The Repsol Honda Team arrive in Spain with an appetite to improve after a mixed start to the season, Marc Marquez and Pol Espargaro ready to perform in front of their home fans.

Another set of back-to-back races brings the MotoGP World Championship straight from Portugal down to Jerez de la Frontera in the south of Spain for round six of the 2022 season. The Circuito de Jerez – Angelo Nieto, which first hosted a GP in 1987, has become one of the most familiar circuits on the calendar. The classic Spanish circuit is 4.4-kilometers long and features five left and eight right corners.

Marc Marquez has an incredible record at the track in the premier class, finishing off the podium on just a single occasion, when he returned to competition in 2021, and has won the Gran Premio Red Bull de España a total of three times with four additional podium finishes. After a mixed start to the year, Marquez is hoping the familiarity of the Jerez circuit will give himself and the Repsol Honda Team the opportunity to fully understand the situation and continue to make improvements and progress with the 2022 Honda RC213V.

Like his teammate, Pol Espargaro has been able to achieve strong historic results at the Spanish Grand Prix with five top-ten finishes in Jerez in the premier class. Having started the season with incredible form, a number of problems and setbacks have plagued the #44 as he has worked to show the potential of himself and the Honda. Despite the setbacks, Espargaro remains as motivated as ever to work to regain his and Honda’s speed from the pre-season and arrives in Spain hungry to perform.

Stefan Bradl will line up on a fifth Honda RC213V in Jerez as the Honda HRC Test Rider makes his first wildcard appearance of the year.

Marc Marquez

“Of course I am happy to arrive in Jerez and see the Spanish fans. It’s a very special circuit to race at, not just because of the history but also because of the atmosphere on race day – after some difficult years I hope that all the fans can come and enjoy. For us it will be an important weekend to keep improving and getting closer to the front. Portimao was a complicated weekend for us so I hope that everything in Jerez will be more straightforward, and we can work well throughout the whole weekend to fight on Sunday.”

Pol Espargaro

“The best thing to do after a hard race is to go racing again, so I am happy that we arrive straight away in Jerez. We need to understand what our situation is in Jerez and work to overcome it, to show the speed we had before the start of the year. It’s great to come back to Spain and hopefully on Sunday we will be racing in front of crowds like before, because this is something that makes Jerez really special. Let’s work hard this weekend and show what we can do, I have full faith in my team and HRC to unlock our potential.”

MotoGP 2022

Rider standings

Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor
1 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA 69 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha
2 Rins Alex 42 SPA 69 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki
3 Espargaro Aleix 41 SPA 66 Aprilia Racing Aprilia
4 Bastianini Enea 23 ITA 61 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati
5 Zarco Johann 5 FRA 51 Pramac Racing Ducati
6 Mir Joan 36 SPA 46 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki
7 Binder Brad 33 RSA 42 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM
8 Oliveira Miguel 88 POR 39 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM
9 Miller Jack 43 AUS 31 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati
10 Bagnaia Francesco 62 ITA 31 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati
11 Marquez Marc 93 SPA 31 Repsol Honda Team Honda
12 Espargaro Pol 44 SPA 30 Repsol Honda Team Honda
13 Martin Jorge 89 SPA 28 Pramac Racing Ducati
14 Vinales Maverick 12 SPA 25 Aprilia Racing Aprilia
15 Morbidelli Franco 21 ITA 17 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha
16 Marini Luca 10 ITA 14 Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati
17 Marquez Alex 73 SPA 13 LCR Honda Honda
18 Nakagami Takaaki 30 JPN 12 LCR Honda Honda
19 Bezzecchi Marco 73 ITA 8 Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati
20 Dovizioso Andrea 4 ITA 8 WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team Yamaha
21 Binder Darryn 40 RSA 6 WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team Yamaha
22 Gardner Remy AUS 3
23 Fernandez Raul SPA 0
24 Di Giannantonio Fabio 49 ITA 0 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati
25 Savadori Lorenzo 32 ITA 0 Aprilia Racing Test Team Aprilia
26 Bradl Stefan 6 GER 0 HRC Test Team Honda
Location Information

Built in 1986 and hosting its first Grand Prix one year later, the circuit of Jerez is now one of the most popular MotoGP venues and the focal point for a city fanatical about sport. Set in a slight valley in the south of Spain, Jerez is blessed with consistently… read more.

Length 4.423 kilometres / 2.748 miles
Width 11 metres
Left corners 5
Right corners 8
Longest straight 0.607 kilometres / 0.377 miles
Constructed 1986
Modified 2002
Resurfacing Complete resurfacing before 2018 round

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Records

Pole Position 1m 36.170s (165.5km/h) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati, 2022)
Race Lap 1m 37.449s (163.3km/h) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati, 2024)
Race Time 40m 58.053s (161.9km/h) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati, 2024)
2024 Race Winner Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati)
2024 Sprint Winner Jorge Martin (Ducati)