GREAT LAUNCH ROADS: MA-8301, SPAIN
Southern Spain isn’t short of some stunning roads – and there are one or two favourites that get constantly used by manufacturers to showcase their wares. Ducati made a big song and dance about its new Diavel back in 2011, and took us out to the infamous Ronda road to show us what it could do (we were impressed, especially after chasing a GSX-R1000 down the hillside for kilometre after kilometre). We were heading for Ronda and the A-397, but before we took that on we were treated to some other routes of note – including the MA-8301. The fun starts with the sea still in sight, and the entertainment doesn’t really let up until you hit the sleepy little town of Jubrique. From here, it’s another cracking road, the MA-8305, to take you to the A-369 that is another thoroughfare up to Ronda – or back down to the coast, whichever way you’re going. With precious few villages along the way, light traffic and cracking surfaces it makes for yet another brilliant reason to head to the area.
A Diavel of a road...