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250cc – Jean-Louis Tournadre ( Yamaha) 125cc – Ángel Nieto ( Garelli) 50cc – Stefan Dörflinger ( Kreidler) Franco Uncini (pictured in Assen) became the 1982 500cc world champion. The 1982 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 34th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
1982: Antonio Cobas develops a stronger and lighter aluminum twin-beam chassis to replace the steel backbone frame used since the 1950s, and by the 1990s, all the major racing teams in Grand Prix competition used the aluminum frame design.
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The 350cc class was discontinued in 1982, two years later the 50cc class was replaced with an 80cc class, which was discontinued in 1989. The sidecar class left the series to form its own championship after 1996. In 2002, 990cc bikes replaced the 500c bikes and the class was renamed as MotoGP.
Year500cc350cc250ccLeslie Graham ( AJS )Freddie Frith ( Velocette )Bruno Ruffo ( Moto Guzzi )Umberto Masetti ( Gilera )Bob Foster ( Velocette )Dario Ambrosini ( Benelli )Geoff Duke ( Norton )Geoff Duke ( Norton )Bruno Ruffo ( Moto Guzzi )Umberto Masetti ( Gilera )Geoff Duke ( Norton )Enrico Lorenzetti ( Moto Guzzi )2017 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. Previous. 2016. Next. 2018. 2017 Moto2 World Championship. 2017 Moto3 World Championship. Marc Márquez was the 2017 MotoGP Champion. The 2017 FIM MotoGP World Championship was the premier class of the 69th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
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The 1982 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1982 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 7–9 May 1982 at the Circuit de Nogaro . The race was controversial, because the major factory teams ( Yamaha, Honda and Suzuki ), which included top riders like Kenny Roberts, Barry Sheene, Freddie Spencer ...
The 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 41st F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Season summary [ edit ] Defending champion Eddie Lawson stunned most observers by switching from the Yamaha to Honda in the offseason then proceeded to win the championship, becoming the first man to win two consecutive 500cc championships on ...
