2. Leon Camier. Age: Stefan Bradl. Age: Hector Barbera. Best grid 11th 17th Last Win Last Podium Last Pole. Age:

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1 STATISTICS 2014 MotoGP Riders' Profiles 13 (1 x MotoGP, 12 x 125cc) 1 Wins/best result 23rd - 125cc dnf Best grid 16th 16th Camier is racing in a grand prix at for the first time He has raced at in the world superbike championship in 2010, 2011 & Leon Camier 214 (116 x MotoGP, 49 x 250, 49 x 125) 10 Wins/best result 10 (1 x MotoGP, 4 x 250, 5 x 125) 2nd Podiums 65 (24 x MotoGP, 26 x 250, 15 x 125) 2 Poles/best grid 14 (1 x MotoGP, 4 x 250, 9 x 125) 2nd Last Win GBR/09 _ Last Podium NED/14/2nd NED/2nd Last Pole JPN/10 _ Dovizioso finished 2nd at 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 from his six 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 last year at, finishing 7th, less than half a second ahead of team-mate Nicky Hayden 4. Andrea Dovizioso 131 (44 x MotoGP, 33 x Moto2, 54 x 125) 10 Wins/best result 7 (5 x Moto2, 2 x 125) (2nd in MotoGP) 4th Podiums 19 (1 x MotoGP, 12 x Moto2, 6 x 125) 0 Poles/best grid 8 (1 x MotoGP, 7 x Moto2) 3rd Last Win GBR/11 (Moto2) _ Last Podium USA/13/2nd _ Last Pole USA/13 _ Bradl twice finished on the podium at when racing in the smaller classes; a win in the 125cc race in 2008 and 3rd in the Moto2 race in 2011 Finished 5th at in his rookie year in the MotoGP class in 2012 Last year he finished 6th at from 8th place on the grid 6. Stefan Bradl Age: (56 x MotoGP, 104 x 250) 10 Wins/best result 9 - all 250cc (4th in MotoGP) 10th Podiums 27 - all 250cc 0 Poles/best grid 8 (8 x 250cc) (7th in MotoGP) 13th Last Win MAL/09 (250cc) _ Last Podium MAL/09/1st (250cc) _ Last Pole MAL/09 (250cc) _ 7. Hiroshi Aoyama Aoyama has had a single podium finish at : 3rd in the 250cc race in 2006 riding a KTM He has twice raced at in the MotoGP class; in 2011 he finished 9th and last year he was 14th from 22nd place on the grid after a crash during qualifying Age: (77 x MotoGP, 75 x 250, 47 x 125) 10 Wins/best result 10 (4 x 250, 6 x 125) (6th in MotoGP) 15th Podiums 32 (20 x 250, 12 x 125) 0 Poles/best grid 9 (8 x 250, 1 x 125) (3rd in MotoGP) 18th Last Win VAL/09 (250cc) _ Last Podium VAL/09/1st (250cc) _ Last Pole POR/09 (250cc) _ Barbera has never finished on the podium at, but has been 4th on three occasions when competing in the smaller classes: the 125cc race in 2002, and the 250cc race in 2007 & 2008 At 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 in 2011, from 13th place on the grid. In 2012 he missed the Czech GP recovering from injuries sustained in a crash at Indianapolis Last year he crashed out of the race at on the second lap 8. Hector Barbera Age: all MotoGP 6 Best result 8th 14th Best grid 11th 17th Petrucci qualified 19th and finished 17th in the MotoGP race in 2012 at Last year at he finished 13th from 17th place on the grid Petrucci finished 2nd at in the 600 Superstock European Championship race in Danilo Petrucci Age: (39 x MotoGP, 136 x 250/Moto2, 65 x 125) 0 Wins/best result 4 (3 x Moto2, 1 x 250) (2nd in MotoGP) _ Podiums 32 (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) _ Last Win MAL/12 (Moto2) _ Last Podium MAL/12/1st (Moto2) _ Last Pole AUS/11 (Moto2) _ De Angelis makes a return to the MotoGP class as replacement for Colin Edwards His last appearance in the MotoGP class was last year at Laguna Seca when he raced a Ducati as a substitute for Ben Spies His best results from three appearances at in the MotoGP class is 8th in 2008 & 2009 His only podium finish at 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 in his first pole in GP racing 15. Alex de Angelis Age: (49 x MotoGP, 61 x 250/Moto2, 31 x 125) 10 Wins/best result 1 (1 x Moto2) (7th in MotoGP) 11th Podiums 2 (2 x Moto2) 0 Best grid 5th 250cc (6th in MotoGP) 13th Last Win VAL/10 (Moto2) _ Last Podium VAL/10/1st (Moto2) _ 17. Karel Abraham Abraham s 14th place finish in the 250cc race in 2007 was the only time Abraham had completed a race at 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 Age: 24 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 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 Last year he finished 19th at whilst still suffering from injuries sustained in a crash during practice at Indianapolis

