Defending MotoGP champion Marc Marquez dominated the Aragon dash after overtaking title rival Marco Bezzecchi.
Bezzecchi appeared to have gotten an honest sufficient launch from pole, however Marquez had sufficient room on the within to power Bezzecchi to the surface on nook exit – taking the lead and permitting brother Alex Marquez to sneak by, too.
They managed the race from there, aided by the longer-lasting medium rear tyre, with Bezzecchi by no means actually threatening on the smooth rear and in the end settling into third place.
His team-mate, championship chief Jorge Martin, additionally ran the smooth rear however was annoyed within the early going by fellow Aprilia rider Raul Fernandez – which started as Fernandez retook fourth place on the surface of Flip 2 after shedding the spot to Martin at first.
Their sturdy wheel-to-wheel racing later into the lap dropped each behind KTM’s Pedro Acosta, earlier than Martin cleared Fernandez and went again previous Acosta.
However the medium rear-shod Acosta bided his time behind the factors chief and when Martin made a mistake on the penultimate nook, Acosta went previous and consolidated fourth.
Martin’s fifth-place end means he’s now 29 factors forward of Bezzecchi and 33 forward of race winner Marquez. The injury-absent Ai Ogura is 42 again and Fabio Di Giannantonio stays 46 adrift, after crashing out from eighth place early on.
Fermin Aldeguer was tenth after the beginning however scythed his approach by into sixth place by the tip of the race, overtaking Diogo Moreira on the ultimate lap – with Moreira settling for high Honda honours in seventh.
Fernandez and Johann Zarco, Aldeguer’s fellow damage returnee and Moreira’s LCR team-mate, accomplished the points-scoring high 9, with Jack Miller only a tenth away from choosing up a degree from Yamaha.
The one different rider to crash moreover Di Giannantonio was Luca Marini, who exited the race on the opening lap.
Fabio Quartararo additionally did not end, his Yamaha struggling what appeared like an engine blow-up simply earlier than midway.
Race outcomes
1 Marc Marquez (Ducati)
2 Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati) +1.140s
3 Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia) +2.089s
4 Pedro Acosta (KTM) +2.648s
5 Jorge Martin (Aprilia) +6.237s
6 Fermin Aldeguer (Gresini Ducati) +10.475s
7 Diogo Moreira (LCR Honda) +11.071s
8 Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse Aprilia) +11.213s
9 Johann Zarco (LCR Honda) +12.021s
10 Jack Miller (Pramac Yamaha) +12.166s
11 Pecco Bagnaia (Ducati) +14.575s
12 Alex Rins (Yamaha) +14.648s
13 Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pramac Yamaha) +15.776s
14 Enea Bastianini (Tech3 KTM) +16.051s
15 Brad Binder (KTM) +16.761s
16 Joan Mir (Honda) +19.845s
17 Pol Espargaro (Tech3 KTM) +23.160s
18 Franco Morbidelli (VR46 Ducati) +25.074s
19 Lorenzo Savadori (Trackhouse Aprilia) +27.798s
DNF Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha)
DNF Fabio Di Giannantonio (VR46 Ducati)
DNF Luca Marini (Honda)
