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Podcast: MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix preview
The team preview the Spanish Grand Prix on the latest Crash MotoGP Podcast
MotoGP returns to action this weekend with the Spanish Grand Prix, as Aprilia looks to maintain its current stranglehold on the championship.
The MotoGP paddock was forced into a month-long break in April, after the war in Iran led to the Qatar Grand Prix being postponed.
It’s a break that could well prove pivotal to Ducati, who has been able to work for a month on ways to close the deficit to Aprilia, after the latter’s strong start to the 2026 campaign.
After three rounds, Aprilia leads all three championships, with Marco Bezzecchi unbeaten on Sundays since Portugal last year.
Ducati, by contrast, has just one grand prix podium to its credit so far, as well as a win in the sprints.
Reigning champion Marc Marquez has been particularly off-colour compared to where he was at the same stage one year ago, with the aftereffects of the shoulder injury he suffered in October still plaguing him.
The month break in April has been an opportunity for the Spaniard to recover closer to 100% fitness.
With Jerez marking the first conventional circuit of the season, it is though this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix will provide us with a clearer picture as to where Aprilia and Ducati genuinely stand.
The post-race test on the Monday may also prove to be one of the most important days of the entire season for Ducati.
On the latest Crash MotoGP Podcast, Dre Harrison is joined by Lewis Duncan and Peter McLaren to preview this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix and discuss whether or not Jerez marks the final test for Aprilia to be considered the undoubted title favourite.
The team also touches on Maverick Vinales’ absence from the Spanish Grand Prix and how that situation may have looked if the proposed reserve rider rule was in place.
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The team preview the Spanish Grand Prix on the latest Crash MotoGP Podcast
MotoGP returns to action this weekend with the Spanish Grand Prix, as Aprilia looks to maintain its current stranglehold on the championship.
The MotoGP paddock was forced into a month-long break in April, after the war in Iran led to the Qatar Grand Prix being postponed.
It’s a break that could well prove pivotal to Ducati, who has been able to work for a month on ways to close the deficit to Aprilia, after the latter’s strong start to the 2026 campaign.
After three rounds, Aprilia leads all three championships, with Marco Bezzecchi unbeaten on Sundays since Portugal last year.
Ducati, by contrast, has just one grand prix podium to its credit so far, as well as a win in the sprints.
Reigning champion Marc Marquez has been particularly off-colour compared to where he was at the same stage one year ago, with the aftereffects of the shoulder injury he suffered in October still plaguing him.
The month break in April has been an opportunity for the Spaniard to recover closer to 100% fitness.
With Jerez marking the first conventional circuit of the season, it is though this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix will provide us with a clearer picture as to where Aprilia and Ducati genuinely stand.
The post-race test on the Monday may also prove to be one of the most important days of the entire season for Ducati.
On the latest Crash MotoGP Podcast, Dre Harrison is joined by Lewis Duncan and Peter McLaren to preview this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix and discuss whether or not Jerez marks the final test for Aprilia to be considered the undoubted title favourite.
The team also touches on Maverick Vinales’ absence from the Spanish Grand Prix and how that situation may have looked if the proposed reserve rider rule was in place.
MotoGP returns to action this weekend with the Spanish Grand Prix, as Aprilia looks to maintain its current stranglehold on the championship.
The MotoGP paddock was forced into a month-long break in April, after the war in Iran led to the Qatar Grand Prix being postponed.
It’s a break that could well prove pivotal to Ducati, who has been able to work for a month on ways to close the deficit to Aprilia, after the latter’s strong start to the 2026 campaign.
After three rounds, Aprilia leads all three championships, with Marco Bezzecchi unbeaten on Sundays since Portugal last year.
Ducati, by contrast, has just one grand prix podium to its credit so far, as well as a win in the sprints.
Reigning champion Marc Marquez has been particularly off-colour compared to where he was at the same stage one year ago, with the aftereffects of the shoulder injury he suffered in October still plaguing him.
The month break in April has been an opportunity for the Spaniard to recover closer to 100% fitness.
With Jerez marking the first conventional circuit of the season, it is though this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix will provide us with a clearer picture as to where Aprilia and Ducati genuinely stand.
The post-race test on the Monday may also prove to be one of the most important days of the entire season for Ducati.
On the latest Crash MotoGP Podcast, Dre Harrison is joined by Lewis Duncan and Peter McLaren to preview this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix and discuss whether or not Jerez marks the final test for Aprilia to be considered the undoubted title favourite.
The team also touches on Maverick Vinales’ absence from the Spanish Grand Prix and how that situation may have looked if the proposed reserve rider rule was in place.
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