At his debut race in the class, he immediately impressed by qualifying third on Saturday and taking second place, as well as the fastest lap, on Sunday in Spain.

Another retirement followed at the Belgian GP, but Crivillé responded with two consecutive second places in France and Great Britain and two poles in the last two races in Sweden and Czechoslovakia, which he went on to win.

[9] Crivillé started the season off well by taking an array of points in the opening rounds - sixth in Australia, eighth in Malaysia, seventh in Japan and fifth in Spain.

He started off the season well, taking back-to-back podiums in the form of third-place finishes, at the opening round in Australia and at the second race in Malaysia.

A second attack followed at turn 10, the "La Caixa" corner, with Ito taking the lead, running wide and so giving it back to Crivillé.

Initially he retired on the opening round in Malaysia and had only finished fourth in Indonesia whilst teammate Mick Doohan won the race.

On the last lap, spectators who already thought the race had ended, invaded the track around turn nine (the "Curva Àngel Nieto"), distracting Crivillé enough to allow Doohan to get back right on his tail going into the last couple of corners.

In France, he took another pole position on Saturday but once again lost out to Doohan on Sunday, but managing to score back-to-back fastest laps in the process.

Doohan tried a late lunge to retake the place but failed and ran wide, allowing Crivillé to pass him going into turn 10 (the "A1" corner) to win the race with 0.500 seconds from his teammate.

In 1996 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix|Cataluña, his home GP, finished third after battling yet again with teammates Doohan and Tadayuki Okada, as well as Luca Cadalora in the closing stages of the race.

At turn 15 (part of the "Casio Triangle" set of corners), Crivillé tried to lunge up the inside of Doohan but backed off at the last moment, finishing 0.431 behind the Australian.

As a result of the crash, an artery was torn and had to be taken to the hospital for surgery to restore his thumb, requiring skin and bone grafts for his hand as well.

At the Czech Republic race, he impressed by finishing in fourth position, battling with Nobuatsu Aoki and Norifumi Abe for third place.

In Brno, he missed out on the victory (which went to rookie Max Biaggi) but took the fastest lap, and in Imola Crivillé finished a distant 6.564 second behind teammate Doohan.

At round twelve in Catalunya, Crivillé took his first and only pole of the season on Saturday,[30] but crashed out on Sunday on the opening lap, which meant that he retired for the first time this year.

When five-time 500cc world champion and teammate Mick Doohan broke his leg in several places, but also his collarbone and wrist when he crashed during a very wet qualifying session at the Spanish Grand Prix,[31][32][33] Crivillé immediately took the opportunity and set pole on Saturday.

On Sunday, he battled with and held off Max Biaggi to take fastest lap and his first victory of the year by just 0.157 seconds in only his third race of the season.

After a failed overtaking attempt at turn 10 (the "Melbourne Hairpin") and a comeback from Okada on the same corner to retake the lead on the last lap, Crivillé held on and won the race by 0.536 seconds.

At round eleven in the City of Imola race, Crivillé took his second pole of the season on Saturday, outqualifying Kenny Roberts Jr. in the process.

In Australia, Crivillé had a crash during qualifying in which he suffered a cracked bone in his hand due to a highside, which launched him off his bike at high speed.

Going into the penultimate round in Rio de Janeiro, Crivillé had a 44-point lead over his teammate Okada and needed to finish tenth or higher to secure the title.

A fifth place at the opening round in South Africa made him the best of the Repsol Honda riders, with Sete Gibernau and Tadayuki Okada both out of the race.

He then battled with and held off the hard charging Norifumi Abe and rookie Valentino Rossi to cross the line 0.321 ahead of the Japanese.

[51] Crivillé started his season off with two points finishes in the form of ninth and sixth at the Japanese and South African rounds, still struggling with an underperforming and difficult bike.

At the beginning of lap 16, Crivillé overtook Nakano in the same fashion as he did with Kenny Roberts Jr. at the start/finish straight, going up the inside of turn 1 (the "Expo '92" corner).

In the first, he collided with the Honda Pons of Loris Capirossi, who was on a hot lap and had the racing line, smashing into the side of his bike and crashing out.

[55] After the race, Criville cited that "After Germany, I never imagined I'd be on the podium here, this result is like a win for me," and "I had a good rest during the break and that helped a lot.

At the final four races of the season - the Pacific, Australian, Malaysian and Rio de Janeiro rounds - Crivillé finished eleventh twice, sixth and seventh.

