List of 250cc/Moto2 Motorcycle World Champions
By season

List of 250cc/Moto2 Motorcycle World Champions

Section Title: By season
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Season	Country	Rider	Constructor	Grands Prix	Poles	Wins	Podiums	Fastest laps	Points	Margin

1949	Italy	Bruno Ruffo	Moto Guzzi	4	&—	1	2	0	24	5

1950	Italy	Dario Ambrosini	Benelli	4	&—	3	4	3	24	10

1951	Italy	Bruno Ruffo	Moto Guzzi	5	&—	2	4	3	22	4

1952	Italy	Enrico Lorenzetti	Moto Guzzi	6	&—	2	5	2	28	4

1953	West Germany	Werner Haas	NSU	7	&—	2	5	2	28	5

1954	West Germany	Werner Haas	NSU	7	&—	5	5	3	32	6

1955	West Germany	Hermann Paul Müller	NSU	5	&—	1	3	1	16	2

1956	Italy	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	6	&—	5	5	4	32	6

1957	United Kingdom	Cecil Sandford	Mondial	6	&—	2	5	0	26	10

1958	Italy	Tarquinio Provini	MV Agusta	6	&—	4	4	5	32	16

1959	Italy	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	7	&—	2	5	2	28	12

1960	Italy	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	6	&—	4	6	4	32	4

1961	United Kingdom	Mike Hailwood	Honda	11	&—	4	8	3	44	6

1962	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	Jim Redman	Honda	10	&—	6	9	2	48	16

1963	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	Jim Redman	Honda	12	&—	4	9	2	44	2

1964	United Kingdom	Phil Read	Yamaha	11	&—	5	7	4	46	4

1965	United Kingdom	Phil Read	Yamaha	12	&—	7	9	6	56	14

1966	United Kingdom	Mike Hailwood	Honda	12	&—	10	10	8	56	22

1967	United Kingdom	Mike Hailwood	Honda	13	&—	5	8	7	50	0

1968	United Kingdom	Phil Read	Yamaha	10	&—	5	7	5	46	0

1969	Australia	Kel Carruthers	Benelli	12	&—	3	7	3	89	5

1970	United Kingdom	Rodney Gould	Yamaha	12	&—	6	9	3	102	18

1971	United Kingdom	Phil Read	Yamaha	12	&—	3	5	3	73	5

1972	Finland	Jarno Saarinen	Yamaha	13	&—	4	9	6	94	1

1973	West Germany	Dieter Braun	Yamaha	11	&—	4	5	2	80	16

1974	Italy	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	10	1	4	5	3	77	19

1975	Italy	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	11	5	5	6	4	85	9

1976	Italy	Walter Villa	Harley-Davidson	11	7	7	8	7	90	17

1977	Italy	Mario Lega	Morbidelli	12	0	1	5	1	85	13

1978	South Africa	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	12	5	4	8	4	124	6

1979	South Africa	Kork Ballington	Kawasaki	12	3	7	9	7	141	60

1980	West Germany	Anton Mang	Kawasaki	10	9	4	10	4	128	41

1981	West Germany	Anton Mang	Kawasaki	12	10	10	11	9	160	65

1982	France	Jean-Louis Tournadre	Yamaha	12	0	1	8	2	118	1

1983	Venezuela	Carlos Lavado	Yamaha	11	1	4	6	2	100	27

1984	France	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	12	3	3	8	1	109	9

1985	United States	Freddie Spencer *	Honda	12	6	7	8	6	127	3

1986	Venezuela	Carlos Lavado	Yamaha	11	7	6	8	3	114	6

1987	West Germany	Anton Mang	Honda	15	1	8	8	1	136	28

1988	Spain	Sito Pons	Honda	15	1	4	11	2	231	10

1989	Spain	Sito Pons	Honda	15	3	7	12	7	262	72

1990	United States	John Kocinski	Yamaha	15	8	7	12	8	223	15

1991	Italy	Luca Cadalora	Honda	15	4	8	12	8	237	17

1992	Italy	Luca Cadalora	Honda	13	2	7	9	3	203	64

1993	Japan	Tetsuya Harada	Yamaha	14	2	4	7	3	197	4

1994	Italy	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	14	7	5	10	8	234	20

1995	Italy	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	13	9	8	12	7	283	63

1996	Italy	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	15	8	9	11	9	274	6

1997	Italy	Max Biaggi	Honda	15	3	5	10	2	250	2

1998	Italy	Loris Capirossi	Aprilia	14	8	2	9	3	204	3

1999	Italy	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	16	5	9	12	8	309	48

2000	France	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	16	5	3	11	4	279	7

2001	Japan	Daijiro Kato	Honda	16	6	11	13	9	322	49

2002	Italy	Marco Melandri	Aprilia	16	2	9	12	4	298	57

2003	San Marino	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	16	3	4	10	6	249	14

2004	Spain	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	16	4	7	13	8	317	61

2005	Spain	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	16	5	8	11	7	309	55

2006	Spain	Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia	16	10	8	11	1	289	17

2007	Spain	Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia	17	9	9	12	3	312	52

2008	Italy	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	16	7	6	12	4	281	37

2009	Japan	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	16	2	4	7	4	261	22

2010	Spain	Toni Elías	Moriwaki	17	3	7	8	2	271	70

2011	Germany	Stefan Bradl	Kalex	17	7	4	11	3	274	23

2012	Spain	Marc Márquez	Suter	17	7	9	14	5	324	56

2013	Spain	Pol Espargaró	Kalex	17	6	6	10	4	265	40

2014	Spain	Esteve Rabat	Kalex	18	11	7	14	5	346	57

2015	France	Johann Zarco	Kalex	18	7	8	14	1	352	118

2016	France	Johann Zarco	Kalex	18	7	7	10	4	276	42

2017	Italy	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	18	6	8	12	8	308	65

2018	Italy	Francesco Bagnaia	Kalex	18	6	8	12	3	306	9

Sentence(s)

In 2008, Marco Simoncelli won the 2008 250cc World Championship.

final_sentence: In 2008, Marco Simoncelli won the 2008 250cc World Championship.