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MotoGPTM Riders' Profiles

CAREER 2014 4. Andrea Dovizioso CAREER 2014 Starts 207 (109 x MotoGP, 49 x 250, 49 x 125) 3 Starts 189 - all MotoGP 3 5. Colin Edwards Wins/best result 10 (1 x MotoGP, 4 x 250, 5 x 125) 3rd Best result 2nd x 5 9th Podiums 64 (23 x MotoGP, 26 x 250, 15 x 125) 1 Podiums 12 (12 x MotoGP) 0 Poles/best grid 14 (1 x MotoGP, 4 x 250, 9 x 125) 4th Poles/best grid 3 (3 x MotoGP) 14th Last Win GBR/09 - Last Win - - Last Podium AME/14/3rd AME/3rd Last Podium GBR/11/3rd - Last Pole JPN/10 - Last Pole CHN/08 -

»» Dovizioso has had two podium appearances at Jerez in the smaller classes »» Edwards’ 3rd place at Jerez in 2007, on a Yamaha, is his only podium finish - 3rd in the 250cc races in both 2006 and 2007 at any of the Spanish circuits »» His best result from six starts in the MotoGP class at Jerez is 5th in 2012 riding »» Last year at Jerez he finished in 15th place after qualifying down in 20th a Yamaha Age: 28 position on the grid Age: 40 »» Last year he finished 8th at Jerez from 9th place on the grid »» Jerez is one of just three current circuits where he has not had a podium in the MotoGP class, along with Misano and Termas de Rio Hondo

CAREER 2014 CAREER 2014 Starts 124 (37 x MotoGP, 33 x Moto2, 54 x 125) 3 6. Starts 153 (49 x MotoGP, 104 x 250) 3 7. Wins/best result 7 (5 x Moto2, 2 x 125) (2nd in MotoGP) 4th Wins/best result 9 - all 250cc (4th in MotoGP) 10th Podiums 19 (1 x MotoGP, 12 x Moto2TM , 6 x 125) 0 Podiums 27 - all 250cc 0 Poles/best grid 8 (1 x MotoGP, 7 x Moto2) 3rd Poles/best grid 8 (8 x 250cc) (7th in MotoGP) 15th Last Win GBR/11 (Moto2) - Last Win MAL/09 (250cc) - Last Podium USA/13/2nd - Last Podium MAL/09/1st (250cc) - Last Pole USA/13 - Last Pole MAL/09 (250cc) -

»» Bradl’s best result at Jerez is 4th in the 125cc race in 2008 »» Victory in the 250cc race in 2009 at Jerez is Aoyama’s only podium finish »» In 2011 he qualified on pole for the Moto2 race at Jerez, but dropped back to at the circuit 8th in the early laps before ending the race in 5th »» He finished 4th in the MotoGP race at Jerez in 2011 - his best ever result in the »» He raced at Jerez in the MotoGP class in 2012 for the first time and finished 7th after Age: 24 MotoGP class Age: 32 a good battle with »» Last year he finished 18th at Jerez after being up in 12th with two laps to go when he »» Last year at Jerez he qualified in 8th place on the grid, then crashed out of the race on ran off track and dropped to the rear of the field the fourth lap »» At Jerez, Aoyama is scheduled to make his 50th start in the MotoGP class »» Stefan’s father Helmut won the 250cc GP race at Jerez in 1991

CAREER 2014 CAREER 2014 Starts 192 (70 x MotoGP, 75 x 250, 47 x 125) 3 8. Hector Barbera Starts 39 - all MotoGP 3 9. Wins/best result 10 (4 x 250, 6 x 125) (6th in MotoGP) 15th Best result 8th 14th Podiums 32 (20 x 250, 12 x 125) 0 Podiums 0 0 Poles/best grid 9 (8 x 250, 1 x 125) (3rd in MotoGP) 18th Best grid 11th 20th Last Win VAL/09 (250cc) - Last Win - - Last Podium VAL/09/1st (250cc) - Last Podium - - Last Pole POR/09 (250cc) - Last Pole - -

