2009 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season points. Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider has to finish the race to earn points. † Half-points awarded in Qatar, as the riders did not complete the sufficient distance for full points. † Following Loris Capirossi's engine change, Suzuki was given a ten-point penalty in the constructors' championship at the Australian Grand Prix because of the new for 2009 MotoGP engine change limit rule which restricts each rider to five engines for the final seven rounds. † Half-points awarded in Qatar, as the riders did not complete the sufficient distance for full points. 2009 Grand Prix motorcycle
1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1988: Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points. 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season The 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 40th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Eddie Lawson would recapture the championship from Wayne Gardner in a season that witnessed several fierce duels. Two newcomers joined the Grand Prix circuit with Americans Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwantz each winning races in their first full year. This was Rainey’s debut in the 500s; he had ridden