MotoGP Statistics Aragon

MotoGP Statistics – Aragon – 2014 – Statistics compiled by Dr. Martin Raines – Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón

Grand Prix racing in Aragon – This is the fifth time that the MotorLand Aragon circuit has hosted a Grand Prix event. Below are a few facts and figures about GP racing at the circuit:

Aragon first hosted a Grand Prix in 2010, when it became the sixth different circuit to be used for Grand Prix racing in Spain. The other circuits that have been used in Spain are: Jerez, Catalunya, Jarama, Montjuich and Valencia
Casey Stoner won the first MotoGP race at Aragon in 2010 on a Ducati; in each subsequent year, the race has been won by a Honda rider
Aragon is one of only three circuits that have been used in each of the past four years, together with the Sachsenring and Indianapolis, on which Yamaha has not had a victory during that period
In both 2012 and 2013, Spanish riders won all three classes at the Aragon Grand Prix. The last non-Spanish rider to win at the circuit is Casey Stoner, who won the MotoGP race in 2011. The only non-Spanish rider in addition to Stoner (who won in MotoGP in 2010 and 2011) to win a GP at the Aragon circuit is Andrea Iannone, who took victory in the Moto2™ race in 2010
Last year, the winners of all three classes in Aragon had started from pole position

800th premier-class Grand Prix – The Aragon event will see the 800th race in the premier-class class of Grand Prix racing. When the World Championship was first introduced in 1949, the premier-class was limited to 500cc machines. Major changes to the rules were introduced for the 2002 season, with the capacity limit increased initially to 990cc for four-stroke machines and the class re-named MotoGP. A selection of Grand Prix milestones in the premier-class are given below: Premier Class Milestones – 1949 to 2014

