Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

The Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was a motorcycling event that was part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. Before 1993, the race was known as the Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix. Since 1965, the race was a part of world Grand Prix series (between 1983 and 1986 race was held as a part of European Grand Prix series only).^[1]

Czech Republic Grand Prix

Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Venue	Brno Circuit (1965–1982, 1987–2020, 2025)
First race	1965
Last race	2020
Most wins (rider)	Giacomo Agostini, Max Biaggi, Valentino Rossi (7)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Honda (43)

Since 1987 the race was held on the newly built Brno Circuit,^[2] the historical track led through the streets of western parts of Brno and neighboring villages, such as Bosonohy and Žebětín. It was the most prestigious motor race in the country.^[3] Brno has also held the most motorcycle championship rounds in the sport's history after the TT Circuit Assen.^[4]

The race was not included in the 2021 calendar after Brno city councillors announced that they would opt out for the season, citing financial difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[5] The race has also been absent from subsequent seasons.

On 28 August 2024, the Czech Republic prime minister Petr Fiala announced that Brno will return to MotoGP for the 2025 season.^[6]

Official names and sponsors

Starting grid on the Brno Circuit

Casey Stoner at MotoGP Brno

• 1965–1966, 1970–1971: Velká Cena ČSSR (no official sponsor)^[7]
• 1968–1969: Velká Cena Ceskoslovenska (no official sponsor)^[8]
• 1972–1982: Grand Prix ČSSR (no official sponsor)^[9]
• 1987: Grand Prix ČSSR Brno (no official sponsor)^[10]
• 1988–1989: Grand Prix ČSSR-Brno (no official sponsor)^[11]
• 1990: Grand Prix ČSFR Brno (no official sponsor)^[12]
• 1991: Grand Prix ČSFR-Brno (no official sponsor)^[13]
• 1993–1999: Grand Prix České Republiky (no official sponsor)^[14]
• 2000–2006: Gauloises Grand Prix České republiky^[15]
• 2007–2011: Cardion AB Grand Prix České republiky^[16]
• 2012–2015: bwin Grand Prix České republiky^[17]
• 2016: HJC Helmets Grand Prix České republiky^[18]
• 2017–2020: Monster Energy Grand Prix České republiky^[19]

Winners

Multiple winners (riders)

# Wins	Rider	Wins
		Category	Years won
7	Giacomo Agostini	500cc	1968, 1969, 1972, 1973
		350cc	1968, 1969, 1970
	Max Biaggi	MotoGP	2002
		500cc	1998, 2000
		250cc	1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
	Valentino Rossi	MotoGP	2003, 2005, 2008, 2009
		500cc	2001
		250cc	1999
		125cc	1996
6	Mike Hailwood	500cc	1965, 1966, 1967
		350cc	1966, 1967
		250cc	1966
	Phil Read	500cc	1974, 1975
		250cc	1965, 1967, 1968
		125cc	1968
5	Anton Mang	350cc	1980, 1981
		250cc	1980, 1981, 1987
	Jorge Lorenzo	MotoGP	2010, 2015
		250cc	2006, 2007
		125cc	2004
4	Kork Ballington	350cc	1978, 1979
		250cc	1978, 1979
	Dani Pedrosa	MotoGP	2012, 2014
		250cc	2005
		125cc	2003
	Marc Márquez	MotoGP	2013, 2017, 2019
		Moto2	2012
3	Jarno Saarinen	350cc	1971, 1972
		250cc	1972
	Walter Villa	350cc	1976
		250cc	1974, 1976
	Wayne Rainey	500cc	1990, 1991, 1993
	Kazuto Sakata	125cc	1993, 1994, 1995
	Marco Melandri	250cc	2002
		125cc	1998, 1999
2	Otello Buscherini	350cc	1975
		125cc	1973
	Johnny Cecotto	500cc	1977
		350cc	1977
	Guy Bertin	125cc	1979, 1980
	Wayne Gardner	500cc	1987, 1988
	Jorge Martínez	125cc	1988
		80cc	1988
	Àlex Crivillé	500cc	1996
		125cc	1989
	Mick Doohan	500cc	1994, 1997
	Tetsuya Harada	250cc	1998, 2001
	Toni Elías	Moto2	2010
		125cc	2001
	Nicolás Terol	125cc	2009, 2010
	Casey Stoner	MotoGP	2007, 2011
	Jonas Folger	Moto2	2016
		Moto3	2012
	Thomas Lüthi	Moto2	2017
		125cc	2005

