Career
Pace and style
Pace
| Metric | Value | Usual range | Rank | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Race pace | +0.59% | 0.23–0.85 | 15/54 | 185 |
| One-lap pace (qualifying) | +0.54% | 0.32–1.02 | 5/54 | 131 |
| Long run (practice) | +0.52% | 0.16–1.02 | 6/59 | 318 |
| Fast lap (practice) | +0.48% | 0.18–0.86 | 5/60 | 423 |
Percentage above the fastest rider of each session (median over all their sessions): 0% would mean always being the fastest. The usual range goes from their good quartile to their bad one. Rank: among all riders with enough data.
Style
| Metric | Value | Usual range | Rank | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consistency (pace variation) | 0.32% | 0.25–0.45 | 38/54 | 154 |
| Places gained grid → finish | 0.00 | -4.00–2.00 | 63/82 | 201 |
| Hides pace for qualifying | −0.28 | -0.86–0.40 | 43/49 | 136 |
| Hides pace for the race | −0.06 | -0.92–0.51 | 28/38 | 72 |
| Qualifying specialist (+) or diesel (−) | +0.19 | — | 9/43 | 131 |
| Races better than qualifies | −0.56 | -2.52–1.84 | 45/74 | 174 |
| Top speed | 363.6 km/h | — | 17/64 | 15720 |
Descriptive: how the rider has done so far, not a prediction. "Hides pace" is not very stable from one year to the next: always look at the usual range.
Race and qualifying
Racecraft by phase
−1.43
Start
+0.08
First laps
+0.15
End of race
+0.23
Total
Positions gained (+) or lost (−) in each phase versus what the rider’s position would suggest, over 24 races. Descriptive.
Races better than qualifies?
Positions finished better (+) or worse (−) than the starting position suggests, per season.
| Season | Beats the grid | n |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | −1.43 | 7 |
| 2025 | −1.10 | 11 |
| 2024 | −1.81 | 17 |
| 2023 | −1.19 | 15 |
| 2022 | −0.26 | 18 |
| 2021 | −0.95 | 14 |
| 2020 | −2.31 | 13 |
| 2019 | +0.12 | 15 |
| 2018 | +1.05 | 16 |
| 2017 | +0.68 | 15 |
| 2016 | +0.56 | 17 |
| 2015 | −1.08 | 16 |
Q2 risk
5%
Q2 with best lap cancelled
3%
Disastrous Q2
Over 66 Q2 sessions since 2021. Disaster = best lap more than 1% slower than the others' median.
Tyres
Tyre management
| Metric | s/lap | Usual range | Rank | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Degradation in practice · Hard | +0.187 | 0.091–0.286 | 4/6 | 6 |
| Degradation in practice · Medium | +0.292 | 0.155–0.519 | 13/34 | 26 |
| Degradation in practice · Soft | +0.413 | 0.167–0.582 | 10/13 | 5 |
| Race degradation (fuel-corrected) | +0.025 | 0.002–0.064 | 7/54 | 154 |
| Pace loss in the race | +0.006 | -0.020–0.044 | 10/54 | 154 |
Seconds lost per lap over a run. Lower is better: better tyre management.
Tyres race by race
| GP | Front / rear | Rel. pace | Deg. s/lap | Grid→Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 BRA | Hard / Soft ★ | +1.39% | +0.034 | 20→18 |
| 2026 CAT | Medium / Soft | +0.61% | +0.049 | 17→11 |
| 2026 CZE | Medium / Medium | +0.96% | −0.019 | 12→15 |
| 2026 GER | Hard / Medium | +1.95% | +0.092 | 19→— |
| 2026 HUN | Medium / Soft | +0.88% | −0.010 | 21→15 |
| 2026 ITA | Medium / Medium | +1.45% | +0.073 | 18→17 |
| 2026 NED | Medium / Medium | +1.50% | −0.039 | 19→13 |
| 2026 THA | Soft / Medium | +1.70% | +0.036 | 17→16 |
| 2025 AME | Medium / Medium | +0.57% | −0.098 | 10→14 |
| 2025 ARA | Medium / Medium | +0.74% | −0.028 | 8→18 |
★ = chose the minority compound. Degradation includes fuel and traffic: only compare within the same race.
Circuits, team and injuries
Strongest and weakest circuits
Over one lap · Strong at: QAT (+0.33) · Weak at: ARA (−0.39), INA (−0.49), EMI (−0.57)
In races · Strong at: QAT (+0.41), SPA (+0.26) · Weak at: AUT (−0.29), ARA (−0.40), GER (−0.47)
Affinity: how much better (+) or worse (−) the rider performs at this circuit versus their own average, in percentage points of gap. Only cases with enough signal are shown.
Against the teammate
| Season | Team | Teammate | Race | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Red Bull KTM Tech3 | Enea Bastianini | 2–6 | 3–5 | 10–97 |
| 2025 | Red Bull KTM Tech3 | Enea Bastianini | 5–7 | 10–6 | 72–112 |
| 2024 | Aprilia Racing | Aleix Espargaro | 11–7 | 13–6 | 190–163 |
| 2023 | Aprilia Racing | Aleix Espargaro | 9–11 | 12–8 | 204–206 |
| 2022 | Aprilia Racing | Aleix Espargaro | 6–13 | 6–14 | 122–212 |
| 2021 | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Fabio Quartararo | 4–11 | 2–13 | 106–278 |
| 2020 | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Valentino Rossi | 8–4 | 10–2 | 132–66 |
| 2019 | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Valentino Rossi | 11–7 | 14–5 | 211–174 |
| 2018 | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Valentino Rossi | 7–11 | 12–7 | 193–198 |
| 2017 | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Valentino Rossi | 11–6 | 9–7 | 230–208 |
| 2016 | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Aleix Espargaro | 16–2 | 13–5 | 202–93 |
| 2015 | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Aleix Espargaro | 5–13 | 4–14 | 97–105 |
Who finishes ahead in the races both started; a retirement loses to a classified finish. With fewer than 8 races together it is only indicative.
Injuries and absences
| Season | GP | Type | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | USA | Absent | No result between two weekends that were raced |
| 2026 | SPA | Absent | No result between two weekends that were raced |
| 2026 | FRA | Absent | No result between two weekends that were raced |
| 2026 | CAT | Comeback | 2nd GP after being absent (SPA) |
| 2026 | ITA | Comeback | 2nd GP after being absent (FRA) |
| 2025 | GER | Absent | No result between two weekends that were raced |
| 2025 | CZE | Absent | No result between two weekends that were raced |
| 2025 | AUT | Absent | No result between two weekends that were raced |
| 2025 | HUN | Absent | No result between two weekends that were raced |
| 2025 | CAT | Comeback | 2nd GP after being absent (AUT) |
| 2025 | RSM | Comeback | 2nd GP after being absent (HUN) |
| 2025 | INA | Absent | No result between two weekends that were raced |
| 2025 | AUS | Absent | No result between two weekends that were raced |
| 2025 | MAL | Absent | No result between two weekends that were raced |
| 2025 | POR | Absent | No result between two weekends that were raced |
| 2025 | VAL | Comeback | 2nd GP after being absent (MAL) |