The Moto3™ race at the Dutch TT will be the 800th GP for the lightweight-class (Moto3™/125cc) of grand prix racing. Below is a selection of milestones from the 799 races that have taken place in the 1ightweight-class:
Date | Race Number | Event | Milestone |
July 1949 | 1 | Switzerland, Berne | Italian rider Nello Pagani won the first ever GP in the 125 class riding a Mondial. Pagani went on to become the first 125cc world champion. |
August 1952 | 14 | Ulster, Clady | British rider Cecil Sandford won to become the first non-Italian to take the 125cc world title. This was also the first championship for MV Agusta. |
July 1956 | 37 | Belgium, Spa-Francorchamps | Carlo Ubbiali (MV Agusta) was the first rider to retain the 125cc championship with a run of eight successive race wins. |
August 1959 | 59 | Ulster, Dundrod | Mike Hailwood riding a Ducati became the first teenager to win a GP race. |
May 1961 | 66 | Spain, Montjuich | Tom Phillis gave Honda their first GP win. He goes on to win the world championship - the first rider to win the 125cc title riding a bike from a Japanese manufacturer. |
August 1961 | 73 | Ulster, Dundrod | Kunimitsu Takahashi (Honda) became the first Japanese rider to win a 125cc GP |
October 1962 | 87 | Argentina, Buenos Aires | Hugh Anderson gave Suzuki their first 125cc GP victory. |
February 1964 | 100 | USA, Daytona | Hugh Anderson (Suzuki) won the 100th race in the 125cc class. |
June 1965 | 115 | Great Britain, Isle of Man | Phi Read gave Yamaha their first 125cc GP victory. |
May 1969 | 155 | West Germany, Hockenheim | Dave Simmonds gave Kawasaki their first GP victory on his way to winning the 125cc world championship. |
July 1970 | 170 | Belgium, Spa-Francorchamps | Angel Nieto (Derbi), the most successful 125cc GP rider of all time, had his first win in the class |
April 1973 | 200 | France, Paul Ricard | Swedish rider Kent Andersson takes the 200th race in the 125cc class riding a Yamaha. He goes on to take the title and retains it in 1974; the last 125cc title by a Yamaha rider. |
June 1979 | 271 | Dutch TT, Assen | Angel Nieto (Minarelli) took the last of 11 successive wins – the longest sequence of successive GP victories in the 125cc class. |
March 1982 | 300 | Argentina, Buenos Aires | Angel Nieto gave Garelli their first ever GP victory. |
August 1987 | 361 | San Marino, Misano | Fausto Gresini’s 11th successive win riding a Garelli which equals the record of Nieto for most successive 125cc GP victories. |
April 1988 | 363 | Spain, Jarama | Jorge Martinez (Derbi) took the first win after the introduction of the single cylinder rule, on his way to winning the world title. |
April 1989 | 375 | Australia, Phillip Island | Alex Criville (Cobas) became the youngest ever winner of a 125cc GP, on his way to becoming the youngest world champion at that time. |
August 1990 | 395 | Great Britain, Donington | Loris Capirossi (Honda) at just 17 years old becomes the youngest GP winner. He finishes the season as youngest ever world champion – a record that still stands. |
March 1991 | 400 | Japan, Suzuka | Nobby Ueda (Honda) won on his GP debut. |
August 1991 | 411 | Czech, Brno | Alessandro Gramigni gave Aprilia their first victory in the 125 class. Gramigni went on to take the title in 1992, the first by an Aprilia rider. |
Aug 1996 | 476 | Austria, A1 Ring | Ivan Goi (Honda) at just 16 years old, became the youngest ever winner of a GP race. |
August 1996 | 477 | Czech, Brno | Valentino Rossi (Aprilia) had his first grand prix victory. |
September 1997 | 495 | Indonesia, Sentul | Valentino Rossi won for the 11th time in 1997 – the record for most 125cc GP wins in one season. |
May 1998 | 500 | Italy, Mugello | Tomomi Manako (Honda) won the 500th GP race in the 125cc class. |
June 1998 | 503 | Dutch TT, Assen | Marco Melandri (Honda) at just 15 years old became the youngest rider to win a grand prix. |
May 2002 | 561 | Spain, Jerez | Jorge Lorenzo (Derbi) became the youngest rider to take part in a grand prix, at just 15 years and 1 day old. |
August 2004 | 600 | Czech, Brno | Jorge Lorenzo (Derbi) won the 600th GP race in the 125cc class. |
June 2008 | 663 | Great Britain, Donington | Scott Redding (Aprilia) won to take the record of youngest ever grand prix winner at the age of just 15 years and 170 days. A record that still stands. |
September 2010 | 700 | Aragon | Pol Espargaro win the 700th grand prix in the lightweight-class on the first visit to the new Aragon circuit |
November 2011 | 722 | Valencia | Maverick Viñales (Aprilia) wins the last ever 125cc grand prix before the formula changes to Moto3™ |
April 2012 | 723 | Qatar, Losail | Maverick Viñales (FTR Honda) wins the first ever grand prix race for the new Moto3™ formula catering for 250cc single-cylinder four-stroke machines |
October 2012 | 737 | Malaysia, Sepang | Sandro Cortese (KTM) wins the Malaysian Grand Prix to become the first Moto3™ world champion |
August 2014 | 767 | Czech, Brno | After a typical close Moto3 race 15th place finisher Karel Hanika crosses the line just 1.838 seconds behind race winner Alexis Masbou – the smallest margin to cover the top 15 finishers in the 68 year history of grand prix racing |
June 2016 | 799 | Catalunya, Barcelona | Home rider Jorge Navarro takes his first ever grand prix win, becoming the 149th different rider to score a grand prix victory in the Moto3™/125cc class |