Kenny Roberts Jr.

Kenny Roberts Jr., whose full name is Kenneth Leroy Roberts Jr., is an American former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, born on 25 July 1973. He won the 500cc Grand Prix championship in 2000 after finishing runner-up in 1999, and he is an eight-time premier class race winner. With his father, Kenny Roberts, he is one of only two father and son pairs to have won the 500cc world title. After racing 250cc for Marlboro Yamaha in 1994 and 1995, he moved up to 500cc in 1996, spent two seasons developing his father's Team Roberts Modenas bike, and then joined Suzuki in 1999, winning his first race for the team in Malaysia against the reigning champion Michael Doohan. He was inducted into the MotoGP Hall of Fame in 2017.