2 194 (78 x MotoGP, 49 x 250, 67 x 125) 10 Wins/best result 16 (8 x 250, 8 x 125) (3rd in MotoGP) 3rd Podiums 49 (3 x MotoGP, 28 x 250, 18 x 125) 1 Poles/best grid 18 (1 x MotoP, 9 x 250, 8 x 125) 2nd Last Win CAT/09 (250cc) _ Last Podium FRA/14/3rd FRA/3rd Last Pole GBR/12 _ 19. Alvaro Bautista Bautista won the 125cc race at 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 after a big crash in Saturday practice; 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 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 Last year he qualified in 2nd place on the grid at the Czech GP and finished 5th after a race long battle with Valentino Rossi Age: (10 x MotoGP, 1 x 125) 10 Best result 11th 11th Best grid 18th 18th Parkes is racing in a grand prix at for the first time Has perviously raced at in both the world superbike and world supersport championships 23. Broc Parkes Age: (143 x MotoGP, 32 x 250, 46 x 125) 10 Wins/best result 48 (25 x MotoGP, 15 x 250, 8 x 125) 2nd Podiums 132 (91 x MotoGP, 24 x 250, 17 x 125) 7 Poles 45 (27 x MotoGP, 9 x 250, 9 x 125) 1 Last Win MAL/13 _ Last Podium GER/14/2nd GER/2nd Last Pole CAT/14 CAT Pedrosa has won in both of the smaller classes at ; in the 125cc class in 2003 and on a 250cc machine in 2005 He has finished on the podium five times from his eight starts at in the MotoGP class, including a win in 2012 He also started from pole for the MotoGP race at in both 2010 and 2011 Last year he finished 2nd at the Czech GP, just three tenths of a second behind team-mate Marc Marquez 26. Dani Pedrosa 154 (26 x MotoGP, 51 x Moto2, 77 x 125) 10 Wins/best result 12 (8 x Moto2, 4 x 125)(5th in MotoGP) 5th Podiums 24 (19 x Moto2, 5 x 125) 0 Poles/best grid 8 (5 x Moto2, 3 x 125) (2nd in MotoGP) 2nd Last Win ITA/12 (Moto2) _ Last Podium RSM/12/3rd (Moto2) _ Last Pole ARA/10 (Moto2) _ Iannone qualified on pole and finished 3rd in the 125cc race at 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, finishing 4th in the Moto2 class, but just half a second behind the race winner Marquez Last year he finished 9th at the Czech GP after suffering two crashes during practice and qualifying 29. Andrea Iannone Age: all MotoGP 9 Best result 2nd 6th Podiums 6 (6 x MotoGP) 0 Poles/best grid 2 (2 x MotoGP) 5th Last Podium GER/13/2nd _ Last Pole CZE/13 _ 35. Cal Crutchlow 141 (28 x MotoGP, 33 x Moto2, 80 x 125) 10 Wins/best result 3 (3 x 125) (5th in MotoGP) 5th Podiums 23 (3 x Moto2, 20 x 125) 0 Poles/best grid 9 (9 x 125) (3rd in MotoGP) 3rd Last Win VAL/10 (125cc) _ Last Podium ITA/11/3rd (Moto2) _ Last Pole POR/10 (125cc) _ 38. Bradley Smith In 2011 Crutchlow qualified 11th at, 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 Last year he qualified on pole at, then crashed out of 4th place on the eighth lap; re-started to finish 17th Crutchlow holds the World Supersport lap record at set in 2009 before he retired from the race with technical problems He also finished 3rd in the first World Superbike race at in In the second race he stopped to change tyres, then set a new Superbike lap record Smith s best result at 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 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 Last year he qualified in 6th place on the grid at, then crashed on the third lap at Turn 9 Age: (68 x MotoGP, 61 x Moto2/250, 23 x 125) 10 Best result 3rd Moto2 (4th in MotoGP) 4th Podiums 1 (1 x Moto2) 0 Poles 1 (1 x MotoGP) 1 Last Podium CAT/11/3rd (Moto2) _ Last Pole NED/14 NED/14 In 2010 Aleix Espargaro finished 12th in the MotoGP race at the Czech GP, and in 2011 he finished 6th in the Moto2 race In 2012 he was 10th in the MotoGP race at from 11th place on the grid Last year he was first CRT rider across the line at in 10th place 41. Aleix Espargaro Age: (10 x MotoGP, 51 x Moto2, 71 x 125) 10 Wins/best result 15 (10 x Moto2, 5 x 125)(4th in MotoGP) 4th Podiums 44 (23 x Moto2, 21 x 125) 0 Poles/best grid 17 (14 x Moto2, 3 x 125)(2nd in MotoGP) 2nd Last Win JPN/13 (Moto2) _ Last Podium JPN/13/1st (Moto2) _ Last Pole VAL/13 (Moto2) _ Pol Espargaro had a single podium finish at the circuit during his time in the 125cc class 2nd in 2010 In 2011 at the Czech GP he qualified in 14thplace on the grid for the Moto2 race and finished 16th Espargaro was on pole for the Moto2 race at in 2012; he finished the race in third just 0.44 seconds behind the race winner Marquez Last year he finished 4th in the Moto2 race at, but less than a second behind race winner Mika Kallio 44. Pol Espargaro Age: 23 2

