{"id":7554,"date":"2019-05-22T16:18:33","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T14:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eudoxiemotorcycles.com\/?p=7554"},"modified":"2026-10-23T16:54:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T14:54:47","slug":"7554-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eudoxie.shop\/en\/7554-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn more about circuit motorcycling!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Learn more about circuit motorcycling!<\/b><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following our <strong>BMW experience<\/strong> (see the previous article!), by discussing with our different coaches and <strong>FLo<\/strong> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Steel-Bike-Concept-356974821180038\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Steelbike<\/strong><\/a> (dragster driver) we realized that we didn&#039;t know much about the motorcycle\/circuit\/grand prix world... So here are some details that we learned and that seem interesting to us!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, let&#039;s start at the beginning, that is, the origins of this discipline. First, you should know that motorcycling sport is governed worldwide by the International Motorcycling Federation or<strong> FIM<\/strong> (logic), founded in 1904 in Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then, there are several categories of circuit racing such as<strong> Grand Prix<\/strong><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (motoGP for example)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, THE <strong>Superbike<\/strong>, THE <strong>Supersport<\/strong>, or even the<strong>Endurance<\/strong>. For this article, we will only be interested in the <strong>Grand Prix<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>The Grand Prix<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All these motorcycle circuit races are done from a <strong>standing start<\/strong> and are organized around a number of rounds defined in advance. <strong>starting places<\/strong> occupied by the pilots depend on their results during the <strong>qualifications<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The races are organized to last between <strong>40 and 45 minutes<\/strong> and must cover a distance of between 95 and 130km. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The number of laps set varies depending on the length of the track in question. For example, the circuit <strong>Silverstone<\/strong> located in England is one of the longest circuits with 3.5 miles per lap, which is approximately<strong> 5 km<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You should know that it exists <strong>3 categories<\/strong> of motorcycle Grand Prix organized by the FIM:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Moto3<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Moto2<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>MotoGP<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The difference between these categories? Well, as in all sports, we find the level of the drivers, but also the <strong>power of machines<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, the drivers of <\/span><b>moto3<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have specific criteria to respect such as having a 250 cm3 4-stroke single-cylinder engine motorcycle with a minimum weight set at 152 kg (motorcycle + rider). This category is open to riders aged 16 to 28 years old and is the first level of competition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In <\/span><b>moto2<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, all motorcycles are equipped with the 765cc 4-stroke engine <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Triumph<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> since 2019. The minimum weight of the rider and his bike must be 215kg. Here, riders must be at least 16 years old, they are budding champions!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In <\/span><b>motogp<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, motorcycles must not exceed 1000 cm3 4-stroke, with 4 cylinders maximum. (Don&#039;t ask us for more explanations, we get lost there too!). The rider must be at least 18 years old.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This category is reserved for <strong>world&#039;s best drivers<\/strong> who work with their stables and develop <strong>prototypes<\/strong> motorcycle to make them ever more efficient. These races also make it possible to define a winner on the side of the <strong>drivers<\/strong>, but also on the side of <strong>builders\u00a0<\/strong>! It&#039;s a bit <strong>the elite<\/strong> motorcycle racing, comparable to Formula 1!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from the power of the machines, we can see that the races <strong>moto3 and moto2<\/strong> are much more <strong>framed<\/strong> regarding the characteristics of the motorcycle used. They have some aspects in common such as the <strong>engine<\/strong> or even the <strong>tires<\/strong> used which results in a certain homogeneity in the racing conditions for the pilots while the <strong>motogp<\/strong> allows drivers, teams and manufacturers to<strong>to optimise<\/strong> their performance thanks to the characteristics of the <strong>prototype<\/strong> prepared.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>But where\u00a0<\/b><b>are the girls?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7559 aligncenter\" style=\"color: #555555; font-size: 14.4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/eudoxie.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/womens-cup-officiel-logo_0-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eudoxie.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/womens-cup-officiel-logo_0-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/eudoxie.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/womens-cup-officiel-logo_0-1-350x100.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During this research, we noticed that the girls were not responding on the slopes! We then looked into the subject and it turns out that 2 women set up the <strong>Women&#039;s Cup<\/strong>\u00a0in 2016! Indeed, it is about<strong>Emma Clair<\/strong> who happens to be the president of the women&#039;s committee of the <strong>FFM<\/strong>, accompanied by <strong>Karine Sliz<\/strong>, director of the magazine <strong>Motorcycle and Bikers<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In<strong> 2017,<\/strong> The competition attracted nearly <strong>80 pilots<\/strong> ranging from 17 to 72 years old.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The competition is open to all and has been held <strong>4 races in 2018<\/strong>, which makes this competition a <strong>French championship<\/strong>. Great news for the world of women&#039;s motorcycling!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It offers 2 categories: <strong>1000 cc and 600cc<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just like in the men&#039;s competition, this competition is supported by <strong>Dunlop<\/strong>, but also <strong>The B\u00e9canerie<\/strong> or even <strong>Racer<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The edition <strong>2018 1000cc<\/strong> was won by <strong>Margaux Wanham<\/strong> #52 (with 95 points), and the category <strong>600cc<\/strong> by <strong>Anne-Louise Floury<\/strong> #3 (with 79 points)!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A big congratulations and much success for the 2019 edition which has already started the first round in April and which continues with 3 more races: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2nd round: May 24\/25 at Nevers Magny-Cours, preview of the 12H of Magny-Cours<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3rd round: June 15\/16 at the Carole circuit (93) during the WERC<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Final: June 29\/30 on the Rhin ring (68) as part of the Speed Trophy<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The world of motorcycling is changing! When will there be a mixed championship to show that women also have their place in motorcycling sports!?<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn more about track riding! Following our BMW experience (see the previous article!), and after discussions with our various coaches and Flo from Steelbike (drag racer), we realized we didn&#039;t know much about the world of motorcycles\/track racing\/Grand Prix\u2026 So here are a few details we learned\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":27413,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[296],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eudoxie.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eudoxie.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eudoxie.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eudoxie.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eudoxie.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7554"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eudoxie.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27583,"href":"https:\/\/eudoxie.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7554\/revisions\/27583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eudoxie.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eudoxie.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eudoxie.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eudoxie.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}