»» Barbera’s only GP podium at Jerez is a 3rd place finish in the 125cc race »» Petrucci has raced at Jerez in MotoGP for the last two years; he finished back in 2004 13th in 2012 and 14th last year »» In 2011 at Jerez he qualified 13th and finished 6th, which is his best result since moving up to race in the premier - class Age: 27 Age: 23 »» Last year finished 12th at Jerez, after qualifying as top CRT rider in 10th place on the grid

CAREER 2014 CAREER 2014 Starts 134 (42 x MotoGP, 61 x 250/Moto2, 31 x 125) 3 17. Starts 187 (71 x MotoGP, 49 x 250, 67 x 125) 3 19. Alvaro Bautista Wins/best result 1 (1 x Moto2) (7th in MotoGP) 13th Wins/best result 16 (8 x 250, 8 x 125) (3rd in MotoGP) DNF Podiums 2 (2 x Moto2) 0 Podiums 48 (2 x MotoGP, 28 x 250, 18 x 125) 0 Best grid 5th - 250cc (6th in MotoGP) 15th Poles/best grid 18 (1 x MotoP, 9 x 250, 8 x 125) 2nd Last Win VAL/10 (Moto2) - Last Win CAT/09 (250cc) - Last Podium VAL/10/1st (Moto2) - Last Podium JPN/12/3rd - Last Pole - - Last Pole GBR/12 -

»» Abraham finished 7th at Jerez in 2011 equalling his equal best result (with »» Bautista won the 125cc GP at Jerez in 2006, the year that he took the Silverstone) in his rookie year in MotoGP world title »» Finished 17th in 2012 at Jerez after crashing and re - starting »» Finished 2nd in the 250cc race at Jerez in both 2007 & 2009, and started from »» Withdrew from the race last year, after competing the first free practice session, still Age: 24 pole in 2008 but crashed on the final lap when battling for the win Age: 29 suffering with injuries from a crash in Austin »» Was 10th and first rookie across the line in the MotoGP race at Jerez in 2010; he missed the Spanish GP in 2011 while still recovering from injuries suffered in Qatar »» He has finished 6th for the last two years at Jerez CAREER 2014 CAREER 2014 Starts 4 (3 x MotoGP, 1 x 125) 3 23. Broc Parkes Starts 214 (136 x MotoGP, 32 x 250, 46 x 125) 3 26. Best result 15th 15th Wins/best result 48 (25 x MotoGP, 15 x 250, 8 x 125) 2nd Podiums 0 0 Podiums 128 (87 x MotoGP, 24 x 250, 17 x 125) 3 Best grid 18th 18th Poles/best grid 44 (26 x MotoGP, 9 x 250, 9 x 125) 2nd Last Win - - Last Win MAL/13 - Last Podium - - Last Podium ARG/14/2nd ARG/2nd Last Pole - - Last Pole CAT/13 -

»» Parkes is set to start his fourth MotoGP event, racing in a Grand Prix at »» Pedrosa has finished on the podium in all eight starts at Jerez in the Jerez for the first time MotoGP class, including wins in 2008 and last year »» He has qualified in either first or second place on the grid at Jerez for the last Age: 32 seven years, including poles in 2007 and 2010 Age: 28 »» Pedrosa also won the 250cc race from pole at Jerez in 2005

CAREER 2014 29. Andrea Iannone CAREER 2014 Starts 147 (19 x MotoGP, 51 x Moto2, 77 x 125) 3 Starts 54 - all MotoGP 2 35. Cal Crutchlow Wins/best result 12 (8 x Moto2, 4 x 125)(6th in MotoGP) 6th Best result 2nd 6th Podiums 24 (19 x Moto2, 5 x 125) 0 Podiums 6 (6 x MotoGP) 0 Poles/best grid 8 (5 x Moto2, 3 x 125) (8th in MotoGP) 8th Poles/best grid 2 (2 x MotoGP) 7th Last Win ITA/12 (Moto2) - Last Win - - Last Podium RSM/12/3rd (Moto2) - Last Podium GER/13/2nd - Last Pole ARA/10 (Moto2) - Last Pole CZE/13 -

