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FAST FACTS: armchair ammo and home commentator notes for WorldSBK at Aragon

Thursday, 26 September 2024 10:04 GMT

Round 10 completes the first of two crucial double headers, so here’s some stats to know ahead of WorldSBK’s return to Aragon

The Tissot Aragon Round is Round 10 of the 2024 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship and it’s sure to be a crucial one, with plenty at stake in Spain. MotorLand Aragon is the venue that concludes the first of two double headers and, to make sure you have everything you need, we’ve prepared some key numbers in one easy place…

2023 race winners:

  • Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Ducati: Race 1)
  • Alvaro Bautista (Ducati: Tissot Superpole Race, Race 2)

Last three pole-sitters at Aragon:

  • 2023: Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki) 1’47.973s
  • 2022: Toprak Razgatlioglu (Yamaha) 1’48.267s
  • 2021: Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki) 1’48.458s

Manufacturer podium places (and wins) accumulated from all races at Aragon:

  • Kawasaki: 37 (11)
  • Ducati: 36 (17)
  • Yamaha: 12 (1)
  • Aprilia: 10 (2)
  • BMW: 5 (3)
  • Honda: 2

Key gaps from Aragon 2023:

  • Front row covered by: 0.550s
  • 1 second in Superpole covered… the top 7: 0.936s
  • Closest race gap between 1st and 2nd: 0.179s Bautista 1st, Rea 2nd, Superpole Race)
  • Closest race podium: 0.475s (Bautista 1st, Rea 2nd, Razgatlioglu 3rd, Superpole Race)
  • Closest Aragon podium of all-time: 0.446s (Melandri 1st, Laverty 2nd, Davies 3rd, Race 2, 2012)

Manufacturer top speeds at Aragon, 2023:

  • Honda: Iker Lecuona (Team HRC) – 330.2kph, Race 1
  • Ducati: Alvaro Bautista – 328.2kph, Race 1
  • BMW: Garrett Gerloff – 328.2kph, Race 1
  • Kawasaki: Florian Marino – 321.4kph, Race 1
  • Yamaha: Toprak Razgatlioglu, Bradley Ray – 320.4kph, Superpole, Race 1

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