MotoGP: The "numbers" before the Aragon GP

Valentino Rossi's victory at Misano interrupted a sequence of 23 consecutive victories for Spanish riders

MotoGP: The "numbers" before the Aragon GPMotoGP: The "numbers" before the Aragon GP

81 – After Simone Corsi missed the Moto2 class race at Misano, Dominique Aegerter became the only rider to participate in all 81 Moto2 races since the class was introduced in 2010

50 – Italian rider Andrea Migno, who finished eighth in the San Marino Grand Prix, is the 50th rider to score points in the Moto3 class since it was introduced in early 2012

43 years – The first day of testing in Aragon will coincide exactly 43 years to the day when Dave Simmonds won the 1971 Spanish GP of the 500cc class in Jarama, giving Kawasaki its first victory in the premier class

30 – In the San Marino Grand Prix Jorge Lorenzo obtained his 30th pole position in the MotoGP class, all achieved on board the Yamaha. He is the rider from the Tre Diapason company who has more poles, even than Valentino Rossi

29th birthday – Dani Pedrosa will celebrate his 29th birthday, the day after the Aragon race

Age 28 – On race day in Aragon, he will “fall” 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 debut in the 50cc class at 1964 Spanish GP

23 – Valentino Rossi's victory at Misano interrupted a sequence of 23 consecutive successes for Spanish riders in MotoGP (Marc Marquez – 16, Jorge Lorenzo – 5, Dani Pedrosa – 2). The Iberian drivers were just 5 victories away from the all-time record for consecutive victories belonging to drivers from the same country, which belongs to the United States, seasons 1982/83/84/85 (Freddie Spencer – 13, Kenny Roberts – 6, Eddie Lawson – 5, Randy Mamola – 4)

10 – Tito Rabat's victory at Misano was the tenth since the Spanish rider has been in the Moto2 class: it is the same number of Moto2 victories as Pol Espargaro. Only one rider has more: Marc Marquez with 16

9 – Spanish riders have won the last nine MotoGP races in Spain. The last non-Spanish rider to win a MotoGP race was Casey Stoner, in Jerez in 2012

8 – Alex Rins' victory at the San Marino GP was the eighth for the Spanish rider in Moto3: the same number of victories as Maverick Viñales. He is just one point behind Luis Salom, who has nine victories in the Moto3 class

5,51 seconds – Fourth place, Andrea Dovizioso, crossed the finish line in Misano just 5,510 seconds behind race winner Valentino Rossi. It is the Forlì rider's closest gap to the winner since he arrived in Ducati in 2013

3 – At the San Marino GP, Tito Rabat became the third rider together with Toni Elias and Marc Marquez to score three or more consecutive victories in the Moto2 class

2 – The top two riders in all three Misano races were teammates (MotoGP – Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo Team Movistar Yamaha MotoGP, Moto2 – Tito Rabat and Mika Kallio Team Marc VDS Racing Team, Moto3 – Alex Rins and Alex Marquez Team Estrella Galicia 0,0). The last time this had happened was at the Dutch TT in 1996, when the top 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)

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