MotoGP Aragon by the numbers: A look behind the statistics heading into this weekend’s grand prix
STAT ATTACK: MotoGP is celebrating a major milestone as it prepares to race this weekend. Here are the numbers that matter at Aragon.
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THE MotoGP world championship is celebrating a major milestone as it prepares to race in Spain this weekend.
Here are the numbers that matter ahead of the Aragon MotoGP.
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800
The Aragon event will see the 800th race in the premier-class class of Grand Prix racing. The first came back in 1949 on the 17th of June, British rider Harold Daniell taking his factory Norton to victory in the 500cc race at the Isle of Man TT.
81
As Simone Corsi missed the Moto2 race at Misano, Dominique Aegerter became the only rider with a 100 per cent appearance record in all 81 Moto2 races since the class was introduced in 2010.
50
Italian rider Andrea Migno finished eighth at the San Marino Grand Prix to become the 50th different rider to score points in the Moto3 class since it was introduced at the start of 2012.
43
On the first day of practice in Aragon, it will be exactly 43 years to the day since Dave Simmonds won the 1971 500cc Spanish GP at Jarama, giving Kawasaki their first win in the premier-class.
30
Jorge Lorenzo’s pole at the San Marino Grand Prix was his 30th pole position in the MotoGP class, all of which have been with Yamaha. This gives him the record for most premier-class pole positions riding Yamaha machinery — one more than his current team-mate Valentino Rossi.
29
Dani Pedrosa celebrates his 29th birthday on the day after the race at Aragon.
28
On race day at Aragon, it will be exactly 28 years since Angel Nieto made his last Grand Prix appearance at the Hockenheim circuit in 1986, more than 22 years after making his GP debut in the 50cc class at the Spanish GP of 1964.
23
Valentino Rossi’s win at Misano ended a sequence of 23 successive MotoGP wins by Spanish riders (Marc Marquez — 16, Jorge Lorenzo — 5, Dani Pedrosa — 2), which was just five short of the all-time record for successive wins in the premier-class of GP racing set by riders from one country; this was by riders from the USA across the 1982/83/84/85 seasons (Freddie Spencer — 13, Kenny Roberts — 6, Eddie Lawson — 5, Randy Mamola — 4).
20
The number of points that cover the top three in the Moto3 world championship, headed by Jack Miller. Alex Marquez is nine points behind the Australian, with Estrella Galicia teammate Alex Rins a further 11 back in third.
18
Valentino Rossi’s win at Misano came 18 years and 27 days after his first ever GP victory in the 125cc class at Brno in 1996. This makes Rossi the rider with the longest winning career of all-time in Grand Prix racing, the record previously held by Loris Capirossi at 17 years 49 days. The win also extends Rossi’s record for longest winning career in the premier-class of Grand Prix racing to 14 years, 67 days, and makes him the tenth oldest rider of all-time to win a premier-class grand prix.
10
Tito Rabat’s win at Misano marked the tenth time that he has stood on the top step of the podium since moving up to the Moto2 class: the same number of Moto2 victories as Pol Espargaro. Only one rider has more Moto2 wins to his name than Rabat: Marc Marquez with 16.
9
Spanish riders have won the last nine MotoGP races on Spanish soil. The last non-Spanish rider to win a MotoGP race in Spain was Casey Stoner, at Jerez in 2012.
8
Alex Rins’ win at the San Marino GP signalled the eighth time that he had stood on the top step of the podium in the Moto3 class: the same number of wins as Maverick Viñales. Only Luis Salom, with nine wins, has been able to celebrate more victories in the Moto3 class.
5.51
Fourth place finisher Andrea Dovizioso crossed the finish line at Misano just 5.510 seconds behind race winner Valentino Rossi. This is the closest to the race winner that Dovizioso has finished since joining Ducati at the start of 2013.
3
At the San Marino GP, Tito Rabat became just the third rider — along with Toni Elias and Marc Marquez — to score three or more successive wins in the Moto2 class.
2
The first two riders across the line in all three of the races at Misano were team-mates (MotoGP — Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo for Movistar Yamaha MotoGP, Moto2 — Tito Rabat and Mika Kallio for Marc VDS Racing Team, Moto3 — Alex Rins and Alex Marquez for Estrella Galicia 0,0). The last time this occurred was at the Dutch TT in 1996, when the first two riders in each race were: 500cc — Mick Doohan and Alex Criville (Repsol Honda), 250cc — Ralf Waldmann and Jurgen Fuchs (HB Honda Germany), 125cc — Emilio Alzamora and Ivan Goi (Cepsa EffeUno Matteoni).
1
The winners of all three classes in Aragon last year all started from pole position.
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