List of 125cc/Moto3 Motorcycle World Champions

Loris Capirossi, the youngest 125cc champion

Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing, which is divided into three classes: Moto3, Moto2 and MotoGP. Former classes that have been discontinued include 350cc, 250cc, 125cc, 50cc/80cc and Sidecar.^[1] Moto3 replaced the 125cc class in 2012. Moto3 runs 250cc single-cylinder engines as opposed to the 125cc engines used previously. The engines have single cylinders, as opposed to the four cylinders used in MotoGP. Moto3 is the class where young riders first participate in Grand Prix motorcycle racing. The minimum age for a rider is 16 years and the maximum is 28 years.^[2] The Grand Prix Road-Racing World Championship was established in 1949 by the sport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), and is the oldest motorsport World Championship.^[2]

Each season consists of 12 to 18 Grands Prix contested on closed circuits, as opposed to public roads. Points earned in these events count toward the drivers' and constructors' world championships. The driver's and constructor's championship are separate championships, but are based on the same point system. The number of points awarded at the end of each race to the top 15 qualifying riders depends on their placement. Points received by each finisher, from first 1st place to 15th place: 25, 20, 16, 13, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Historically, there have been several points systems.^[3] Results from all current Grands Prix count towards the championships; in the past, only a certain number of results were counted.^[4]

Ángel Nieto has won the most championships, with seven. Loris Capirossi is the youngest to win the championship; he was 17 years and 165 days old when he won in 1990.^[5] Italian riders have won the most championships; 14 riders have won a total of 23 championships. Spaniards have won the second most; 6 riders have won a total of 12 championships. Riders from Great Britain have won the third most, as four riders have won a total of four championships. Nello Pagani won the inaugural championship in 1949. Nicolas Terol was the last rider to win the 125cc championship in 2011.^[6] Rupert Hollaus' 1954 title was the only time a posthumous World Champion was crowned in any class in Grand Prix motorcycle racing as he was killed before the 1954 season is over. Emilio Alzamora's 1999 title was the only time in Grand Prix motorcycle racing that a rider wins the championship without winning a race in a season. Sandro Cortese was the first rider to win the Moto3 championship in 2012.^[7] Brad Binder is the current champion.^[8]

Champions

All figures correct as of 8 November 2015

Key

	Champion also won the 250cc Championship in that season
	Champion also won the 80cc Championship in that season
*	Champion also won the 50cc Championship in that season
& —	Indicates information is not available

• The "Season" column refers to the season the competition was held, and wikilinks to the article about that season.
• The "Margin" column refers to the margin of points by which the winner defeated the runner-up.