1949 June – 1st Race – Great Britain / IOM TT – The first ever 500cc GP, won by Harold Daniell riding a factory Norton
1952 September – 27th race – Italy / Monza – The first race win for MV Agusta in the premier class, ridden by Les Graham
1953 Octoiber – 36th race – Spain / Montjuich – Fergus Anderson (Moto Guzzi) at 44 years old is the oldest rider to win in the premier class
1957 June – 60th race – Great Britain / IOM TT – The longest ever GP, 301.84 mils, held over eight laps of the Mountain circuit in the Isle of Man, won by Bob McIntyre (Gilera)
1962 August – 100th race – East Germany / Sachsenring – The 100th race in the premier class, won by Mike Hailwood (MV Agusta)
1966 May – 131st race – West Germany / Hockenheim – The first ever 500cc GP win for Jim Redman and Honda; also the first 500cc GP win by a Japanese manufacturer
1969 September – 171st race – Yugoslavia / Opatija – Godfrey Nash riding a Norton is the last rider to win a 500cc GP on a single-cylinder machine
1971 August – 191st race – Ulster GP / Dundrod – Jack Findlay (Suzuki) was the first to win in the premier class riding a two-stroke machine
1972 June – 200th race – Dutch TT /Assen – Giacomo Agostini won the 200th race in the premier class, riding a MV Agusta
1973 May – 207th race – France / Paul Ricard – Jarno Saarinen (Yamaha) scored the first win in the premier class by a four-cylinder two-stroke machine
1976 August – 247th race – West Germany / Nurburgring – The last of Giacomo Agostini’s 68 premier class victories, also the last victory nby MV Agusta and the last for a four-stroke 500cc machine
1977 July – 254th race – Belgium / Spa – The fastest ever GP race, won by Barry Sheene riding a Suzuki, at an average speed of 217.37km/h (135.067mph)
1981 August – 298th race – Great Britain / Silverstone – Jack Middelburg (Suzuki) is the last rider to win in the premier class riding a true ‘privateer’ machine
1981 August – 300th race – Sweden / Anderstorp – Barry Sheene won the 300th GP riding a Yamaha, this is also the last premier class win by a British rider
1982 July – 307th race – Belgium / Spa – Freddie Spencer’s first GP win and the first victory for the three-cylinder two-stroke Honda, at the age of 20, Spencer was the youngest ever winner in the premier class at the time
1989 July – 400th race – France / Le Mans – Eddie Lawson riding a Honda won the 400th GP in the premier class
1996 September – 500th race – Italy / Imola – Mick Doohan (Honda) won the 500th premier class GP in a race cut short due to rain
2002 April – 581st race – Japan / Suzuka – The first race under the new MotoGP rules allowing 990cc four-strokes
2002 October – 593rd race – Pacific / Motegi – Loris Capirossi’s (Honda) 3rd place finish is the last ever podium by a two-stroke machine in the premier class
2003 May – 600th race – France / Le Mans – Sete Gibernau (Honda) won the 600th premier class race after a great battle with Valentino Rossi in shortened race after a stoppage due to rain
2003 June – 602nd race – Catalunya / Barcelona – Ducati get their first ever premier class GP victory ridden by Loris Capirossi
2004 April – 613th race – South Africa / Welkom – After winning the final race of 2003 at Valencia riding a Honda, Valentino Rossi won the first race of 2004 on a Yamaha, the first rider ever to win successive premier class races on motorcycles from two different constructors
2004 June – 616th race – Italy / Mugello – The shortest ever premier class GP race lasting just 12 minutes and 6.803 seconds, after the race was stopped at the end of the 17th lap and a new start for the remaining six laps under the rules at the time
2006 September – 659th race – Australia / Phillip Island – For the first time riders entered the pits and changed motorcycles under newly introduced wet weather rules
2006 October – 662nd race – Valencia / Ricardo Tormo – The final race of hte 990 era, won by Troy Bayliss (Ducati) riding as a replacement rider for the injured Sete Gibernau
2007 March – 663rd race – Qatar / Losail – The first race under the revised rules limiting machines to 800c, won by Casey Stoner (Ducati)
2008 March – 681st race Qatar / Losail – The first ever Grand Prix held at night under floodlights, won by Casey Stoner (Ducati)
2009 April – 699th race – Qatar / Losail – The first race since the introduction of a single tyre rule, won by Casey Stoner (Ducati)
2009 April – 700th race – Japan / Motegi – Jorge Lorenzo won the 700th premier class race, his second victory in the MotoGP class 16 races after taking his first MotoGP win
2010 April – 716th race – Qatar / Losail – The first race under the new rules that restricted riders to using a maximum of six engines throughout the season, won by Valentino Rossi (Yamaha)
2011 November – 750th race – Valencia / Ricardo Tormo – The last race of the 800cc era of MotoGP, won by Casey Stoner (Honda)
2012 April – 751st race – Qatar / Losail – The first race under the new rules increasing engine capacity to 1000cc, won by Jorge Lorenzo
2013 April – 770th race – Americas / Austin – At the first GP to be held at the newly built circuit of the Americas, Marc Marquez becomes the youngest ever winner in the premier class
2014 July – 795th race – Germany / Sachsenring – Bradley Smith crossed the line in 19th place, just 56.293 second behind race winner Marc Marquez; the first time ever in a premier class grand prix that has gone full distance, that the first 19 riders have crossed the finishing line within one minute
2014 September – 799th race – San Marino / Misano – Valentino Rossi won for the first time in over a year to become the rider with the lognest winning career of all time in GP racing

Longest winning Grand Prix career for Valentino Rossi – Valentino Rossi’s win at Misano came more than 18 years after his first ever GP victory in the 125 class at Brno in 1996. This makes Rossi the rider with the longest winning career of all-time in Grand Prix racing, taking this record from Loris Capirossi as shown in the list below.

