Spanish Riders Enjoying A Great 2010
Spanish riders have had a tremendous year so far across all three Grand Prix classes. The following facts and figures illustrate the success of the Spanish riders in 2010:
- Spanish riders have won the last eleven races across all three classes. This is the longest sequence of succes- sive solo GP wins by riders from a single nation in the 62-year history of Grand Prix racing. The previous record was nine successive wins by riders from Great Britain back in 1951.
- Riders from Spain have won twenty five of the thirty one Grand Prix races held so far in 2010.
- The twenty five wins for Spain so far this year is the highest number of wins that Spanish riders have taken in a single season of racing. Only Great Britain has had more Grand Prix wins in a single season. Great Britain’s re- cord for number of wins by riders from a single nation in one season stands at 37, which was achieved in 1967.
- Spanish riders are currently lying first and second in the MotoGP standings, they top the Moto2 table and occupy the top three places in the 125cc class.
- Spanish riders have won the last ten MotoGP races. This is the longest ever sequence of successive premier- class Grand Prix wins by Spanish riders and is also the longest sequence of successive wins by a single nation since Italian riders took twelve successive wins in the 2005/2006 seasons.
- Prior to this year, Spanish riders had only twice filled both of the top two places in the premier-class; at the French GP in 2004 and in Portugal in 2008. In the first eleven races of this year Spanish riders have already been one/two in the MotoGP class on six occasions.
- Spanish riders have won the last twenty 125cc 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 years history of Grand Prix racing.
- At five of the first eleven events of the year Spanish riders have won all three classes. Prior to this year, Spain had only on three occasions won the 125cc, 250cc and MotoGP races on the same day.
Source: motogp.com
