cronology of moto gp

 

Chronology

    * 1949: Start of the world championship in Grand Prix motorcycle racing.
    * 1957: Gilera, Mondial and Moto Guzzi withdraw at the end of the season.
    * 1958: MV Agusta win the constructor's and rider's championships in all 4 solo classes
    * 1959: As 1958. Honda enter the Isle of Man TT for the first time.
    * 1960: As 1958.

    * 1962: First year of 50cc class.
    * 1966: Honda win the constructor's championship in all 5 solo classes.
    * 1973: Deaths of Jarno Saarinen and Renzo Pasolini at the Italian round at Monza.
    * 1977: This year the British Grand Prix is held on the mainland: the Isle of Man TT is no longer part of the World Championship.
    * 1982: The Yamaha OW61 YZR500 is the first V4 in the 500cc class.
    * 1984: Michelin introduces radial tyres in GPs.
    * 1987: Push starts are eliminated.
    * 1988: Wayne Rainey wins the first 500cc race using carbon brakes, at the British GP.
    * 1990: 500cc grid switches from 5 to 4 bikes per row.
    * 1992: Honda introduces NSR500 with big bang engine.
    * 1993: Shinichi Itoh and fuel-injected NSR500 break the 200 mph (320 km/h) barrier at the German GP at Hockenheim.

    * 1998: 500cc switch to unleaded fuel.
    * 2002: 990cc 4-strokes allowed in premier class.
    * 2003: Daijiro Kato dies in first race of the season; Suzuka banned because of safety issues at 130R (there had been a serious Formula One crash at the 2002 Japanese Grand Prix in the same section).
    * 2004: MotoGP grid switches from 4 to 3 bikes per row.
    * 2004: Makoto Tamada earns Bridgestone their first MotoGP victory at the Brazilian GP.
    * 2005: MotoGP adopts flag-to-flag rule, allowing riders to pit and switch to bikes fitted with wet- weather tyres and continue if rain begins to fall mid-race.
    * 2007: MotoGP restricted to 800cc 4-strokes.
    * 2008: Dunlop drops out of MotoGP.
    * 2009: Michelin drops out of MotoGP and Bridgestone become sole tyre providers.

    * 2009: Kawasaki suspends MotoGP activities for 2009 and considers privateer team.
    * 2010: Moto2 600cc 4-stroke class replaces the 250cc 2-stroke class.
    * 2010: Moto2 rider Shoya Tomizawa was killed in Misano.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing