With five rounds under their belt, next up is MotorLand Aragon’s Aragon Round as the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship prepares for the sunny Spanish Circuit. The 5.077 km circuit is the longest-running active circuit in the country, having hosted WorldSBK since 2011, despite the paddock having competed at four other Spanish tracks before then. Get up to date with the biggest records on the line and other curiosities ahead of the weekend’s action down below.
129 – 129 races have been run on Spanish soil so far. Spain's presence in the WorldSBK Championship began at Jerez on the 18th of March 1990, the opening round of that season.
87 – Bulega is the fastest rider to reach 35 wins: he needed 87 races, beating the record of Troy Bayliss, who needed 103. Reigning World Champion, Toprak Razgatlioglu, needed 176 races to reach 35 wins, double what was needed by Bulega.
51 – With 51 race starts, Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) is the all-time leader in appearances for Bimota.
44 – In 2011, Aragon became the 5th Spanish track in WorldSBK history and the 44th overall.
42 – The last 42 races were won only by the first two on the grid: this is an unprecedented streak in WorldSBK history. The previous record was exactly half of that: 21, from Jarama Race 1 to Mugello Race 1, 1991.
40 – Having hosted 40 races since 2011, Aragon is the Spanish track with the most races held, ahead of Jerez with 29.
35/87 – 35 wins out of their first 87 presences for Ducati, a value recorded by Nicolo Bulega and Carl Fogarty. Only one rider in the history of the Borgo Panigale manufacturer did better: Alvaro Bautista posted his 35th win in his 76th appearance in factory Ducati red.
28 – From 2013’s Race 2 until the 2023 Tissot Superpole Race, at least one Kawasaki rider has climbed on the podium in each of the 28 races run there. Since then, however, they have yet to post a podium.
26 - With 26 Aragon podiums, Rea in 2023 set the record for podiums at a given track, here at Aragon, surpassing his tally of 25 he posted at Assen and Portimao. That 26-podium record still stands, and will be unchallenged for many years, as the best value among current riders is 13 by Alvaro Bautista, also here at Aragon.
18 – The last 18 races were won from pole, a record streak in WorldSBK history.
15 – With 15 wins already this year, Bulega has reached the top 10 of the best seasons ever. He needs 12 more to equal the all-time record of Bautista, set in 2023 with 27 wins.
14 – Iker Lecuona is becoming a regular podium finisher, but with Bulega amassing wins, he now has 14 podiums without winning, tying the all-time record shared with Davide Giugliano.
10 – The lowest starting spot for a win here is 10th after Chaz Davies completed the comeback in Race 2, 2017.
6-10 – Iker Lecuona (Aruba.it Racing - Ducati) has finished every race here between P6 and P10; the best result of his nine WorldSBK races here was 6th in 2023’s Tissot Superpole Race.
4 – Only four countries have won here: Great Britain with 21 wins, Italy and Spain both with nine, all of Spain’s wins earned by Bautista, and Turkey when Toprak Razgatlioglu took his first win here in Race 1 last year.
1 – Jake Dixon (Honda HRC) looks to make his WorldSBK debut after an accident back in Phillip Island ruled him out of race competition since then.
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