This weekend’s fourth round of the 2021 Moto2 championship will be the first of four home races throughout the year for Xavi Vierge, while Jake Dixon comes into the Spanish ev💃ent following a double DNF. 

Vierge was one of the many riders engaged in the podium battle at Portimao, before ultimately finishing 🌸seve𒅌nth. 

It was by far the Spaniard’s best and most consistent performance so far this season, and with Vierge not finishing outside the top ten in Jerez since 2017﷽, it could be the boost required to get his and the tea🍨m’s first podium of 2021.  

"I’m really looking forward to this weekend because, of course, it is a home GP so it feels a bit specꦇiꩲal for me," said Vierge. 

"We made a good step forward in the last race and finished so♔ close to the podium, so we will give everything we can to achieve that g🌳oal on Sunday. 

"It would be really nice to be able to do it at my home GP, it🏅 would be extra special. 

"I have had some good races 𒆙in the past at Jerez, including some wins in the Spanish Championship, so I really hope we can achieve a great result this weekend."

For Dixon, it’s been a tough second and third races after a seventh in Qatar to open the season. The former BSB ridꦆer had a mid-race crash at turn eight which cut short his progress at the Algarve International Circuit, leaving him 15th in the championship standings.

In his three full seasons in the Moto2 class, Jerez has not be💝en the happiest of venues for the Brit, however, it remains a circuit he en♎joys.

Dixon added: "I can’t wait to be back out this weekend in Jerez, although it’s a circuit that hasn’t been kind to me in the past. I’m goingꦿ there with a new attitude though, I do really like the track and I can’t wait to get going. 

"At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter which circuit it is because I just re🎀ally enjoy ridi🗹ng my bike. 

"It’s a track I know this weekend, unlike last time out in Portugal, so I hope I can g🌼et into a good flow there. 

"I don’t have any specific targets, jus🤡t to get into a good rhythm and see what results come my way."