MISANO ADRIATICO, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 10: Jorge Lorenzo of Spain and Ducati Team prepares to start on the grid during the MotoGP Race during the MotoGP of San Marino - Race at Misano World Circuit on September 10, 2017 in Misano Adriatico, Italy. (Photo by Mirco Lazzari gp/Getty Images)

Coming off the back of a spectacular start to the race at Misano two weeks ago, Ducati rider Jorge Lorenzo will be trying to bring home a prestigious result at what is a favourable circuit for him.

The Majorcan rider has in fact finished on the podium in six of the seven editions of the GP held at Aragón, including two wins in 2014 and 2015, while last year Jorge finished the race in second place.

“Pity about my crash in the race at Misano, because I had a chance of winning my first race with Ducati, but it was important to take the positive aspects from this situation which can help us to improve,” he said.

“I was permanently in the lead of the race again and this confirms that we are on the right path and working in the right direction. Now we come to Aragón, one of the circuits where I feel most at home and where I have good memories, and so I hope to capitalize on the fact that I am racing at home to score a good result. It will be important to be quick right from the off on Friday.”

Located near the town of Alcañiz, the Spanish circuit only joined the MotoGP calendar in 2010, and this year it hosts the eighth edition of the Grand Prix. MotorLand Aragón is a modern complex, with a difficult track that goes in an anti-clockwise direction and which includes two long straights and seventeen corners, as well as uphill and downhill sections.

The Aragón weekend schedule gets underway later this morning with the first free practice session at 9.55 am, while the 23-lap race is scheduled for Sunday at 2 pm local time.