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Australian Grand Prix

Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Venue	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit (1989–1990, 1997–2019, 2022–present) Eastern Creek Raceway (1991–1996)
First race	1989
Most wins (rider)	Valentino Rossi (8)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Honda (39)

The Australian motorcycle Grand Prix is a motorcycling event that is part of the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. From 1997 to the present day, it is run at the scenic Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit south-southeast of Melbourne, Victoria. Prior to 1997 the event was held at a number of different venues, most notably Eastern Creek west of Sydney New South Wales and Bathurst in central western New South Wales. The only rider to win the 'premier class' race at multiple venues is five-time World Champion Mick Doohan, Eastern Creek (1992, 1995) and Phillip Island (1998).

The race was cancelled in 2020 and 2021, both due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit is contracted to host the event until 2026.

Official names and sponsors

• 1989: Swan Premium Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
• 1990: Drink/Drive Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
• 1991: Tooheys Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
• 1992–1994: Foster's Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
• 1995–1997: Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix (no official sponsor)
• 1998–2001: Qantas Australian Grand Prix
• 2002–2003: SKYY vodka Australian Grand Prix
• 2004: Cinzano Australian Grand Prix
• 2005: Polini Australian Grand Prix
• 2006–2007: GMC Australian Grand Prix
• 2008: Australian Grand Prix (no official sponsor)
• 2009–2011: Iveco Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
• 2012: AirAsia Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
• 2013–2014: Tissot Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
• 2015: Pramac Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
• 2016–2018: Michelin Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
• 2019: Pramac Generac Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
• 2022: Animoca Brands Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
• 2023: MotoGP Guru by Gryfyn Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
• 2024: Qatar Airways Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix

Spectator attendance

2007: 50.425

Winners of the Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

Most wins (riders)

# Wins	Rider	Wins
		Category	Years won
8	Valentino Rossi	MotoGP	2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2014
		500cc	2001
		250cc	1998, 1999
6	Casey Stoner	MotoGP	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
5	Marc Márquez	MotoGP	2015, 2017, 2019, 2024
		125cc	2010
3	Loris Capirossi	500cc	1996
		125cc	1990, 1991
	Ralf Waldmann	250cc	1995, 1997
		125cc	1992
	Mick Doohan	500cc	1992, 1995, 1998
	Max Biaggi	500cc	2000
		250cc	1994, 1996
	Marco Melandri	MotoGP	2006
		250cc	2002
		125cc	1999
	Jorge Lorenzo	MotoGP	2013
		250cc	2006, 2007
	Brad Binder	Moto2	2018, 2019
		Moto3	2016
	Álex Rins	MotoGP	2022
		Moto2	2015
		Moto3	2013
2	Wayne Gardner	500cc	1989, 1990
	Luca Cadalora	250cc	1991, 1992
	John Kocinski	500cc	1994
		250cc	1990
	Àlex Crivillé	500cc	1997
		125cc	1989
	Masao Azuma	125cc	1998, 2000
	Marco Simoncelli	250cc	2008, 2009
	Alex De Angelis	Moto2	2010, 2011
	Sandro Cortese	Moto3	2012
		125cc	2011
	Pol Espargaró	Moto2	2012, 2013
	Thomas Lüthi	Moto2	2016
		125cc	2005
	Miguel Oliveira	Moto2	2017
		Moto3	2015
	Maverick Viñales	MotoGP	2018
		Moto2	2014

Multiple winners (manufacturers)

# Wins	Manufacturer	Wins
		Category	Years won
39	Honda	MotoGP	2002, 2003, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
		500cc	1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
		250cc	1989, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005
		Moto3	2017, 2019
		125cc	1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005
13	Aprilia	250cc	1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007
		125cc	1996, 1994, 2006, 2009, 2011
11	Yamaha	MotoGP	2004, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2018
		500cc	1991, 1996, 2000
		250cc	1990, 1993, 2000
10	KTM	Moto2	2017, 2018, 2019
		Moto3	2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2023
6	Kalex	Moto2	2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2023
	Ducati	MotoGP	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2023, 2024
4	Derbi	125cc	2001, 2007, 2008, 2010
3	Gilera	250cc	2008, 2009
		125cc	2002
2	Motobi	Moto2	2010, 2011
	Suzuki	MotoGP	2022
		500cc	1993
	Boscoscuro	Moto2	2022, 2024

