Ducati MotoGP riders arrive in Aragon with full of confidence

Ducati Team arrive at Aragon GP after three successive wins. — Ducati Team arrive at Aragon after three successive wins at Brno, Zeltweg and Misano.

Bengalru, September 20: As the FIM MotoGP World Championship enters its 14th round with the Aragon GP this weekend, Team Ducati arrives at the track on the outskirts of Alcaniz on the back of three consecutive victories.

The Ducati Team arrives in Spain with Andrea Dovizioso second in the standings after a triumphant win at Misano, his third victory of the season. The Romagna-born racer now lies 67 points behind the championship leader Marc Marquez with six rounds remaining.

The FIM MotoGP World Championship is about to enter its final phase, with the last six rounds taking place in less than two months. Two events in Spain - the Aragon GP and the Valencia GP on November 18 - bookend the four overseas races in Thailand, Japan, Australia and Malaysia.

Leading group

Dovizioso has taken part in all eight editions of the Aragon GP and his best result is a third place in 2012.

In last year's edition, the Italian fought amongst the leading group for half the race, but in the last few laps he was unable to defend his position and had to settle for seventh place at the flag.

Prestigious result

Coming off the back of a crash in the San Marino GP, which deprived him of a likely second place, Jorge Lorenzo will be aiming to bring home a prestigious result on a circuit that is extremely favourable for him.

The rider from Mallorca has in fact been on the podium in seven of the eight editions of the Aragon GP, with two wins to his name in 2014 and 2015, while last year Lorenzo finished the race in third place.

Modern circuit

Situated close to the town of Alcaniz, the Spanish circuit joined the MotoGP calendar in 2010 and this year hosts the ninth edition of the GP.

MotorLand Aragon is a modern circuit, with a challenging layout that sees the riders lap in a counter-clockwise direction and it contains two long straights and 17 corners, as well as a number of up-and-down sections.

Not so easy

Dovizioso summed up his feelings aptly.

"MotorLand Aragon is a really nice track, rather unusual and totally different from Misano where I won two weeks ago, but it's also a track where we have traditionally always struggled a bit. I expect to be quick, but Jorge (Lorenzo) and Marc (Marquez) also go particularly well on this track so it's not going to be easy."

The Aragon weekend programme gets underway on Friday (September 21) morning with the first free practice session, while the 23-lap race is scheduled for Sunday (September 23) at 2pm local time (5.30pm IST).