# Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

The Australian motorcycle Grand Prix is a motorcycling event that is part of the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. From 1997 to the present day, it is run at the scenic Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit south-southeast of Melbourne, Victoria. Prior to 1997 the event was held at a number of different venues, most notably Eastern Creek west of Sydney New South Wales and Bathurst in central western New South Wales. The only rider to win the 'premier class' race at multiple venues is five-time World Champion Mick Doohan, Eastern Creek (1992, 1995) and Phillip Island (1998).
The race was cancelled in 2020 and 2021, both due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit is contracted to host the event until 2026.

## Official names and sponsors

* 1989: Swan Premium Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
* 1990: Drink/Drive Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
* 1991: Tooheys Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
* 1992–1994: Foster's Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
* 1995–1997: Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix (no official sponsor)
* 1998–2001: Qantas Australian Grand Prix
* 2002–2003: SKYY vodka Australian Grand Prix
* 2004: Cinzano Australian Grand Prix
* 2005: Polini Australian Grand Prix
* 2006–2007: GMC Australian Grand Prix
* 2008: Australian Grand Prix (no official sponsor)
* 2009–2011: Iveco Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
* 2012: AirAsia Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
* 2013–2014: Tissot Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
* 2015: Pramac Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
* 2016–2018: Michelin Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
* 2019: Pramac Generac Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
* 2022: Animoca Brands Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
* 2023: MotoGP Guru by Gryfyn Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
* 2024: Qatar Airways Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix

## Spectator attendance

2007: 50.425

## Winners of the Australian motorcycle Grand Prix
### Most wins (riders)

| # Wins | Rider | Wins | Wins |
| # Wins | Rider | Category | Years won |
| 8 | Valentino Rossi | MotoGP | 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2014 |
| 8 | Valentino Rossi | 500cc | 2001 |
| 8 | Valentino Rossi | 250cc | 1998, 1999 |
| 6 | Casey Stoner | MotoGP | 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
| 5 | Marc Márquez | MotoGP | 2015, 2017, 2019, 2024 |
| 5 | Marc Márquez | 125cc | 2010 |
| 3 | Loris Capirossi | 500cc | 1996 |
| 3 | Loris Capirossi | 125cc | 1990, 1991 |
| 3 | Ralf Waldmann | 250cc | 1995, 1997 |
| 3 | Ralf Waldmann | 125cc | 1992 |
| 3 | Mick Doohan | 500cc | 1992, 1995, 1998 |
| 3 | Max Biaggi | 500cc | 2000 |
| 3 | Max Biaggi | 250cc | 1994, 1996 |
| 3 | Marco Melandri | MotoGP | 2006 |
| 3 | Marco Melandri | 250cc | 2002 |
| 3 | Marco Melandri | 125cc | 1999 |
| 3 | Jorge Lorenzo | MotoGP | 2013 |
| 3 | Jorge Lorenzo | 250cc | 2006, 2007 |
| 3 | Brad Binder | Moto2 | 2018, 2019 |
| 3 | Brad Binder | Moto3 | 2016 |
| 3 | Álex Rins | MotoGP | 2022 |
| 3 | Álex Rins | Moto2 | 2015 |
| 3 | Álex Rins | Moto3 | 2013 |
| 2 | Wayne Gardner | 500cc | 1989, 1990 |
| 2 | Luca Cadalora | 250cc | 1991, 1992 |
| 2 | John Kocinski | 500cc | 1994 |
| 2 | John Kocinski | 250cc | 1990 |
| 2 | Àlex Crivillé | 500cc | 1997 |
| 2 | Àlex Crivillé | 125cc | 1989 |
| 2 | Masao Azuma | 125cc | 1998, 2000 |
| 2 | Marco Simoncelli | 250cc | 2008, 2009 |
| 2 | Alex De Angelis | Moto2 | 2010, 2011 |
| 2 | Sandro Cortese | Moto3 | 2012 |
| 2 | Sandro Cortese | 125cc | 2011 |
| 2 | Pol Espargaró | Moto2 | 2012, 2013 |
| 2 | Thomas Lüthi | Moto2 | 2016 |
| 2 | Thomas Lüthi | 125cc | 2005 |
| 2 | Miguel Oliveira | Moto2 | 2017 |
| 2 | Miguel Oliveira | Moto3 | 2015 |
| 2 | Maverick Viñales | MotoGP | 2018 |
| 2 | Maverick Viñales | Moto2 | 2014 |

