Italian rider Giacomo Agostini has won the most world championships titles with a record number 15 across all classes. The 600cc replaced the 250cc bikes in 2010 and the class was named Moto2. In 2002, the 500cc bikes were replaced by much powerful 990cc bikes and the class was renamed MotoGP.

In 1982, the 350cc was discontinued from the championship and two years later the 50cc class was upgraded to 80cc before excluding it in 1989. The 50cc class was introduced in 1962 as manufacturer's left the sport due to rising costs, the 50cc class was limited to single cylinder, 125cc and 250cc bikes were limited to two cylinders while the 350cc and 500cc bikes were limited to four cylinders. The Championship consisted of four classes in 1949, 500cc, 350cc, 250cc and 125cc. World Cup Economics: What Americans Need to Know about a US World Cup Bid Dennis Coates, PhD concerning the 1994 World Cup hosted in the US is especially pertinent. The MotoGP championship also boasts of being the oldest racing championship in the world which stared in 1949.

Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing or famously called MotoGP is the highest class of motorcycle road racing championship sanctioned by the FIM (FГ©dГ©ration Internationale de Motocyclisme).

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