Rider – First GP win – Last GP win – Length of winning GP career

Valentino Rossi 125cc/Czech/1996 – MotoGP/San Marino/2014 – 18 years 27 days
Loris Capirossi 125cc/GB/1990 – MotoGP/Japan/2007 – 17 years 49 days
Angel Nieto 50cc/E. Germany/1969 – 80cc/France/1985 – 16 years 8 days
Phil Read 350cc/GB/1961 – 500cc/Czech/1975 – 14 years 71 days
Loris Reggiani 125cc/GB/1980 – 250cc/Czech/1993 – 13 years 12 days
Dani Pedrosa 125cc/Dutch TT/2002 – MotoGP/Czech/2014 1- 2 years 49 days
Max Biaggi 250cc/South Africa/1992 – MotoGP/Germany/2004 – 11 years 315 days
Toni Mang 125cc/W. Germany/1976 – 250cc/Japan/1988 – 11 years 211 days
Alex Barros 500cc/FIM/1993 – MotoGP/Portugal/2005 – 11 years 204 days
Luigi Taveri 125cc/Spain/1955 – 125cc/Italy/1966 – 11 years 133 days

As shown in the second list, this victory at Misano for Rossi also extends his record for longest winning career in the premier-class of Grand Prix racing; a list Rossi first topped after winning at Assen last year.

Longest winning careers in premier-class
Rider – First GP win in the premier-class – Last GP win in the premier-class – Length of winning career (years)

Valentino Rossi Great Britain/2000 – San Marino/2014 – 14 years 67 days
Alex Barros FIM/1993 – Portugal/2005 – 11 years 204 days
Phil Read Ulster GP/1964 – Czech/1975 – 11 years 16 days
Giacomo Agostini Finland/1965 – West Germany/1976 – 11 years 7 days
Loris Capirossi Australia/1996 – Japan/2007 – 10 years 338 days
Eddie Lawson South Africa/1984 – Hungary/1992 – 8 years 110 days
Dani Pedrosa China/2006 – Czech/2014 – 8 years 95 days
Mick Doohan Hungary/1990 – Argentina/1998 – 8 years 53 days
Geoff Duke IOM TT/1950 – Sweden/1958 – 8 years 47 days
Alex Criville Dutch TT/1992 – France/2000 – 7 years 321 days

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Rossi becomes tenth oldest premier-class GP winner of all-time – Valentino Rossi’s win at the San Marino Grand Prix made him the second oldest rider to win in the MotoGP class and the tenth oldest rider of all-time to win a premier-class Grand Prix, as shown in the following table:

Rider – Age at last MotoGP win – Race

Fergus Anderson (GBR) 44 years 237 days 500cc/Spain/1953/Montjuich
Jack Findlay (AUS) 42 years 85 days 500cc/Austria/1977/Salzburgring
Les Graham (GBR) 41 years 21 days 500cc/Spain/1952/Montjuich
Jack Ahearn (AUS) 39 years 327 days 500cc/Finland/1964/Imatra
Harold Daniell (GBR) 39 years 240 days 500cc/Britain/1949/Isle of Man TT
Frantisek Stastny (CZE) 38 years 247 days 500cc/East Germany/1966/Sachsenring
Nello Pagani (ITA) 37 years 328 days 500cc/Nations/1949/Monza
Troy Bayliss (AUS) 37 years 213 days MotoGP/Valencia/2006/Ricardo Tormo
Phil Read (GBR) 36 years 235 days 500cc/Czech/1975/Brno
Valentino Rossi (ITA) 35 years 210 days MotoGP/San Marino/2014/Misano

Grand Prix racing numbers

81 – As Simone Corsi missed the Moto2 race at Misano, Dominique Aegerter became the only rider with a 100% appea- rance 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 years – 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
29th birthday – Dani Pedrosa celebrates his 29th birthday on the day after the race at Aragon
28 years – 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 Mar- quez – 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)
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 seconds – 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)

Moto2 stats and trivia

Spain’s Tito Rabat returns to Aragon as Moto2 World Championship leader, fresh from his third successive victory last time out at Misano. The Marc VDS Racing Team rider holds a 22-point lead over his team-mate Mika Kallio; on three oc- casions already this season, Rabat has held a greater lead than 22 points (28 points’ lead after Argentina, 34 points after Catalunya and 26 after Assen)

