What is podium in motogp?
A podium (plural podiums or podia) is a platform used to raise something to a short distance above its surroundings. The "Best Of" season-recap returns to MotoGP™ as we check out some of the best, and most. 48 points separate the Italian from third place Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) and having picked up at least two podiums in the last quartet of. Motorcycle racing was a highly unorganized sport in the first half of the 20th century. Marc Marquez increases MotoGP lead with another podium finish.
The first season of the motorbike Riders Championship was held in 1949. The race tracks, standardization of bikes, rules, and regulations were all set and the races were overseen by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM, International Motorcycling Federation).
British rider Leslie Graham riding for Team AJS Porcupine won the very first 500cc championship. In the early days, only 80cc and 300cc bikes were used and participation was mostly restricted to riders from Europe - predominantly from Great Britain and Italy.
Today, there are 3 classes - Moto3, Moto2 and the premier class MotoGP where the maximum engine displacement allowed is 1000cc. All the three classes mandatorily use four-stroke engines. Although races today are held all over the world, from Argentina to Thailand, the sport has had only champions from 6 different countries since inception. We look at 5 riders with the most podium finishes in MotoGP:
Spaniard Marc Marquez nicknamed 'The Ant' is one of 3 riders to have won the Championship across all three categories (Moto3, Moto2, and MotoGP). He made his debut in the 125cc class in 2008 just after turning 15 - the legal age when riders are allowed to enter the competition in the 125cc class. In 2010, he won the 125cc Championship and moved to Moto2 the following year.
In 2012, he won the Moto2 Championship. In 2013, he was offered a contract by Repsol Honda to race alongside compatriot Dani Pedrosa. Marquez stunned the world by becoming the youngest ever MotoGP Champion and only the second since Kenny Roberts to win the title in his debut season. The retirement of Casey Stoner in 2012 robbed MotoGP fans of what could have possibly been one of the greatest rivalries in MotoGP history.
Marquez proved that his win in 2013 was no fluke as he successfully defended his title in 2014. A hat-trick of triumphs in 2016, 2017 and 2018 has made him a strong contender to surpass Rossi's tally of 7 world titles in the years to come. The 26-year old is the hot favorite to win the 2019 title.
Marquez recently surpassed Giacomo Agostini's tally of 78 podium finishes by grabbing his 79th podium finish at the Grand Prix of Argentina.
Motorsport legend from Australia, Mick Doohan made his professional debut in 1989 riding for Team Honda. He would go on to win 5 consecutive Championships between 1994 and 1998 - a feat which was earlier only accomplished by Giacomo Agostini.
In a 10-year MotoGP career, Doohan won 54 races and collected a total of 2283 Championship points. Glory came at a price for Doohan as he suffered numerous injuries in his carer including the one which ended his career.
In his career, he had his finger attached, almost lost a leg, broke his collarbone and wrist. Following his career-ending crash in Jerez, Doohan had to endure a slow and frustrating rehabilitation period.
His most dominant season was the 1997 season where he won a total of 12 races from 12 pole position starts and finished with a record aggregate of 340 points. The most successful MotoGP rider from Australian stood on the podium 95 times.
Spaniard Dani Pedrosa is to MotoGP what Felipe Massa and Mark Webber are to Formula 1. Just like Massa and Webber, Pedrosa came so close to winning the World Championship but frustratingly fell short. The two-time 250cc World Champion, Dani Pedrosa has been an evergreen rider over the years delivering consistent performances.
He is the youngest ever 250cc World Champion. Right from his 125cc debut in 2001 till 2018 when he announced his retirement from MotoGP, he has been an integral of Team Repsol Honda. When Honda decided to sign his compatriot Jorge Lorenzo for the 2019 season, Pedrosa decided to call it quits.
Pedrosa has won at least one race for 12 consecutive years from 2006 to 2017 - a record he shares with Italian great Giacomo Agostini. In 236 starts, Pedrosa stood on the podium 112 times - the most among those riders who have never won the MotoGP title.
