The Grand Prix Title For The 14th Time, This Is GP Aragon Statistics
JAKARTA - The Aragon MotorLand Circuit will hold its 14th Grand Prix this weekend since the Spanish circuit entered the MotoGP calendar in 2010.
Aragon is the sixth circuit in Spain, after Jerez, Catalan, Jarama, Montjuic and Valencia, hosted MotoGP world championship racing.
Aragon is also one of five circuits counter-clockwise on calendars other than Austin, Sachsenring, Phillip Island, and Valencia.
Launching Antara, Marc Marquez became the most successful racer in Aragon by bagging five wins in the MotoGP class. Behind Marquez were Franco Morbidelli and Alex Rins, who each collected one premier class victory there.
Honda is the manufacturer that won the most in Aragon, with seven trophies, through Casey totaling (2011), Dani Pedrosa (2012) and Marc Marquez (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019).
Meanwhile, Yamaha bagged three wins through Jorge Lorenzo (2014, 2015) and Franco Morbidelli (2020/2 of Teruel's GP).
Ducati tasted the top two podiums of Aragon when Casey totaling the first race on the track in 2010 from pole. Francesco Bagnaia was last GP Aragon champion last year, also from pole.
Alex Rins presented Suzuki's only win in Aragon when he finished first at the 2020 GP Aragon.
Meanwhile, Aprilia's best result in Aragon is P4 Aleix Espargaro in 2021.
And KTM once finished P4 through Pol Espargaro's appearance at GP Teruel 2020.
MotoGP statistics note that the Spanish riders dominated victory in Aragon with 25 wins from 39 races in all classes.
The only non-Spain racers who won on the circuit were Casey totaling (MotoGP in 2010 and 2011), Andrea Iannone (Moto2 in 2010), Romano Fenati (Moto3 in 2014), Miguel Oliveira (Moto3 in 2015), Sam Lowes (Moto2 in 2016, 2020/1, 2020/2), Franco Morbidelli (Moto2 in 2017 and MotoGP in 2020/2), Brad Binder (Moto2 in 2018, 2019), Francesco Bagnaia (MotoGP in 2021). ) and Dennis totaling (Moto3 in 2021).
The wins of Caseyquel and Francesco Bagnaia, then Andrea Dovizioso's second finish in 2018 and 2019, as well as Franco Morbidelli's victory in 2020/2 were moments where no Spaniards had risen in the top two MotoGP podiums in Aragon.
Since 2010, only three riders have won MotoGP races from pole in Aragon: Casey surly (2010, 2011), Marc Marquez (2013, 2016, 2019), and Francesco Bagnaia (2021).
Marquez has won pole five times from eight chances he has raced a premier class in Aragon.
From GP San Marino, Bagnaia headed for Aragon to aim for a fifth win in a row this season.
Bagnaia became the first Ducati rider to set a record four consecutive wins in the Grand Prix race.
The Italian will try to maintain the momentum of his victory in order to catch up with the leader of the standings Fabio Quartararo from the Yamaha team which is 30 points away.
Marquez is scheduled to race again in Aragon after undergoing a fourth operation and recovery.
Suzuki racer Joan Mir will also return to pave ways following a spinal cord injury and a right ankle ligament he got after falling in Austria.
Yamaha took the Cal Crutchlow rider test to fill the bench left by Andrea Dovizioso in the Yamaha RNF team after the Italian decided to retire after completing the San Marino GP two weeks ago.