After a mesmerising weekend of track action at the Spanish Grand Prix, it’s time to have a gander through some of the most interesting stats that emerged after Sunday’s GP race. Have a read below:
1 – This is the first time KTM have taken premier class podiums at Jerez.
2 – With Brad Binder second and Jack Miller third, this is the second time there are two KTM riders on a MotoGP™ podium along with Styria in 2020 when Miguel Oliveira won and Pol Espargaro was third.
3 – At the Spanish GP, Miller finished P3 for his first podium since he joined KTM this year. Miller has now stood on the podium with three different manufacturers in MotoGP™: Honda, Ducati and KTM.
3 – With Maverick Viñales suffering a DNF and Marco Bezzecchi, Johann Zarco and Alex Rins crashing out, only three riders have scored in the first four GP races: Fabio Quartararo, Franco Morbidelli and Augusto Fernandez.
4 – With Bagnaia, Binder and Miller on the podium, this is only the fourth time in the MotoGP™ era there has been no Spaniard on the rostrum at Jerez since the introduction of MotoGP™ in 2002… along with 2002, 2003 and 2021.
6 – Binder took his sixth MotoGP™ podium, all of which are first (twice) or second (4) places.
10 – There have been 10 different GP podium finishers in MotoGP™ so far this season, with is the same number as last year at this stage of the season. Bagnaia and Bezzecchi are the only riders with more than one each.
13 – Francesco Bagnaia took his 13th MotoGP™ win at the Spanish and is now tied with MotoGP™ Legend Max Biaggi in fourth on the list of the most successful Italian riders in the premier class (two less than Andrea Dovizioso). Valentino Rossi leads with 89 wins.
20 – With Binder and Miller taking one each, KTM have now accumulated 20 podiums in the premier class.
30 – Thanks to Bagnaia’s victory, Ducati is on a streak of 30 MotoGP™ GP races in a row with at least one rider on the podium.