»» Iannone won the Moto2 race at Jerez in 2011, from 11th place on the grid - »» In 2011, in his first race at the Jerez circuit, Crutchlow finished 8th after his only top ten finish at Jerez from his nine GP starts across the three classes crashing and re - starting »» He raced in MotoGP for the first time at Jerez last year; he qualified in 11th place »» In 2012 he was the first satellite bike across the line in 4th place, but less than on the grid then crashed out of the race on the fourth lap Age: 24 two and half seconds behind winner Age: 28 »» Last year he was again the first of the satellite team riders across the line, in 5th place

CAREER 2014 CAREER 2014 41. Aleix Espargaro Starts 134 (21 x MotoGP, 33 x Moto2, 80 x 125) 3 38. Bradley Smith Starts 145 (61 x MotoGP, 61 x Moto2/250, 23 x 125) 3 Wins/best result 3 (3 x 125) (5th in MotoGP) 5th Best result 3rd - Moto2 (4th in MotoGP) 4th Podiums 23 (3 x Moto2, 20 x 125) 0 Podiums 1 (1 x Moto2) 0 Poles/best grid 9 (9 x 125) (3rd in MotoGP) 3rd Best grid 2nd - Moto2 (4th in MotoGP) 4th Last Win VAL/10 (125cc) - Last Win - - Last Podium ITA/11/3rd (Moto2) - Last Podium CAT/11/3rd (Moto2) - Last Pole POR/10 (125cc) - Last Pole - -

»» Smith won the 125cc GP at Jerez in 2009 - his first victory in Grand Prix »» Aleix Espargaro’s best result at Jerez in the smaller classes was 9th in the racing 250cc race in 2008 »» In 2011 he finished 4th at Jerez in just his second race in the Moto2 class »» He finished 15th in the MotoGP race at Jerez in 2010 riding a Ducati »» Last year he finished 10th at Jerez in just his third race in the MotoGP class Age: 23 »» In 2012 he was the first CRT rider across the line at Jerez in 12th place Age: 24 »» Last year he was again the first CRT rider across the line, but this time in 9th place

CAREER 2014 CAREER 2014 Starts 125 (3 x MotoGP, 51 x Moto2, 71 x 125) 3 44. Pol Espargaro Starts 103 (3 x MotoGP, 67 x Moto2, 33 x 125) 3 45. Wins/best result 15 (10 x Moto2, 5 x 125)(6th in MotoGP) 6th Wins/best result 4 (3 x Moto2, 1 x 125)(7th in MotoGP) 7th Podiums 44 (23 x Moto2, 21 x 125) 0 Podiums 16 (14 x Moto2, 2 x 125) 0 Poles/best grid 17 (14 x Moto2, 3 x 125)(11th in MotoGP) 11th Poles/best grid 3 (3 x Moto2)(13th in MotoGP) 13th Last Win JPN/13 (Moto2) - Last Win GBR/13 (Moto2) - Last Podium JPN/13/1st (Moto2) - Last Podium GBR/13/1st (Moto2) - Last Pole VAL/13 (Moto2) - Last Pole INP/13 (Moto2) -