Multiple winners (manufacturers)

# Wins	Manufacturer	Wins
		Category	Years won
43	Honda	MotoGP	2003, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019
		500cc	1966, 1967, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
		Moto3	2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020
		350cc	1965, 1966, 1967
		250cc	1966, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2005
		125cc	1966, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005
31	Yamaha	MotoGP	2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015
		500cc	1977, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2000
		350cc	1971, 1972, 1973
		250cc	1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1988, 2000
		125cc	1967, 1968, 1974, 1975
25	Aprilia	250cc	1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
		125cc	1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
10	MV Agusta	500cc	1965, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975
		350cc	1968, 1969, 1970
9	Kawasaki	350cc	1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
		250cc	1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
		125cc	1969
8	Kalex	Moto2	2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020
		Moto3	2012
5	Harley-Davidson	350cc	1976
		250cc	1974, 1975, 1976, 1977
4	Derbi	125cc	1971, 1988, 2004
		80cc	1988
	KTM	MotoGP	2020
		Moto2	2018
		Moto3	2013, 2019
3	Suzuki	500cc	1976, 1989
		125cc	1965
	Ducati	MotoGP	2006, 2007, 2018
2	Jamathi	50cc	1969, 1970
	Motobécane	125cc	1979, 1980
	Bultaco	50cc	1978, 1981
	Garelli	125cc	1982, 1987
	Krauser	80cc	1987, 1989
	Suter	Moto2	2011, 2012

Winners of the Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

Year	Track	Moto3		Moto2		MotoGP		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
2020	Brno	Dennis Foggia	Honda	Enea Bastianini	Kalex	Brad Binder	KTM	Report
2019		Arón Canet	KTM	Álex Márquez	Kalex	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report
2018		Fabio Di Giannantonio	Honda	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	Report
2017		Joan Mir	Honda	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report
2016		John McPhee	Peugeot	Jonas Folger	Kalex	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	Report
2015		Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	Johann Zarco	Kalex	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Report
2014		Alexis Masbou	Honda	Esteve Rabat	Kalex	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	Report
2013		Luis Salom	KTM	Mika Kallio	Kalex	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report
2012		Jonas Folger	Kalex KTM	Marc Márquez	Suter	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	Report
Year	Track	125cc		Moto2		MotoGP		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
2011	Brno	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	Andrea Iannone	Suter	Casey Stoner	Honda	Report
2010		Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	Toni Elías	Moriwaki	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Report
Year	Track	125cc		250cc		MotoGP		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
2009	Brno	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
2008		Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	Alex Debón	Aprilia	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
2007		Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia	Casey Stoner	Ducati	Report
2006		Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	Report
2005		Thomas Lüthi	Honda	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
2004		Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	Sete Gibernau	Honda	Report
2003		Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	Valentino Rossi	Honda	Report
2002		Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	Marco Melandri	Aprilia	Max Biaggi	Yamaha	Report
Year	Track	125cc		250cc		500cc		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
2001	Brno	Toni Elías	Honda	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	Valentino Rossi	Honda	Report
2000		Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	Max Biaggi	Yamaha	Report
1999		Marco Melandri	Honda	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	Report
1998		Marco Melandri	Honda	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	Max Biaggi	Honda	Report
1997		Noboru Ueda	Honda	Max Biaggi	Honda	Mick Doohan	Honda	Report
1996		Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	Report
1995		Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha	Report
1994		Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	Mick Doohan	Honda	Report
1993		Kazuto Sakata	Honda	Loris Reggiani	Aprilia	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	Report

Winners of the Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix

All layouts of the Masaryk Circuit (Brno Circuit) between 1930 and today combined

A pink background indicates an event that was not part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing championship.