By season

125cc/Moto3 Motorcycle World Champions

Season	Country	Rider	Constructor	Grands Prix	Poles	Wins	Podiums	Fastest laps	Points	Margin
1949	Italy	Pagani, NelloNello Pagani	Mondial	3	& —	2	2	2	27	13
1950	Italy	Ruffo, BrunoBruno Ruffo	Mondial	3	& —	1	2	1	17	3
1951	Italy	Ubbiali, CarloCarlo Ubbiali	Mondial	5	& —	1	3	2	20	8
1952	United Kingdom	Sandford, CecilCecil Sandford	MV Agusta	6	& —	3	5	3	28	4
1953	West Germany	Haas, WernerWerner Haas	NSU	6	& —	3	5	4	30	10
1954	Austria	Hollaus, RupertRupert Hollaus	NSU	6	& —	4	4	3	32	14
1955	Italy	Ubbiali, CarloCarlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	6	& —	5	6	3	32	6
1956	Italy	Ubbiali, CarloCarlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	6	& —	5	6	3	32	18
1957	Italy	Provini, TarquinioTarquinio Provini	Mondial	6	& —	3	5	5	30	8
1958	Italy	Ubbiali, CarloCarlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	7	& —	4	5	2	32	7
1959	Italy	Ubbiali, CarloCarlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	7	& —	3	5	4	30	2
1960	Italy	Ubbiali, CarloCarlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	5	& —	4	5	2	24	6
1961	Australia	Phillis, TomTom Phillis	Honda	11	& —	4	8	6	44	2
1962	Switzerland	Taveri, LuigiLuigi Taveri	Honda	11	& —	6	9	7	48	10
1963	New Zealand	Anderson, HughHugh Anderson*	Suzuki	12	& —	6	8	2	54	16
1964	Switzerland	Taveri, LuigiLuigi Taveri	Honda	11	& —	5	9	3	46	10
1965	New Zealand	Anderson, HughHugh Anderson	Suzuki	12	& —	7	8	8	56	12
1966	Switzerland	Taveri, LuigiLuigi Taveri	Honda	10	& —	5	8	5	46	6
1967	United Kingdom	Ivy, BillBill Ivy	Yamaha	12	& —	8	10	10	56	16
1968	United Kingdom	Read, PhilPhil Read	Yamaha	9	& —	6	8	2	40	6
1969	United Kingdom	Simmonds, DaveDave Simmonds	Kawasaki	11	& —	8	10	6	90	31
1970	West Germany	Braun, DieterDieter Braun	Suzuki	11	& —	4	6	0	84	12
1971	Spain	Nieto, ÁngelÁngel Nieto	Derbi	11	& —	5	6	6	87	8
1972	Spain	Nieto, ÁngelÁngel Nieto*	Derbi	13	& —	5	7	5	97	10
1973	Sweden	Andersson, KentKent Andersson	Yamaha	12	& —	5	7	3	99	24
1974	Sweden	Andersson, KentKent Andersson	Yamaha	10	3	5	8	2	87	24
1975	Italy	Pileri, PaoloPaolo Pileri	Morbidelli	10	3	7	8	4	90	18
1976	Italy	Bianchi, Pier PaoloPier Paolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	9	6	7	7	6	90	23
1977	Italy	Bianchi, Pier PaoloPier Paolo Bianchi	Morbidelli	12	8	7	9	6	131	26
1978	Italy	Lazzarini, EugenioEugenio Lazzarini	MBA	12	5	4	8	4	114	26
1979	Spain	Nieto, ÁngelÁngel Nieto	Minarelli	13	5	8	8	6	120	67
1980	Italy	Bianchi, Pier PaoloPier Paolo Bianchi	MBA	10	3	2	5	1	90	9
1981	Spain	Nieto, ÁngelÁngel Nieto	Minarelli	12	3	8	9	5	140	45
1982	Spain	Nieto, ÁngelÁngel Nieto	Garelli	12	2	6	7	2	111	16
1983	Spain	Nieto, ÁngelÁngel Nieto	Garelli	11	1	6	7	6	76	26
1984	Spain	Nieto, ÁngelÁngel Nieto	Garelli	8	0	6	6	6	90	12
1985	Italy	Gresini, FaustoFausto Gresini	Garelli	10	5	3	8	1	109	10
1986	Italy	Cadalora, LucaLuca Cadalora	Garelli	11	5	4	8	4	122	8
1987	Italy	Gresini, FaustoFausto Gresini	Garelli	11	6	10	10	7	150	62
1988	Spain	Martínez, JorgeJorge Martínez	Derbi	11	6	9	10	6	197	29
1989	Spain	Crivillé, ÀlexÀlex Crivillé	JJ Cobas	12	3	5	9	4	166	14
1990	Italy	Capirossi, LorisLoris Capirossi	Honda	14	0	3	8	0	182	9
1991	Italy	Capirossi, LorisLoris Capirossi	Honda	13	5	5	12	4	200	19
1992	Italy	Gramigni, AlessandroAlessandro Gramigni	Aprilia	13	3	2	7	0	134	16
1993	Germany	Raudies, DirkDirk Raudies	Honda	14	6	9	11	3	280	14
1994	Japan	Sakata, KazutoKazuto Sakata	Aprilia	14	7	4	8	4	224	30
1995	Japan	Aoki, HaruchikaHaruchika Aoki	Honda	13	3	7	9	2	224	84
1996	Japan	Aoki, HaruchikaHaruchika Aoki	Honda	15	3	2	9	3	220	9
1997	Italy	Rossi, ValentinoValentino Rossi	Aprilia	15	4	11	13	7	321	83
1998	Japan	Sakata, KazutoKazuto Sakata	Aprilia	14	4	4	6	2	229	12
1999	Spain	Alzamora, EmilioEmilio Alzamora	Honda	16	0	0	10	3	227	1
2000	Italy	Locatelli, RobertoRoberto Locatelli	Aprilia	16	9	5	8	5	230	13
2001	San Marino	Poggiali, ManuelManuel Poggiali	Gilera	16	2	3	11	0	241	9
2002	France	Vincent, ArnaudArnaud Vincent	Aprilia	16	2	5	10	0	273	19
2003	Spain	Pedrosa, DaniDani Pedrosa	Honda	16	3	5	6	3	223	57
2004	Italy	Dovizioso, AndreaAndrea Dovizioso	Honda	16	8	4	11	3	293	91
2005	Switzerland	Lüthi, ThomasThomas Lüthi	Honda	16	5	4	8	1	242	5
2006	Spain	Bautista, ÁlvaroÁlvaro Bautista	Aprilia	16	8	8	14	7	338	76
2007	Hungary	Talmácsi, GáborGábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	17	5	3	10	6	282	5
2008	France	Di Meglio, MikeMike Di Meglio	Derbi	17	2	4	9	4	264	39
2009	Spain	Simón, JuliánJulián Simón	Aprilia	16	7	7	12	7	289	65.5
2010	Spain	Márquez, MarcMarc Márquez	Derbi	17	12	10	12	7	310	14
2011	Spain	Terol, NicolásNicolás Terol	Aprilia	17	7	8	11	4	302	40
2012	Germany	Cortese, SandroSandro Cortese	KTM	17	7	5	15	4	325	109
2013	Spain	Viñales, MaverickMaverick Viñales	KTM	17	2	3	15	3	323	12
2014	Spain	Márquez, ÁlexÁlex Márquez	Honda	18	3	3	10	3	278	2
2015	United Kingdom	Kent, DannyDanny Kent	Honda	18	5	6	9	3	260	6
2016	South Africa	Binder, BradBrad Binder	KTM	18	6	7	14	3	319	142

