Motul Big Stats

The numbers behind the championships and titles on the 2018 grids!   

32 - The number of Grand Prix World Championships on the 2018 MotoGP™ grid.

Valentino Rossi has the most with 9, from Marquez with 6, Lorenzo 5, Pedrosa 3, Zarco 2. While the likes of Rabat, Dovizioso, Lüthi, Morbidelli, Bautista, Viñales and Pol Espargaro all have one.  

4 – The number of Grand Prix World Championships on the 2018 Moto2™ grid

Joan Mir, Brad Binder, Alex Marquez, Danny Kent. All are Moto3™ championships

36 – The total number of Grand Prix World Titles on the 3 World Championship grids combined.

6 – The number of Moto2™ titles in MotoGP™

Johann Zarco has two, while Marquez, Pol Espargaro, Morbidelli & Rabat all have one.

12 – The number of 2-stroke Grand Prix World Titles in the MotoGP™ class

Rossi has one in 125cc, 250cc, and 500cc (the final 500cc World Champion), while Pedrosa has 3, Lorenzo 2. Lüthi, Marquez, Bautista, and Dovizioso have one all in the 125cc class.

1 – The number of Moto3™ World Titles in the MotoGP™ class

Maverick Viñales won the 2013 Moto3™ World Championship

1 – Red Bull Rookies Cup Champions that are now Grand Prix World Champions

Johann Zarco was the first Red Bull Rookies champion back in 2007 and has won two Moto2™ World Championships consecutively, in 2015 & 2016. 

7 – The number of MotoGP™ Red Bull Rookies Cup Champions on the World Championship grids

Other riders that have won RBR titles are: Kornfeil, Lorenzo Baldassarri, Jorge Martin, Bo Bendsneyder, Ayumu Sasaki, and Kazuki Masaki.

12 - Number of Championships in Road To MotoGP™ programmes on the World Championship grids

Including the 7 Red Bull Rookies Champions, there are also two Asia Talent Cup champions (Kaito Toba & Ayumu Sasaki), as well as three Moto3™ Junior World Champions (Nicolo Bulega, Lorenzo Dalla Porta & Dennis Foggia).

2 – Number of World Champions from other series

Cal Crutchlow and Sam Lowes are both World Supersport Champions from 2009 & 2013.

5 – Number of European series wins

Eric Granado & Steven Odendaal, both in Moto2™ are also European Moto2™ Champions in 2017 and 2016 respectively. Franco Morbidelli was the 2013 European Superstock 600 champion, while Xavier Simeon was the 2006 European Superstock 600 champion and also the 2009 FIM Superstock 1000 Cup winner (now the European STK1000 Championship).