### Multiple winners (manufacturers)

| # Wins | Manufacturer | Wins | Wins |
| # Wins | Manufacturer | Category | Years won |
| 39 | Honda | MotoGP | 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 |
| 39 | Honda | 500cc | 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001 |
| 39 | Honda | 250cc | 1989, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005 |
| 39 | Honda | Moto3 | 2017, 2019 |
| 39 | Honda | 125cc | 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005 |
| 13 | Aprilia | 250cc | 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 |
| 13 | Aprilia | 125cc | 1996, 1994, 2006, 2009, 2011 |
| 11 | Yamaha | MotoGP | 2004, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2018 |
| 11 | Yamaha | 500cc | 1991, 1996, 2000 |
| 11 | Yamaha | 250cc | 1990, 1993, 2000 |
| 10 | KTM | Moto2 | 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| 10 | KTM | Moto3 | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2023 |
| 6 | Kalex | Moto2 | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2023 |
| 6 | Ducati | MotoGP | 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2023, 2024 |
| 4 | Derbi | 125cc | 2001, 2007, 2008, 2010 |
| 3 | Gilera | 250cc | 2008, 2009 |
| 3 | Gilera | 125cc | 2002 |
| 2 | Motobi | Moto2 | 2010, 2011 |
| 2 | Suzuki | MotoGP | 2022 |
| 2 | Suzuki | 500cc | 1993 |
| 2 | Boscoscuro | Moto2 | 2022, 2024 |

