STATISTICS 2015 #11. MotoGP Riders' Profiles. August 12th. bwin Grand Prix Ceské Republiky. Automotodrom Brno. 4. Andrea Dovizioso. 6.

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1 Official statistics compiled by Dr. Martin Raines STATISTICS 2015 MotoGP Riders' Profiles Starts 232 (134 x MotoGP, 49 x 250, 49 x 125) 10 Wins/best result 10 (1 x MotoGP, 4 x 250, 5 x 125) 2nd Podiums 69 (28 x MotoGP, 26 x 250, 15 x 125) 4 Poles 16 (3 x MotoGP, 4 x 250, 9 x 125) 1 Last Win GBR/09 - Last Podium FRA/15/3rd FRA/3rd Last Pole QAT/15 QAT 4. Andrea Dovizioso Dovizioso finished 2nd at Brno on three occasions in the smaller classes, on each occasion behind Jorge Lorenzo; 125cc class in 2004 and the 250cc race in 2006 and 2007 He has had one podium finish at Brno from his seven years racing in the MotoGP class - 2nd in 2011 behind Repsol Honda team-mate Casey Stoner He was the first Ducati rider across the line at Brno in 2013, finishing 7th, less than half a second ahead of team-mate Nicky Hayden Last year Dovizioso finished sixth at Brno, just two tenths of a second behind team-mate Iannone Age: 29 Starts 148 (61 x MotoGP, 33 x Moto2, 54 x 125) 9 Wins/best result 7 (5 x Moto2, 2 x 125) (2nd in MotoGP) 8th Podiums 19 (1 x MotoGP, 12 x Moto2, 6 x 125) 0 Poles/best grid 8 (1 x MotoGP, 7 x Moto2) 13th Last Win GBR/11 (Moto2) - Last Podium USA/13/2nd - Last Pole USA/13 - Bradl twice finished on the podium at Brno when racing in the smaller classes; a win in the 125cc race in 2008 and 3rd in the Moto2 race in 2011 He finished 5th at Brno in his rookie year in the MotoGP class in 2012 In 2013 he finished 6th at Brno and last year he was 7th 6. Stefan Bradl Age: 25 Starts 217 (95 x MotoGP, 75 x 250, 47 x 125) 10 Wins/best result 10 (4 x 250, 6 x 125) (5th in MotoGP) 12th Podiums 32 (20 x 250, 12 x 125) 0 Poles/best grid 9 (8 x 250, 1 x 125) (3rd in MotoGP) 12th Last Win VAL/09 (250cc) - Last Podium VAL/09/1st (250cc) - Last Pole POR/09 (250cc) - 8. Hector Barbera Barbera has never finished on the podium at Brno, but has been 4th on three occasions when competing in the smaller classes: the 125cc race in 2002, and the 250cc race in both 2007 & 2008 At Brno in 2010, his rookie year in the MotoGP class, he had a bad start from 9th on the grid and finished the first lap in 16th place, but battled back through to finish 9th He finished 10th at Brno in 2011, and in 2012 he missed the Czech GP recovering from injuries sustained in a crash at Indianapolis Two years ago Barbera crashed out of the race at Brno on the second lap; last year he finished 17th at the Czech GP Age: 28 Starts 60 - all MotoGP 10 Best result 8th 9th Best grid 5th 5th Petrucci qualified 19th and finished 17th in the MotoGP race in 2012 at Brno Two years ago at Brno he finished 13th from 17th place on the grid Last year at Brno he retired from the race with technical problems on the penultimate lap Petrucci finished 2nd at Brno in the 600 Superstock European Championship race in Danilo Petrucci Age: 24 Starts 258 (57 x MotoGP, 136 x 250/Moto2, 65 x 125) 10 Wins/best result 4 (3 x Moto2, 1 x 250) (2nd in MotoGP) 15th Podiums 40 (1 x MotoGP, 32 x 250/Moto2, 7 x 125) 0 Poles/best grid 11 (6 x 250/Moto2, 5 x 125) (4th in MotoGP) 17th Last Win MAL/12 (Moto2) - Last Podium MAL/12/1st (Moto2) - Last Pole AUS/11 (Moto2) Alex de Angelis De Angelis best results from four appearances at Brno in the MotoGP class is 8th in both 2008 & 2009 He finished 16th last year at Brno when making his first appearance of 2014 in the MotoGP class as a replacement for Colin Edwards His only podium finish at Brno was back in 2003 when he was 3rd in the 125cc race having started from pole position He also started from pole for the 125cc race at Brno in his first pole in GP racing Age: 31 Starts 155 (63 x MotoGP, 61 x 250/Moto2, 31 x 125) 6 Wins/best result 1 (1 x Moto2) (7th in MotoGP) 17th Podiums 2 (2 x Moto2) 0 Best grid 5th - 250cc (6th in