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Event
Information:
The
Indianapolis Grand Prix is a
motorcycling event held at the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway in
Speedway, Indiana, United States as
part of the Grand Prix motorcycle
racing season. Its first edition
took place on September 14, 2008 and
was sponsored by Red Bull. The race
was held again on August 30, 2009
and was sponsored by Red Bull again.
It is the only full-card (MotoGP,
Moto2, Moto3) United States round on
the MotoGP calendar, as the Laguna
Seca round is MotoGP only. When
Circuit of the Americas near Austin,
Texas opens for the season,
that will also be a full-card race.
The layout is similar to the setup
used for the Formula One United
States Grand Prix between 2000 and
2007, but not identical. It has been
reversed to a counterclockwise
layout, with a new complex of
corners just after the start-finish
line, inside Turn 1 of the oval.
This means that the bikes do not use
any of the banked oval corners. The
double-hairpin at the Hulman
Straight was replaced with the
traditional esses.
Road
Racing World Championship Grand Prix
is the premier championship of
motorcycle road racing currently
divided into three distinct classes:
125cc, Moto2 and MotoGP. The 125cc
class uses a two-stroke engine while
Moto2 and MotoGP use four-stroke
engines. In 2010 the 250cc
two-stroke was replaced by the new
Moto2 600cc four-stroke class. Grand
Prix motorcycles are purpose-built
racing machines that are neither
available for purchase by the
general public nor can be ridden
legally on public roads. This
contrasts with the various
production categories of racing,
such as the Superbike World
Championship, that feature modified
versions of road-going motorcycles
available to the public.
A Road
Racing World Championship Grand Prix
was first organized by the
Fédération Internationale de
Motocyclisme (FIM) in 1949. The
commercial rights are owned by Dorna
Sports. Teams are represented by the
International Road Racing Teams
Association (IRTA) and manufacturers
by the Motorcycle Sport
Manufacturers Association (MSMA).
Rules and changes to regulations are
decided between the four entities,
with Dorna casting a tie-breaking
vote. In cases of technical
modifications, the MSMA can
unilaterally enact or veto changes
by unanimous vote among its members.
These 4 entities compose the Grand
Prix Commission.
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