125cc and six racers RV-61 250cc to six Grands Prix races Isle of Man, Assen, Spa, Belfast, Monza and Kristianspat. Accessed 29 March 2014 1961 TT 250 cc...

motorcycle road racer from Eastern Germany. Degner was noted for defecting to the west in 1961, taking MZ's and his own tuning techniques to Suzuki, and winning...

Saarinen was also riding a 250cc Yamaha TD3 production racer supplied by the Finnish Yamaha Importer, Arwidson Oy. The 1972 250cc World Championship began...

is a retired American Grand Prix motorcycle road racer whose successes include winning the 1990 250cc World Championship and the 1997 Superbike World Championship...

against the top American road racers on 750cc motorcycles in a six-race series during Easter weekend in England. The two racers bonded and developed a lifelong...

World 500cc debut at the Laguna Seca Raceway event, and was a full-time 250cc racer for 1994 and 1995 with the Marlboro-Yamaha team. Roberts moved up to...

prepare a Suzuki X6 to compete in 250cc Junior Class road racing events in 1973. Grant then prepared a Suzuki T500 for Hennen as well as a Suzuki GT750 engine...

The 1970 250cc motocross world championship would mark the beginning of De Coster's career-long battle with his arch-rival Heikki Mikkola. Suzuki teammates...

1968), four 250cc motocross world titles (1962, 1963, 1966, 1967} and four 250cc Swedish national motocross championships (1961, 1962, 1963, 1965). In 2000...

in 1961, he switched to riding a Greeves and, won six races to finish second in the 250cc Belgian motocross national championship. He rode the 250cc Greeves...

place from 1915 to 1919 due to the First World War. It resumed in 1920. A 250cc Lightweight TT race was added to the Isle of Man TT programme in 1922, followed...

season, his position filled by 2005 250cc Grand Prix champion, Dani Pedrosa. He negotiated with Honda, Kawasaki, and Suzuki, however, was unable to land a...

1976 – 20 April 2003) was a Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, the 2001 250cc world champion, and the 2000 and 2002 Suzuka 8 Hours winner. He...

championships from 1981 to 1991. Pons is notable for winning two consecutive 250cc road racing world championships in 1988 and 1989. After retiring from competition...

taking his first podium position when he scored a second place result in the 250cc German Grand Prix held at the daunting, 14.2 miles (22.9 km) long Nürburgring...

disciplines six times (1961-1962, 1965-1968). He won the CMA 500cc senior championship in 1961 and 1962, then won the CMA 250cc expert championship in...

the first motocross competitor to win world championships in the 125cc, 250cc, and 500cc divisions. Geboers' 39 career Grand Prix victories ranks him...

motorcycle racer. He competed in the MotoGP World Championship for 10 years from 2002 to 2011. He started in the 125cc class before moving up to the 250cc class...

Classes that have been discontinued include Formula 750, 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 80cc, 50cc and Sidecar. The Grand Prix Road-Racing World Championship...

In 1965 he finished fourth in the 250cc Finnish ice racing championship, behind Saarinen, Länsivuori and Pesonen. He entered the Finnish army in 1965 and...

first win in the Dutch TT at the prestigious Assen circuit. He went to 250cc for 2002, finishing 4th that year, 3rd a year later, and 4th in 2004. In...

won the 1977 250cc Belgian junior motocross championship riding a Montesa. In his first year of international competition, Jobé rode a Suzuki to a seventh...

the Grand Prix World Championship was with Yamaha in 1976, in both the 250cc and the 350cc classes. The following year he continued to race in both classes...

road racer from Japan. Itoh was a lifelong employee of Suzuki (mainly concerned with racing and competitions) and began his Grand Prix career in 1961 at...

National season as the 15th ranked dirt track racer in the country. Following his success in the Novice 250cc roadrace class, Kawasaki hired him to compete...

in 250cc, and finished in the top six in MotoGP in 2012 and 2013. He competed in the MotoGP class from 2010 to 2018. Bautista competed for the Suzuki team...

Champion, 250cc (Suzuki) 1995: World Champion, 250cc - winner 5 GPs; Winner "Motocross of Nations" (Kawasaki) 1996: World Champion, 250cc - winner 5...

racing team in 1961, racing the factory's 50cc, 125cc and occasionally 250cc racers. During his team membership, Anderson was double World Champion (50cc...

popularity in the United States and, American motocross racers were not as advanced as the racers from Europe where the sport had originated. Despite his...

2022) was an English professional motorcycle racer. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1961 to 1976. Read is notable for being the first...