May Spain benefit from this weekend in Aragón, which will mark the third visit of MotoGP to its lands. Because, soon, the peninsula will have less opportunity to see the Grand Prix champions due to a calendar reworked and embellished by other meetings in new latitudes. Meanwhile, after Aragón there will be Valencia and in between a four-test overseas campaign. Here is an exhaustive presentation of the site with some figures to assess the forces present…
MotoGP will therefore travel to Spain this weekend for the third time of the year. THE Motorland Aragón, in Alcane, hosts the Aragón Grand Prix. Among the Spanish circuits on the calendar this is the most recent site.
Designed and built by the architect of F1 Hermann Tilke, Motorland Aragón was inaugurated in 2009. The first motorcycle race took place the following year. Initially not considered in the racing calendar, the track took its place as a replacement for the Hungarian Balatonring, which was never built. The race established itself as the fourth Spanish stage after Jerez, Barcelona and Valencia and has since reappeared every year on the calendar.
With 5,078 kilometers in length, the track counts 17 turns (10 left turns and 7 right turns) and claims between turns 15 and 16 the longest straight, which reaches 968 meters. Various combinations of curves make up the track in the first and second sectors. The trickiest corners are the two left-hand curves 5 and 9.
In the third sector, only power counts. The longest straight is followed by an open and wide double left combination, which leads the drivers to the starting straight which is also the finishing straight of 630 meters. The track is characterized by a stone wall between turns 12 and 13.
Marc Márquez is the most successful driver on the track. The Repsol Honda rider was on the MotoGP podium four times in Aragón, leaving his rivals behind Jorge Lorenzo et Casey Stoner with two victories each. Even the qualifying record belongs to the Spaniard, only the lap record still belongs to Lorenzo. Andrea Iannone drove at 345,8 km/h, the fastest speed ever measured in Aragón.