MotoGP) 17th Last Win VAL/10 (Moto2) - Last Podium VAL/10/1st (Moto2) Karel Abraham Abraham s 14th place finish in the 250cc race in 2007 was the only time Abraham had completed a race at Brno in the smaller classes; in each of his other four starts he crashed out: the 125cc class in 2005 & 2006, the 250cc class in 2008 & 2009 In 2010 he missed the Moto2 race at the Czech GP, after crashing in the first free practice session and then again in qualifying He qualified in 17th place on the grid for the MotoGP race at Brno in 2011 and then crashed on lap thirteen In 2012 he finished 9th from 9th place on the grid - his best GP result at his home circuit Two years ago he finished 19th at Brno whilst still suffering from injuries sustained in a crash during practice at Indianapolis, and last year he was 14th Age: 25 Starts 212 (96 x MotoGP, 49 x 250, 67 x 125) 10 Wins/best result 16 (8 x 250, 8 x 125) (3rd in MotoGP) 10th Podiums 49 (3 x MotoGP, 28 x 250, 18 x 125) 0 Poles/best grid 18 (1 x MotoGP, 9 x 250, 8 x 125) 15th Last Win CAT/09 (250cc) - Last Podium FRA/14/3rd - Last Pole GBR/ Alvaro Bautista Bautista won the 125cc race at Brno in 2006, the year he became world champion and also finished on the podium at the Czech GP in both 2008 and 2009 in the 250cc class In 2010 he did not take part in MotoGP qualifying at Brno after a big crash in Saturday practice; Age: 30 was allowed to start from the back of the grid then crashed on the final corner of the race when attempting to pass Simoncelli He qualified 14th at Brno in 2011 and then crashed on the 16th lap when up to 7th, and in 2012 he finished 6th from 8th place on the grid In 2013 he qualified in 2nd place on the grid at the Czech GP and finished 5th after a race long battle with Valentino Rossi Last year Bautista finished 10th at Brno, after qualifying down in 14th place on the grid Starts 77 (10 x MotoGP, 18 x Moto2, 49 x 125/Moto3) 10 Wins/best result 16 (4 x Moto2, 12 x 125/Moto3) (6th in MotoGP) 6th Podiums 40 (9 x Moto2, 31 x 125/Moto3) 0 Poles/best grid 11 (1 x Moto2, 10 x 125/Moto3) (2nd in MotoGP) 2nd Last Win MAL/14 (Moto2) - Last Podium MAL/14/1st (Moto2) - Last Pole ARA/14 (Moto2) - Viñales has had a single podium finish from his four grand prix appearances at Brno; 2nd to Luis Salom in the Moto3 race in 2013 He has also had a pole at Brno, in the Moto3 race in 2012 Last year he finished 6th in the Moto2 race at Brno, after qualifying down in 17th place on the grid 25. Maverick Viñales Age: 20

2 Starts 236 (158 x MotoGP, 32 x 250, 46 x 125) 7 Wins/best result 49 (26 x MotoGP, 15 x 250, 8 x 125) 2nd Podiums 137 (96 x MotoGP, 24 x 250, 17 x 125) 2 Poles/best grid 45 (27 x MotoGP, 9 x 250, 9 x 125) 2nd Last Win CZE/14 - Last Podium GER/15/2nd GER/2nd Last Pole CAT/14 - Pedrosa has finished on the podium six times from his nine starts at Brno in the MotoGP class He has finished either first or second for the last three years at Brno, including wins in 2012 and again last year He also started from pole for the MotoGP race at Brno in both 2010 and 2011 Last year he won the Czech GP from 5th place on the grid - his only GP win of 2014 Pedrosa has also won in both of the smaller classes at Brno; in the 125cc class in 2003 and on a 250cc machine in Dani Pedrosa Age: 29 Starts 171 (43 x MotoGP, 51 x Moto2, 77 x 125) 10 Wins/best result 12 (8 x Moto2, 4 x 125)(2nd in MotoGP) 2nd Podiums 26 (2 x MotoGP, 19 x Moto2, 5 x 125) 2 Poles 9 (1 x MotoGP, 5 x Moto2, 3 x 125) 1 Last Win ITA/12 (Moto2) - Last Podium ITA/15/2nd ITA/2nd Last Pole ITA/15 ITA 29. Andrea Iannone Iannone qualified on pole and finished 3rd in the 125cc race at Brno in 2009; in 2010 he finished 3rd in the Moto2 race and in 2011 he won the Moto2 race after a race long battle with Marquez and Bradl In 2012 he just missed out on another podium at Brno, finishing 4th in the Moto2 class, but just half a second behind the race winner Marquez In 2013, his