A four-bike battle for victory saw Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and KTM take another incredible Tissot Sprint win at the Gran Premio MotoGP™ Guru by Gryfyn de España. An action-packed Sprint enticed fans with drama from lights out to the chequered flag with attacks for victory coming from three different manufacturers with an Aprilia, a KTM, and a Ducati on the front row. Find out more in 10 things you need to know.
1. Espargaro has qualified on pole for the fifth time in MotoGP™ and first time since Catalunya last year. He crashed out in the Sprint and will now be aiming to finish on the podium for the first time since Aragon last year (P3) and to take his second GP win along with Argentina last year.
2. Aprilia becomes the fifth manufacturer to qualify on pole position in the premier class at Jerez along with Honda, Yamaha, Ducati, and Suzuki.
3. Miller has qualified P2 for his best qualifying result since he switched to KTM this year and his best qualifying result since he also qualified P2 in Aragon last year. He finished third in the Sprint and he is in the running to make MotoGP era history on Sunday: if he wins he’ll be the first rider to take Grand Prix wins with three different factories (after already winning with Honda and Ducati).
4. Thanks to Martin, this is the 44th successive race where there is at least one Ducati rider in the top three in qualifying.
5. Binder qualified P4 for his best qualifying result so far this year as well as his best since he qualified P3 in Japan last year. He took his second Sprint win (along with Argentina), meaning both he and Francesco Bagnaia have two wins each over the four Sprints held so far. He will now be aiming to take his third MotoGP™ win along with Czechia in 2020 and Austria in 2021.
6. Winner last year from pole, Bagnaia passed through in Q1 for the first time since Malaysia last year and eventually qualified P5 which is the first time so far this year he has missed out on the top three in qualifying.
7. Wildcard and MotoGP™ Legend Dani Pedrosa qualified P6 for his best qualifying result since he also qualified P6 in Aragon in 2018. He has finished on the podium 10 times in MotoGP™ at Jerez, the last time being in 2017 when he took the win from pole.
8. Oliveira has qualified P7 for his second-best qualifying result in MotoGP™ at Jerez after Andalucia in 2020. He finished P5 in the Sprint and he will be aiming to stand on the podium for the first time with Aprilia and the first time since he won at the Thai GP last year.
9. Championship leader Bezzecchi missed out on Q2 and qualified P13 for his worst qualifying result since he qualified P18 in Valencia last year. He scored one point in the Sprint, finishing P9, and will be aiming to take his second Grand Prix win on Sunday (along with Argentina this year).
10. Quartararo went to Q1 for the sixth time since he stepped up in MotoGP™ in 2019 (the second time this year along with Argentina) and missed out on Q2 for the second time in the class along with Emilia-Romagna in 2021. He qualified 16th for his worst qualifying result in MotoGP™ - and his previous worst qualifying result at Jerez was P2 last year.