»» Pol Espargaro won the 125cc GP at Jerez in 2010 and won the Moto2 race »» Redding finished 2nd in the Moto2 race at the Spanish GP last year - his there in 2012 - his first victory in the Moto2 class first GP podium finish at the Jerez circuit »» Last year he finished 3rd in the Moto2 race at Jerez Age: 22 Age: 21 CAREER 2014 CAREER 2014 Starts 297 (237 x MotoGP, 30 x 250, 30 x 125) 3 46. Starts 169 (3 x MotoGP, 75 x Moto2/250, 91 x 125) 3 63. Mike di Meglio Wins/best result 106 (80 x MotoGP, 14 x 250, 12 x 125) 2nd Wins/best result 5 (5 x 125)(17th in MotoGP) 17th Podiums 184 (148 x MotoGP, 21 x 250, 15 x 125) 1 Podiums 13 (2 x 250, 11 x 125) 0 Poles/best grid 59 (49 x MotoGP, 5 x 250, 5 x 125) 6th Poles/best grid 3 (1 x 250, 2 x 125)(22nd in MotoGP) 22nd Last Win NED/13 - Last Win AUS/08 (125cc) - Last Podium QAT/14/2nd QAT/2nd Last Podium POR/09/2nd (250cc) - Last Pole FRA/10 - Last Pole INP/09 (250cc) -

»» Rossi has a great record at Jerez, with six victories and three other podium »» Di Meglio’s 9th place finish in the 125cc race in 2008 is his only top ten at finishes from his 14 starts at the circuit in the premier class Jerez in Grand Prix racing »» He also won in both the 125cc and 250cc classes at Jerez, giving him a total of eight GP victories at this track Age: 35 Age: 26 »» Last year at Jerez he qualified in 5th place on the grid and finished 4th

CAREER 2014 68. Yonny Hernandez CAREER 2014 Starts 67 (36 x MotoGP, 31 x Moto2) 3 Starts 188 - all MotoGP 3 69. Nicky Hayden Best result 6th - Moto2 (9th in MotoGP) 12th Wins/best result 3 (3 x MotoGP) 8th Podiums 0 0 Podiums 28 (28 x MotoGP) 0 Best grid 5th - Moto2 (10th in MotoGP) 15th Poles/best grid 5 12th Last Win - - Last Win USA/06 - Last Podium - - Last Podium SPA/11/3rd - Last Pole - - Last Pole POR/07 -

»» Hernandez raced twice in the Moto2 class at Jerez; he finished 10th in »» Hayden has twice been on the podium at Jerez - 3rd in 2006 on a 2010 and 14th in 2011 and 3rd in 2011 on a Ducati »» In 2012 he had problems with his bike on the grid for the MotoGP race and had »» In 2010 he finished 4th at Jerez, one place higher than his then Ducati team - to start from pit lane, but only completed one lap before retiring Age: 25 mate Casey Stoner, and in 2011 his 3rd place was his only podium finish of the year Age: 32 »» Last year he managed to complete two laps before crashing out of the race at Turn 1 »» In 2012, he was first Ducati rider across the line in 8th place, having started on the on the third lap front row »» Last year he was again the first Ducati rider across the line, in 7th place

CAREER 2014 70. Michael Laverty CAREER 2014 Starts 21 - all MotoGP 3 Starts 99 (21 x MotoGP, 32 x Moto2, 46 x 125) 3 93. Marc Marquez Best result 13th 16th Wins 35 (9 x MotoGP, 16 x Moto2, 10 x 125) 3 Podiums 0 0 Podiums 58 (19 x MotoGP, 25 x Moto2, 14 x 125) 3 Best grid 15th 20th Poles 40 (12 x MotoGP, 14 x Moto2, 14 x 125) 3 Last Win - - Last Win ARG/14 ARG Last Podium - - Last Podium ARG/14/1st ARG/1st Last Pole - - Last Pole ARG/14 ARG

»» Laverty finished 13th last year at Jerez - the best result of his rookie »» Marquez only twice reached the finish line in smaller classes of GP racing season in MotoGP at Jerez: 3rd in the 125cc race in 2009 & 2nd in the Moto2 race in 2012 »» In 2010 he qualified on pole for the 125cc race at Jerez, but crashed out on the Age: 32 first lap when his exhaust came adrift and slipped under his back wheel Age: 21 »» He crashed out of the Moto2 race on Lap 11 in 2011, in a collision with Jules Cluzel when battling for fifth place »» Last year, he memorably passed at the final corner to finish in 2nd place

