Six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez put in a dominant efficiency to win the Aragon Grand Prix on Sunday, ending a 1043-day victory drought.
The Gresini Ducati rider led from begin to end as soon as extra, having already taken pole place and gained the dash at Motorland Aragon in one of the vital one-sided performances seen from any rider throughout 2024.
The Catalan was unchallenged in his flight to a sixtieth victory within the premier class and his first since standing on high of the podium as a Honda rider on the 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
It was an emotional win for the Spanish rider who danced in entrance of the packed grandstands in celebration after such an unimaginable weekend, marking an astonishing comeback.
Marquez has battled again from double-vision, 4 arm operations and quite a few crashes – together with a highside in Indonesia in 2022.
He mentioned: “What was superb race to win in entrance of those superb, superb followers.
“Right this moment was a brilliant tough race, particularly as a result of when you’ve got the tempo, then with the hole, it was tough to concentrate on the on the driving, particularly the final laps, however I used to be in a position to handle the hole.
“I had one thing extra there on the pocket, simply in case, as we noticed in the course of the race. However yeah, glad.”
Jorge Martin was a distant second for the second time this weekend. The Spaniard was nearly 5 seconds behind his countryman however was clearly ‘better of the remaining’.
Martin now has a 23-point cushion after world champion Francesco Bagnaia collided with the opposite Gresini of Alex Marquez whereas making an attempt to grab third place with six laps remaining.
At first, Bagnaia suffered wheelspin once more on the grid and the dirtier facet of the MotorLand asphalt. The floor had been cleaned on Saturday night however extra thunderstorms and rain created moist and slick circumstances on Sunday morning.
Fortunately, sunshine and excessive temperatures ensured the race was dry, however the asphalt was nonetheless greasy off line. After dropping locations at the beginning to drop to seventh, he moved as much as fourth and closed a two second hole to the again of Alex Marquez, who misjudged his braking into Flip 12 and Bagnaia swooped for the hole.
The manufacturing facility Ducati rider was forward as they flicked into Flip 13 and made contact, sending each riders into the gravel.
Bagnaia required a test within the medical centre however was later given the all-clear. It was the defending world champion’s second DNF of the season and ended a run of eight consecutive podiums.
Pedro Acosta, ranging from second on the grid, took third place and his first trophy because the Americas Grand Prix in April. The Tech3 rookie was narrowly forward of manufacturing facility KTM rider Brad Binder in fourth, as Enea Bastianini rode to fifth in entrance of three different riders on Ducati equipment: Franco Morbidelli (Pramac), Fabio Di Giannantonio and Marco Bezzecchi (each VR46).
Alex Rins’ ninth place was the Spaniard’s highest classification of 2024 on the Yamaha M1 and he was solely half a second forward of KTM’s Jack Miller, however the latter stays below investigation for a potential breach of tyre strain guidelines.
Aleix Espargaro was the primary Aprilia rider residence in eleventh whereas team-mate Maverick Vinales lacked any feeling or grip in anyway in a repeat of his malaise from the Saturday dash. He retired after 5 laps.
Takaaki Nakagami’s twelfth was one other season greatest: the Japanese additionally the primary Honda rider previous the flag in Aragon.
Fabio Quartararo had one other depressing race and crashed his Yamaha M1 for the second time in three days and by shedding management into Flip 5 – the identical website as his accident on Friday.
