Honda chasing 700th grand prix victory
– The breakdown of Honda wins by class following the German Grand Prix is: MotoGP – 109, 500cc – 156, 350cc – 35, 250cc – 207, Moto3 – 14, 125cc – 164, 50cc – 13
– A total of 79 different riders have achieved grand prix wins riding Honda machinery
– Honda’s most successful year was 1997 when they achieved 31 grand prix wins (15 x 500cc, 12 x 250cc, 4 x 125cc)
– Honda has won 24 percent of the 2,907 solo grand prix races that have taken place in the 67-year history of motorcycle grand prix racing.
– The venue where Honda has had most grand prix success is the Assen circuit, where Honda has achieved a total of 58 grand prix victories.
The 10 most successful Honda riders in terms of grand prix wins:
1. Mick Doohan – 54 (54 x MotoGP/500cc)
2. Dani Pedrosa – 49 (26 x MotoGP/500cc, 15 x 250cc, 8 x 125cc)
3. Jim Redman – 45 (2 x MotoGP/500cc, 21 x 350cc, 18 x 250cc, 4 x 125cc)
4. Mike Hailwood – 41 (8 x MotoGP/500cc, 12 x 350cc, 20 x 250cc, 1 x 125cc)
5. Valentino Rossi – 33 (33 x MotoGP/500cc)
6. Freddie Spencer – 27 (20 x MotoGP/500cc, 7 x 250cc)
7. Luigi Taveri – 26 (20 x 125cc, 6 x 50cc)
8. Marc Marquez – 21 (21 x MotoGP/500cc)
9. Loris Capirossi – 19 (1 x MotoGP/500cc, 10 x 250cc, 8 x 125cc)
10. Wayne Gardner – 18 (18 x MotoGP/500cc)
Other milestone Honda wins:
1st – Tom Phillis – 125cc – 1961 – Spain – Montjuic
100th – Luigi Taveri – 50cc – 1966 – Dutch TT – Assen
200th – Jim Filice – 250cc – 1988 – USA – Laguna Seca
300th – Alex Criville – 500cc – 1992 – Dutch TT – Assen
400th – Haruchika Aoki – 125cc – 1996 – Brazil – Jacarepagua
500th – Valentino Rossi – 500cc – 2001 – Japan – Suzuka
600th – Dani Pedrosa – 250cc – 2005 – Australia – Phillip Island