* Season still in progress

Multiple champions

125cc/Moto3 Multiple champions

Rider	Total	Seasons
Nieto, ÁngelÁngel Nieto	7	1971, 1972, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984
Ubbiali, CarloCarlo Ubbiali	6	1951, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960
Taveri, LuigiLuigi Taveri	3	1962, 1964, 1966
Bianchi, Pier PaoloPier Paolo Bianchi	3	1976, 1977, 1980
Anderson, HughHugh Anderson	2	1963, 1965
Andersson, KentKent Andersson	2	1973, 1974
Gresini, FaustoFausto Gresini	2	1985, 1987
Capirossi, LorisLoris Capirossi	2	1990, 1991
Aoki, HaruchikaHaruchika Aoki	2	1995, 1996
Sakata, KazutoKazuto Sakata	2	1994, 1998

By constructor

125cc/Moto3 World champions by constructor

Constructor	Total
Honda	15
Aprilia	9
Garelli	6
MV Agusta	6
Derbi	5
Mondial	4
Yamaha	4
KTM	3
Morbidelli	3
Suzuki	3
NSU	2
MBA	2
Minarelli	2
Kawasaki	1
JJ Cobas	1
Gilera	1

By nationality

125cc/Moto3 Motorcycle World Champions by nationality

Country	Riders	Total
Italy	14	23
Spain	11	17
United Kingdom	5	5
Germany	4	4
Japan	2	4
Switzerland	2	4
France	2	2
New Zealand	1	2
Sweden	1	2
Austria	1	1
Australia	1	1
San Marino	1	1
Hungary	1	1
South Africa	1	1

References

General

• "World Champion in 125cc from all countries in all seasons". MotoGP. Retrieved 20 September 2009.

Bibliography

• Marshall, Anne (1997). Guinness Book of Knowledge. Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-046-6.

Specific

1. Marshall 1997, p. 289
2. "Basics". MotoGP. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
3. "FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix Regulations 2009" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 31 January 2009. p. 44. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
4. "Key Rules". MotoGP. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
5. "Statistics 2006" (PDF). MotoGP. 22 March 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2007. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
6. Beer, Matt (6 November 2011). "Nico Terol becomes last ever 125cc champion as Maverick Vinales win Valencia race". Autosport. Haymarket Media Group. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
7. Tremayne, Viñales (21 October 2012). "Sepang Moto3: Sandro Cortese wins to claim title". Autosport. Haymarket Media Group. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
8. Adam, Mitchell (25 September 2016). "Brad Binder wins 2016 Moto3 world championship at Aragon". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 25 September 2016.