MotoGP Hall of Fame

The MotoGP Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of Grand Prix motorcycle racing. Its members are called MotoGP Legends.

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Since its inception in 2000, 38 racers have been inducted by FIM, including both the most successful world champions such as Giacomo Agostini, Ángel Nieto, Mike Hailwood and Carlo Ubbiali, as well as champions who had died young such as Jarno Saarinen and Daijiro Kato. The latest inductee is Hans-Georg Anscheidt.[1]

MotoGP Legends

Out of the 38 racers who have been inducted, Randy Mamola is the only inductee who never won a single championship in his career. Nicky Hayden and Dani Pedrosa are the only MotoGP Legends to have started a race in MotoGP after being inducted in the Hall of Fame.

Key
† Rider was inducted posthumously
YearNameNationalityAchievementsRef.
2000Giacomo Agostini Italy
8-time 500cc World Champion (1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975)
7-time 350cc World Champion (1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974)
A record 122 Grand Prix race wins (68 500cc race wins)
[2]
2000Mick Doohan Australia
5-time 500cc World Champion (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998)
54 Grand Prix race wins (all in 500cc)
[3]
2000Mike Hailwood† United Kingdom
4-time 500cc World Champion (1962, 1963, 1964, 1965)
2-time 350cc World Champion (1966, 1967)
3-time 250cc World Champion (1961, 1966, 1967)
76 Grand Prix race wins (37 500cc race wins)
[2]
2000Ángel Nieto Spain
7-time 125cc World Champion (1971, 1972, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984)
6-time 50cc World Champion (1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977)
90 Grand Prix race wins
[2]
2000Wayne Rainey United States
3-time 500cc World Champion (1990, 1991, 1992)
24 Grand Prix race wins (all in 500cc)
[2]
2000Kenny Roberts United States
3-time 500cc World Champion (1978, 1979, 1980)
24 Grand Prix race wins (22 500cc race wins)
[2]
2000Kevin Schwantz United States[2]
2001Anton Mang Germany
2-time 350cc World Champion (1981, 1982)
3-time 250cc World Champion (1980, 1981, 1987)
42 Grand Prix race wins
[4]
2001Barry Sheene United Kingdom
2-time 500cc World Champion (1976, 1977)
23 Grand Prix race wins (19 500cc race wins)
[4]
2001Freddie Spencer United States
2-time 500cc World Champion (1983, 1985)
250cc World Champion (1985)
27 Grand Prix race wins (20 500cc race wins)
[5]
2001Carlo Ubbiali Italy
3-time 250cc World Champion (1956, 1959, 1960)
6-time 125cc World Champion (1951, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960)
39 Grand Prix race wins
[6]
2002Geoff Duke United Kingdom
4-time 500cc World Champion (1951, 1953, 1954, 1955)
2-time 350cc World Champion (1951, 1952)
33 Grand Prix race wins (22 500cc race wins)
[7]
2002Wayne Gardner Australia[4]
2002Phil Read United Kingdom
2-time 500cc World Champion (1973, 1974)
4-time 250cc World Champion (1964, 1965, 1968, 1971)
125cc World Champion (1968)
52 Grand Prix race wins (11 500cc race wins)
[7]
2003Daijiro Kato† Japan[4]
2003John Surtees United Kingdom
4-time 500cc World Champion (1956, 1958, 1959, 1960)
3-time 350cc World Champion (1958, 1959, 1960)
38 Grand Prix race wins (22 500cc race wins)
[8]
2005Eddie Lawson United States
4-time 500cc World Champion (1984, 1986, 1988, 1989)
31 Grand Prix race wins (all in 500cc)
[9]
2007Jim RedmanRhodesia Rhodesia
4-time 350cc World Champion (1962, 1963, 1964, 1965)
2-time 250cc World Champion (1962, 1963)
45 Grand Prix race wins (2 500cc race wins)
[10]
2009Jarno Saarinen† Finland
250cc World Champion (1972)
15 Grand Prix race wins (2 500cc race wins)
[11]
2013Casey Stoner Australia
2-time MotoGP World Champion (2007, 2011)
45 Grand Prix race wins (38 MotoGP race wins)
[12]
2014Marco Simoncelli† Italy[13]
2015Àlex Crivillé Spain[14]
2015Nicky Hayden United States[15]
2015Franco Uncini Italy
500cc World Champion (1982)
7 Grand Prix race wins (5 500cc race wins)
[14]
2017Marco Lucchinelli Italy[16]
2017Kenny Roberts Jr. United States[17]
2018Kork Ballington South Africa
2-time 350cc World Champion (1978, 1979)
2-time 250cc World Champion (1978, 1979)
31 Grand Prix race wins
[18]
2018Randy Mamola United States
4-time 500cc runner-up (1980, 1981, 1984, 1987)
13 Grand Prix race wins (all in 500cc)
[19]
2018Dani Pedrosa Spain
2-time 250cc World Champion (2004, 2005)
125cc World Champion (2003)
54 Grand Prix race wins (31 MotoGP race wins)
[20]
2019Stefan Dörflinger Switzerland[21]
2019Jorge Martínez Spain[22]
2021Valentino Rossi Italy
6-time MotoGP World Champion (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009)
500cc World Champion (2001)
250cc World Champion (1999)
125cc World Champion (1997)
115 Grand Prix race wins (A record 89 500cc/MotoGP race wins)
[23]
2022Hugh Anderson New Zealand
2-time 125cc World Champion (1963, 1965)
2-time 50cc World Champion (1963, 1964)
25 Grand Prix race wins
[24]
2022Max Biaggi Italy
4-time 250cc World Champion (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997)
42 Grand Prix race wins (13 MotoGP race wins)
[25]
2022Jorge Lorenzo Spain
3-time MotoGP World Champion (2010, 2012, 2015)
2-time 250cc World Champion (2006, 2007)
68 Grand Prix race wins (47 MotoGP race wins)
[26]
2022Luigi Taveri† Switzerland
3-time 125cc World Champion (1962, 1964, 1966)
30 Grand Prix race wins
[27]
2023Hans-Georg Anscheidt Germany
3-time 50cc World Champion (1966, 1967, 1968)
14 Grand Prix race wins
[1]
2023Andrea Dovizioso Italy
3-time MotoGP runner-up (2017, 2018, 2019)
125cc World Champion (2004)
24 Grand Prix race wins (15 MotoGP race wins)
[28]

