The Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix is a motorcycling event that is part of the

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Grand Prix motorcycle racing Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the highest class of motorcycle road racing events held on Road racing, road circuits sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Independent motorcycle racing events have been held sin ...

season from

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

, and then again from

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

onwards. The event is due to take place at the Red Bull Ring until at least 2025.

History

The inaugural Austrian grand prix was held in

at the

Salzburgring The Salzburgring is a motorsport race track located in Plainfeld, east of Salzburg. Key facts Track Length Bends 15 Straights ...

, where it stayed until

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

. In

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

, the Austrian GP was taken off the calendar because the Salzburgring was deemed too dangerous for racing., but would return in

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

on the then-called Österreichring. In

, the Österreichring became the A1-Ring, named after the Austrian mobile network operator A1. For the 1998 season, the Austrian round was scrapped, mainly due to the low number of spectators who visited the races. After a 19-year absence, the Austrian Grand Prix returned in

and currently takes place at the

Red Bull Ring The Red Bull Ring is a motorsport race track in Spielberg, Austria, Spielberg, Styria, Austria. The race circuit was founded as Österreichring (translation: Austrian Circuit) and hosted the Austrian Grand Prix for 18 consecutive years, from t ...

in Spielberg. The layout was changed, and a chicane was added before the 2022 race.

Track gallery

File:Salzburgring moto (1986-1997).svg, The Salzburgring, used from 1971 to 1994. File:Circuit Red Bull Ring.svg, The Grand Prix layout of the A1/Red Bull Ring, used in 1996–1997, and 2016–2021.

Official names and sponsors

*1971, 1986–1991: Großer Preis von Österreich (no official sponsor) *1972: Grosser Preis von Österreich (no official sponsor) *1973–1977: Austrian Grand Prix/Grosser Preis von Österreich (no official sponsor) *1978–1979, 1981–1985: Austrian Grand Prix/Großer Preis von Österreich (no official sponsor) *1993: Austrian Grand Prix (no official sponsor) *1994: Grand Prix Austria (no official sponsor) *1996: HB Motorrad Grand Prix Austria *1997, 2024: Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich (no official sponsor) *2016–2017: NeroGiardini Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich *2018: Eyetime Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich *2019–2020: myWorld Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich *2021: Bitci Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich *2022–2023: CryptoData Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich

Winners of the Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

Multiple winners (riders)

Multiple winners (manufacturers)

By year

''A pink background indicates an event that was not part of the

championship.'' ;Footnotes:

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Austrian Motorcycle Grand Prix Recurring sporting events established in 1971 1971 establishments in Austria