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MotoGP At Assen, By the Numbers

Fun facts, figures and trivia about the Dutch GP.

June 23, 2016

Among the current riders, Valentino Rossi has been most successful at Assen with a total of nine victories, seven in MotoGP and one each in the 250cc and 125cc classes. The Doctor won the Dutch TT last year after qualifying on pole position; this was his first win from pole since the San Marino Grand Prix in 2009.©Motorcyclist

Did you know that Assen is the only venue that has hosted a grand prix event every year since the motorcycle World Championship Grand Prix series started back in 1949? And prior to 2016, all previous Dutch TT racing has taken place on a Saturday? This year, the MotoGP racing will take place on Sunday for the first time. Below are more facts and figures that you can drop on your friends on race day.

The Dutch TT became part of the world championship series when it was first created in 1949. The original Assen circuit measured 16.54km and was used up to 1954. Major modifications in 1955 and 1984 reduced the length to 6.1km. The current layout has been used since 2006, with a few minor adjustments.©Motorcyclist

102 - Dani Pedrosa's third place finish in the Catalan Grand Prix was the 102nd time that he has stood on the podium in the MotoGP class; the exact same number of MotoGP podium finishes as his great rival Jorge Lorenzo.

84 - The second place finish by Marc Marquez in Barcelona was the 84th time that he has stood on a grand prix podium, the same number of podiums that five-time world champion Toni Mang achieved during his grand prix career. Only 13 riders in the 68-year history of motorcycle grand prix racing have stood on the podium more often than Marc Marquez, who is still just 23 years old.

37 - After the first seven races of 2016 Aprilia have already scored 37 points in the MotoGP constructors classification, which is one more point than they achieved in the whole of 2015.

The last win by Suzuki at the Dutch TT was in the 500cc race in 1993 with Kevin Schwantz (shown here in the 1993 post-race interview). The best results by Suzuki in the MotoGP era at the Dutch TT are 5th place finishes by John Hopkins in 2007 and Chris Vermeulen in 2009.©Motorcyclist

35 - Johann Zarco's win in Barcelona was the 35th time he has stood on the podium in grand prix racing (24 x Moto2 + 11 x 125cc) the same number of GP podium finishes as fellow French rider Olivier Jacque. The only French rider who has stood on a grand prix podium more often than Zarco is Christian Sarron, who achieved 37 top three finishes in his grand prix career.

25 - Jorge Navarro's win at the Catalan Grand Prix ended a run of 25 successive Moto3 races without a Spanish winner, since Efren Vazquez won in Malaysia in 2014.

15 - At the Catalan Grand Prix, Remy Gardner, son of 1987 500cc World Champion Wayne Gardner, finished 15th on his debut in the Moto2 class. He is only the third Australian rider to score points in the Moto2 class, along with Anthony West and Damian Cudlin.

12 - The rider starting on pole has not won in the Moto3 class for the last twelve races. The last time a rider starting a Moto3 race from pole won the race was Enea Bastianini at Misano last year.

Ben Spies’ first GP win happened at the Dutch TT in 2011. It was the last MotoGP race won by a rider other than one of the following; Casey Stoner, Valentino Rossi, Dani Pedrosa, Marc Marquez, Jorge Lorenzo.©Motorcyclist

5 - Maverick Viñales has finished in the top six in the last five MotoGP races. The last Suzuki rider to have five or more successive top six finishes was Kenny Roberts Jr. on his way to winning the 500cc world title in 2000.

4 - Following Aleix Espargaro's retirement from the race in Barcelona, only four riders have now scored points in every one of the first seven MotoGP races of the year: Marc Marquez, Pol Espargaro, Hector Barbera and Eugene Laverty.

2 - Darryn Binder, the brother of Moto3 Championship leader Brad, finished 12th at the Catalan Grand Prix to score his first world championship points. This is the first time that two brothers have both scored points in a lightweight-class grand prix race since Pablo Nieto and Angel Nieto Jnr both finished in the top fifteen in the 125cc GP at the Catalunya GP in 2001.