CAREER 2014 Starts 199 (105 x MotoGP, 48 x 250, 46 x 125) 3 99. Jorge Lorenzo Wins/best result 52 (31 x MotoGP, 17 x 250, 4 x 125) 3rd Podiums 113 (75 x MotoGP, 29 x 250, 9 x 125) 1 Poles/best grid 55 (29 x MotoGP, 23 x 250, 3 x 125) 2th Last Win VAL/13 - Last Podium ARG/14/3rd ARG/3rd Last Pole JPN/13 -

»» Lorenzo won the 250cc races at Jerez in 2006 and 2007, having qualified on pole on both occasions »» He qualified on pole for the MotoGP races of both 2008 and 2009; in 2008 he finished 3rd and in 2009 he crashed four laps from the end when in 4th place Age: 26/27 »» He won in 2010 after passing Dani Pedrosa on the last lap to take the lead for the first time, and won again at Jerez in 2011 »» In 2012 he qualified on pole and finished 2nd, less than one second behind Casey Stoner »» Last year, he qualified on pole for the fourth time in the MotoGP class at Jerez, and finished in 3rd place after being passed in a dramatic move at the final corner by Marc Marquez STATISTICS 2014 April 30th Gran Premio bwin de España #04 Jerez

Facts and figures on Grand Prix racing at Jerez erez has hosted a Grand Prix event on 27 previous occasions. Below are some facts and figures from these previous JGrand Prix races at Jerez:

This will be the 28th successive year that a Grand Prix event has been held at the Jerez circuit since it was first used in 1987; Assen is the only current venue that has been used consecutively for a longer period than Jerez A total of 83 Grands Prix for solo motorcycles have been held at Jerez, as follows: MotoGP - 12, 500cc - 15, Moto2 - 4, 250cc - 23, Moto3TM - 2, 125cc - 24 and 80cc - 3 Spanish riders have been the most successful at the Jerez circuit, having taken a total of 28 Grand Prix victories across all classes Spanish riders won all three races at Jerez last year: Dani Pedrosa in MotoGP, in Moto2 and Maverick Viñales in Moto3 Jerez has been the most successful circuit for Spanish riders in terms of premier class victories, with a total of nine wins: Alberto Puig in 1995, Alex Criville in 1997, ’98 and ‘99, Sete Gibernau in 2004, Dani Pedrosa in 2008 & ‘13 and Jorge Lorenzo in 2010 - 11 Alberto Puig's victory in 1995 marked the first time a Spaniard had won a premier class Grand Prix on home turf Valentino Rossi is the most successful rider at Jerez, with eight victories to his name: single wins in both the 125 and 250 classes and six in the premier tier Since the introduction of the MotoGP class in 2002, Honda have had six victories at Jerez, Yamaha five and Ducati one - Ducati’s being with in 2006 No premier class rider has won the Spanish GP from pole since Capirossi did so in 2006 Since the MotoGP class was introduced in 2002, in only one season has the Spanish GP not witnessed a home winner and this was in 2009: Valentino Rossi (Italy) won in MotoGP, Hiroshi Aoyama (Japan) in 250cc and Bradley Smith (Great Britain) in 125cc

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A 200th Grand Prix start for Jorge Lorenzo… orge Lorenzo is scheduled to make his 200th career Grand Prix start at the Spanish GP. Below are some of the Jhighlights and facts on his Grand Prix career to date:

