machines into the MotoGP class, with half of the races in the list being since 2002. TIME COVERING TOP 15 FINISHERS
RACE TIME COVERING TOP 15 FINISHERS
1. Czech GP/2006/Brno 29.296 sec
2. Australia/2001/Philip Island 29.738 sec
3. Czech/2005/Brno 29.768 sec
4. Czech/2003/Brno 44.623 sec
5. Australia/2004/Philip Island 45.197 sec
6. Brazil/1999/Rio 45.652 sec
7. Spain/2001/Jerez 45.848 sec
8. Catalunya/2003/Catalunya 48.659 sec
9. Czech/1996/Brno 49.608 sec
10. France/2000/Le Mans 50.834 sec Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix
STATISTICS2006 September 6th
Sepang #13
125cc facts & figures Honda have had 3 victories in the 125cc class at Sepang, Aprilia have
scored 2, with Derbi and KTM both taking a single win. If Alvaro Bautista wins the race in Malaysia, he will become the first rider in
the 125cc class since Youichi Ui in 2001 to score six wins in a single season. At
the Czech GP Bautista became the first rider ever in the 125cc class to have finished
in the top four at the first eleven races of the year. Mika Kallio scored his first even Grand Prix podium at Sepang in 2003.
He repeated the second place finish last year at Sepang, just 0.002 seconds
behind Luthi in one of the closest finishes of all time. Mattia Pasini was the first Aprilia rider across the line in the 125 cc race last
year in Sepang, finishing in third place. The Malaysian GP was one of four races that Thomas Luthi won on his
way to the world title last year. Luthi is the top Honda rider in the current championship classification, in seventh place, and is the only Honda rider to have won a race in the 125cc class this year. Luthi celebrates his 20th birthday on the
Wednesday before the Malaysian GP. Gabor Talmacsi’s third place finish at the Czech GP was his first podium finish
of 2006. If Aprilia score thirteen points more than KTM at the Malaysian GP, then they
will win the 125cc Constructors title for the sixth time. Grand Prix racing numbers 33 Colin Edwards’ tenth place finish at Brno was the 33rd successive race at which he has scored points. The only rider with a longer sequence of successive point scoring finishes is Mick Doohan, with a run of 37. 16 This will be the 16th consecutive year that a Grand Prix has been held in Malaysia since 1991. The first seven events were held at Shah Alam, followed by one year at Johor. This will be the eighth year at Sepang. 4.902 seconds – Loris Capirossi’s winning margin at the Czech GP. This is the largest winning margin in the MotoGP class since the opening race of 2005 at Jerez when Rossi and Gibernau had a collision at the final corner of the race.
0.99 seconds – The average difference in lap time between Dani Pedrosa, who finished on the podium at the Czech GP, and Alex Hofmann who finished in 16th place. This week in history 7 years ago: City of Imola GP/1999/500cc – Alex Criville won the premier-class race on the last occasion that Grand Prix racing took place at the Imola circuit, a venue that has held a GP event on thirteen occasions.
8 years ago: City of Imola GP/1998/250cc – Valentino Rossi won the 250cc race from Loris Capirossi and Stefano Perugini. This was the last time that there has been an all-Italian podium in the 250cc class. 14 years ago: South Africa/1992/Kyalami/500cc – John Kocinski won at the final race of four Grand prix events to be held at the Kyalami circuit. Kocinski’s team-mate Wayne Rainey finished in third place to clinch the world title after trailing Mick Doohan by 65 points with five races of the year remaining, but went on to take the title after Doohan suffered serious injuries which resulted in him missing several races. 19 years ago: Portuguese GP/1987/Jarama – The first time that a Portuguese GP event had been held. Due to lack of a suitable circuit in Portugal the racing took place at Jarama in Spain. 23 years ago: San Marino/1983/Imola/500cc – Kenny Roberts won the final race of the 1983 season but Freddie Spencer who finished second in this race clinched his first world title by a two point margin. 37 years ago: Nations GP/1969/Imola/500cc – Alberto Pagani took his first Grand Prix win, to become together with his father Nello Pagani, the first father and son combination to have both won 500cc Grand Prix races.
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