Jorge Lorenzo's 15th birthday in 2002 saw him make his debut in the 125cc class and the cherry on top was that it happened to be at the Jerez Circuit, in his home country of Spain.
In 2007, Lorenzo won the 250cc Championship in some style and in 2008 he made the jump to the Premier Class as Team Yamaha offered him a two-year contract to partner the legendary Valentino Rossi. A hat-trick of podium finishes in his first 3 races earned him the distinction of being the youngest to do so. In his debut season, he was 3rd in the standings and the following year, he gave Rossi a run for his money by finishing runner-up in the riders' standings.
In 2010, he turned the tables on 7-time champion Rossi and became the second Spaniard after Alex Criville to be crowned World Champion. In 2012, he won his second World title and in the ensuing process became the very first Spaniard to win two at the MotoGP level. The 2015 season saw a nail-biting finish as Lorenzo pipped his long-time Yamaha teammate Rossi to win his third title by a wafer-thin margin of 5 points.
Now a member of Team Repsol Honda, Lorenzo will look to recapture his winning ways. The veteran Spaniard has a total of 114 podium finishes and will be looking to open his account in 2019 for his new team.
No surprises whatsoever as to who tops the charts. Rossi's records set over 2 decades is just mind-boggling. Generations of riders have come and gone but Rossi still belies his age and looks to find ways to find the motivation to win. Rossi is undoubtedly the most recognized face of MotoGP.
An avid fan of Inter Milan Football Club, Valentino 'The Doctor' Rossi is the only man in motorcycle racing history to win Championships across 4 different classes. He has won the 125cc, 250cc and the now discontinued 500cc class once each. He has won the MotoGP title a total of 6 times giving him a total of 7 Premier Class Championships all in all.
115 overall wins across all categories put Rossi second only to Giacomo Agostini on the all-time list. The only rider to have aggregated more than 5000 Championship points, Rossi has won 89 Premier Class Grand Prix races - an all-time record. Having gone winless all throughout the 2018 season - a rarity for a man of his caliber, Rossi will be looking to mount a push for a record-equalling 8th Championship at the age of 40 in the 2019 season.
'The Doctor' has stood on the podium 198 times (counting his second place at the Grand Prix of the Americas, 2019) and another milestone of a double century awaits the great man.
A podium (plural podiums or podia) is a platform used to raise something to a short distance above its surroundings. It derives from the Greek πόδι (foot). In architecture a building can rest on a large podium. Podiums can also be used to raise people, for instance the conductor of an orchestra stands on a podium as do many public speakers. Common parlance has shown an increasing use of podium in North American English to describe a lectern.
In sports, a type of podium can be used to honor the top three competitors in events. In the modern Olympics a tri-level podium is used. Traditionally, the highest platform is in the center for the gold medalist. To their right is a lower platform for the silver medalist, and to the left of the gold medalist is a lower platform for the bronze medalist. At the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, the Silver and Bronze podium places were of equal elevation. In many sports, results in the top three of a competition are often referred to as podiums or podium finishes. In some individual sports, podiums is an official statistic, referring to the number of top three results an athlete has achieved over the course of a season or career. The word may also be used, chiefly in the United States, as a verb, "to podium", meaning to attain a podium place.
Podiums were first used at the 1930 British Empire Games (now Commonwealth Games) in Hamilton, Ontario and subsequently during the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid and the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
The winner stands in the middle, with the second placed driver to their right and the third place driver to their left. Also present are the dignitaries selected by the race organisers who will present the trophies.
In some motorsport events, including Formula One, a representative of the team that won the race will also be present at the podium, with a fourth podium step, trophy and champagne. In many forms of motorsport, the three top-placed drivers in a race stand on a podium for the trophy ceremony. In an international series, the national anthem of the winning driver, and the winning team or constructor may be played over a public address system and the flags of the drivers' countries are hoisted above them. The recordings are short versions of the national anthems, ensuring the podium ceremony does not exceeded its allocated time. Should a driver experience problems with his car on a slow lap in Formula One, that driver is transported to the pit lane via road car by the Formula One Administration security officer.