Lorenzo set a new record at his very first 125 race - the Spanish Grand Prix in 2002: he became the youngest ever rider to compete in Grand Prix, just one day after his 15th birthday. He was not allowed to take part in the first day of qualifying because he had still not attained the minimum age of 15 Lorenzo is the 23rd rider to reach the milestone of 200 Grand Prix starts across all classes in the 65 - year history of Grand Prix racing Lorenzo will celebrate his 27th birthday on race day and is scheduled to become the youngest rider to reach the milestone of 200 GP starts, taking the record from Andrea Dovizioso who made his 200th start in Aragon last year at the age of 27 years, 190 days From his first 199 Grands Prix, Lorenzo has won on 52 occasions (a 26.1% win rate), been on the podium 113 times (56.8%) and finished in the top six on 138 occasions (69.3%). He has also started from pole for 55 (27.6%) of the his Grands Prix to date During his Grand Prix career, Lorenzo has competed at 26 different circuits and has won at least once at 19 of them. The circuits on which he has competed but not won a Grand Prix in any of the three classes are: Aragon, Austin, Istanbul, Sachsenring, Suzuka, Welkom and recent addition Termas de Rio Hondo

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…and a 100th Grand Prix start for Marc Marquez t the Spanish Grand Prix, Marc Marquez is scheduled to make the 100th start of his Grand Prix career. Below are Asome facts and figures relating to his Grand Prix career so far:

At the age of just 21 years and 76 days, Marquez is the fourth - youngest rider ever to reach the milestone of 100 GP starts, after Scott Redding, Jorge Lorenzo and Sandro Cortese In his 99 Grands Prix to date, he has taken 35 wins (a win rate of 35.3%) and a total of 58 podium finishes (58.6%). He has started from on 40 occasions (40.4%) Marquez has raced at 22 different circuits during his Grand Prix career to date and has won at 19 of them. At only three race tracks has he competed but failed to win: one is this weekend’s host venue of Jerez, while the other two are and Shanghai He did not stand on the top step of the podium until his 33rd race, when his first win came in the 125 Grand Prix at Mugello, Italy in 2010. Since then, however, Marquez has won 35 times from 67 starts - a win rate of 52.2%

Dani Pedrosa set to equal podium count of Giacomo Agostini ani Pedrosa’s second place in Argentina signalled the 87th time that he had stood on the podium since moving up to Dthe MotoGP class in 2006. As shown in the table below, this is just one less premier class podium than eight - time 500 World Champion Giacomo Agostini:

Rider in premier class Podiums finishes Wins 2nd places 3rd places

1 Valentino Rossi 148 80 41 27 2 Mick Doohan 95 54 31 10 3 Giacomo Agostini 88 68 20 0 4 Dani Pedrosa 87 25 35 27 5 Eddie Lawson 78 31 31 16 6 Jorge Lorenzo 75 31 30 14 7 Casey Stoner 69 38 11 20 8 Wayne Rainey 64 24 22 18 9 58 13 26 19 10 Randy Mamola 54 13 22 19

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Moto2 stats and trivia

While Tito Rabat’s victory in Argentina was his second win from three races in 2014, second place marked a second career Moto2 podium for Xavier Simeon while third-placed finisher Luis Salom was able to stand on the intermediate class rostrum for the very first time Starting from pole position, Rabat led every one of the 23 laps in Argentina last weekend A championship lead of 28 points (over team-mate ) means that Rabat will head to the following race in France as the championship leader, no matter what happens in Spain; incidentally, Jerez marks a return to the track where Rabat won for the first time in 2013 Only once since the Moto2 class debuted in 2010 has the Jerez race winner gone on to claim the world title; this was in 2010 itself, when Toni Elias picked up his first win of the season Ratthapark Wilairot returns to the World Championship in Jerez, covering for the injured Josh Herrin at AirAsia Caterham Moto Racing. Thai rider Wilairot originally raced full-time in the intermediate category of the World Championship from 2007 before electing to retire after last year’s German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring; during that time he achieved two front row starts, one coming in Spain at the 2009 season-closer of the 250 class in Valencia Malaysian rider Hafizh Syahrin will celebrate his 20th birthday on the Monday after the race

