MotoGP at 1000: Motorsport.com's favourite races
As the paddock heads to France for the fifth round of the 2023 season, it will mark a major milestone in the world championship's history. At one of the most iconic venues in all of motorsport, Le Mans will play host to the 1000th grand prix event in world championship motorcycle racing, which first began back in 1949 on the Isle of Man. Through that time, much has changed about grand prix motorcycle racing, but the timeline has been littered with countless legendary moments. As part of Motorsport.com's 1000th MotoGP celebrations, we asked our writers to pick out some of their favourite races. Sito Pons won a thrilling 250cc race against Joan Garriga in Sweden, securing him his first world title Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images 1988 250cc Swedish Grand Prix: Love at first sight - German Garcia Casanova Possibly the 250cc race of the 1988 Swedish GP is not among the best in history by far, but on 14 August, 35 years ago, I will never forget it...