WSB and MotoGP race winners: who's won both
The next rider with the potential to join this elite list? Reigning WSB Champion Ben Spies perhaps, a rider who has shown immediate strong pace in his first GP experiences. Those who have seen him adapt to WSB so well would not bet against it.
Mick Doohan: Won for Yamaha in WSB before becoming 500GP champion five times
Kevin Magee: Won home ground WSB races before heading to GPs
Regis Laconi: Won on a 500cc two-stroke before starting his glorious WSB career
Makoto Tamada: Won three WSB races at Sugo as a wildcard then went to MotoGP and won there as well
Garry McCoy: Yamaha two-stroke winner in GPs, Ducati winner in WSB
Troy Bayliss: Second most wins in WSB, he got his MotoGP win at Valencia as a stand-in rider
Alex Barros: Veteran GP rider scored a win for Klaffi Honda at Imola
John Kocinski: Champion in WSB, and a winner in 500GPs too
Marco Lucchinelli: World Champion in GPs, and winner in WSB's early years
Chris Vermeulen: Honda winner in WSB, Suzuki winner in MotoGP
Pierfrancesco Chili: One-off 500 GP winner, serial WSB successes
Max Biaggi: Race winner wherever he goes, Max has several of each
Carlos Checa: The last man to achieve the feat, in 2008