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Moto3 stats and trivia

Last time out in Argentina, Romano Fenati won for the second time in his career – his maiden victory had come in the Moto3 Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez in 2012. Last weekend’s result also marked the first ever victory for SKY Racing Team VR46, which is new in 2013, and ended a run of two consecutive Grand Prix victories for championship leader Jack Miller After the race in Termas de Rio Hondo, winner Fenati was handed one penalty point following contact with Miller in an attempt to seize the lead at the penultimate corner Alex Marquez returned to the podium in Argentina courtesy of his second second-place finish from the first three Grands Prix of 2014 – this marked the seventh podium finish of his career Since the Moto3 class was launched in 2012, each season’s World Champion has always finished on the podium at Jerez: Sandro Cortese was third in 2012, while Maverick Viñales won the race last year Last year’s Moto3 Spanish GP was shorted due to a red flag for Frenchman Alan Techer’s crash, with the race result therefore counting from the end of the 15th lap KTM could celebrate its 50th win in Grand Prix racing, should the Austrian marque claim the top spot of the podium in this weekend’s 23-lap Moto3 encounter German rider Philipp Oettl will celebrate his 18th birthday on qualifying day in Spain. Incidentally, Philipp’s father Peter was twice a podium finisher in Jerez: third in the 80cc race of 1989 and second in the 125cc race of 1994

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Grand Prix racing numbers

56.570 seconds - Michael Laverty, who finished 18th in Argentina, finished just 56.570 seconds behind winner Marc Marquez; this was just the second time in the 65 - year history of motorcycle Grand Prix racing that the first 18 riders across the finish line in a premier class GP have finished within one minute of each other. The other occasion was Malaysia 2007, when 18th place finisher Makoto Tamada was 59.596 seconds behind winner Casey Stoner

49 - Romano Fenati’s victory in the Argentine Moto3 race was the 49th GP win for KTM. Casey Stoner gave KTM their first win, in the 125 class in Malaysia in 2004. The breakdown of the 49 Grand Prix wins from KTM is: 125cc - 13, Moto3 - 27 wins and 250cc - 9

45 years - On race day at Jerez it will be exactly 45 years since another Spanish circuit, Jarama, was first used for a Grand Prix event - to host the 1969 Spanish Grand Prix. The home crowd had plenty to celebrate when Santiago Herrero (Ossa) became the first Spanish rider to win a 250cc race

27th birthday - Jorge Lorenzo celebrates his 27th birthday on race day

17 years - On race day, it will be exactly 17 to the day since Alex Criville won the 1997 500cc GP at Jerez - the first in a sequence of three successive wins at the circuit for Criville

6th - Andrea Iannone finished 6th in Argentina, which is the best result for a satellite Ducati since Randy de Puniet was sixth at the Australian GP in 2011, also riding a Pramac Ducati

3 - Tito Rabat is only the third rider in the Moto2 class to start the season with podium finishes at the opening three races of the year; the other riders to have done this are Marc Marquez and Pol Espargaro, both in 2012. If Rabat finishes in the top three at Jerez, he will be the first rider in the Moto2 class to start the season with four successive podium finishes

3 - In Argentina, Marc Marquez became the first rider to win the opening three premier class races of a season since Valentino Rossi in 2001; if he also wins in Jerez, he will become the first rider to win the opening four premier class races of a season since Mick Doohan in 1992

3 - Marquez has not only won the opening three races, but all from pole position; the last rider to win three successive MotoGP races from pole was Jorge Lorenzo in 2010. If Marquez wins from pole in Jerez, he will be the first rider to win four successive MotoGP races from pole since Valentino Rossi - in the final three races of 2003 and the opening race of 2004

1 - Jerez is the only circuit on the current Grand Prix calendar on which Marc Marquez has never been able to celebrate a race victory in any of the three classes

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