Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
Motorcycle race held in Italy
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The Italian motorcycle Grand Prix is a motorcycling event that is part of the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. From 1949 to 1990 the event was known by the Italian: Gran Premio Delle Nazioni (Nations Grand Prix).[1] It was one of the original rounds of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing calendar.[1] The race was held exclusively at Monza for the first 23 years of its existence.[1] From 1972 to 1993, the event rotated among several circuits and has been held at the Mugello Circuit since 1994, except 2020 in which the race was cancelled due to the outbreak of COVID-19.[1][2]
Misano Circuit (1980, 1982, 1984, 1989–1991, 1993)
Imola Circuit (1969, 1972, 1974–1975, 1977, 1979, 1988)
Monza Circuit (1949–1968, 1970–1971, 1973, 1981, 1983, 1986–1987)
| Grand Prix motorcycle racing | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Mugello Circuit (1976, 1978, 1985, 1992, 1994–2019, 2021–present) Misano Circuit (1980, 1982, 1984, 1989–1991, 1993) Imola Circuit (1969, 1972, 1974–1975, 1977, 1979, 1988) Monza Circuit (1949–1968, 1970–1971, 1973, 1981, 1983, 1986–1987) |
| First race | 1949 |
| Most wins (rider) | Giacomo Agostini (13) |
| Most wins (manufacturer) | Honda (49) |
Official names and sponsors
- 1952, 1956: G.P. Motociclistico delle Nazioni (no official sponsor)[3]
- 1964, 1973–1985: Gran Premio delle Nazioni (no official sponsor)[4]
- 1986–1987, 1991, 1993–1995: Gran Premio d'Italia (was still hosted under the "Nations Grand Prix" name in English until 1990)[5]
- 1989–1990: G.P. d'Italia/G.P. delle Nazioni (was still hosted under the "Nations Grand Prix" name in English until 1990)
- 1996–1997: Gran Premio d'Italia Polini[6]
- 1998: Gran Premio Q8 d'Italia[7]
- 1999: Gran Premio d'Italia IP[8]
- 2000–2004: Gran Premio Cinzano d'Italia[9]
- 2005: Gran Premio Alice d'Italia[10]
- 2006–2009: Gran Premio d'Italia Alice[11]
- 2010–2016: Gran Premio d'Italia TIM[12]
- 2017–2019, 2021–2023: Gran Premio d'Italia Oakley[13]
- 2024: Gran Premio d'Italia Brembo
- 2025–present: Brembo Grand Prix of Italy
Winners
Multiple winners (riders)
| # Wins | Rider | Wins | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Years won | ||
| 13 | 500cc | 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1975 | |
| 350cc | 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974 | ||
| 9 | 250cc | 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960 | |
| 125cc | 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1960 | ||
| 125cc | 1970, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984 | ||
| 50cc | 1975, 1976 | ||
| MotoGP | 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 | ||
| 250cc | 1999 | ||
| 125cc | 1997 | ||
| 7 | MotoGP | 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018 | |
| 250cc | 2006 | ||
| 6 | 500cc | 1950, 1953, 1954, 1956 | |
| 350cc | 1950, 1951 | ||
| 500cc | 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 | ||
| 250cc | 1966 | ||
| 125cc | 1988, 1990 | ||
| 80cc | 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989 | ||
| 500cc | 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 | ||
| 5 | 500cc | 1958, 1959, 1960 | |
| 350cc | 1958, 1959 | ||
| 350cc | 1962, 1963, 1964 | ||
| 250cc | 1961, 1962 | ||
| 350cc | 1969 | ||
| 250cc | 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969 | ||
| 125cc | 1976, 1977, 1980, 1985 | ||
| 80cc | 1984 | ||
| 4 | 350cc | 1953 | |
| 250cc | 1951, 1952, 1953 | ||
| 50cc | 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 | ||
| 125cc | 1978 | ||
| 50cc | 1977, 1979, 1980 | ||
| 500cc | 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 | ||
| 500cc | 1983, 1984, 1985 | ||
| 350cc | 1985 | ||
| 250cc | 1980, 1982, 1986, 1987 | ||
| MotoGP | 2014, 2025 | ||
| Moto2 | 2011 | ||
| 125cc | 2010 | ||
| 3 | 250cc | 1957, 1963, 1965 | |
| 125cc | 1963, 1964, 1966 | ||
| 250cc | 1974, 1975, 1976 | ||
| 350cc | 1978 | ||
| 250cc | 1978, 1979 | ||
| 350cc | 1975, 1976, 1980 | ||
| 80cc | 1986 | ||
| 50cc | 1982, 1983 | ||
| 125cc | 1986, 1987, 1991 | ||
| 500cc | 1993 | ||
| 250cc | 1991, 1992 | ||
| 250cc | 1995, 1996, 1997 | ||
| 125cc | 1999, 2000, 2004 | ||
| Moto2 | 2017 | ||
| 250cc | 2009 | ||
| 125cc | 2006 | ||
| MotoGP | 2022, 2023, 2024 | ||
| 2 | 250cc | 1949, 1950 | |
| 125cc | 1949, 1950 | ||
| 500cc | 1957 | ||
| 350cc | 1956 | ||
| 250cc | 1958 | ||
| 125cc | 1952 | ||
| 125cc | 1959, 1961 | ||
| 350cc | 1960, 1961 | ||
| 50cc | 1962, 1966 | ||
| 125cc | 1967, 1968 | ||
| 500cc | 1969, 1971 | ||
| 500cc | 1976, 1977 | ||
| 50cc | 1978, 1981 | ||
| 500cc | 1982 | ||
| 250cc | 1977 | ||
| 500cc | 1986, 1988 | ||
| 125cc | 1989, 1992 | ||
| 125cc | 1994, 2001 | ||
| 250cc | 2003 | ||
| 125cc | 2002 | ||
| MotoGP | 2010 | ||
| 250cc | 2005 | ||