3 110 (10 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)(11th in MotoGP) 11th Last Win GBR/13 (Moto2) _ Last Podium GBR/13/1st (Moto2) _ Last Pole INP/13 (Moto2) _ Redding s best result at before last year was 11th in the 125cc race on his first visit to the circuit in 2008 He did not manage to score any points at in the Moto2 class before last year Last year at he finished 8th in the Moto2 race from 13th place on the grid 45. Scott Redding Age: (244 x MotoGP, 30 x 250, 30 x 125) 10 Wins/best result 106 (80 x MotoGP, 14 x 250, 12 x 125) 2nd Podiums 189 (153 x MotoGP, 21 x 250, 15 x 125) 6 Poles/best grid 59 (49 x MotoGP, 5 x 250, 5 x 125) 4th Last Win NED/13 _ Last Podium INP/14/3rd INP/3rd Last Pole FRA/10 _ Rossi scored his very first win in GP racing at 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 fourteen starts in the premier-class at, Rossi has had five wins (in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008 & 2009) and three second place finishes Rossi has not been on the podium at since winning there in 2009 Last year he finished 4th at, after getting the better of a race long battle with Bautista 46. Valentino Rossi Age: (10 x MotoGP, 75 x Moto2/250, 91 x 125) 10 Wins/best result 5 (5 x 125)(12th in MotoGP) 12th Podiums 13 (2 x 250, 11 x 125) 0 Poles/best grid 3 (1 x 250, 2 x 125)(19th in MotoGP) 19th Last Win AUS/08 (125cc) _ Last Podium POR/09/2nd (250cc) _ Last Pole INP/09 (250cc) _ Di Meglio is racing in a GP at the circuit for the 12th time He has had a single GP podium finish at - 2nd in the 125cc class in 2008, the year he won the world title Crashed at the Czech GP last year and fractured a vertebrae that caused him to miss the remainder of the season 63. Mike di Meglio Age: (43 x MotoGP, 31 x Moto2) 10 Best result 6th - Moto2 (9th in MotoGP) 10th Best grid 5th - Moto2 (9th in MotoGP) 9th Hernandez finished 23rd in the Moto2 race on his first visit to 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 has raced in the MotoGP class at the Czech GP for the last two years; he finished 12th in 2012 and 16th last year 68. Yonny Hernandez Age: all MotoGP 10 Best result 13th 14th Best grid 15th 18th Last Podium - _ 70. Michael Laverty 106 (28 x MotoGP, 32 x Moto2, 46 x 125) 10 Wins 42 (16 x MotoGP, 16 x Moto2, 10 x 125) 10 Podiums 65 (26 x MotoGP, 25 x Moto2, 14 x 125) 10 Poles 45 (17 x MotoGP, 14 x Moto2, 14 x 125) 8 Last Win INP/14 INP Last Podium INP/14/1st INP/1st Last Pole INP/14 INP 93. Marc Marquez Laverty raced at in 2009 as a wild-card in the Supersport world championship when he finished 13th Finished 18th last year at in his rookie season in MotoGP At the Indianapolis Grand Prix, Laverty scored points for the first time in 2014, finishing in 14th place Age: 33 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 circuit Won the Moto2 race at in 2012 by just seconds from Thomas Luthi Won the MotoGP race at last year by just seconds from team-mate Pedrosa Age: (112 x MotoGP, 48 x 250, 46 x 125) 10 Wins/best result 52 (31 x MotoGP, 17 x 250, 4 x 125) 2nd Podiums 116 (78 x MotoGP, 29 x 250, 9 x 125) 4 Poles/best grid 55 (29 x MotoGP, 23 x 250, 3 x 125) 2nd Last Win VAL/13 _ Last Podium INP/14/2nd INP/2nd Last Pole JPN/13 _ 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 three times at in the MotoGP class, including a race win in 2010 Has also had a pole at in the MotoGP class - in 2012 Last year he finished 3rd at the Czech GP after forcing his way into the lead at the first corner from 5th place on the grid & then leading the race until the closing laps Age: 27 3