rookie season in the MotoGP class, he finished 9th at the Czech GP after suffering two crashes during practice and qualifying Last year he was the first Ducati rider across the line in fifth place, just two tenths of a second in front of team-mate Dovizioso Age: 26 Starts 79 - all MotoGP 10 Best result 2nd 3rd Podiums 8 (8 x MotoGP) 1 Poles/best grid 2 (2 x MotoGP) 4th Last Podium ARG/15/3rd ARG/3rd Last Pole CZE/ Cal Crutchlow In 2011 Crutchlow qualified 11th at Brno, then crashed out of the race on the seventh lap at the exit of Turn 1 In 2012 he finished 3rd at the Czech GP - his first MotoGP podium finish Two years ago he qualified on pole at Brno, then crashed out of 4th place on the eighth lap; re-started to finish 17th Last year he retired from the race after running off the track into the gravel trap and causing injury to his shoulder Age: 29 Starts 159 (46 x MotoGP, 33 x Moto2, 80 x 125) 10 Wins/best result 3 (3 x 125) (3rd in MotoGP) 5th Podiums 24 (1 x MotoGP, 3 x Moto2, 20 x 125) 0 Poles/best grid 9 (9 x 125) (3rd in MotoGP) 6th Last Win VAL/10 (125cc) - Last Podium AUS/14/3rd - Last Pole POR/10 (125cc) - Smith s best result at Brno is 4th in the 125cc race in 2009 In 2010 he qualified on pole for the 125cc Czech GP but chose the wrong setting for the mixed conditions and finished the race in 6th place In 2011 his Moto2 race at Brno ended on the second lap when he crashed after a collision with another rider, and in 2012 he was 8th from 15th place on the grid In 2013 he qualified in 6th place on the grid for the MotoGP race at Brno, then crashed on the third lap at Turn 9 Last year he qualified as top Yamaha in 4th place on the grid, but struggled for grip in the race and finished 9th 38. Bradley Smith Age: 24 Starts 170 (86 x MotoGP, 61 x Moto2/250, 23 x 125) 10 Best result 2nd 7th Podiums 2 (1 x MotoGP, 1 x Moto2) 0 Poles 2 (2 x MotoGP) 1 Last Podium ARA/14/2nd - Last Pole CAT/15 CAT 41. Aleix Espargaro Starts 65 (10 x MotoGP, 55 x 125/Moto3) 10 Wins/best result 6 (6 x Moto3) (11th in MotoGP) 11th Podiums 10 (10 x Moto3) 0 Poles/best grid 8 (8 x Moto3) (16th in MotoGP) 16th Last Win VAL/14 (Moto3) - Last Podium VAL/14/1st (Moto3) - Last Pole MAL/14 (Moto3) Jack Miller In 2010 Aleix Espargaro finished 12th in the MotoGP race at the Czech GP, and in 2011 he finished 6th in the Moto2 race - his best result at the circuit In 2012 he was 10th in the MotoGP race at Brno and two years ago he was first CRT rider across the line in 10th place Last year at Brno he was the first Open Class bike across the line in 8th place Age: 26 Miller finished 7th in the Moto3 race in his first appearance at Brno two years ago Last year he was leading the race into Turn 13 on the final lap, but lost out on the sprint to the line and finished in 5th place, but just secs behind the race winner Age: 20 Starts 150 (28 x MotoGP, 51 x Moto2, 71 x 125) 10 Wins/best result 15 (10 x Moto2, 5 x 125)(4th in MotoGP) 5th Podiums 44 (23 x Moto2, 21 x 125) 0 Poles/best grid 17 (14 x Moto2, 3 x 125)(2nd in MotoGP) 4th Last Win JPN/13 (Moto2) - Last Podium JPN/13/1st (Moto2) - Last Pole VAL/13 (Moto2) Pol Espargaro Pol Espargaro s first podium at Brno was 2nd in the in the 125cc race in 2010 He was on pole for the Moto2 race at Brno in 2012; he finished the race in third just 0.44 seconds behind the race winner Marquez Two years ago he finished 4th in the Moto2 race at Brno, but less than a second behind race winner Mika Kallio Last year he crashed out of the MotoGP race at Brno on the seventh lap Age: 24 Starts 128 (28 x MotoGP, 67 x Moto2, 33 x 125) 10 Wins/best result 4 (3 x Moto2, 1 x 125)(7th in MotoGP) 7th Podiums 16 (14 x Moto2, 2 x 125) 0 Poles/best grid 3 (3 x Moto2)(6th in MotoGP) 6th Last Win GBR/13 (Moto2) - Last Podium GBR/13/1st (Moto2) - Last Pole INP/13 (Moto2) - Redding s best result at Brno is 8th in the Moto2 race in 2013 Last year he finished 11th at Brno and the first of the Open Class Honda riders across the line 45. Scott Redding Age: 22 2