| Moto2 | 2010, 2012 | ||
| Moto2 | 2014, 2015 | ||
| Moto2 | 2018 | ||
| Moto3 | 2015 | ||
| Moto2 | 2022, 2023 | ||
Multiple winners (manufacturers)
| # Wins | Manufacturer | Wins | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Years won | ||
| 49 | MotoGP | 2002, 2003, 2010, 2014 | |
| 500cc | 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 | ||
| 350cc | 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 | ||
| 250cc | 1961, 1962, 1966, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2005 | ||
| Moto3 | 2018, 2019, 2021 | ||
| 125cc | 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998 | ||
| 40 | MotoGP | 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2021 | |
| 500cc | 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1993 | ||
| 350cc | 1969, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980 | ||
| 250cc | 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1983, 1984, 1990, 2000 | ||
| 125cc | 1967, 1968, 1973 | ||
| 35 | 500cc | 1952, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974 | |
| 350cc | 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973 | ||
| 250cc | 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960 | ||
| 125cc | 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1960 | ||
| 23 | 250cc | 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009 | |
| 125cc | 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 | ||
| 13 | MotoGP | 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 | |
| 125cc | 1958 | ||
| MotoE | 2023 Race 1, 2023 Race 2, 2024 Race 1, 2024 Race 2 | ||
| 11 | Moto2 | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 | |
| 10 | 500cc | 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957 | |
| 350cc | 1956, 1957 | ||
| 250cc | 2008 | ||
| 125cc | 2002 | ||
| 9 | 50cc | 1962, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1982 | |
| 125cc | 1970, 1972, 1974, 1988, 2010 | ||
| 80cc | 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989 | ||
| Moto2 | 2018 | ||
| Moto3 | 2005, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2023, 2025 | ||
| 8 | 350cc | 1978, 1979, 1981 | |
| 250cc | 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982 | ||
| 125cc | 1969 | ||
| 7 | 350cc | 1953, 1954, 1955 | |
| 250cc | 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 | ||
| 125cc | 1971, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1985 | ||
| 6 | 500cc | 1976, 1977, 1982, 1992 | |
| 125cc | 1965 | ||
| 50cc | 1966 | ||
| 5 | 125cc | 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987 | |
| 4 | 500cc | 1950 | |
| 350cc | 1950, 1951, 1952 | ||
| 125cc | 1949, 1950, 1951 | ||
| 250cc | 1957 | ||
| 250cc | 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 | ||
| 3 | 250cc | 1958, 1963 | |
| 125cc | 1952 | ||
| 250cc | 1949, 1950, 1965 | ||
| 50cc | 1976, 1978, 1981 | ||
| 2 | 125cc | 1959, 1961 | |
| 500cc | 1969, 1971 | ||
| 350cc | 1982 | ||
| 250cc | 1981 | ||
| 80cc | 1986 | ||
| 50cc | 1983 | ||
| Moto2 | 2010, 2012 | ||
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 | |||
| 2025 | Mugello | KTM | Kalex | Ducati | Report | |||
| Year | Track | MotoE | Moto3 | Moto2 | MotoGP | Report | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Race 1 | Race 2 | |||||||||||
| Rider | Manufacturer | Rider | Manufacturer | Rider | Manufacturer | Rider | Manufacturer | Rider | Manufacturer | |||
| 2024 | Mugello | Ducati | Ducati | CFMoto | Kalex | Ducati | Report | |||||
| 2023 | Ducati | Ducati | KTM | Kalex | Ducati | Report | ||||||
| 2022 | Energica | Energica | Gas Gas | Kalex | Ducati | Report | ||||||
Winners of the Nations motorcycle Grand Prix
| Year | Track | 125cc | 250cc | 500cc | Report | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rider | Manufacturer | Rider | Manufacturer | Rider | Manufacturer | |||
| 1990 | Misano | JJ Cobas | Yamaha | Yamaha | Report | |||
| Year | Track | 80cc | 125cc | 250cc | 500cc | Report | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rider | Manufacturer | Rider | Manufacturer | Rider | Manufacturer | Rider | Manufacturer | |||
| 1989 | Misano | Derbi | Honda | Honda | Honda | Report | ||||
| 1988 | Imola | Derbi | Derbi | Honda | Yamaha | Report | ||||
| 1987 | Monza | Derbi | Garelli | Honda | Honda | Report | ||||
| 1986 | Krauser | Garelli | Honda | Yamaha | Report | |||||
| 1985 | Mugello | Derbi | Morbidelli MBA | Honda | Honda | Report | ||||
| 1984 | Misano | Huvo-Casal | Garelli | Yamaha | Honda | Report | ||||
| Year | Track | 50cc | 125cc | 250cc | 500cc | Report | ||||
| Rider | Manufacturer | Rider | Manufacturer | Rider | Manufacturer | Rider | Manufacturer | |||
| 1983 | Monza | Krauser | Garelli | Yamaha | Honda | Report | ||||
Notes
- The 250cc race was stopped, following an accident on the first lap that resulted in the deaths of Jarno Saarinen and Renzo Pasolini. The race meeting was ultimately cancelled.