Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

Motorcycle race held in Australia

Motor race

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)
Eastern Creek Raceway, used from 1991 to 1996.

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.[1][2] The Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit is contracted to host the event until 2026.[3]

## Official names and sponsors

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* 1989: Swan Premium Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[4]
* 1990: Drink/Drive Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[5]
* 1991: Tooheys Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[6]
* 1992–1994: Foster's Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[7]
* 1995–1997: Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix (no official sponsor)[8]
* 1998–2001: Qantas Australian Grand Prix[9]
* 2002–2003: SKYY vodka Australian Grand Prix[10]
* 2004: Cinzano Australian Grand Prix[11]
* 2005: Polini Australian Grand Prix[12]
* 2006–2007: GMC Australian Grand Prix[13]
* 2008: Australian Grand Prix (no official sponsor)[14]
* 2009–2011: Iveco Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[15]
* 2012: AirAsia Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[16]
* 2013–2014: Tissot Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[17]
* 2015: Pramac Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[18]
* 2016–2018: Michelin Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[19]
* 2019: Pramac Generac Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[20]
* 2022: Animoca Brands Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[21]
* 2023: MotoGP Guru by Gryfyn Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
* 2024: Qatar Airways Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix

## Spectator attendance

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2007: 50.425[22]

## Winners of the Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

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### Most wins (riders)

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# Wins  | Rider  | Wins

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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)

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# Wins  | Manufacturer  | Wins

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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

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Year  | Track  | Moto3  | Moto2  | MotoGP  | Report

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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
Year  | Track  | Rider  | Bike

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1988  | Bathurst | Mick Doohan | Yamaha FZR750
1987  | Winton | Kevin Magee | Yamaha FZR750
1986  | Bathurst | Malcolm Campbell[23] | Honda NR750
1983  | Andrew Johnson | Honda RS500
1978  | Hideo Kanaya[24] | Yamaha 750
1976  | Sandown | Warren Willing | Yamaha 750
1968  | Bathurst | Ron Toombs[25] | Henderson Matchless G50
1967  | Ron Toombs[25] | Henderson Matchless G50
1966  | Ron Toombs[25] | Henderson Matchless G50
1957  | Bandiana  | Jack Forrest  | BMW
1952  | Bathurst | Harry Hinton[26] |
1946  | Ron Kessing[27] | Velocette 495
1940  | Bat Byrnes[27] | Norton
1937  | Vale | Stuart Williams[27] | Velocette 495
1933  | George Hannaford[28] | Rudge
1924  | Goulburn  | Dave Brewster  | Indian Chief
1915  | Yetholme  | James Mellor[29] | Matchless
1914  | Edgar Meller[30] | 2 3/4 TT Douglas

## Riots at Bathurst

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Main article: Bathurst motorcycle race riots

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

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* Motorsport in Australia
* List of Australian motor racing series

## References

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