List of 125cc/Moto3 Motorcycle World Champions

A man in red leathers at a race track, with two people in the background.
Loris Capirossi, the youngest 125cc champion

Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing, which is divided into three classes: Moto3, Moto2 and MotoGP. Former classes that have been discontinued include 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 50cc/80cc and Sidecar.[1] Moto3 replaced the 125cc class in 2012. Moto3 runs 250cc single-cylinder engines as opposed to the 125cc engines used previously. The engines have single cylinders, as opposed to the four cylinders used in MotoGP. Moto3 is the class where young riders first participate in Grand Prix motorcycle racing. The minimum age for a rider is 16 years and the maximum is 28 years.[2] The Grand Prix Road-Racing World Championship was established in 1949 by the sport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), and is the oldest motorsport World Championship.[2]

Each season consists of 12 to 18 Grands Prix contested on closed circuits, as opposed to public roads. Points earned in these events count toward the drivers' and constructors' world championships. The driver's and constructor's championship are separate championships, but are based on the same point system. The number of points awarded at the end of each race to the top 15 qualifying riders depends on their placement. Points received by each finisher, from first 1st place to 15th place: 25, 20, 16, 13, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Historically, there have been several points systems.[3] Results from all current Grands Prix count towards the championships; in the past, only a certain number of results were counted.[4]

Ángel Nieto has won the most championships, with seven. Loris Capirossi is the youngest to win the championship; he was 17 years and 165 days old when he won in 1990.[5] Italian riders have won the most championships; 14 riders have won a total of 23 championships. Spaniards have won the second most; 6 riders have won a total of 12 championships. Riders from Great Britain have won the third most, as four riders have won a total of four championships. Nello Pagani won the inaugural championship in 1949. Nicolas Terol was the last rider to win the 125cc championship in 2011.[6] Sandro Cortese was the first rider to win the Moto3 championship in 2012.[7] Danny Kent is the current champion.[8]

Champions

All figures correct as of 8 November 2015

Key
double-dagger Champion also won the 250cc Championship in that season
dagger Champion also won the 80cc Championship in that season
* Champion also won the 50cc Championship in that season
&
Indicates information is not available

