India becomes 30th country to host MotoGP: Pre-Grand Prix statistics
Welcome to India! For the first time, India will be hosting a Grand Prix motorcycle event. India will become the 30th different country to host a Grand Prix since 1949. India is one of the eight different Asian countries that have hosted a Grand Prix event (all solo classes) along with Indonesia, Thailand, Turkey, Japan, Malaysia, China and Qatar.
Buddh International Circuit, designed by Hermann Tilke and inaugurated in October 2011, becomes the 13th different circuit to be used for GP racing in Asia so far. The track hosted three F1 Grands Prix from 2011 to 2013.
The other circuits that have been used in Asia are: Motegi (66 Grand Prix races), Sepang (65), Lusail (59), Suzuka (56), Shah Alam (21), Shanghai (12), Istanbul Park (9), Buriram (9), Fisco/Fuji (8), Sentul (6), Johor (3) and Mandalika (3).
Buddh International Circuit is the 74 th different circuit to hold a premier class Grand Prix, and the 31st circuit to hold a MotoGP race since the introduction of the class back in 2002.
MotoGP winners at a new track (since 2002):
Pertamina Mandalika Circuit (Indonesia) – 2022: Miguel Oliveira
(KTM) Algarve (Portugal) – 2020: Miguel Oliveira (KTM)
Buriram (Thailand) – 2018: Marc Marquez (Honda)
Red Bull Ring (Austria) – 2016: Andrea Iannone (Ducati)
Termas de Rio Hondo (Argentina) – 2014: Marc Marquez (Honda)
Circuit of the Americas (Americas) – 2013: Marc Marquez (Honda)
MotorLand Aragon (Aragon) – 2010: Casey Stoner (Ducati)
Silverstone (UK) – 2010: Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha)
Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Indianapolis) – 2008: Valentino Rossi (Yamaha)
Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli (San Marino) – 2007: Casey Stoner (Ducati)
Istanbul Park (Turkey) – 2005: Marco Melandri (Honda)
Laguna Seca (United States) – 2005: Nicky Hayden (Honda)
Shanghai International Circuit (China) – 2005: Valentino Rossi (Yamaha)
Lusail International Circuit (Qatar) – 2004: Sete Gibernau (Honda)
What happens if…
700 – If Marc Marquez wins the race on Sunday at the Indian GP, it will mark 700 days since his last GP win at the 2021 Emilia-Romagna GP. For context, there was a 581-day gap between his Valencia 2019 win, his last win prior to his arm injury sustained in Jerez in 2020, and his subsequent victory at the 2021 German GP.
140 – If Marc Marquez finishes on the GP podium, he’ll move above MotoGP Legend Angel Nieto into fifth on the list of the riders with most GP podiums on 140. This will place him behind MotoGP Legend Jorge Lorenzo, in fourth on 152 podiums.
53 – If at least one Ducati qualifies in the top three, it will be the 53 rd successive race that a rider starts from the front row on a Desmosedici (since Valencia 2020).
39 – Ducati is on a streak of 38 GP races in a row with at least one rider on the podium. If they have another, they will extend their record to 39.
9 – If a Ducati qualifies on pole, it will be the ninth successive pole for the Bologna factory, extending their longest sequence of pole positions in MotoGP™.
9 – If Brad Binder finishes on the podium at the Indian GP, he will become the South African rider with the most premier class podiums.
8 – If Johann Zarco, Alex Marquez, Raul Fernandez, Luca Marini, Fabio Di Giannantonio, Takaaki Nakagami, Pol Espargaro, or rookie Augusto Fernandez win, it will be their first premier class victory.
3 – If Jack Miller or Maverick Viñales win the GP race, they will become the first rider to win on a bike from three different manufacturers since the start of the MotoGP™ era in 2002.