3 Starts 322 (262 x MotoGP, 30 x 250, 30 x 125) 10 Wins 111 (85 x MotoGP, 14 x 250, 12 x 125) 3 Podiums 206 (170 x MotoGP, 21 x 250, 15 x 125) 10 Poles 61 (51 x MotoGP, 5 x 250, 5 x 125) 1 Last Win NED/15 NED Last Podium INP/15/3rd INP/3rd Last Pole NED/15 NED Rossi scored his very first win in GP racing at Brno in 1996 in the 125cc class, after starting from pole for the first time in his GP career; he also won the 250cc Czech GP in 1999 From his fifteen starts in the premier-class at Brno, Rossi has had nine podium finishes, including five wins Two years ago he finished 4th at Brno, after getting the better of a race long battle with Bautista Rossi finished third last year at Brno, his first podium at the Czech GP since Valentino Rossi Age: 36 Starts 40 (10 x MotoGP, 29 x 250, 1 x 125) 10 Wins/best result 13th - 250cc (12th in MotoGP) 12th Best grid 12th - 250cc (14th in MotoGP) 14th 50. Eugene Laverty Laverty has twice raced in the 250c GP class at Brno; retiring from the race in 2007 and finishing 16th in 2008 He has also raced at Brno in both the World Supersport and World Superbike championships Age: 29 Starts 194 (28 x MotoGP, 75 x Moto2/250, 91 x 125) 10 Wins/best result 5 (5 x 125)(12th in MotoGP) 14th Podiums 13 (2 x 250, 11 x 125) 0 Poles/best grid 3 (1 x 250, 2 x 125)(16th in MotoGP) 16th Last Win AUS/08 (125cc) - Last Podium POR/09/2nd (250cc) - Last Pole INP/09 (250cc) Mike di Meglio Starts 92 (61 x MotoGP, 31 x Moto2) 10 Best result 6th - Moto2 (7th in MotoGP) 8th Best grid 5th 5th 68. Yonny Hernandez Di Meglio is racing in a GP at the Brno circuit for the 13th time He has had a single GP podium finish at Brno - 2nd in the 125cc class in 2008, the year he won the world title In 2013 he crashed at the Czech GP and fractured a vertebra that caused him to miss the remainder of the season Finished 18th last year at Brno, in his rookie season in the MotoGP class Age: 27 Hernandez finished 23rd in the Moto2 race on his first visit to Brno in 2010 In 2011 at the Czech GP he crashed out of the Moto2 race and suffered a wrist injury that resulted in him missing the following two GP events He finished 12th in 2012, his rookie season in the MotoGP class, and was 16th in 2013 He retired from the Czech GP last year on the fifth lap when he had problems with his front tyre deflating Age: 27 Starts all MotoGP 10 Wins/best result 3 (3 x MotoGP) 11th Podiums 28 (28 x MotoGP) 0 Poles/best grid 5 14th Last Win USA/06 - Last Podium SPA/11/3rd - Last Pole POR/ Nicky Hayden Hayden s 3rd place in 2007 is his only podium finish from nine appearances at the Brno circuit He missed the Czech GP in 2008 having cracked his right heel riding a Supermoto machine Age: 34 He also missed the Czech GP in 2012 while still recovering from injuries suffered at the Indianapolis GP Was forced to miss the Czech GP again last year after having a wrist operation; was replaced by Leon Camier Starts 66 (20 x MotoGP, 46 x Moto2) 1 Best result 2nd - Moto2 (12th in MotoGP) DNF Podiums 1 x Moto2 0 Poles/best grid 1 x Moto2 (10th in MotoGP) 25th Last Podium FRA/12/2nd (Moto2) - Last Pole GBR/10 (Moto2) Claudio Corti Corti s only point scoring finish from three starts in the Moto2 class at Brno is 14th in 2011 He raced in the MotoGP race at Brno in 2013, but crashed on the second lap when Barbera collided into him Age: 28 Starts 9 x MotoGP 9 Best result 12th 12th Best grid 15th 15th 76. Loris Baz Starts 124 (46 x MotoGP, 32 x Moto2, 46 x 125) 10 Wins 48 (22 x MotoGP, 16 x Moto2, 10 x 125) 3 Podiums 74 (35 x MotoGP, 25 x Moto2, 14 x 125) 5 Poles 55 (27 x MotoGP, 14 x Moto2, 14 x 125) 5 Last Win INP/15 INP Last Podium INP/15/1st INP/1st Last Pole INP/15 INP 93. Marc Marquez Baz is racing at the Czech GP for the first time He finished 3rd in a World Superbike race at Brno in his first ever podium finish in that championship Age: 22 In 2011 