### By year

| Year | Track | Moto3 | Moto3 | Moto2 | Moto2 | MotoGP | MotoGP | Report |
| Year | Track | Rider | Manufacturer | Rider | Manufacturer | Rider | Manufacturer | Report |
| 2024 | Phillip Island | David Alonso | CFMoto | Fermín Aldeguer | Boscoscuro | Marc Márquez | Ducati | Report |
| 2023 | Phillip Island | Deniz Öncü | KTM | Tony Arbolino | Kalex | Johann Zarco | Ducati | Report |
| 2022 | Phillip Island | Izan Guevara | Gas Gas | Alonso López | Boscoscuro | Álex Rins | Suzuki | Report |
| 2021 | Phillip Island | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2020 | Phillip Island | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2019 | Phillip Island | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Honda | Brad Binder | KTM | Marc Márquez | Honda | Report |
| 2018 | Phillip Island | Albert Arenas | KTM | Brad Binder | KTM | Maverick Viñales | Yamaha | Report |
| 2017 | Phillip Island | Joan Mir | Honda | Miguel Oliveira | KTM | Marc Márquez | Honda | Report |
| 2016 | Phillip Island | Brad Binder | KTM | Thomas Lüthi | Kalex | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | Report |
| 2015 | Phillip Island | Miguel Oliveira | KTM | Álex Rins | Kalex | Marc Márquez | Honda | Report |
| 2014 | Phillip Island | Jack Miller | KTM | Maverick Viñales | Kalex | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | Report |
| 2013 | Phillip Island | Álex Rins | KTM | Pol Espargaró | Kalex | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | Report |
| 2012 | Phillip Island | Sandro Cortese | KTM | Pol Espargaró | Kalex | Casey Stoner | Honda | Report |
| Year | Track | 125cc | 125cc | Moto2 | Moto2 | MotoGP | MotoGP | Report |
| Year | Track | Rider | Manufacturer | Rider | Manufacturer | Rider | Manufacturer | Report |
| 2011 | Phillip Island | Sandro Cortese | Aprilia | Alex de Angelis | Motobi | Casey Stoner | Honda | Report |
| 2010 | Phillip Island | Marc Márquez | Derbi | Alex de Angelis | Motobi | Casey Stoner | Ducati | Report |
| Year | Track | 125cc | 125cc | 250cc | 250cc | MotoGP | MotoGP | Report |
| Year | Track | Rider | Manufacturer | Rider | Manufacturer | Rider | Manufacturer | Report |
| 2009 | Phillip Island | Julián Simón | Aprilia | Marco Simoncelli | Gilera | Casey Stoner | Ducati | Report |
| 2008 | Phillip Island | Mike di Meglio | Derbi | Marco Simoncelli | Gilera | Casey Stoner | Ducati | Report |
| 2007 | Phillip Island | Lukáš Pešek | Derbi | Jorge Lorenzo | Aprilia | Casey Stoner | Ducati | Report |
| 2006 | Phillip Island | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | Jorge Lorenzo | Aprilia | Marco Melandri | Honda | Report |
| 2005 | Phillip Island | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | Report |
| 2004 | Phillip Island | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | Report |
| 2003 | Phillip Island | Andrea Ballerini | Honda | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | Valentino Rossi | Honda | Report |
| 2002 | Phillip Island | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | Valentino Rossi | Honda | Report |
| Year | Track | 125cc | 125cc | 250cc | 250cc | 500cc | 500cc | Report |
| Year | Track | Rider | Manufacturer | Rider | Manufacturer | Rider | Manufacturer | Report |
| 2001 | Phillip Island | Youichi Ui | Derbi | Daijiro Kato | Honda | Valentino Rossi | Honda | Report |
| 2000 | Phillip Island | Masao Azuma | Honda | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | Max Biaggi | Yamaha | Report |
| 1999 | Phillip Island | Marco Melandri | Honda | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | Tadayuki Okada | Honda | Report |
| 1998 | Phillip Island | Masao Azuma | Honda | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | Mick Doohan | Honda | Report |
| 1997 | Phillip Island | Noboru Ueda | Honda | Ralf Waldmann | Honda | Àlex Crivillé | Honda | Report |
| 1996 | Eastern Creek | Garry McCoy | Aprilia | Max Biaggi | Aprilia | Loris Capirossi | Yamaha | Report |
| 1995 | Eastern Creek | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | Ralf Waldmann | Honda | Mick Doohan | Honda | Report |
| 1994 | Eastern Creek | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | Max Biaggi | Aprilia | John Kocinski | Cagiva | Report |
| 1993 | Eastern Creek | Dirk Raudies | Honda | Tetsuya Harada | Yamaha | Kevin Schwantz | Suzuki | Report |
| 1992 | Eastern Creek | Ralf Waldmann | Honda | Luca Cadalora | Honda | Mick Doohan | Honda | Report |
| 1991 | Eastern Creek | Loris Capirossi | Honda | Luca Cadalora | Honda | Wayne Rainey | Yamaha | Report |
| 1990 | Phillip Island | Loris Capirossi | Honda | John Kocinski | Yamaha | Wayne Gardner | Honda | Report |
| 1989 | Phillip Island | Àlex Crivillé | JJ Cobas | Sito Pons | Honda | Wayne Gardner | Honda | Report |
| Year | Track | Rider | Bike |
| 1988 | Bathurst | Mick Doohan | Yamaha FZR750 |
| 1987 | Winton | Kevin Magee | Yamaha FZR750 |
| 1986 | Bathurst | Malcolm Campbell | Honda NR750 |
| 1983 | Bathurst | Andrew Johnson | Honda RS500 |
| 1978 | Bathurst | Hideo Kanaya | Yamaha 750 |
| 1976 | Sandown | Warren Willing | Yamaha 750 |
| 1968 | Bathurst | Ron Toombs | Henderson Matchless G50 |
| 1967 | Bathurst | Ron Toombs | Henderson Matchless G50 |
| 1966 | Bathurst | Ron Toombs | Henderson Matchless G50 |
| 1957 | Bandiana | Jack Forrest | BMW |
| 1952 | Bathurst | Harry Hinton | |
| 1946 | Bathurst | Ron Kessing | Velocette 495 |
| 1940 | Bathurst | Bat Byrnes | Norton |
| 1937 | Vale | Stuart Williams | Velocette 495 |
| 1933 | Vale | George Hannaford | Rudge |
| 1924 | Goulburn | Dave Brewster | Indian Chief |
| 1915 | Yetholme | James Mellor | Matchless |
| 1914 | Yetholme | Edgar Meller | 2 3/4 TT Douglas |

## Riots at Bathurst

The Bathurst motorcycle race riots, or Easter Motorcycle riots were a series of disturbances between 1980 and 1985 involving motorsport spectators and the New South Wales Police Force Tactical Response Group during the Australian motorcycle Grand Prix.
Following the 1985 race meeting, the Bathurst Regional Council placed a total ban on spectators taking their own alcohol into events at the Mount Panorama Circuit. This ban has subsequently been revoked. The council also put a limit on the number of drinks spectators could purchase per day from the outlets at the track. This also had a flow on effect for the circuits other annual event, the Bathurst 1000 touring car race held on the October long weekend, though traditionally the Bathurst 1000 crowd was much better behaved.