Seven out of eight: will we see a new name added to the list of Jerez winners?
Tuesday, 28 July 2020 07:55 GMT
Discover the 10 most important facts you need to know ahead of the Pirelli Spanish Round
- In Jerez, Tom Sykes is set for his 300th race start in Race 1. The all-time record belongs to Troy Corser (377), followed by Noriyuki Haga (313).
- Jonathan Rea reached 170 WorldSBK podiums in Phillip Island: that is 40 more than the second all-time rider, Troy Corser (130).
- Chaz Davies has started 164 races for Ducati: in Jerez he will have the first chance to equal Carl Fogarty for starts with the Italian manufacturer (167). The record for Ducati belongs to Lucio Pedercini: 176 starts for the Borgo Panigale factory from 1998 to 2006.
- After Phillip Island, Kawasaki has 148 wins: that is 210 less than the leading manufacturer, Ducati (358).
- After Phillip Island, Jonathan Rea counts 89 wins: that is 30 clear of his best competitor, Carl Fogarty.
- It’s a tie for the riders with most podium finishes here: Tom Sykes and Chaz Davies climbed on the podium seven times in Jerez. They both missed out last year.
- The sixth place on the grid is Davies’ lucky one in Jerez: he won all his three races at Jerez from there.
- Of the current grid, we have seven out of eight Jerez winners: Chaz Davies (3); Alvaro Bautista, Jonathan Rea, Eugene Laverty and Marco Melandri (2); Tom Sykes and Michael Van der Mark (1). The only one absent from this list is Raymond Roche (2 wins in 1990).
- Only three manufacturers have recorded the Superpole here: Kawasaki (4), Ducati (2), Aprilia (1).
- Last year, all three wins came from second on the grid.