The numerous records that today’s MotoGP is constantly breaking are thanks not only to the increasingly evident technological advancement, but also of the high quality level of the pilots, which not by chance boast, more or less, a noteworthy palmarès on several scales, with a history within the world championship that has most often been successful. This is demonstrated, among other things, by the number of overall victories among all classes and in this regard, let’s find out how the top five of the current premier class is made upwhich sees in fifth place a string of drivers paired with 17 triumphs.
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Four drivers paired with 17 victories
We are referring to Brad Binder, Miguel Oliveira, Jorge Martin and Johann Zarco, children of a mutually different path which however has led them, at the moment, to boast the same number of successes. The South African from KTM, Moto3 world champion in 2016, has collected 7 victories in the small displacement, eight in Moto2 (where he was vice-champion in 2019) and 2 in MotoGP, collected between 2020 and 2021. Same number of victories for Oliveira, vice-champion in 2018 in Moto2, with 6 victories under his belt; the same ones acquired in Moto3, while 5 are the seals obtained in MotoGP.
17 successes also for one of the absolute protagonists of today’s top class panorama, Jorge Martin, Moto3 world champion in 2018, MotoGP runner-up in 2023 and winner eight times in Moto3, twice in Moto2 and seven times in the top class. Finally, Johann Zarco, twice world champion in Moto2 between 2015 and 2016, winner once in “125”, 15 in Moto2 and once in MotoGP, won in the last edition of the championship.
