{"id":98001,"date":"2020-08-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pre.boxrepsol.com\/uncategorized\/the-different-motogp-world-championship-classes\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T08:14:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T10:14:16","slug":"the-different-motogp-world-championship-classes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boxrepsol.com\/en\/motogp-en\/the-different-motogp-world-championship-classes\/","title":{"rendered":"The different MotoGP World Championship classes"},"content":{"rendered":"

350cc class<\/h2>\n

The former 350cc class was the one that started the Motorcycling World Championship in 1949.<\/p>\n

The first race for the newly created Motorcycling World Championship was held on 13 June, 1949 on the Isle of Man. The category disappeared in 1982.<\/p>\n

Among the notable champions of this class were: John Surtees, Jim
Redman, Mike Hailwood, and Giacomo Agostini, who went on to win 7 of their titles with these bikes.<\/p>\n

Depending on the era, there were engines of all types, single and multi-cylinder and between 30 and more than 60 horsepower.<\/p>\n

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250cc class<\/h2>\n

This was the intermediate category until a few years ago and a precursor to the current Moto2. The 250cc class had its first World Championship race on 15 June, 1949 in the same place where the 350cc race was held two days prior, and it had its last race on 8 November, 2009 at the Valencia GP. Although, in 2012 it returned to the World Championship under the new name of Moto3, as a lower category as we will see later.<\/p>\n

The engines have gone through different eras, from
single-cylinder four-stroke engines, to six-cylinder parallel engines and finally, twin-cylinder two-stroke models in more recent times. Power has increased from just over 20 horsepower to close to 90 horsepower.<\/p>\n

Sito Pons, Dani Pedrosa, and Daijiro Katoh managed to win World titles in this class sponsored by Repsol.<\/p>\n

250cc gallery<\/h3>\n


\"Kunimitsu
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\"Mike
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\"Borje
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\"Carlos
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\"Sito
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\"Sito
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\"Daniel
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\"Carlos
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\"Carlos
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\"Carlos
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\"Alberto
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\"Luis
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\"Jose
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\"Luis
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\"El
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\"Sebastian
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\"Dani
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\"Shuhei
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\"Shuhei
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