[59] On May 5, 2002, however, the now thirty-two year old Crivillé held an emotional press conference on the second day of official qualifying for the 2002 Spanish Grand Prix where he announced his retirement from the sport, citing his illness as a reason.

[63][64] [1] Points system from 1969 to 1987: Points system from 1988 to 1992: Points system from 1993 onwards: (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) 1949  L. Graham 1950  U. Masetti 1951  G. Duke 1952  U. Masetti 1953  G. Duke 1954  G. Duke 1955  G. Duke 1956  J. Surtees 1957  L. Liberati 1958  J. Surtees 1959  J. Surtees 1960  J. Surtees 1961  G. Hocking 1962  M. Hailwood 1963  M. Hailwood 1964  M. Hailwood 1965  M. Hailwood 1966  G. Agostini 1967  G. Agostini 1968  G. Agostini 1969  G. Agostini 1970  G. Agostini 1971  G. Agostini 1972  G. Agostini 1973  P. Read 1974  P. Read 1975  G. Agostini 1976  B. Sheene 1977  B. Sheene 1978  K. Roberts 1979  K. Roberts 1980  K. Roberts 1981  M. Lucchinelli 1982  F. Uncini 1983  F. Spencer 1984  E. Lawson 1985  F. Spencer 1986  E. Lawson 1987  W. Gardner 1988  E. Lawson 1989  E. Lawson 1990  W. Rainey 1991  W. Rainey 1992  W. Rainey 1993  K. Schwantz 1994  M. Doohan 1995  M. Doohan 1996  M. Doohan 1997  M. Doohan 1998  M. Doohan 1999  À. Crivillé 2000  K. Roberts Jr. 2001  V. Rossi 2002  V. Rossi 2003  V. Rossi 2004  V. Rossi 2005  V. Rossi 2006  N. Hayden 2007  C. Stoner 2008  V. Rossi 2009  V. Rossi 2010  J. Lorenzo 2011  C. Stoner 2012  J. Lorenzo 2013  M. Márquez 2014  M. Márquez 2015  J. Lorenzo 2016  M. Márquez 2017  M. Márquez 2018  M. Márquez 2019  M. Márquez 2020  J. Mir 2021  F. Quartararo 2022  F. Bagnaia 2023  F. Bagnaia 2024  J. Martín 1949  N. Pagani 1950  B. Ruffo 1951  C. Ubbiali 1952  C. Sandford 1953  W. Haas 1954  R. Hollaus 1955  C. Ubbiali 1956  C. Ubbiali 1957  T. Provini 1958  C. Ubbiali 1959  C. Ubbiali 1960  C. Ubbiali 1961  T. Phillis 1962  L. Taveri 1963  H. Anderson 1964  L. Taveri 1965  H. Anderson 1966  L. Taveri 1967  B. Ivy 1968  P. Read 1969  D. Simmonds 1970  D. Braun 1971  Á. Nieto 1972  Á. Nieto 1973  K. Andersson 1974  K. Andersson 1975  P. Pileri 1976  P. Bianchi 1977  P. Bianchi 1978  E. Lazzarini 1979  Á. Nieto 1980  P. Bianchi 1981  Á. Nieto 1982  Á. Nieto 1983  Á. Nieto 1984  Á. Nieto 1985  F. Gresini 1986  L. Cadalora 1987  F. Gresini 1988  J. Martínez 1989  À. Crivillé 1990  L. Capirossi 1991  L. Capirossi 1992  A. Gramigni 1993  D. Raudies 1994  K. Sakata 1995  H. Aoki 1996  H. Aoki 1997  V. Rossi 1998  K. Sakata 1999  E. Alzamora 2000  R. Locatelli 2001  M. Poggiali 2002  A. Vincent 2003  D. Pedrosa 2004  A. Dovizioso 2005  T. Lüthi 2006  Á. Bautista 2007  G. Talmácsi 2008  M. Di Meglio 2009  J. Simón 2010  M. Márquez 2011  N. Terol 2012  S. Cortese 2013  M. Viñales 2014  Á. Márquez 2015  D. Kent 2016  B. Binder 2017  J. Mir 2018  J. Martín 2019  L. Dalla Porta 2020  A. Arenas 2021  P. Acosta 2022  I. Guevara 2023  J. Masià 2024  D. Alonso Freddie Spencer, Takazumi Katayama, Randy Mamola, Wayne Gardner, Mick Doohan, Daryl Beattie, Àlex Crivillé, Tadayuki Okada Valentino Rossi, Tohru Ukawa, Nicky Hayden, Dani Pedrosa, Andrea Dovizioso, Casey Stoner, Marc Márquez