4 History of Grand Prix racing at This year s Czech Grand Prix will be the 45th to be held at. Below is a brief history of Grand Prix racing at this famous venue: The only venue that has hosted more Grand Prix events than is Assen in The Netherlands, which has hosted the Dutch TT in each of the 66 years of the motorcycling World Championship. The first Czechoslovakian Grand Prix was held at in The 500cc race held over thirteen laps of the original km long road circuit was won by Mike Hailwood (MV Agusta) in 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 was in 1977 and was won by Johnny Cecotto riding a Yamaha. The circuit was subsequently considered too dangerous for the large capacity machines. The smaller capacity machines continued to compete in Grand Prix races on the 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 through until 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 27th 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, both Yamaha and Honda have had five victories at and Ducati have had two. Honda riders have won at for the last three years, the last Yamaha win was with Jorge Lorenzo in There has only been one podium finish by a Czech rider at the current 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 circuit is Karel Abraham s ninth place finish in The two riders with most Grand Prix wins at the current circuit, each with seven wins, 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). Valentino Rossi set to equal Alex Barros At the Czech Grand Prix Valentino Rossi is scheduled to make his 245th GP start in the MotoGP/500cc class, equalling Alex Barros who currently holds the record for most starts in the premier-class of Grand Prix racing. The following list shows the ten riders with most Grand Prix starts in the premier-class; this includes Colin Edwards, who has recently announced his retirement from Grand Prix racing and is just four short of reaching the milestone of 200 starts in the premier-class. RIDER PREMIER-CLASS GP STARTS 1 Alex Barros Valentino Rossi Loris Capirossi Colin Edwards Carlos Checa Nicky Hayden Kenny Roberts Jnr Sete Gibernau Jack Findlay Randy Mamola 145 4

5 Marc Marquez record numbers Following the win by Marc Marquez at the Indianapolis Grand Prix, below are a selection of numbers relating to his Grand Prix achievements: 89 Marquez has an 89 point advantage after his Indianapolis Grand Prix victory and if he continues his winning sequence for the next four races he can clinch the title at the Aragon GP irrespective of the results of other riders. 65 His win at Indianapolis was the 65th time that Marquez has stood on the podium in his Grand Prix career. This places him in 20th place in the all-time Grand Prix podium list, equal with Andrea Dovizioso and Wayne Rainey The victory by Marc Marquez at Indianapolis was the 42nd time that he has stood on the top step of the podium in his Grand Prix career, the same number of Grand Prix wins as two former multi World Champions, Toni Mang and Max Biaggi. 21 years 174 days At the Indianapolis GP Marquez became the youngest rider to win ten successive premier-class races, taking the record from Mike Hailwood who was 24 years 94 days old when in 1964 he won the tenth of a twelve race winning sequence. If Marquez wins at, at the age of 21 years 181 days he will become the youngest rider to win eleven successive premier-class races, taking the record from Mike Hailwood who was 24 years 108 days old when in 1964 he won the eleventh of that twelve race winning sequence. 22 Marquez has qualified on the front row at the last twenty two MotoGP races. The last time he did not start from the front row was when he was 6th on the grid in Catalunya last year. 10 He is the first rider to win ten successive MotoGP races since the class was introduced in 2002 as the premier-class of Grand Prix racing. The last rider to win ten or more successive premier-class races was in 1997 when Mick Doohan won ten successive 500cc GP races. If Marquez wins at the Czech GP he will be the first rider to win eleven or more successive premier-class GP races since Giacomo Agostini had a twenty race winning streak over the 1968 & 1969 seasons. 10 He is the first rider to win the opening ten races of the season in the premier-class since Giacomo Agostini won the first ten races of the 1970 season. A win for Marquez at would make him the first rider to win the first eleven races of the season in the premier-class. 