City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix

"City of Imola Grand Prix" redirects here. Not to be confused with Imola Grand Prix.

Imola Grand Prix

Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Venue	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari (1996–1999)
First race	1996
Last race	1999
Most wins (rider)	Mick Doohan (3)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Honda (9)

The City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix was a round of the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing championship between 1996 and 1999.

History

The first City of Imola Grand Prix was held in 1996, its official name being in Italian (Città di Imola). It was the first time since the 1983 San Marino Grand Prix that a motorcycle grand prix race was held at Imola. The amount of spectators who visited the inaugural Grand Prix that year was lower than expected, averaging at only 30.000 people. This was low compared to the events held in the past on the same circuit. The race was nonetheless exciting when heavy rain suddenly hit the circuit at lap 18 of 25. This caused the red flag to be brought out and the race to be suspended. The results from lap 16 were counted and full points were rewarded because more than 75% of the race was ridden. The win went to the Australian Mick Doohan.^[1] The event in 1997 was visited even worse: only around 28.000 came to see all sessions combined.^[2] In 2000, the City of Imola Grand Prix was taken off the calendar - presumably because of declining spectator attendance.^[3]

Official names and sponsors

• 1996: Gran Premio IP Città di Imola
• 1997: Gran Premio Città di Imola (no official sponsor)^[4]
• 1998: Gran Premio Cirio Città di Imola^[5]
• 1999: Gran Premio Breil Città di Imola^[6]

Winners of the Imola Grand Prix

Multiple winners (riders)

# Wins	Rider	Wins
		Category	Years won
3	Mick Doohan	500cc	1996, 1997, 1998
2	Valentino Rossi	250cc	1998
		125cc	1997

Multiple winners (manufacturers)

# Wins	Manufacturer	Wins
		Category	Years won
9	Honda	500cc	1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
		250cc	1996, 1997, 1999
		125cc	1998, 1999
3	Aprilia	250cc	1998
		125cc	1996, 1997

By year

Year	Track	125cc		250cc		500cc		Report
		Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer	Rider	Manufacturer
1999	Imola	Marco Melandri	Honda	Loris Capirossi	Honda	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	Report
1998		Tomomi Manako	Honda	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	Mick Doohan	Honda	Report
1997		Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	Max Biaggi	Honda	Mick Doohan	Honda	Report
1996		Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	Mick Doohan	Honda	Report

References

1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1996". Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
2. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1997". Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
3. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 2000". Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
4. "1997 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
5. "1998 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
6. "1999 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.

Sources

• 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix (1st edition). Hazelton Publishing Ltd, 1999. ISBN 1-874557-83-7