By season

125cc/Moto3 Motorcycle World Champions
Season Country Rider Constructor Grands Prix Poles Wins Podiums Fastest laps Points Margin
1949  Italy Pagani, NelloNello Pagani Mondial 3 &
2 2 2 27 13
1950  Italy Ruffo, BrunoBruno Ruffo Mondial 3 &
1 2 1 17 3
1951  Italy Ubbiali, CarloCarlo Ubbiali Mondial 5 &
1 3 2 20 8
1952  United Kingdom Sandford, CecilCecil Sandford MV Agusta 6 &
3 5 3 28 4
1953  West Germany Haas, WernerWerner Haasdouble-dagger NSU 6 &
3 5 4 30 10
1954  Austria Hollaus, RupertRupert Hollaus NSU 6 &
4 4 3 32 14
1955  Italy Ubbiali, CarloCarlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 6 &
5 6 3 32 6
1956  Italy Ubbiali, CarloCarlo Ubbialidouble-dagger MV Agusta 6 &
5 6 3 32 18
1957  Italy Provini, TarquinioTarquinio Provini Mondial 6 &
3 5 5 30 8
1958  Italy Ubbiali, CarloCarlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 7 &
4 5 2 32 7
1959  Italy Ubbiali, CarloCarlo Ubbialidouble-dagger MV Agusta 7 &
3 5 4 30 2
1960  Italy Ubbiali, CarloCarlo Ubbialidouble-dagger MV Agusta 5 &
4 5 2 24 6
1961  Australia Phillis, TomTom Phillis Honda 11 &
4 8 6 44 2
1962   Switzerland Taveri, LuigiLuigi Taveri Honda 11 &
6 9 7 48 10
1963  New Zealand Anderson, HughHugh Anderson* Suzuki 12 &
6 8 2 54 16
1964   Switzerland Taveri, LuigiLuigi Taveri Honda 11 &
5 9 3 46 10
1965  New Zealand Anderson, HughHugh Anderson Suzuki 12 &
7 8 8 56 12
1966   Switzerland Taveri, LuigiLuigi Taveri Honda 10 &
5 8 5 46 6
1967  United Kingdom Ivy, BillBill Ivy Yamaha 12 &
8 10 10 56 16
1968  United Kingdom Read, PhilPhil Read double-dagger Yamaha 9 &
6 8 2 40 6
1969  United Kingdom Simmonds, DaveDave Simmonds Kawasaki 11 &
8 10 6 90 31
1970  West Germany Braun, DieterDieter Braun Suzuki 11 &
4 6 0 84 12
1971  Spain Nieto, ÁngelÁngel Nieto Derbi 11 &
5 6 6 87 8
1972  Spain Nieto, ÁngelÁngel Nieto* Derbi 13 &
5 7 5 97 10
1973  Sweden Andersson, KentKent Andersson Yamaha 12 &
5 7 3 99 24
1974  Sweden Andersson, KentKent Andersson Yamaha 10 3 5 8 2 87 24
1975  Italy Pileri, PaoloPaolo Pileri Morbidelli 10 3 7 8 4 90 18
1976  Italy Bianchi, Pier PaoloPier Paolo Bianchi Morbidelli 9 6 7 7 6 90 23
1977  Italy Bianchi, Pier PaoloPier Paolo Bianchi Morbidelli 12 8 7 9 6 131 26
1978  Italy Lazzarini, EugenioEugenio Lazzarini MBA 12 5 4 8 4 114 26
1979  Spain Nieto, ÁngelÁngel Nieto Minarelli 13 5 8 8 6 120 67
1980  Italy Bianchi, Pier PaoloPier Paolo Bianchi MBA 10 3 2 5 1 90 9
1981  Spain Nieto, ÁngelÁngel Nieto Minarelli 12 3 8 9 5 140 45
1982  Spain Nieto, ÁngelÁngel Nieto Garelli 12 2 6 7 2 111 16
1983  Spain Nieto, ÁngelÁngel Nieto Garelli 11 1 6 7 6 76 26
1984  Spain Nieto, ÁngelÁngel Nieto Garelli 8 0 6 6 6 90 12
1985  Italy Gresini, FaustoFausto Gresini Garelli 10 5 3 8 1 109 10
1986  Italy Cadalora, LucaLuca Cadalora Garelli 11 5 4 8 4 122 8
1987  Italy Gresini, FaustoFausto Gresini Garelli 11 6 10 10 7 150 62
1988  Spain Martínez, JorgeJorge Martínezdagger Derbi 11 6 9 10 6 197 29
1989  Spain Crivillé, ÀlexÀlex Crivillé JJ Cobas 12 3 5 9 4 166 14
1990  Italy Capirossi, LorisLoris Capirossi Honda 14 0 3 8 0 182 9
1991  Italy Capirossi, LorisLoris Capirossi Honda 13 5 5 12 4 200 19
1992  Italy Gramigni, AlessandroAlessandro Gramigni Aprilia 13 3 2 7 0 134 16
1993  Germany Raudies, DirkDirk Raudies Honda 14 6 9 11 3 280 14
1994  Japan Sakata, KazutoKazuto Sakata Aprilia 14 7 4 8 4 224 30
1995  Japan Aoki, HaruchikaHaruchika Aoki Honda 13 3 7 9 2 224 84
1996  Japan Aoki, HaruchikaHaruchika Aoki Honda 15 3 2 9 3 220 9
1997  Italy Rossi, ValentinoValentino Rossi Aprilia 15 4 11 13 7 321 83
1998  Japan Sakata, KazutoKazuto Sakata Aprilia 14 4 4 6 2 229 12
1999  Spain Alzamora, EmilioEmilio Alzamora Honda 16 0 0 10 3 227 1
2000  Italy Locatelli, RobertoRoberto Locatelli Aprilia 16 9 5 8 5 230 13
2001  San Marino Poggiali, ManuelManuel Poggiali Gilera 16 2 3 11 0 241 9
2002  France Vincent, ArnaudArnaud Vincent Aprilia 16 2 5 10 0 273 19
2003  Spain Pedrosa, DaniDani Pedrosa Honda 16 3 5 6 3 223 57
2004  Italy Dovizioso, AndreaAndrea Dovizioso Honda 16 8 4 11 3 293 91
2005   Switzerland Lüthi, ThomasThomas Lüthi Honda 16 5 4 8 1 242 5
2006  Spain Bautista, ÁlvaroÁlvaro Bautista Aprilia 16 8 8 14 7 338 76
2007  Hungary Talmácsi, GáborGábor Talmácsi Aprilia 17 5 3 10 6 282 5
2008  France Di Meglio, MikeMike Di Meglio Derbi 17 2 4 9 4 264 39
2009  Spain Simón, JuliánJulián Simón Aprilia 16 7 7 12 7 289 65.5
2010  Spain Márquez, MarcMarc Márquez Derbi 17 12 10 12 7 310 14
2011  Spain Terol, NicolásNicolás Terol Aprilia 17 7 8 11 4 302 40
2012  Germany Cortese, SandroSandro Cortese KTM 17 7 5 15 4 325 109
2013  Spain Viñales, MaverickMaverick Viñales KTM 17 2 3 15 3 323 12
2014  Spain Márquez, ÁlexÁlex Márquez Honda 18 3 3 10 3 278 2
2015  United Kingdom Kent, DannyDanny Kent Honda 18 5 6 9 3 260 6