10 Marquez has already taken ten wins in Only four other riders have ever won ten or more premier-class GP races in a single season: Mick Doohan - twelve race wins in 1997, Valentino Rossi eleven race wins in 2001, 2002 & 2005, Giacomo Agostini eleven wins in 1972 and ten wins in 1968, 1969 & 1970, Casey Stoner ten wins in 2007 & Ten race wins for Marquez in 2014 is a new record for most premier-class race wins in a single season by a Spanish rider. 4 Only four other riders have won ten or more successive races in the history of premier-class Grand Prix racing: Giacomo Agostini, Mike Hailwood, John Surtees and Mick Doohan. 5

6 Spain close in on 200th win in lightweight class of Grand Prix racing The victory by Efren Vazquez at the Indianapolis Grand Prix was the 199th win by Spanish riders in the lightweight class (Moto3/125cc) of Grand Prix racing. Salvador Canellas, riding a Spanish made Bultaco, was the first Spanish rider to win in the lightweight class the 125cc race at the Spanish GP in 1968 at Montjuich, and since then twenty three other Spanish riders have added to the total. As shown in the following table, Spain is scheduled to become just the second nation to reach the milestone of 200 GP wins in the lightweight class. NATION GP WINS IN THE Moto3/125cc CLASS 1 Italy Spain Japan 76 4 Great Britain* 58 5 Germany** 55 6 Switzerland 30 7 France 22 8 Sweden 18 9 New Zealand Australia The Netherlands Austria Hungary 9 14 Finland 7 San Marino 7 16 Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) 4 17 Venezuela 2 Czech 2 19 Canada 1 * Includes Northern Ireland ** Includes former West and East Germany The 199 lightweight class GP wins by Spain have been shared by twenty four riders, as follows: 62 Angel Nieto 15 Jorge Martinez 13 Nico Terol 12 Maverick Viñales 10 Marc Marquez 9 Luis Salom 8 Alvaro Bautista, Hector Faubel, Dani Pedrosa, Julian Simon 6 Hector Barbera, Alex Rins 5 Alex Criville, Pol Espargaro 4 Emilio Alzamora, Jorge Lorenzo, Ricardo Tormo 3 Alex Marquez, Sergio Gadea 2 Toni Elias 1 - Salvador Canellas, Benjamin Grau, Pablo Nieto, Efren Vazquez 6

7 Grand Prix racing numbers 500 The win by Marc Marquez at the Indianapolis Grand Prix was the 500th GP win for Spanish riders across all classes. 200 At the Czech GP, Hector Barbera is scheduled to make his 200th Grand Prix start. Barbera made his GP debut at the opening 125cc race of the 2002 season in Japan and has si nce been a permanent fixture of the Grand Prix paddock. Barbera is the 24th rider to reach the milestone of 200 Grand Prix starts across all classes since the World Championship series was first introduced in Barbera is scheduled to become the fourth youngest rider to reach the milestone of 200 GP starts, after: Jorge Lorenzo, Andrea Dovizioso and Dani Pedrosa. 100 The victory for Marc Marquez in Indianapolis was the 100th Grand Prix win in the premier-class for Spanish riders. 78 Jorge Lorenzo s second place finish in Indianapolis was the 78th time he has stood on the podium in the MotoGP class. This is the same number of podium finishes in the premier-class of GP racing as four-time 500cc World Champion Eddie Lawson. Only four riders have stood on the podium more often than Lorenzo in the premier-class: Valentino Rossi (153 podium finishes), Mick Doohan (95), Dani Pedrosa (91) and Giacomo Agostini (88). 50 At, Karel Abraham is scheduled to become the first Czech rider to reach the milestone of 50 starts in the premier-class of Grand Prix racing. 33 years On the day of qualifying at, it will be exactly 33 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. 29 The win by Mika Kallio in Indianapolis was the 29th win for Kalex in the Moto2 class. This is just one less win than Suter, who are the constructor with most wins in the Moto2 class. 27 years 342 days At the Indianapolis Grand Prix, Efren Vazquez stood on the top step of a GP podium for the first time at the age of 27 years 342 days. This makes him the oldest winner in the Moto3 class and also the oldest first time winner in the lightweight class of GP racing since Andrea Ballerini won the Australian GP in 2003 at the age of 30 years 109 days. 10 Along with Marc Marquez, Honda have now won ten successive MotoGP races. This equals the longest sequence of successive wins by one manufacturer since the MotoGP class was introduced at the start on 2002, which was achieved by Honda in the 2003 season. 