MotoGP 2015 Argentina, By the Numbers: A look at the stats ahead of this weekend’s grand prix

BY THE NUMBERS: A look at the MotoGP numbers ahead of this weekend’s Grand Prix of Argentina.

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WILL this weekend’s Grand Prix of Argentina be the first weekend this year where we’ll see a repeat winner across all of MotoGP’s three classes?

Six different riders have claimed victory in the six races so far this season as the world championship heads across the equator to South America and the Termas do Rio Hondo circuit.

Here are the numbers that matter ahead of the Argentinian MotoGP.

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Andrea Dovizioso.

199

Andrea Dovizioso’s second place at the Grand Prix of the Americas was the 199th time he has finished in a point scoring position across all classes. His next top fifteen finish will make him only the fifth rider in the sixty seven year history of motorcycle grand prix racing to reach the milestone of 200 points scoring finishes, along with Valentino Rossi, Loris Capirossi, Alex Barros and Dani Pedrosa.

Sam Lowes (C).

100

Sam Lowes victory at the Grand Prix of the Americas was the 100th win in the intermediate-class (Moto2/250cc) of grand prix racing by British riders.

Marquez and Rossi.

88

The win by Marc Marquez in Austin was the 88th victory in the MotoGP class by Spanish riders since MotoGP became the premier-class of grand prix racing in 2002. This is exactly the same number of wins than Italian riders have achieved in the MotoGP class over the same period.

56.570

Michael Laverty, who finished in 18th place in Argentina last year, finished just 56.570 seconds behind race winner Marc Marquez. This was just the second time in the 66 years of motorcycle grand prix racing that the first 18 riders across the line in a premier-class GP have finished within one minute.

Jack Miller.

46

Jack Miller became the 46th Australian rider to score points in the premier class of the world championship with his 14th-place finish in the Grand Prix of the Americas. His two points leaves him equal 36th among Australian riders across the 500cc and MotoGP eras, in company with Malcolm Stanton, Ross Hannan, Paul Young, Steve Martin and Bryan Staring.

Barry Sheene. Pic: Allsport UK

38

The Austin victories of Sam Lowes in Moto2 and Danny Kent in Moto3 are the first British double-triumph in 38 years. The last time two British riders won solo grand prix races on the same day came at the 1977 Swedish Grand Prix, when Barry Sheene won the 500cc race and Mick Grant the 250cc race. It’s also the first time since 1977 that Britain has had GP winners in two different classes in a single season.

20

Austin marked the 20th MotoGP win for Marquez — the same number of premier-class grand prix wins as twice 500cc world champion Freddie Spencer.

Ducati and Suzuki.

20.976

Andrea Dovizioso finished the 2014 Grand Prix of the Americas in third place, 20.976 seconds behind race winner Marc Marquez.

19.025

Aleix Espargaro finished the 2015 Grand Prix of the Americas in eighth place, 19.025 seconds behind race winner Marc Marquez.

Quartararo celebrates his maiden Moto3 podium finish.

16

Fabio Quartararo will celebrate his 16th birthday on the day following the grand prix in Argentina.

Danny Kent.

8.532

Danny Kent’s winning margin of 8.532 seconds in Austin was the greatest winning margin in a dry Moto3 race class since the class was introduced in 2012.

Ant West and Alex Marquez.

7

Ant West’s seventh-place finish in the Moto2 race at Austin marks his best dry-weather race result since the same race last year.

Hafizh Syahrin (55).

6

Hafizh Syahrin’s sixth place finish at the Grand Prix of the Americas is the best-ever dry weather result by a Malaysian rider in the intermediate-class of grand prix racing.

5

The race victories of the first six races of the year have been shared across five different nationalities: Great Britain — 2, Spain — 1, France — 1, Italy — 1,

Germany — 1.

Pedrosa and Porto.

3

Three riders from Argentina have won grand prix races; Sebastian Porto (seven wins in the 250cc class), Benedicto Caldarella and Jorge Kissling who both had single victories in the 500cc class. Porto took the last GP win by an Argentinian rider in the 250cc class at the Dutch TT in 2005, beating Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo.

2

With Aleix Espargaro finishing eighth in Austin, one place ahead of his teammate Maverick Viñales, it was the first time that Suzuki have had two riders in the top nine in a MotoGP race since Catalunya in 2010 when Alvaro Bautista was fifth and Loris Capirossi seventh.

Alex Rins

0

The number of wins scored by Alex Rins in Moto2 this year, but the rookie leads the championship regardless. His best finish was a third place at Austin last weekend.

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