Although Kallio has won only three Grands Prix in comparison with Rabat’s seven, both riders have failed to finish on the podium in only four races thus far; Kallio has now finished on the rostrum at the last six events, dating back to Assen
Third in the standings is Maverick Viñales, who is the only rider other than Rabat and Kallio who still maintains a mathe- matical possibility of winning the 2014 Moto2 title
Courtesy of Rabat’s victory at Misano two weekends ago, Kalex is already the Moto2™ Constructors’ World Champion of 2014. Although second-placed Suter can match Kalex’s points tally of 315, the latter would still claim the title by virtue of a greater number of race victories. This is Kalex’s second World Title after 2013; the company is now just one Moto2 title win away from matching the three of Suter
Last year in Aragon, Nico Terol celebrated a commanding victory from pole position while fastest lap was posted by Tito Rabat en route to second place in the race. World Champion-to-be Pol Espargaro completed the podium following an intense and entertaining battle with title rival and then championship leader Scott Redding
On three occasions out of four, the Moto2 Aragon GP has been won from pole position. In the respective races of 2010, 2011 and 2013, pole-sitters Andrea Iannone, Marc Marquez and Nico Terol would win, although in 2012 Pol Espargaro won from second on the grid while pole-sitter Simone Corsi finished in seventh position
In 2013, nine of the top 15 finishers were riding Kalex motorcycles
Last year, Alex Mariñelarena finished the MotorLand race in 14th place: the Spaniard’s only point-scoring finish to date in the World Championship
Last year’s Aragon winner Nico Terol will turn 26 on the day of qualifying Dominique Aegerter will celebrate his 24th birthday on the Tuesday after the race

Moto3 stats and trivia

With five rounds remaining in 2014, Australia’s Jack Miller continues to hold the Moto3 World Championship lead. The Red Bull KTM Ajo rider has won four races so far this season, but is yet to celebrate a victory since the German Grand Prix on 13th July. He has finished on the podium in seven out of 13 races so far
Second overall is Estrella Galicia Alex Marquez, who is nine points in arrears of Miller. Marquez has finished second to team-mate Alex Rins in the last two races, having earlier in the season won back-to-back GPs in Catalunya and The Netherlands
Having headed into the San Marino Grand Prix 29 points behind Miller, local rider Alex Rins is now just 20 behind thanks to consecutive race victories at Silverstone and Misano. He is now targeting a second consecutive Aragon GP win; should he achieve this, he would become only the third rider (after Maverick Viñales and Luis Salom) to win three successive GPs in the Moto3 category which began in 2012
Juanfran Guevara posted fastest lap in the San Marino Grand Prix: this marks the first fastest lap in the career of the 19-year-old from Lorca, Murcia
At the top of the Constructors’ Championship, KTM and Honda are tied on 278 points. The Austrian manufacturer is pus- hing for a third straight crown to maintain its 100% title win rate in Moto3, while the Japanese marque is striving to claim its first Constructors’ title in the lightweight category since winning four in succession across the 125cc World Champion- ship seasons of 1998 to 2001
Less than half a second has decided the two Moto3 Aragon events of 2012 and 2013; on the first occasion, Luis Salom beat Sandro Cortese by 0.155 seconds, while on the second Alex Rins finished 0.426 seconds in front of Maverick Viñales
In the two Moto3 Aragon Grands Prix to date, the top three qualifiers have always proven to be the top three finishers (Luis Salom won from Sandro Cortese and Jonas Folger in 2012, having started from respective grid positions of second, third and first, while in 2013 Alex Rins, Maverick Viñales and Alex Marquez would finish on the rostrum as all three mirro- red their respective grid positions of pole, second and third)
Last year in Aragon, Alex Rins won his home race from pole position; this marked the fourth time that Rins had triumphed in a World Championship race after starting from pole (something he would not repeat until Silverstone this year)
Maverick Viñales could have challenged for victory at the end of last year’s Aragon race, but lost ground when he missed a gear while chasing Rins on the final lap
Last year’s Aragon race fastest lap went to Phillip Oettl; this remains the sole race fastest lap to date in the career of the German rider
KTM entries locked out the top four finishing positions in the 2013 race