The World Championship of MotoGP starts to come to life. After the first races, which confirmed the sensations at the start of the season, very interesting weekends await us with an outcome that cannot be taken for granted. If last season the Martin-Bagnaia duel, with Bezzecchi at the door, had left very little satisfaction for the other drivers, the Austin race revealed an unexpected surprise. The forceful return of Maverick Viñales. with an excellent performance in Austin, he has reshuffled all the predictions of the day before and now on the circuit Jerez, for the Spanish Grand Prixit may already be forbidden to make mistakes.
Gran Premio Estrella Galicia 0,0 de España – Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto
The circuit was built in 1986 Jerez it hosted its first Grand Prix in 1987 and has never abandoned the MotoGP calendar since then. It is one of the most popular tracks in the world championship and also the setting for numerous tests during the season in recent years. The characteristics of the circuit include a main straight that is “only” 607 meters long, with a track width of 11 meters for a total distance of 4.42 kilometres. The Spanish circuit is a right-handed track, with 8 right-hand turns and 5 left-hand turns, for a total of 13 corners.
The fastest man to lap on the Jerez track was Francesco Bagnaia in 2022, in the Pole Position achieved in qualifying with a time of 1’36″170. The feeling is that it could be lowered further on this Saturday given the times of the previous races, even if in 2023 the riders were unable to do better.
Bagnaia and Ducati are looking for redemption, Martin wants to escape at home
The Spanish Grand Prix is ready to give us the emotions that these pilots are capable of transmitting. For many drivers on the grid there will be the opportunity to race in front of their supporters and this could represent an extra boost for the entire weekend. The Jerez circuit is a very important crash test for Ducati and Bagnaia, because their opponents will be ready to seize all the opportunities that the Borgo Panigale team is leaving open.
Martin wants to confirm himself as a leader and finally try to grab a world championship that he has been dreaming of for a long time, but pay attention to Marquez who, after the disappointments in Honda in 2023, seems to be another rider aboard the Gresini team.
Austin’s surprise, Viñales, is looking for confirmation on the Spanish circuit, but repeating the American weekend will be a rather difficult task. Special attention also goes to another owner of the house, Pedro Acosta, with his KTM.
The program of the Spanish Grand Prix
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