No rider has won more often at this weekend site for Spanish Grand Prix compared to Valentino Rossi. Italian legend claimed a winning win on seven occasions, setting a benchmark which is unmatched. Mick Dowhan is with four Grand Prix Wins just behind her – a tally marks markese and Francesco Bagania are aimed at the end of this week.
The Spanish Grand Prix was first held on 26 April 1987 in Jerase – exactly 38 years ago on this Saturday. Since then, the Andalusi Track – which was opened in 1985 – hosted the Spanish GP every year. Its total 39 Motogp Grands Prix also includes double-header in 2020, when the epidemic re-shaped the calendar and the Fabio Quartaro won both events for Yamaha. Those July race – The other was named Andalusi GP – the only opportunity was when Motogp’s Jerez visit was not in European SpringTime.
Rossi, who remains the undisputed king of Jerez, first won the final season of the 500cc era in 2001. It launched a hat -trick of victory from 2001 to 2003. After switching from Honda to Yamaha in 2004, he was beaten narrowly beaten by Gibnau set. But the following year, Rossi diverted Gibernu to the last corner and won a prestigious victory – a step that has since become part of the Motoogpa folklore.
The person who participated in a portable toilet in the lap of Jerase victory during his 250cc days won again in 2007 and 2009. Then, after seven years of drought, Rossi returned to the top stage of the podium with a masterclass in slippery conditions in 2016, which was more than seven seconds before 2.4 seconds before George Lorrenzo.
Dowhan won the circuit in 1991, 1992, 1992, 1994 and 1996 in the list of Jerage all-time winners. In 1993, his dominance in Kevin Schhentz and Alberto Puig-Ab HRC’s team manager-his dominance was interrupted. In 1995. Alex Crivil took torches for Spain three times for 1997.
Mick Dohan and Alex Krivile, Repsol Honda
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Krivile’s fierce rivalry with Dowhan, especially as the comrades of the Honda team, added drama to the late 90s. This was the most clear in the 1996 Spanish GP, when the Crivil was leading until a time -time track invasion by fans looted Krivile of a potential gerase success and won the victory to Australians. Sadly, Jerez will also mark the end of Dohan’s career when he gets into practice for the 1999 version.
In addition to Krivile, four other riders won three jerges. Two of them – Dani Pedrosa (2008, 2013) and George Lorenzo (2010, 2011, 2015) – are now retired. Lorenzo’s 2010 victory was particularly memorable, as he jumped into the circuit lake to celebrate, almost drowned in the process.
The other two-three winners are current factory Ducati Riders-Markes and ‘Peckko’ Bagania. Markets claimed his first gerase win in 2014 and two more pairs in 2018 and 2019, all with Honda. His 2020 campaign began with the first of the first of those ‘epidemic summer’ fixtures in Jerez, but ended prematurely due to a right -handed injury in the early race.
Since then, Ducati has captured the jerges at least on Sunday. A track where there was only one previous victory at the Bologna Factory (Capirossi, 2006) has become a red region (although Brad Binder won 2023 sprints for KTM). Jack Miller started the line in 2021, followed by the dominance of Bagania in 2022, 2023 and 2024, with a duality of backward years, going down as one of the great people of all time against Markes.
40 years after the opening of the circuit on this Sunday, 38 -year -old MotoGP racing at the venue and 39th Grand Prix on the track. And once again, the Spotlight is on the leading pair of Ducati, which will try to match both Dohan’s tally and inch inch close to Rosie’s mythical record in the Andalusi Circuit.
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