Marquez qualified on pole and finished second in the Moto2 race at the Czech GP, which was his first podium finish at the Brno circuit Won the Moto2 race at Brno in 2012 by just seconds from Thomas Luthi Won the MotoGP race at Brno in 2013 by just seconds from team-mate Pedrosa Last year he finished 4th at Brno, ending a sequence of ten successive race wins Age: 22 Starts 224 (130 x MotoGP, 48 x 250, 46 x 125) 10 Wins 58 (37 x MotoGP, 17 x 250, 4 x 125) 4 Podiums 129 (91 x MotoGP, 29 x 250, 9 x 125) 6 Poles 57 (31 x MotoGP, 23 x 250, 3 x 125) 1 Last Win CAT/15 CAT Last Podium INP/15/2nd INP/2nd Last Pole SPA/15 SPA 99. Jorge Lorenzo Lorenzo won three times in the smaller classes at the Czech GP; the 125cc class in 2004 and the 250cc race in 2006 and 2007 Has finished on the podium four times at Brno in the MotoGP class, including a race win in 2010 Has also had a pole at Brno in the MotoGP class - in 2012 Last year he finished 2nd at Brno after starting from 6th place on the grid and then leading the race in the early stages before being passed by Pedrosa on lap six Age: 28 3

4 STATISTICS 2015 History of Grand Prix racing at Brno This year s Czech Grand Prix will be the 46th to be held at Brno. Below is a brief history of grand prix racing at this famous venue: The only venue that has hosted more grand prix events than Brno is Assen in The Netherlands, which has hosted the Dutch TT in each of the 67 years of the motorcycling World Championship. The first Czechoslovakian Grand Prix was held at Brno in The 500cc race held over thirteen laps of the original km long road circuit was won by Mike Hailwood (MV Agusta) with a time of 1hr 11 min 23.2 sec. The circuit was shortened to km in 1975 in an effort to improve safety. The last premier-class race held on the road circuit at Brno was in 1977 and was won by Johnny Cecotto riding a Yamaha. The circuit was subsequently considered too dangerous for the large capacity machines. Smaller capacity machines continued to compete in grand prix races on the Brno road circuit until 1982 before it was removed from the grand prix calendar for safety reasons. The current circuit was first used for grand prix racing in 1987 and hosted the Czechoslovakian GP until Brno did not appear on the calendar for 1992, but the event was revived in 1993 as the Grand Prix of the Czech Republic and has taken place every year since. This will be the 28th time that the current circuit has hosted a grand prix event, during which time the circuit has remained virtually unchanged; minor modifications were made to the circuit in 1996 which extended the length from km to the current km. Since the introduction of the four-stroke MotoGP class in 2002, Honda have had six victories at Brno, Yamaha have had five and Ducati two. Honda riders have won at Brno for the last four years, the last Yamaha win was by Jorge Lorenzo in There has only been one podium finish by a Czech rider at the current Brno circuit across all classes - Lukas Pesek s third place in the 125cc race in 2007 riding a Derbi. The best result by a Czech rider in the MotoGP class at the Brno circuit is Karel Abraham s ninth place finish in The two riders with the most grand prix wins at the current Brno circuit, each with seven, are Max Biaggi (4 x 250cc, 2 x 500cc, 1 x MotoGP) and Valentino Rossi (1x 125cc, 1 x 250cc, 1 x 500cc, 4 x MotoGP). The last time a rider qualifying on pole has won the MotoGP race at Brno was Valentino Rossi in Since 2009 no rider qualifying higher than third place on the grid has won the MotoGP race at Brno. Dani Pedrosa won the MotoGP race at Brno last year, ending a run of ten successive race wins by Marc Marquez. Marc Marquez closing in on Dani Pedrosa The victory by Marc Marquez in Indianapolis was the 48th time that he has been on the top step of the podium in his grand prix career. This is just one less GP win than his team-mate Dani Pedrosa, as shown in the following table: RIDERS WITH MOST GRAND PRIX VICTORIES (ALL SOLO CLASSES) Rider Total wins MotoGP/500cc 350cc Moto2 /250cc 125cc 80/50cc 1 Giacomo Agostini Valentino Rossi Angel Nieto Mike Hailwood Jorge Lorenzo Mick Doohan Phil Read Dani Pedrosa Marc Marquez = Jim Redman = Casey Stoner Official statistics compiled by Dr. Martin Raines 4

