The Portuguese MotoGP Grand Prix in figures

The Portuguese Grand Prix MotoGP comes to an end, and the three days of action on the track saw many drivers compete for victory. The opportunity to look back at some figures that marked this competition weekend.

First catwalk

The rookie, Pedro Acosta scored his first podium in MotoGP in Portugal at just 19 years and 304 days old, becoming the third youngest rider to enter the box in the premier category, behind Randy Mamola (19 years and 261 days old) during the 1979 Finnish Grand Prix and Eduardo Salatino (19 years and 274 days) during the 1962 Argentine Grand Prix.

P3!!!!!🥉First @motogp podium 🕺🏻😎 Thanks a lot @tech3racing 🫶🏻

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P3!!!!! 🥉 Primer podio @motogp 🕺🏻😎 ¡Much thanks @tech3racing! 🫶🏻 #PortugueseGP pic.twitter.com/bqj9Ld1Kel

— Pedro Acosta (@37_pedroacosta) March 24, 2024

From the start

In the MotoGP era, Acosta is the fifth rider to reach the podium in one of his first two appearances, after Marc Marquez, 3rd in his first race in 2013, like Jorge Martín during his second race in 2021, Jorge Lorenzo, 2nd in his first race in 2008, and Dani Pedrosa with a similar performance two years earlier.

Group shot

Thanks to Acosta's results, but also those of Brad Binder and Jack Miller, this is the first time that three RC16s have appeared in the top-5 of a MotoGP Grand Prix.

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First solid weekend of the season 🫡 This has only just begun, vamos! 💪🏻 #QatarGP pic.twitter.com/8xRXU9X5nl

— Jorge Martín Almoguera (@88jorgemartin) March 10, 2024

Martín rises through the ranks

By winning the main race this Sunday, Jorge Martín became the 5th most successful rider with Ducati in the premier category. With his 6 successes, he is only one length behind Loris Capirossi. A victory which also allows Ducati to achieve its eleventh consecutive success in MotoGP.

Enea Bastianini for her part catches up with Danilo Petrucci in another ranking. His tenth podium in MotoGP, at Portimao, brings him closer to the Italian in the table of riders who have signed the most with the Bologna manufacturer.

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