If you are looking for the beating heart of MotoGP, you need look no further than Spain. It's where young riders go to get an education, where living legends have their own training grounds and where the Dorna keep their headquarters. Want to be part of the circus? Then you better get yourself down south - because if you're not in Spain, you're going nowhere fast. 

But it wasn't always like this, was it? Isn't it a bit strange that a global tournament is this beholden to a country that doesn't even house a competing manufacturer? Is MotoGP becoming too Spanish? Is it all a shadowy plot? 

Spoiler alert: there's no plot, just a lot of history. Complicated, fascinating history. So join us today as we go back in time to see how we got here and if this is how things will remain. It's a story that shows how incredibly interconnected the various aspects of this sport can get on a global level - and how this influences what is required of the riders that make it all worthwhile. 

So put on some flamenco and forget about the dreadful autumn for awhile as we head down to the country of speed and sangria. Cheers!

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