Marc Márquez: What's the Key to victory in Motorland?

Marc Márquez analyzes Motorland Aragón

Length 5.078m
Width 15m
Left-hand corners 10
Right-hand corners 7
Longest straight 968m
Built in 2009

Marc Márquez on the Motorland Aragón circuit

Corner 1

/ It is a 90º angle, where it is important to brake hard and prepare very well to go out, as then there are two right-hand corners, virtually together where you can gain some time.

Corner 2

/ The line has to be correct to go out fast, with enough speed to face the uphill section. It is also very important to take the good line to prepare corner 3 properly.

Corner 3

/ It is the most important of the two consecutive corners, because it is uphill and fast, where you can really gain or lose a lot of time, especially on new tyres.

Corner 4

/ Here starts a difficult braking area, because it is a left-hand corner where you start to brake with the bike leaning to get to the hard braking area of corner 5. Braking with the bike leant is always difficult and there is also the danger to lose grip in the front tyre.

Corners 5 and 6

/ The corner is very slow and you have to accelerate to corner 6, that is taken with almost full gas.

Corner 7

/ You also arrive braking with the bike leant, as in corner 5, but this time it is a righthand corner. It is not very difficult because it is even slower.

Corners 8 and 9

/ After a short straight there is Motorland’s “corkscrew”. You need to break hard downhill. It is necessary to sacrifice well in this corner to do the change of direction in the right place, because corner 9 is also downhill and you need to go out fast to the next straight.

Corners 10 and 11

/ It is a very long and fast bend. It is a difficult corner because it is blind and it is also a point where you can gain or lose a lot of time, especially if you are on new or used tyres. It is important to go out fast to gain some km/h in the straight that goes next.

Corner 12

/ It is one of the hardest braking zones of the circuit, a place where it is clearly possible to overtake, especially in the last laps. It is a 90º angle where you have to set a good pace to get ready for the following corner.

Corner 13

/ It is a fast corner that is not taken at full gas, but accelerating.

Corners 14 and 15

/ This is another hard braking area, as it is the slowest “S” of the circuit and it is difficult because it is downhill and it is more difficult to brake the bike. You have to be ready for the second corner, because then there is the longest straight of the circuit and the km/h you gain getting out can be important.

Corners 16 and 17

/ When you take the good line, this is one of the corners where you have more fun. They are two corners, but they are taken as one, very fast and uphill. You open a bit when you enter and then close the line again to go out. The pace has to be fast, because then arrives the main straight.