Following the presentation of the trophies, the drivers will often spray Champagne over each other and their team members watching below, a tradition started by Dan Gurney following the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans race. The drivers will generally refrain from spraying champagne if a fatality or major accident occurs during the event. Also, in countries where alcohol sponsorship or drinking is prohibited, alcoholic beverages may be replaced by other drinks, for example rose water.
The term has become common parlance in the media, where a driver may be said to "be heading for a podium finish" or "just missing out on a podium" when he is heading for, or just misses out on a top three finish. The NASCAR Cup Series, the highest level of stock car racing in the United States, does not use a podium in post-game events or statistics. Instead, the winning team celebrates in victory lane, and top-five and top-ten finishes are recognized statistically. Those finishing second to fifth are required to stop in a media bullpen located on pit lane for interviews. The INDYCAR NTT IndyCar Series does not use a podium at either the Indianapolis 500 or at Texas Motor Speedway. The Indy 500 has a long tradition of the winning driver and team celebrating in victory lane, while Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage has stated that victory lane should be reserved for the winner of the race. The series uses a podium at all other races, particularly road course events.
Architectural podiums consist of a projecting base or pedestal at ground level, and they have been used since ancient times. Originally sometimes only meters tall, architectural podiums have become more prominent in buildings over time, as illustrated in the gallery.
At the chequered flag of the first Australian Grand Prix since 2019 he was just 0.186 seconds behind the winner, proof that the 29-year-old Spaniard and his Honda RC213V are returning to their best. The top seven riders at the finish were covered by less than a second, with the top ten separated by 5.940 seconds, the second-closest premier-class top ten in seven decades of the MotoGP World Championship.
Untroubled by a low-speed fall in this morning’s rain-affected warm-up session, Marquez was the only rider to choose a hard/soft tyre combination for the race. His speed all the way to the finish illustrated his ability to ride at front-running speed, while using smooth throttle control to save his rear tyre for the vital final laps.
Marquez was overjoyed to be back where he belongs – fighting for victory – and showed his delight on the podium, throwing his racing boots to the fans in the podium crowd. At the moment Honda’s six-times MotoGP World Champion is just happy to be competitive, because he is still building strength and fitness after undergoing a fourth surgery to the upper right arm he broke at the start of the 2020 season. This was his first podium since he won last year’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, ahead of team-mate Pol Espargaro (Repsol Honda Team Honda RC213V).
Honda are also building strength, equipping Marquez with an aerodynamic update for this Grand Prix. Together they are working together to find the speed they need to fight for the 2023 MotoGP World Championship.
Espargaro led the second group to come home in 11th place, only 11 seconds behind the winner. The 31-year-old Spaniard rode strongly to work his way through from the fifth row of the grid after a complicated outing in qualifying yesterday.
Alex Marquez (LCR Honda CASTROL Honda RC213V) had a great weekend in Australia, until the ninth lap of the 27-lap race. The 26-year-old Spaniard was up with the fastest riders during practice and qualified on the fourth row.
In the race the former Moto2 and Moto3 World Championship was in the midst of the lead group, going for his best result of the year, with riders separated by centimetres rather than metres. On lap nine he was trying to attack rivals entering the Turn Four hairpin but ran out of room, colliding with local Jack Miller. The pair took a heavy tumble but were uninjured.
Honda MotoGP test rider Tetsuta Nagashima (LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda RC213V), who replaced the injured Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda RC213V) for the second race in a row, finished 19th. The 30-year-old from Kanagawa, contesting only his third MotoGP race, made steady progress through the weekend and will find out soon if he will again ride Nakagami’s bikes in next weekend’s Malaysian GP.
Nakagami is due to undergo a medical check in the next few days which will determine whether he is well enough recovered from the right-hand injury he sustained at last month’s Aragon GP to ride at Sepang,
