It must be pretty comfortable to be a Spanish MotoGP fan. There are a remarkable four races in the country this year: we’ve been to Jerez, it’s Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya this weekend, and Aragon and Valencia are still to come.

Even more remarkable is that those four races aren’t actually very well distributed around the country. But that should be of little concern to the Spanish, who have got a lot to cheer about.

As previously established, Spain has given us more riders on the grid for the three classes than any other country, and by a fair margin. Not only that, but they’re winning everything.

The 125cc class is the most extreme. So far this season, every race has been won by one of three Spaniards – Nicolas Terol, Pol Espargaro and Marc Marquez. It’s close between the three of them at the top of the championship, and they’ve opened up a bit of a gap over the man in 4th.

That man is Britain’s Bradley Smith, the only non-Spaniard in the top six. Indeed, he is the only rider from outside Spain to have stepped on the 125cc podium this year. It’s been close to a complete whitewash by the Spanish. Or would that be yellow-and-red-wash? No, it would not.

Things are going Spain’s way least in Moto2. It’s still a Spaniard leading the championship though, in the form of Toni Elias. But race wins have also gone to Japan, Italy and France, and there’s a Swiss rider standing 3rd in the championship.

In MotoGP itself, Spain has been a bit lucky. Valentino Rossi’s crash at Mugello put him out of action for the foreseeable future, leaving room for two Spaniards in the top two championship positions – Jorge Lorenzo having a hefty lead over Dani Pedrosa. Between them they’ve won all but one of the six races up to now – the other one, naturally, went to Rossi.

So, lots for the crowd in Barcelona this weekend to cheer about: it would be surprising if there wasn’t a home win in 125cc; anything could happen in Moto2, but Elias is as good a bet as anyone; and it’s going to take sudden inspiration from someone to stop Pedrosa or Lorenzo winning in MotoGP.

Italy – MotoGP’s other great nation – is not one to be left out though: there could be a lot to cheer about there this weekend if the rumours are true that Ducati are going to reveal that they’ve signed Valentino Rossi. Italy’s very own GOAT, riding Italy’s very own Desmosedici? The country would practically explode.