The MotoGP is about to get underway once again and now with the Circuit of Barcelona-Catalunya to host what will be the sixth race of the calendar. This will be the second year where the schedule will have two races, with Aleix Espargaró to be the great winner of the premiere edition of this format, winning both races of 2023.
From year to year the situation changes and there were plenty of different winners in the last five years, with the sole rider to repeat the first place on the podium to be Fabio Quartararo (2020 and 2022) – excluding the Sprint Race – with Marc Márquez to win in 2019, Miguel Oliveira in 2021 and Aleix Espargaró last season.
Looking at what is happening right now in the championship standings Jorge Martín leads (129 points), he who is still looking forward to put his name on the most recent winners, just like Pecco Bagnaia (91 points), while Marc Márquez (89 points) is looking to take his first win of the season at home and return to the winning ways.
We shouldn’t forget about Enea Bastianini (89 points also) who is on a growing trend, nor Maverick Viñales (81 points), who already got to win this season and was last year two times on the podium.
As for the latest winners Fabio Quartararo isn’t going through the best moment, neither is Yamaha, and is currently 12th with 25 points, while Miguel Oliveira 14th with 23.
Catalan GP winners/podiums from 2019 up until now:
2023
Sprint Race:
1st: Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia Racing)
2nd: Maverick Viñales (Aprilia Racing)
3rd: Jorge Martín (Pramac Racing)
Main/Long Race:
1st: Aleix Espargaró
2nd: Pecco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team)
3rd: Maverick Viñales
Pole position: Pecco Bagnaia
2022
Race:
1st: Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP)
2nd: Jorge Martín
3rd: Johann Zarco (Pramac Racing)
Pole position: Aleix Espargaró
2021
Race:
1st: Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing)
2nd: Johann Zarco
3rd: Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team)
Pole position: Fabio Quartararo
2020
Race:
1st: Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha SRT)
2nd: Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar)
3rd: Álex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar)
Pole position: Fabio Quartararo
2019
Race:
1st: Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda Team)
2nd: Fabio Quartararo
3rd: Danilo Petrucci (Ducati Lenovo Team)
Pole position: Fabio Quartararo