53 years of 500 GP's comes to an end.
The 500cc World Championship bowed out in Rio after a 53 year history. Next year the introduction of the four-strokes spells the e♛nd o🍎f the 500cc maximum capacity, which started, with the birth of Grand Prix racing in 1949.
A t🔴otal of 580 500cc Grands Prix have taken place since they started with the 1949 Senior TT race in the Isle of Man which was won 🦩by British rider Harold Daniel, riding a Norton.
The 500cc World Championship bowed out in Rio after a 53 year history. Next year the iꩲntroduction of the four-strokes spells the end of the 500cc maximum capacity, which started, with the birth of Grand Prix racing in 1949.
A total of 580 500cc Grands Prix have take🌌n place since they started with the 1949 Senior TT race in the Isle of Man which wℱas won by British rider Harold Daniel, riding a Norton.
Ninety riders have won 500cc Grands Prix with a staggering 42 riders scoring just one vꦇictory while the West Honda Pons star Alex Barros has secured most point-scoring finishes with 128.
British rider Les Graham was the oldest winner in the 500cc Championship. He was 37 when he won the title in 1949, while 21-year-old Freddie Spe🍸ncer was the youngest in 1983.
The fastest ever 500cc Grand Prix was at Spa Francorchamps in Belgium in 1977. British rider Barry Sheene (pictured) won the race, riding a Suzuki at an average speed of 217kph!
The unluckiest rider in the Championship is American Randy Mamola, now a commentator with Eurosport. He won 13 Grands Prix but ne♒ver won a title, finishing runner-up four times.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at th🍸e forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marꦡc Marquez’s injury issues.