5 STATISTICS 2015 Livio Loi re-writes the record books The rain affected Moto3 race resulted in Livio Loi taking his first grand prix victory and in the process re-writing a number of records with respect to Belgian riders in grand prix racing: Loi is the first Belgium rider to win a lightweight-class (Moto3 /125cc) race in the 67 years of motorcycle grand prix racing. He is just the fourth Belgium rider to win a grand prix race; the other three are - Xavier Simeon (1 x Moto2 ), Didier de Radigues who won a total of four grand prix races (2 x 350cc, 2 x 250cc) and Julien Van Zeebroeck, who won three times in the 50cc class in the mid 1970s. At the age of 18 years 104 days he is the youngest Belgium rider ever to win a grand prix race, taking the record from Didier de Radigues who took his first grand prix win in the 350cc class at Misano in 1982 at the age of twenty four. Loi is the first Belgian rider to win a grand prix race outside of Europe. His win came after he had been the 26th fastest rider in qualifying. Since 1974 when full qualifying data is available, no lightweight-class grand prix has even been won by a rider qualifying so far down on the grid. Loi s margin of victory was seconds - the largest margin of victory in the lightweight-class since Fausto Gresini won the 125cc GP at Le Mans in 1987 by a margin of seconds from fellow Italian Ezio Gianola. With Loi winning in Indianapolis and Simeon in Germany, it is the first time that two Belgian riders have won grand prix races in the same season. Grand Prix racing numbers The win by Marc Marquez in Indianapolis was the 700th grand prix win for Honda across all classes At the grand prix of the Czech Republic, Marcel Schrotter is scheduled to make his 100th GP start. 34 years - On race day at Brno, it will be exactly 34 years ago that Barry Sheene won the 500cc Swedish GP at Anderstorp in This was the last time a British rider won a grand prix in the premier-class The pole position for Marc Marquez in Indianapolis was his 27th pole in the MotoGP class, the same number of poles as Dani Pedrosa. The only Spanish rider with more poles in the premier-class is Jorge Lorenzo with The win by Marc Marquez in Indianapolis was his 22nd victory since moving up to the MotoGP class; this is the same number of premier-class race wins as Geoff Duke, Kenny Roberts and John Surtees Jonas Folger will celebrate his 22nd birthday on the day before practice gets underway at the Czech GP. 20 years 248 days - Franco Morbidelli s third place finish in the Moto2 race in Indianapolis was his first grand prix podium finish. He is the youngest Italian rider to finish on the podium in the intermediate-class of grand prix racing since Andrea Dovizioso in Johann Zarco has finished on the podium at the last nine successive Moto2 races. This equals the longest sequence of successive grand prix podium finishes by a French rider in any class of GP racing, which was achieved by Olivier Jacque in the 250cc class on his way to taking the world title in This run of podium finishes by Zarco also equals the longest sequence of successive podium finishes by any rider in the Moto2 class, achieved by Marc Marquez in At the Indianapolis Grand Prix Alex Rins won for the first time since moving up from Moto3, to become the fourth youngest winner in the Moto2 class, after Marc Marquez, Maverick Viñales and Shoya Tomizawa. 3 - All three of the podium finishers in the Moto3 race at the Indianapolis Grand Prix (Livio Loi, John McPhee and Phillip Oettl) where appearing on a grand prix podium for the first time. The last time that the first three across the line in a grand prix were all first time podium finishers was the 250cc Japanese Grand Prix in 2002, when the first three riders home were: Osamu Miyazaki, Daisaku Sakai and Randy de Puniet. This race was run in wet conditions, causing many riders to crash and resulting in only 16 finishers from the 27 starters. Photo: 2014 Season Official statistics compiled by Dr. Martin Raines 5