References
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  2. "2000 MotoGP Legends: Roberts, Hailwood, Nieto, Rainey, Schwantz, Agostini". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 7 March 2002. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  3. "2000 MotoGP Legends: Mick Doohan". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 7 March 2002. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  4. "Daijiro Kato honoured as a MotoGP Legend in Motegi". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 4 October 2003. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  5. "Freddie Spencer inducted into the MotoGP Hall of Fame". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 February 2002. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  6. "2001 MotoGP Legends: Carlo Ubbiali". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 March 2002. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  7. "Phil Read and Geoff Duke honoured at Donington". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 13 July 2002. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  8. "John Surtees: MotoGP Legend". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 10 July 2003. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  9. "Lawson enters MotoGP Hall of Fame". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 9 July 2005. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  10. "Jim Redman inducted into MotoGP Hall of Fame". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 July 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  11. "Jarno Saarinen made MotoGP Legend". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 18 July 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  12. "Casey Stoner becomes MotoGP Legend". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  13. "Simoncelli honoured as MotoGP Legend". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  14. "Alex Criville and Franco Uncini become MotoGP Legends". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  15. "Nicky Hayden becomes MotoGP Legend". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  16. "Marco Lucchinelli becomes a MotoGP Legend". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  17. "Kenny Roberts Jr. becomes a MotoGP Legend". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  18. "Kork Ballington becomes a MotoGP Legend". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  19. "Randy Mamola becomes a MotoGP Legend in Texas". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  20. "Dani Pedrosa named MotoGP Legend in Valencia". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  21. "Stefan Dörflinger becomes a MotoGP Legend". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  22. "Jorge Martinez 'Aspar' becomes a MotoGP Legend". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  23. "Valentino Rossi named MotoGP Legend". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  24. "Hugh Anderson becomes a MotoGP Legend". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  25. "Max Biaggi becomes a MotoGP Legend". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  26. "Jorge Lorenzo becomes a MotoGP Legend". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  27. "Luigi Taveri named MotoGP Legend". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  28. "Andrea Dovizioso becomes a MotoGP Legend!". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
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