This is the 39th year in a row that a GP has been held at Jerez since its debut in 1987. With two GPs in 2020, this is the 40th GP at the track. Assen is the only current venue to stage more GPs in a row: 71 successive events from 1949 to 2019.
There have been 10 MotoGP™ winners at Jerez since 2002: Valentino Rossi (6 wins), Marc Marquez (3), Francesco Bagnaia (3), Jorge Lorenzo (3), Dani Pedrosa (3), Fabio Quartararo (2), Jack Miller (1), Casey Stoner (1), Loris Capirossi (1) and Sete Gibernau (1). Alberto Puig’s victory at Jerez on May 7th, 1995, was the first home win for a Spanish rider in MotoGP.
MOTOGP™ WINNERS AT JEREZ
Marc Marquez 3 (2014, 2018, 2019) – Francesco Bagnaia 3 (2022, 2023, 2024) – Fabio Quartararo 2 (2020/1, 2020/2) – Jack Miller 1 (2021)
SPRINT WINNERS AT JEREZ
Jorge Martin 1 (2024) – Brad Binder 1 (2023)
FACTORIES AT JEREZ: BEST RESULTS
GP wins
Honda 22 – Yamaha 10 – Ducati 5 – Suzuki 2
Sprint wins
KTM 1 – Ducati 1
Honda has 22 MotoGP wins at Jerez; the most recent being in 2019 with Marc Marquez winning from third on the grid. Honda riders have won 10 of the last 24 MotoGP™ races held at Jerez since 2002.
Yamaha have had 10 MotoGP wins at Jerez, nine since 2002 with three different riders: Rossi (2005, 2007, 2009, 2016), Lorenzo (2010, 2011, 2015) and Quartararo (2020/1, his maiden win in the class, and 2020/2). Quartararo qualified on pole four times in a row from 2019 (his maiden pole in the class) to 2021.
Ducati has taken five MotoGP wins at Jerez, with Capirossi in 2006 (from pole), Miller in 2021 (for his second win in the class) and Bagnaia in 2022 (from pole), 2023 and 2024. Jorge Martin took the Sprint win in 2024.
Aprilia Aleix Espargaro’s P3 in 2022 is Aprilia’s best MotoGP result in Jerez, and he was on pole in 2023.
KTM Brad Binder finished P2 at Jerez in 2023, which is the best result here for KTM in the class. Miller was P3, which is the only other podium for KTM at the track in MotoGP. Binder also won the first Sprint here in 2023.
10 current riders have MotoGP podiums here: Marc Marquez (8), Bagnaia (4), Maverick Viñales (3), Quartararo (3), Miller (2), Johann Zarco (1), Alex Rins (1), Franco Morbidelli (1), Binder (1) and Marco Bezzecchi (1). 3 have taken pole: Quartararo (4), Marc Marquez (2), Bagnaia (1).
WHAT HAPPENS IF…
200
A MotoGP win for a Spanish rider would be the 200th victory in the class for Spain. Italy leads with 290.
115
Marc Marquez could take his 115th MotoGP podium, moving above MotoGP Legend Jorge Lorenzo in second on the list of riders with the most podiums.
85
If a Ducati qualifies in the top three, it will be the 85th consecutive GP that a Ducati rider starts on the front row, a run that stretches back to Valencia 2020.
71
Ducati are on a streak of 70 podiums in a row. Another will extend their own record to 71. The last manufacturer with more than 71 podiums in a row is Honda with 83 from the FIM GP 1993 to the Imola GP 1999.
22
A Ducati win would be their 22nd in a row, equalling the record of the most MotoGP wins in a row set by Honda from Malaysia 1997 to the 1998 Dutch TT.
20
Rookie Fermin Aldeguer will be 20 years and 22 days old on Sunday and can become the youngest MotoGP™ winner ahead of Marc Marquez (20 years and 63 days old in Austin, 2013).
7
There are seven riders on the grid who could take their maiden MotoGP win this weekend: Alex Marquez, Raul Fernandez, Luca Marini, Pedro Acosta and rookies Ai Ogura, Somkiat Chantra and Fermin Aldeguer.
5
Following pole positions for Quartararo (2021), Bagnaia (2022), Aleix Espargaro (2023) and Marc Marquez (2024), another polesitter would make it five different polesitters in the last five GPs at Jerez.
1
Aprilia and KTM riders could give their factory a maiden premier class win at Jerez.
2025 Official statistics compiled by Dr. Thomas Morsellino
EXTRA FACTS AND STATS
With Miller, Bagnaia and Franco Morbidelli on the podium at Jerez in 2021, it was the first time there was no Spaniard on the rostrum at the track since 2003, when Valentino Rossi, Max Biaggi and Troy Bayliss were the top three across the line and no Spanish riders finished the race at all (Carlos Checa retired, Sete Gibernau crashed out).
5 riders have scored points in all four of the MotoGP™ races so far this season: Morbidelli, Bagnaia, Alex Marquez, Quartararo and Luca Marini. 4 have scored points in all four Tissot Sprints: Marc Marquez, Alex Marquez, Morbidelli and Bagnaia. So only Alex Marquez, Morbidelli and Bagnaia have scored points in every Sprint and GP race.
ON THIS DAY…
April 26th
At the 1987 Spanish GP at Jerez, MotoGP™ Legend Alex Criville made his GP debut in the 80cc class and finished second behind winner and MotoGP™ Legend Jorge Martinez. Julian Mirallès finished third.
April 27th
At the 2015 Argentina GP, Marc Marquez led the opening 23 laps before being caught by MotoGP™ Legend Valentino Rossi. They then clashed, and Marquez crashed.