6 STATISTICS 2015 Moto2 stats and facts Johann Zarco has had a single podium finish at Brno - 2nd in the 125cc race in His best results from three starts at the circuit in the Moto2 class is a fifth in 2013, when he also set the fastest lap of the race while making his way through the field from 15th place at the end of the second lap. Last year Zarco finished the Moto2 race at Brno in 9th place. Following his victory at Indianapolis, if Alex Rins wins at Brno he will become the second youngest rider, after Marc Marquez, to take back-to-back wins in the Moto2 class. Rins best result at Brno in the Moto3 class was fourth in 2013, when he also qualified on pole. Brno is one of just two circuits, along with Motegi, where Rins has not stood on the podium in his short grand prix career. Tito Rabat set a new lap record last year at Brno on his way to winning the race having also qualified on pole position. This was just his second podium appearance at Brno; his other was a 3rd in the 125cc class back in Thomas Luthi has twice finished on the podium at Brno in the Moto2 class: third in 2013 and second in The Swiss rider won the 125cc race at Brno in the year he took the world title in the lightweight class. Sam Lowes qualified in fourth place on the grid at Brno last year and then crashed out of the race on the fifth lap while in third place. Lowes has raced at the Brno circuit in the World Supersport championship, finishing 4th in Sandro Cortese finished third last year at Brno - his only podium since moving up to the Moto2 class at the start of Cortese won the 125cc race at Brno in 2011, which was his first ever grand prix win. Mika Kallio has had five podium finishes at the Brno circuit - two in the 125cc class, one in the 250cc class and two in the last two years in the Moto2 class, including a race win in In addition to those mentioned above, other riders currently competing in the Moto2 class who have won at Brno are: Jonas Folger (Moto3 /2012) and Luis Salom (Moto3 /2013). Photo: 2014 Season Moto3 stats and facts Danny Kent was on the podium for the first time at Brno last year, in third place - one of only two podium finishes for Kent in Kent s 21st place in Indianapolis ended a sequence of eleven top four finishes that started when he was fourth at Sepang last year. Enea Bastianini finished second at Brno last year, one of three podium finishes he achieved in his rookie season in grand prix racing. Alexis Masbou took his maiden GP victory at Brno last year in what was his 133rd Grand Prix start, all of which have been in the Moto3 /125cc class. This set a record for the number of race starts to the first grand prix win in the lightweight class. Romano Fenati set a new Moto3 lap record last year at Brno on his way to finishing in eleventh place, just seconds behind race winner Alexis Masbou. Masbou is the only rider currently competing in the Moto3 class who has won a grand prix race at the Brno circuit. Last year at Brno, the last point scoring finisher in the Moto3 race, Czech rider Karel Hanika, crossed the line just seconds behind race winner Masbou; this is the closest top fifteen of all-time in the 67 years of motorcycle grand prix racing. The last rider to win the lightweight-class (Moto3/125cc) Czech Grand Prix having started from pole position is Thomas Luthi in Following his win in Indianapolis, Livio Loi could become the first ever Belgian rider to take back-to-back grand prix wins. Photo: 2014 Season Official statistics compiled by Dr. Martin Raines 6