Your regular dose of facts and figures ahead of Round 14, the Grand Prix of Japan.
129 – The points difference between Championship leader Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner in third place is 129. This means that the only two riders who can now win the MotoGP World title are Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa. This will be only the second time in the 62-year history of Grand Prix racing that a Spanish rider has won the premier class title, the other occasion being in 1999 when Alex Criville won the 500cc title.
49 – At the Aragón Grand Prix two Ducati riders finished in the top three. Before this there had been 49 MotoGP races without two Ducati riders finishing together on the podium, since the Australian GP in 2007 when Casey Stoner won and Loris Capirossi finished second.
47 – Prior to the race at Aragón there had been 47 successive MotoGP races with at least one Yamaha rider on the podium. The last time that there was no Yamaha rider on the podium was at the final MotoGP race of 2007 at Valencia.
25 – Dani Pedrosa celebrated his 25th birthday yesterday, Wednesday September 29th.
22 – Spanish riders have won the last twenty-two 125cc Grand Prix races. The last non-Spanish winner in the 125cc class was Andrea Iannone at the Catalan Grand Prix last year. This is the longest sequence of successive 125cc GP wins by one nation in the 62-year history of Grand Prix racing.
20 – Dominique Aegerter celebrates his 20th birthday today, Thursday September 30th.
9 – The victory by Pol Espargaró at the Aragón GP was the ninth victory of the year in the 125cc class by Derbi riders. This equals the highest number of wins achieved in a single season (1988) by Derbi in the 125cc class.
8 – Valentino Rossi has now made eight MotoGP starts without taking a win, which is his longest barren run since winning for the first time in the premier class at Donington in 2000.
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