Top 10 MotoGP circuits of all time

Motor racing is rare among sports in that the fields of play vary enormously from one venue to another.

Sure, cricket fans might claim that there are differences between pitches and no doubt the same is true among avid follows of football or athletics. But let's face it, those are events where the sports ground is built to a fairly rigid regimen.

Race tracks, on the other hand, evolve and meld into the land they're hewn from. Whether they're purpose-built facilities or started life as makeshift layouts on public roads or old airfields, each has its own character, style and foibles. They're as much a part of bike racing as the motorcycles or the riders themselves; you only have to witness the outcry when a legendary corner is remodelled or a circuit is dropped from a championship to see that the tracks don't just play host to race fans, they have fans of their very own.

Grand Prix bike racing as world championship sport has been around longer than any other top-level international series, pre-dating the F1 championship by a year, and as such the circuits used have been many and varied over the years.

Of them all, these are the ten that have hosted the most motorcycle Grand Prix since 1949, regardless of class.