Multiple champions

125cc/Moto3 Multiple champions
Rider Total Seasons
Spain Nieto, ÁngelÁngel Nieto 7 1971, 1972, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984
Italy Ubbiali, CarloCarlo Ubbiali 6 1951, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960
Switzerland Taveri, LuigiLuigi Taveri 3 1962, 1964, 1966
Italy Bianchi, Pier PaoloPier Paolo Bianchi 3 1976, 1977, 1980
New Zealand Anderson, HughHugh Anderson 2 1963, 1965
Sweden Andersson, KentKent Andersson 2 1973, 1974
Italy Gresini, FaustoFausto Gresini 2 1985, 1987
Italy Capirossi, LorisLoris Capirossi 2 1990, 1991
Japan Aoki, HaruchikaHaruchika Aoki 2 1995, 1996
Japan Sakata, KazutoKazuto Sakata 2 1994, 1998

By constructor

125cc/Moto3 World champions by constructor
Constructor Total
Japan Honda 15
Italy Aprilia 9
Italy Garelli 6
Italy MV Agusta 6
Spain Derbi 5
Italy Mondial 4
Japan Yamaha 4
Italy Morbidelli 3
Japan Suzuki 3
Austria KTM 2
Germany NSU 2
Italy MBA 2
Italy Minarelli 2
Japan Kawasaki 1
Spain JJ Cobas 1
Italy Gilera 1

By nationality

125cc/Moto3 Motorcycle World Champions by nationality
Country Riders Total
 Italy 14 23
 Spain 11 17
 United Kingdom 5 5
 Germany 4 4
 Japan 2 4
  Switzerland 2 4
 France 2 2
 New Zealand 1 2
 Sweden 1 2
 Austria 1 1
 Australia 1 1
 San Marino 1 1
 Hungary 1 1

References

General

Bibliography

  • Marshall, Anne (1997). Guinness Book of Knowledge. Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-046-6. 

Specific

  1. Marshall 1997, p. 289
  2. 1 2 "Basics". MotoGP. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  3. "FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix Regulations 2009" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 31 January 2009. p. 44. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  4. "Key Rules". MotoGP. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  5. "Statistics 2006" (PDF). MotoGP. 22 March 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2007. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  6. Beer, Matt (6 November 2011). "Nico Terol becomes last ever 125cc champion as Maverick Vinales win Valencia race". Autosport (Haymarket Media Group). Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  7. Tremayne, Viñales (21 October 2012). "Sepang Moto3: Sandro Cortese wins to claim title". Autosport (Haymarket Media Group). Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  8. Rostance, Tom (8 November 2015). "Danny Kent: How Moto3 championship winner ended 38-year wait". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 November 2015.

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