388 – None of the three Italian racers who have lined up on the grid for the 125cc event at the French GP, have taken it to the chequered flag. The last time there was a 125cc GP without Italian competitors finishing was the 1982 French GP at Nogaro; a sequence of 388 events in the 125cc session, with at least one Italian racer finishing to the end. However the event at Nogaro in 1982 was boycotted by a number of premium racers due to safety issues. The last full sided 125cc event without Italian finishers was at the Finnish Grand Prix in 1979.

150 – Italian Grand Prix, Joan Olivé is due to make his 150th Grand Prix beginning. Olivé has not missed an event since his Grand Prix debut in the 125cc session at the opening race of 2001 in Japan. He will be the fourth youngest racer to achieve a milestone of 150 GP starts, after Dani Pedrosa, Marco Melandri and Alex de Angelis.

100 – Italian Grand Prix, Mattia Pasini is due to make his 100th Grand Prix start. Pasini's GP debut in the 125cc session was in the opening event of 2004 in South Africa. Since then, he has missed beginning only once, at the French GP in 2005 when he smashed and fractured his left wrist during qualifying.

70 – Jorge Lorenzo has 70 points from the beginning of three races this season. This is the highest points total by a competitor in MotoGP after the opening three events, since Valentino Rossi also held 70 points following three races in 2005.

62 – Italy, along with The Netherlands and Great Britain, are the only three countries to have hosed a motorbike Grand Prix event in each of the 62 years from the commencement of the motorcycling world championship in 1949.

49 – Valentino Rossi’s pole in France was the 49th time he has begun from pole in the premier session. Full pole position records are only available from 1974, in the period from 1974 only Mick Doohan, with 58, has begun from pole more times in the premier class than Rossi.

20 years – Kenny Noyes’ pole at the French GP was the sole outside the premier session for a racer from the USA since John Kocinski was quickest qualifier for the 250cc event at the Australian Grand Prix in 1990.

8 years – Before the French GP, it has been eight years since the same three racers were victorious of the Grand Prix classes in successive events. In 2002, Arnaud Vincent (125cc), Marco Melandri (250cc) and Valentino Rossi (MotoGP) won their respective sessions at the British GP, then repeated the wins at the German GP a week later. All three racers went on to win their respective world championship crowns.

7 – Jorge Lorenzo’s victory in France was his 7th win on a MotoGP machine. This is only one less than rival Dani Pedrosa. Only two other Spanish competitors have had more wins in the premier class: Sete Gibernau with 9 and Àlex Crivillé with 15.

7 – Pol Espargaró is the 7th youngest racer to enjoy back to back GP event. The six riders who have won back to back races at a younger age are, Marco Melandri, Valentino Rossi, Loris Capirossi, Dani Pedrosa, Manuel Poggiali and Jorge Lorenzo.

5 – Only five racers have scored points at all three of the Moto2 events held so far, Toni Elías, Simone Corsi, Sergio Gadea, Gabor Talmacsi and Roberto Rolfo.

3 – Jorge Lorenzo has ended in front of Valentino Rossi in the last two MotoGP events. If Lorenzo finishes in front of Rossi again at Mugello, it will be the sole time since joining the MotoGP session at the beginning of 2000, that Rossi will have finished behind a colleague in three successive events.