The Czech Grand Prix returns to the MotoGP calendar in 2025 after four seasons away. Welcome to Brno, one of the most iconic circuits in the sport.
MotoGP or the road racing world championship as it was known at that time visited for the first time Bruno In 1965. Only Assen in the Netherlands has hosted more Grands Prix.
In 2022, local authorities decided to withdraw from the calendar due to losses related to the pandemic. But he signed a new five-year contract ahead of the 2025 season.
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Ducati rider Marc Marquez beat Marco Bezecic in the July race. Márquez delivered the greatest pole lap ever He beat the field in 2019 by 2.5 seconds.
MotoGP riders were paid in crystals at the Czech Grand Prix.
The Czech GP, or Grand Prix CSSR as it was then known, was held behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War.
Speaking period TNT Sports Gavin Emmett explained that during coverage of the summer’s opening practice at Brno, drivers who competed in that era were paid in crystals. They can then exchange their own currency before leaving.
Giacomo Agostini won the race four times in the 500cc class and three times in the 350cc class between 1968 and 1973. Britons Mike Hailwood and Phil Read also won the same five times at Brno during that period.
“Behind the Iron Curtain, the knights were paid in crystal, and they would exchange it for money at the border,” Emmett said.
“It’s an amazing story in this place, but it’s woven into the fabric of society here.
“The old pit construction is the same as when they built the circuit in 1987. However, you go around the roads connected to the main race track.
Which circuits have hosted the most MotoGP races?
It will take at least a quarter of a century to dislodge Asean from the leaderboard. In the year Before the pandemic in 2019, it had hosted 76 tournaments since 1949 in an interrupted development journey.
Bruno can boast 52, while Spa in Belgium – known as a Formula 1 venue – is tied for third with Jerez (40).
Mugello and Sachsenring come next at 39, ahead of Le Mans and Catalunya.
MotoGP’s European ‘heartland’ venues could come under increasing threat in the coming years. The new owners should try to diversify the calendar in order to repeat the profitable success of Liberty Media in F1.