Year	Track	125cc		250cc		500cc		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
1991	Brno	Alessandro Gramigni	Aprilia	Helmut Bradl	Honda	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	Report
1990		Hans Spaan	Honda	Carlos Cardús	Honda	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	Report

Year	Track	80cc		125cc		250cc		500cc		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
1989	Brno	Herri Torrontegui	Krauser	Àlex Crivillé	JJ Cobas	Reinhold Roth	Honda	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	Report
1988		Jorge Martínez	Derbi	Jorge Martínez	Derbi	Joan Garriga	Yamaha	Wayne Gardner	Honda	Report
1987		Stefan Dörflinger	Krauser	Fausto Gresini	Garelli	Anton Mang	Honda	Wayne Gardner	Honda	Report
1986		Bruno Casanova				Hans Lindner				Report
1985				Paul Bordes		Massimo Matteoni				Report
1984								Massimo Messere		Report
Year	Track	50cc		125cc		250cc		500cc		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
1983	Brno							Gustav Reiner		Report

Year	Track	50cc		125cc		250cc		350cc		500cc		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
1982	Brno			Eugenio Lazzarini	Garelli	Carlos Lavado	Yamaha	Didier de Radiguès	Chevallier			Report
1981		Theo Timmer	Bultaco			Anton Mang	Kawasaki	Anton Mang	Kawasaki			Report
1980				Guy Bertin	Motobécane	Anton Mang	Kawasaki	Anton Mang	Kawasaki			Report
1979				Guy Bertin	Motobécane	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki			Report
1978		Ricardo Tormo	Bultaco			Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki			Report
1977						Franco Uncini	Harley-Davidson	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	Johnny Cecotto	Yamaha	Report
1976						Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	John Newbold	Suzuki	Report
1975				Leif Gustafsson	Yamaha	Michel Rougerie	Harley-Davidson	Otello Buscherini	Yamaha	Phil Read	MV Agusta	Report
1974		Henk van Kessel	Van Veen Kreidler	Kent Andersson	Yamaha	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson			Phil Read	MV Agusta	Report
1973				Otello Buscherini	Malanca	Dieter Braun	Yamaha	Teuvo Länsivuori	Yamaha	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	Report
1972				Börje Jansson	Maico	Jarno Saarinen	Yamaha	Jarno Saarinen	Yamaha	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	Report
1971		Barry Sheene	Kreidler	Ángel Nieto	Derbi	János Drapál	Yamaha	Jarno Saarinen	Yamaha			Report
1970		Aalt Toersen	Jamathi	Gilberto Parlotti	Morbidelli	Kel Carruthers	Yamaha	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta			Report
1969		Paul Lodewijkx	Jamathi	Dave Simmonds	Kawasaki	Renzo Pasolini	Benelli	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	Report
1968				Phil Read	Yamaha	Phil Read	Yamaha	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	Report
1967				Bill Ivy	Yamaha	Phil Read	Yamaha	Mike Hailwood	Honda	Mike Hailwood	Honda	Report
1966				Luigi Taveri	Honda	Mike Hailwood	Honda	Mike Hailwood	Honda	Mike Hailwood	Honda	Report
1965				Frank Perris	Suzuki	Phil Read	Yamaha	Jim Redman	Honda	Mike Hailwood	MV Agusta	Report
1964				Luigi Taveri		Heinz Rosner		Stanislav Malina				Report
1963				Luigi Taveri		Stanislav Malina		Gustav Havel		Gustav Havel		Report
1962						Stanislav Malina		Jim Redman		František Šťastný		Report
Year	Track			125cc		250cc		350cc		500cc		Report
1961	Brno			Jim Redman		Jim Redman		František Šťastný		Rudolf Thalhammer		Report
1960				Ernst Degner		František Šťastný		František Šťastný		Gary Hocking		Report
1959				Ernst Degner		František Srna		František Šťastný		Eric Hinton		Report
1958				Ernst Degner		František Bartoš		František Šťastný		Dickie Dale		Report
1957				Ernst Degner		Helmut Hallmeier		Helmut Hallmeier		Gerold Klinger		Report
1956				František Bartoš		Horst Kassner		František Šťastný		Gerold Klinger		Report
1955				Václav Parus		Horst Kassner		Hans Baltisberger		Keith Campbell		Report
1954				František Bartoš		František Šťastný		Leonhard Faßl		Gustav Havel		Report
1952				Bernhard Petruschke		František Bartoš		František Bartoš		Antonín Vitvar		Report
1951										Antonín Vitvar		Report
1950						Josef Vejvoda		Antonín Vitvar		Antonín Vitvar		Report
1947	Prague					Fergus Anderson		Fergus Anderson		Ted Frost		Report

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