By year

Year	Track	Moto3		Moto2		MotoGP		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
2024	Phillip Island	David Alonso	CFMoto	Fermín Aldeguer	Boscoscuro	Marc Márquez	Ducati	Report
2023		Deniz Öncü	KTM	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	Johann Zarco	Ducati	Report
2022		Izan Guevara	Gas Gas	Alonso López	Boscoscuro	Álex Rins	Suzuki	Report
2021		Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020
2019		Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Honda	Brad Binder	KTM	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report
2018		Albert Arenas	KTM	Brad Binder	KTM	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	Report
2017		Joan Mir	Honda	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report
2016		Brad Binder	KTM	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	Report
2015		Miguel Oliveira	KTM	Álex Rins	Kalex	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report
2014		Jack Miller	KTM	Maverick Viñales	Kalex	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
2013		Álex Rins	KTM	Pol Espargaró	Kalex	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Report
2012		Sandro Cortese	KTM	Pol Espargaró	Kalex	Casey Stoner	Honda	Report
Year	Track	125cc		Moto2		MotoGP		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
2011	Phillip Island	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	Alex de Angelis	Motobi	Casey Stoner	Honda	Report
2010		Marc Márquez	Derbi	Alex de Angelis	Motobi	Casey Stoner	Ducati	Report
Year	Track	125cc		250cc		MotoGP		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
2009	Phillip Island	Julián Simón	Aprilia	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	Casey Stoner	Ducati	Report
2008		Mike di Meglio	Derbi	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	Casey Stoner	Ducati	Report
2007		Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia	Casey Stoner	Ducati	Report
2006		Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia	Marco Melandri	Honda	Report
2005		Thomas Lüthi	Honda	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
2004		Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	Sebastián Porto	Aprilia	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
2003		Andrea Ballerini	Honda	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	Valentino Rossi	Honda	Report
2002		Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	Marco Melandri	Aprilia	Valentino Rossi	Honda	Report
Year	Track	125cc		250cc		500cc		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
2001	Phillip Island	Youichi Ui	Derbi	Daijiro Kato	Honda	Valentino Rossi	Honda	Report
2000		Masao Azuma	Honda	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	Max Biaggi	Yamaha	Report
1999		Marco Melandri	Honda	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	Report
1998		Masao Azuma	Honda	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	Mick Doohan	Honda	Report
1997		Noboru Ueda	Honda	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	Report
1996	Eastern Creek	Garry McCoy	Aprilia	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	Loris Capirossi	Yamaha	Report
1995		Haruchika Aoki	Honda	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	Mick Doohan	Honda	Report
1994		Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	John Kocinski	Cagiva	Report
1993		Dirk Raudies	Honda	Tetsuya Harada	Yamaha	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	Report
1992		Ralf Waldmann	Honda	Luca Cadalora	Honda	Mick Doohan	Honda	Report
1991		Loris Capirossi	Honda	Luca Cadalora	Honda	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	Report
1990	Phillip Island	Loris Capirossi	Honda	John Kocinski	Yamaha	Wayne Gardner	Honda	Report
1989		Àlex Crivillé	JJ Cobas	Sito Pons	Honda	Wayne Gardner	Honda	Report

Riots at Bathurst

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The Bathurst motorcycle race riots, or Easter Motorcycle riots were a series of disturbances between 1980 and 1985 involving motorsport spectators and the New South Wales Police Force Tactical Response Group during the Australian motorcycle Grand Prix.

Following the 1985 race meeting, the Bathurst Regional Council placed a total ban on spectators taking their own alcohol into events at the Mount Panorama Circuit. This ban has subsequently been revoked. The council also put a limit on the number of drinks spectators could purchase per day from the outlets at the track. This also had a flow on effect for the circuits other annual event, the Bathurst 1000 touring car race held on the October long weekend, though traditionally the Bathurst 1000 crowd was much better behaved.

See also

• Motorsport in Australia
• List of Australian motor racing series

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