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- …that Giacomo Agostini is first in all time 500cc/MotoGP world championship wins with 8 world championships. Michael Doohan and Valentino Rossi are joint second with 5 world championships each.
- …that Giacomo Agostini is first in consecutive 500cc/MotoGP world championship wins with 7 consecutive world championships from 1966 to 1972. Michael Doohan with 5 consecutive world championships from 1994 to 1998 and Valentino Rossi with 5 consecutive world championships from 2001 to 2005 are joint second.
- …that Giacomo Agostini is first in all time race wins with 68 race wins. Valentino Rossi is second with 62 race wins.
- …that Valentino Rossi is first in all time podiums standings with 100 podiums followed by Michael Doohan with 95.
- …that Honda is first in all time 500cc/MotoGP world championship wins with 17 world championships. MV Agusta is second with 16.
- …that Carl Fogarty is first in all time Superbike world championship wins with 4 world championships. Troy Bayliss,Troy Corser,Colin Edwards,Fred Merkel,Doug Polen, and James Toseland have 2 Superbike world championships each.
- …that except for the Frenchman Raymond Roche, who won the championship in 1990, all other Superbike World Champions were English native speakers.
- …that Carl Fogarty is first in all time Superbike world championship wins with 59 wins. Troy Bayliss is second with 41.
- …that Ducati is first in all time Superbike world championship wins with 14 world championships. Honda is second with 4.
- …that John Surtees is the only person to have won World Championships on both two and four wheels.