6 years On race day at it will be exactly six years since Stefan Bradl won the 125cc race at the 2008 Czech GP, to become the sixth son of a Grand Prix winner to also take a GP win, joining: Les & Stuart Graham, Nello & Alberto Pagani, Angel & Pablo Nieto, Kenny & Kenny Roberts, Graziano & Valentino Rossi. 4 Four British riders scored points in the MotoGP race in Indianapolis. This is the first time that four riders from Britain have scored championship points in a premier-class GP race since the British GP at Donington in Moto2 Stats and Trivia Tito Rabat heads to as the championship leader, ahead of Marc VDS Racing Team team-mate Mika Kallio by nine points; Rabat started last year s Czech Grand Prix from the front row before ending Sunday s race in seventh position. His only podium finish at to date came in 2010, when he finished third in the 125cc race 2013 Moto2 World Champion Pol Espargaro finished last year s race in fourth position; this was one of seven occasions on which the Spaniard would fail to finish on the podium during his title-winning intermediate class campaign Last year at, pole position went to Takaaki Nakagami; this was the Japanese rider s second of three poles in the 2013 season and second of four consecutive front row starts. In the race, he finished second in what turned out to be the second of four consecutive second place finishes The 2013 Czech Moto2 race was won by Mika Kallio; this was the Finn s first race victory in Moto2 and the 13th of his Grand Prix career, also becoming his first Grand Prix victory since winning the British 250cc race at Donington Park five years earlier Fastest lap in the 2013 Moto2 Czech GP went to Johann Zarco; this remains the last race fastest lap to date in the career of the Frenchman. Incidentally, the first of his seven fastest laps to date came at in the 125cc class in 2010 Maverick Viñales finished second last year at on his way to taking the Moto3 world title - his first podium finish at. Two years ago, Viñales qualified on pole for the Moto3 race before finishing the Grand Prix in fourth place Tom Luthi has finished on the podium at for the last two years: third last year and second in The Swiss rider won the 125cc race at in the year he took the world title in the lightweight class In addition to Tom Luthi, four other riders currently competing in Moto2 have stood on the top step of the podium in the Moto3/125cc class: Nico Terol in both 2009 and 2010, Sandro Cortese in 2011, Jonas Folger in 2012 and Luis Salom last year Both Mattia Pasini and Jonas Folger had birthdays on the Wednesday before the race: the Italian turned 29 whereas the German became 21 years of age Moto3 Stats and Trivia Moto3 heads into Round 11 with Jack Miller continuing to lead the World Championship standings. This will be only Miller s second Grand Prix at, where he finished seventh last year from fourth on the grid his equal best grid spot of Two years ago, the Australian missed the Czech GP after crashing in Indianapolis qualifying one week earlier and breaking a collarbone Last year at, the Moto3 race was won by Luis Salom: this was fifth of seven victories in 2013 for the Spaniard, who won more races than any other rider. The Mallorcan also clinched the Moto3 fastest lap in both 2012 and 2013 Pole position at last season went to Alex Rins his fifth of eight poles during the 2013 Moto3 campaign; another this weekend would be his second at and the 12th of his Grand Prix career The Monday after the race at will mark 18 years to the day since Valentino Rossi won the 125cc race at in 1996, clinching his first ever World Championship race victory on an Aprilia as he beat Jorge Martinez Aspar Brad Binder celebrated his 19th birthday on the Monday before the race at Juanfran Guevara will turn 19 on the Tuesday after the Czech Grand Prix None of the riders currently competing in the Moto3 class have previously won a World Championship 7