Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

Japanese Grand Prix

Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Venue	Twin Ring Motegi
First race	1962
Most wins (rider)	Jim Redman (6)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Honda (48)

The Japanese Motorcycle Grand Prix (日本グランプリ) is a motorcycling event that is part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.

Winners of the Japanese Motorcycle Grand Prix

Multiple winners (riders)

# Wins	Rider	Wins
		Category	Years won
6	Jim Redman	350 cc	1962, 1963, 1964
		250 cc	1962, 1963, 1964
4	Kevin Schwantz	500 cc	1988, 1989, 1991, 1994
	Daijiro Kato	250 cc	1997, 1998, 2000, 2001
	Valentino Rossi	MotoGP	2002, 2003, 2008
		500 cc	2001
	Dani Pedrosa	MotoGP	2011, 2012, 2015
		250 cc	2004
3	Mike Hailwood	350 cc	1965, 1967
		250 cc	1965
	Luca Cadalora	250 cc	1990, 1991, 1992
	Loris Capirossi	MotoGP	2005, 2006, 2007
	Mika Kallio	250 cc	2007
		125 cc	2005, 2006
	Jorge Lorenzo	MotoGP	2009, 2013, 2014
2	Tommy Robb	125 cc	1962
		50 cc	1962
	Luigi Taveri	50 cc	1963, 1965
	Ralph Bryans	250 cc	1967
		50 cc	1964
	Bill Ivy	125 cc	1966, 1967
	Wayne Rainey	500 cc	1990, 1993
	Ralf Waldmann	250 cc	1995
		125 cc	1992
	Mick Doohan	500 cc	1992, 1997
	Max Biaggi	500 cc	1998
		250 cc	1996
	Norifumi Abe	500 cc	1996, 2000
	Masao Azuma	125 cc	1999, 2001
	Hiroshi Aoyama	250 cc	2005, 2006
	Andrea Iannone	Moto2	2011
		125 cc	2009
	Marc Márquez	Moto2	2012
		125 cc	2010

Multiple winners (manufacturers)

# Wins	Manufacturer	Wins
		Category	Years won
48	Honda	MotoGP	2002, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2015
		500 cc	1992, 1997, 1998, 2001
		350 cc	1962, 1963, 1964, 1967
		250 cc	1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005
		Moto2	2014
		125 cc	1962, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004
		Moto3	2015
		50 cc	1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
18	Yamaha	MotoGP	2008, 2009, 2013, 2014
		500 cc	1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2000
		350 cc	1966
		250 cc	1966, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1999, 2002
		125 cc	1966, 1967
11	Suzuki	500 cc	1988, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1999
		125 cc	1963, 1964, 1965
		50 cc	1966, 1967
10	Aprilia	250 cc	1996, 2003, 2009
		125 cc	1996, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009
6	KTM	250 cc	2006, 2007
		Moto3	2012, 2013
		125 cc	2005, 2006
4	Ducati	MotoGP	2005, 2006, 2007, 2010
3	Derbi	125 cc	2000, 2010, 2011
	Suter	Moto2	2011, 2012, 2014

By year

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

Year	Track	Moto3		Moto2		MotoGP		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
2015	Motegi	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	Johann Zarco	Kalex	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	Report
2014	Motegi	Álex Márquez	Honda	Thomas Luthi	Suter	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Report
2013	Motegi	Álex Márquez	KTM	Pol Espargaro	Kalex	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Report
2012	Motegi	Danny Kent	KTM	Marc Márquez	Suter	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	Report
Year	Track	125 cc		Moto2		MotoGP		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
2011	Motegi	Johann Zarco	Derbi	Andrea Iannone	Suter	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	Report
2010	Motegi	Marc Márquez	Derbi	Toni Elías	Moriwaki	Casey Stoner	Ducati	Report
Year	Track	125 cc		250 cc		MotoGP		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
2009	Motegi	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Report
2008	Motegi	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
2007	Motegi	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	Mika Kallio	KTM	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	Report
2006	Motegi	Mika Kallio	KTM	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	Report
2005	Motegi	Mika Kallio	KTM	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	Report
2004	Motegi	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	Makoto Tamada	Honda	Report
2003	Suzuka	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	Valentino Rossi	Honda	Report
2002	Suzuka	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	Valentino Rossi	Honda	Report
Year	Track	125 cc		250 cc		500 cc		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
2001	Suzuka	Masao Azuma	Honda	Daijiro Kato	Honda	Valentino Rossi	Honda	Report
2000	Suzuka	Youichi Ui	Derbi	Daijiro Kato	Honda	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	Report
1999	Motegi	Masao Azuma	Honda	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Suzuki	Report
1998	Suzuka	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	Daijiro Kato	Honda	Max Biaggi	Honda	Report
1997	Suzuka	Noboru Ueda	Honda	Daijiro Kato	Honda	Michael Doohan	Honda	Report
1996	Suzuka	Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	Report
1995	Suzuka	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	Daryl Beattie	Suzuki	Report
1994	Suzuka	Takeshi Tsujimura	Honda	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	Report
1993	Suzuka	Dirk Raudies	Honda	Tetsuya Harada	Yamaha	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	Report
1992	Suzuka	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	Luca Cadalora	Honda	Michael Doohan	Honda	Report
1991	Suzuka	Noboru Ueda	Honda	Luca Cadalora	Honda	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	Report
1990	Suzuka	Hans Spaan	Honda	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	Report
1989	Suzuka	Ezio Gianola	Honda	John Kocinski	Yamaha	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	Report
1988	Suzuka			Anton Mang	Honda	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	Report
1987	Suzuka			Masaru Kobayashi	Honda	Randy Mamola	Yamaha	Report

Year	Track	50 cc		125 cc		250 cc		350 cc		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
1967	Fuji	Mitsuo Itoh	Suzuki	Bill Ivy	Yamaha	Ralph Bryans	Honda	Mike Hailwood	Honda	Report
1966	Fuji	Yoshimi Katayama	Suzuki	Bill Ivy	Yamaha	Hiroshi Hasegawa	Yamaha	Phil Read	Yamaha	Report
1965	Suzuka	Luigi Taveri	Honda	Hugh Anderson	Suzuki	Mike Hailwood	Honda	Mike Hailwood	MV Agusta	Report
1964	Suzuka	Ralph Bryans [N 1]	Honda	Ernst Degner	Suzuki	Jim Redman	Honda	Jim Redman	Honda	Report
1963	Suzuka	Luigi Taveri	Honda	Frank Perris	Suzuki	Jim Redman	Honda	Jim Redman [N 2]	Honda	Report
1962	Suzuka	Tommy Robb	Honda	Tommy Robb	Honda	Jim Redman	Honda	Jim Redman	Honda	Report

Notes

1. The 1964 50 cc race only had five competitors and the race was excluded from the world championship.^[1]
2. The 1963 350 cc race only had three competitors and the race was excluded from the world championship.^[2]

References

1. "Les Championnats du Monde de Courses sur Route - L'année 1964" [World Championship Road Racing - 1964]. Racing Memory (in French). Archived from the original on 5 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
2. "Les Championnats du Monde de Courses sur Route - L'année 1963" [World Championship Road Racing - 1963]. Racing Memory (in French). Archived from the original on 5 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.

External links

• "History of the Grand Prix of Japan" (in French). Racing Memory. Retrieved 2007-07-23.