The Reign In Spain: The High Sider

The new MotoGP season comes to the Iberian peninsula; the first of four races in Spain. And there’s a good reason why...

Jerez, pronounced with a strong j and z. Or is it pronounced ‘Herez’, with the j as a breathy, Spanish h? Or maybe it’s even ‘Hereth’, with a Spanish th instead of z. As we settle down in the armchair for round four of the MotoGP season, these are just a few of the issues that occupy our minds.

And here endeth the spoken Spanish lesson; but if you watch BT Sport’s MotoGP coverage you’ll hear all three variations. Because the MotoGP show is back on its home continent and in its home country after three opening rounds in Qatar, Argentina (Arhentina?) and the US of A. Spain gets no fewer than four MotoGP races, which is plain greedy – but seeing as Dorna are a Spanish company and, more importantly, they get the crowds to justify it – they can do what the hell they like. The races are the Gran Premio Red Bull de España at Jerez, the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya near Barcelona, the Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón and the Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valencia at the end of the season.