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2023 Indian Motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2023 Indian motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the IndianOil Grand Prix of India) was the thirteenth round of the 2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida on 24 September 2023. All of the races were shortened in distance because of the requests from riders and the official tyre suppliers due to the high heat and humidity in the circuit. The MotoGP sprint and both Moto2 and Moto3 races were shortened by a lap, while the MotoGP main race on Sunday was shortened by three laps. Practice MotoGP Combined Free Practice 1-2 Free Practice sessions on Friday and Saturday do not determine riders to qualify for Q2. Practice session The top ten riders (written in bold) qualified for Q2. Free practice Moto2 Combined Practice 1-2-3 The top fourteen riders (written in bold) qualified for Q2. Moto3 Combined Practice 1-2-3 The top fourteen riders (written in bold) qualified for Q2. Qualifying Moto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IndianOil
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL or IOC), trading as IndianOil, is an Indian multinational oil and gas company under the ownership of the Government of India and administrative control of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. It is a public sector undertaking which is registered in Mumbai but headquartered in New Delhi. It is the largest government-owned oil producer in the country both in terms of capacity and revenue. It has consolidated refining capacity of 80.55MMTPA. Indian Oil's business interests overlap the entire hydrocarbon value chain, including refining, pipeline, marketing of petroleum products, exploration and production of Petroleum, natural gas and petrochemicals. Indian Oil has ventured into renewable energy and globalisation of downstream operations. It has subsidiaries in Sri Lanka (Lanka IOC), Mauritius (IndianOil (Mauritius) Ltd), and the Middle East (IOC Middle East FZE). Indian Oil is ranked 94th on the Fortune Global 500 list of the world's b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Husqvarna Motorcycles
Husqvarna Motorcycles GmbH (; marketed as Husqvarna) is an Austrian motorcycle company with Swedish origins. It is co-owned by Indian Motorcycle manufacturer Bajaj Group and Pierer Industrie AG, Pierer Mobility AG. The company began producing motorcycles in 1903 at Huskvarna, Sweden, as a subsidiary of the Husqvarna Vapenfabrik, Husqvarna armament firm. History Prior to 1987 Husqvarna was founded near the town of Huskvarna in Sweden in 1689. The company started out as a maker of muskets, and the Husqvarna logo still depicts a gun sight viewed from the end of the barrel. As with many motorcycle manufacturers, Husqvarna first began producing bicycles in the late 19th century. In 1903, they made the jump to motorcycle manufacturing. The first "Husky" motorcycles used imported engines, and it was not until 1916 that Husqvarna began producing machines built entirely in-house. Around that time they secured a contract with the Swedish Army, and also began entering cross-country an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabio Di Giannantonio
Fabio Di Giannantonio (born 10 October 1998) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, riding for Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team in the MotoGP class of Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 2025. Career Early career Born in Rome, in 2015, Di Giannantonio finished as the runner-up in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, where he had debuted the year before, and in the CIV Moto3 championship. Moto3 World Championship Gresini Racing Moto3 (2015–2016) In the same year, he made his Grand Prix debut in the Moto3 World Championship with the Gresini Racing team at the Valencian Grand Prix as the replacement for the injured Andrea Locatelli, finishing the race in 23rd place. For 2016, he was signed by the same team as a full-time rider in the same class. At the sixth race of the season, at Mugello, Di Giannantonio achieved his first championship points and his first podium finish with a second place, starting a streak of top ten finishes—including two more podiums, another secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Mir
Joan Mir Mayrata (, born 1 September 1997) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer riding for the Honda HRC Castrol team in the MotoGP World Championship. Mir is best known for winning the 2020 MotoGP World Championship with Suzuki MotoGP, Suzuki. He is the fourth Spanish rider to win the premier class title after Àlex Crivillé, Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Márquez, and the second Mallorcan after Lorenzo. Mir also won the 2017 Moto3 World Championship title with Leopard Racing. He became the first Suzuki rider to win the title since Kenny Roberts Jr. in 2000, the first non-Honda or non-Yamaha rider to win the title since Ducati rider Casey Stoner in 2007, as well as the first Moto3 world champion to win the premier class title. Career Early career Palma, Majorca, Palma-born Mir competed for two seasons in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in 2013 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, 2013 and 2014 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, 2014, finishing with three wins and si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Miller (motorcyclist)
Jack Peter Miller (born 18 January 1995) is an Australian Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer who rides for the Pramac Racing, Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP. He was the German 2011 IDM 125cc International Champion. Miller has won four races in the premier class, his first at the 2016 Dutch TT#MotoGP, 2016 Dutch TT on a Marc VDS Racing Team#Motorcycle Grand Prix era, Marc VDS Honda, his second and third in consecutive weekends of May 2021, at Jerez, Spain, and Le Mans, France on a Ducati Corse, Ducati, and his fourth at the 2022_Japanese_motorcycle_Grand_Prix, 2022 Motul Grand Prix of Japan, also on a Ducati. He has finished as the championship runner-up in the 2014 Moto3 World Championship. Miller now uses the nickname 'Thriller', whereas earlier in his career he was known as 'Jackass'. Career Early career Born in Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Miller grew up on a property outside the city. A tropical city where he made his own fun, riding his motorbike ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Bagnaia
