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At the Spanish GP, Francesco Bagnaia won the MotoGP for the fifth time and the first since Valencia last season, becoming the third Italian to win at Jerez alongside Valentino Rossi (seven times) and Loris Capirossi (1) .

Bagnaia is the fifth other winner since the opening race in Qatar. There were also five different winners in the opening six MotoGP races of 2020 with Fabio Quartararo, Brad Binder, Andrea Dovizioso, Miguel Oliveira and Franco Morbidelli, before Maverick Viñales took the win to make it six different winners. in the first seven races, but that’s the only time it happened in top class history. 2022 has a chance to equalize it at Le Mans.

Bagnaia became the first driver to take the pole, the fastest lap, take the lead on every lap and win the race since he did it last year at the Algarve GP. Bagnaia is the second Ducati racer to do this, along with Casey Stoner, who did it eight times with the Bologna factory between 2007 and 2010.

This is Bagnaia’s 11th time on the podium with Ducati at MotoGP, ahead of Danilo Petrucci in 5th place in the list of Ducati riders with the most podiums in the tournament, 4 behind teammate Jack Miller.

After Enea Bastianini in Qatar and the Americas GPs, Jerez is Ducati’s third win since the opening race of the season. This is the second time Ducati has won three in the opening six stages of a MotoGP season with 2007, all with Casey Stoner (Qatar, Turkey and China).

This is also the fifth year in a row that at least two different Ducati riders have won the season; The only time it came to more than two riders was last year with three: Bagnaia, Jorge Martin and Miller.

At the Spanish GP, Fabio Quartararo finished second on the third podium of the season so far alongside Indonesia (P2) and Portugal (P1). This is Quartararo’s 23rd top podium, extending his lead as the French driver with the most podiums ahead of Christian Sarron (18) and Johann Zarco (13).

Therefore, this is Quartararo’s 23rd podium with Yamaha in MotoGP, one less than his former teammate Maverick Viñales, who is seventh on the list of Yamaha riders with the most podiums in first class ( Valentino Rossi leads with 142 highest podiums with Yamaha).

Aleix Espargaro finished third at the Spanish GP for his fifth MotoGP podium and third so far this season. This is the first time Aprilia has won three podiums in a first-place season, also the first time the Noale factory has won two podiums in two consecutive top-flight.

Bagnaia won the race from pole against Quartararo, who started in second, and Aleix Espargaro, who started in third. This is the first time the three front row riders have taken to the podium in MotoGP in the same order since the 2016 Malaysian GP with Andrea Dovizioso, Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo.

Marc Marquez finished fourth at the Spanish GP with top driver Honda, his best result since his most recent victory in Emilia-Romagna last year.

With Alex Rins in 19th place at the Spanish GP, only two riders have scored in all six MotoGP races this season: Quartararo and Aleix Espargaro.

Marco Bezzecchi finished 9th, with the best result to date in the MotoGP season of rookie from Argentina. He leads the battle for Rookie of the Year with 15 points ahead of Darryn Binder (6) and Remy Gardner (3).

Only one of five rookies has won at Le Mans in the smaller divisions: Raul Fernandez (Moto2, 2021). However, with the exception of Darryn Binder, everyone else has taken the podium at Le Mans: Fabio Di Giannantonio (P3 in Moto3 in 2017), Remy Gardner (P2 in Moto2 in 2020 and 2021), Bezzecchi (P3 in Moto2 in 2020). 2020 and 2021).

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The most successful racers at Le Mans

1. Jorge Lorenzo – 6 wins (5 x MotoGP, 1 x 250 cc)
2. Marc Marquez – 4 wins (3 x MotoGP, 1 x Moto2)
3. Tom Luthi – 4 wins (2 x Moto2, 2 x 125 cc)
4. Dani Pedrosa – 4 wins (1 x MotoGP, 2 x 250 cc, 1 x 125 cc)
5. Valentino Rossi – 3 wins (3 x MotoGP)
6. Maverick Vinales – 3 wins (1 x MotoGP, 1 x Moto3, 1 x 125 cc)
7. Freddie Spencer – 3 wins (2 x 500 cc, 1 x 250 cc)

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Grand Prix at Le Mans

Le Mans has hosted 34 Grands Prix, including the “Vitesse du Mans” GP in 1991, the only year France has hosted two in the same year. Le Mans was first used in 1969 and the 500cc race was won by Giacomo Agostini, who overtook all other riders on his MV Agusta. This is the 23rd year in a row that Le Mans has hosted a motorcycle GP, starting in 2000. Seven other races have hosted the French GP: Paul Ricard (13 times), Clermont-Ferrand (10), Nogaro (2), Reims (2) , Rouen (2), Albi (1), Magny-Cours (1).

Honda’s last 1st place win at Le Mans: Marc Marquez in 2019 from pole position, this is Honda’s 300th win in the First Class Grand Prix. Marc Marquez also won the 2018 race.

Yamaha’s last 1st place win at Le Mans: Maverick Viñales in 2017 from pole. Yamaha has won 10 first place titles at Le Mans, including 3 consecutive wins with Jorge Lorenzo (2015 & 2016) and Viñales in 2017, which is Yamaha’s 500th Grand Prix win. Yamaha has also won the last two years at Le Mans, both times with Fabio Quartararo.

Suzuki’s last top-flight win at Le Mans: Chris Vermeulen in 2007, in steam. Before Viñales won at Silverstone in 2016, this was Suzuki’s only MotoGP win since 2002. Viñales also finished third at Le Mans in 2016, which was the most recent top podium of the series. Suzuki here and also Suzuki’s first podium since Loris Capirossi finished third at Brno 2008.

The head of Ducati won at the Le Mans circuit: Danilo Petrucci (2020) and Jack Miller (2021).

KTM’s best MotoGP result at Le Mans: Pol Espargaro, third place 2020.

Aprilia’s 1st result at Le Mans: Noriyuki Haga, 8th in 2003.

Five French riders won Le Mans: Jean Auréal (125cc – 1969), Guy Bertin (125cc – 1979), Patrick Fernandez (350cc – 1979), Mike Di Meglio (125cc – 2008) and Louis Rossi (Moto3 -) 2012), the second 10 years ago on May 20, 2022. The best MotoGP result for the French driver at Le Mans was Johann Zarco’s second in 2017 and 2021. Top spots Other French players at Le Mans were: Fabio Quartararo (P3 in 2021), Christian Sarron (P3 1987) and Raymond Roche (P2 1985).

Of the 20 MotoGP races held at Le Mans, 11 started in wet or rainy conditions that started during the race. The years that the MotoGP race at Le Mans was run in completely dry conditions are: 2004, 2010, 2011 and 2014 to 2019

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