Francesco "Pecco" Bagnaia ( ; born 14 January 1997) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer competing in MotoGP World Championship, MotoGP for the Ducati Corse, Ducati Lenovo Team. He is the and List of 500cc/MotoGP World Riders' Champions, MotoGP World Riders' Champion. Bagnaia was the 2018 2018 Moto2 season, Moto2 World Champion. He is the first and only rider from Valentino Rossi's VR46 Riders Academy to win a world title in the premier class. His 2022 title was also the first Ducati rider World Championship in 15 years and the first for an Italian rider since Rossi in 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 2009. Career Early career Bagnaia was born in Turin, Italy, and rode Minimoto bikes from a young age, winning the European MiniGP championship in 2009. He made his pre-GP 125 Mediterranean championship debut with Monlau Competición team in 2010 and finished the season as runner-up. In 2011 he took part in the Spanish Championships in the 125cc category, winning a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Márquez
Marc Márquez Alentà (born 17 February 1993) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who races for the Ducati Lenovo Team. He previously raced for the Ducati satellite team Gresini in 2024 and Honda's factory team from his MotoGP debut in 2013 until 2023. Born in Cervera, Catalonia, Spain, he is nicknamed the 'Ant of Cervera' worldwide (due to his height of ), and 'el tro de Cervera' in his hometown, meaning the 'Thunder of Cervera'. He is one of four riders to have won world championship titles in three different categories, after Mike Hailwood, Phil Read and Valentino Rossi, and is one of the most successful motorcycle racers of all time, with eight Grand Prix World Championships to his name, six of which are in the premier class. Márquez became the third Spaniard after Àlex Crivillé and Jorge Lorenzo to win the premier class title, and is the most successful Spanish rider in MotoGP to date with 66 wins, most recently the 2025 Aragon Grand Prix. In 2013 he b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aprilia
Aprilia is an Italian motorcycle and Scooter (motorcycle), scooter manufacturer in Noale, Italy, founded by Alberto Beggio. History Early days Aprilia, named after the Pre-war automobile, pre-war Lancia Aprilia, was founded after the Second World War by Cavaliere Alberto Beggio as a bicycle production factory at Noale, Italy, in the province of Venice. Alberto's son, Ivano Beggio, took over the helm of the company in 1968 and constructed a 50 cc "motorcycle". The first production Aprilia mopeds were named Colibrì, Daniela, and Packi. Aprilia later produced a motocross bike in 1970 called the Scarabeo. Produced until the end of the 1970s, the Scarabeo came in 50 and 125 cc versions. In 1977, Ivan Alborghetti from Milan, Italy won the Italian 125 and 250 cc motocross championships on Aprilia motorcycles. In 1978, Alborghetti closed the season with two third places in individual races and sixth place in the World Championship. In the 1980s, Aprilia added enduro, trials and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleix Espargaró
Aleix Espargaró Villà (; born 30 July 1989) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer. He was the Spanish 2004 FIM CEV 125cc International Champion and has competed since 2017 in the MotoGP class using Aprilia Racing, Aprilia machines. He retired from Grand Prix racing at the end of the 2024 season and signed as a test rider for Honda Racing Corporation. Career Espargaró was born in Granollers, Spain. Aleix is the older brother of fellow MotoGP rider Pol Espargaró, Pol Espargaro. Espargaró had his breakthrough in the MotoGP season with Forward Yamaha finishing 7th in the championship with the highlight being a 2nd-place finish in 2014 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix, Aragon. This earned him a move to the Suzuki MotoGP, factory Suzuki team in 2015. In 2017 he switched to Gresini Racing, Aprilia Racing Team Gresini. 125cc International Championship In 2004, he won the Spanish FIM CEV International Championship 125 cc class with one win, two po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Binder
Brad Binder (born 11 August 1995) is a South African Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer competing for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing. He is the 2016 Moto3 season, 2016 Moto3 World Champion. Previously, he had competed in the Moto2 class during 2019, with the Ajo KTM team,KTM 2020 shake-up: Binder to factory MotoGP team, Lecuona Tech3 crash.net, 24 October 2019, Retrieved 21 November 2019 finishing the championship in second place. Prior to moving up into Grand Prix level, Binder contested three seasons of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, with a best finish of fifth overall in the championship standings. At the 2016 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix in Jerez, Binder became the first South African to win a motorcycl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luca Marini
Luca Marini (born 10 August 1997) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer contracted to race with Honda HRC Castrol during 2024 and 2025. Marini competed for VR46 Racing Team, Mooney VR46 Racing Team in the 2023 MotoGP World Championship, finishing the season in eighth position. He finished as runner-up in the 2020 Moto2 World Championship. He is the maternal half-brother of Valentino Rossi. Career Moto3 World Championship Marini made his début in the Moto3 World Championship at the 2013 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix as a Wild card (sports)#Motorcycle racing, wildcard, failing to finish the race. Moto2 World Championship In , he got another wildcard entry at the 2015 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix, same place, this time in the Moto2 class with Pons Racing, Pons Racing Junior Team aboard a Kalex, finishing the race in 21st place. Forward Team (2016–2017) =2016= In , Marini was signed by the Forward Rac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Álex Márquez
Álex Márquez Alentà (born 23 April 1996) is a Grand Prix motorcycle rider from Spain racing for Ducati satellite team BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP. He has competed in MotoGP since the 2020 season, having previously become World Champion in the 2019 Moto2 World Championship. He also won the 2014 Moto3 World Championship, and the 2012 CEV Moto3 season's title. Álex currently races alongside Fermín Aldeguer on the BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP team. His brother Marc Márquez also races in MotoGP and is currently on the Ducati team. In 2014, when Marc won the premier class, and Álex won Moto3, they became the first pair of brothers to win world titles in motorcycle racing in the same year, a feat they would also repeat in 2019, when Marc won the premier class, and Álex won Moto2. Career Early career He began the 2010 season in the CEV Buckler 125cc championship, competing with the Monlau Competición team, along with Álex Rins and Niklas Ajo. Márquez did not participate i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
