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Moto3 - Aragon: Fenati drafts down the outside of Marquez into the lead on the final lap, holds on through the last corner and wins for the first time in nearly four months.
Marquez takes second and the championship lead, with Kent on the podium again in third.
Marquez takes second and the championship lead, with Kent on the podium again in third.
Moto3 - Aragon: Onto the last lap, Marquez leads Fenati by 0.062s and Kent is just 0.071s further back.
Crash
Moto3 - Aragon: Miller has another fall - fairly irrelevant this time as he was three laps away from the rest of the field.
Moto3 - Aragon: Kornfeil has had a quick trip off and fallen back behind Rins, who is too far behind to get involved in this battle with Marquez, Kent and Fenati.
Moto3 - Aragon: Kent catches the leaders and begins a muscular battle with Fenati for second place, right behind Marquez with two laps left.
Moto3 - Aragon: Into the final five laps, and after a short spell when Marquez looked like he might be able to get this under control, Fenati is back on him and briefly into the lead again.
Fenati, who rides for Valentino Rossi's VR46 team, hasn't won since Mugello in June, and has tumbled out of title contention with a string of terrible results.
Kent is closing on the leaders again too.
Fenati, who rides for Valentino Rossi's VR46 team, hasn't won since Mugello in June, and has tumbled out of title contention with a string of terrible results.
Kent is closing on the leaders again too.
Moto3 - Aragon: Fenati retakes the lead, Marquez tries to retaliate but thinks better of it and tucks into second.
Kornfeil and Kent have fallen 1.4s back as they swap third place.
According to the race control computer, McPhee has had a second crash and is now out. He's unhurt.
Kornfeil and Kent have fallen 1.4s back as they swap third place.
According to the race control computer, McPhee has had a second crash and is now out. He's unhurt.
Moto3 - Aragon: Fenati passes Kornfeil to lead a race for the first time in nearly two months, but it doesn't last long before Marquez repasses both of them.
Eight laps left, it's Marquez leading Fenati, Kornfeil and Kent in the lead group, then a 3.7s gap to the recovering Rins.
Miller is three laps down in 28th.
Eight laps left, it's Marquez leading Fenati, Kornfeil and Kent in the lead group, then a 3.7s gap to the recovering Rins.
Miller is three laps down in 28th.
Crash
Moto3 - Aragon: Now McPhee crashes!
Marquez slid wide, Kornfeil and Fenati went through to first and second and as McPhee tried to slot into the revised pack order, he hit a damp section and had a tumble.
The Scot is quickly back on his wheels, and he's only fallen to seventh in this crash-fest race.
Marquez slid wide, Kornfeil and Fenati went through to first and second and as McPhee tried to slot into the revised pack order, he hit a damp section and had a tumble.
The Scot is quickly back on his wheels, and he's only fallen to seventh in this crash-fest race.
Moto3 - Aragon: Kornfeil is attacking McPhee for second. He takes the place, and that very briefly gave Marquez some breathing space, but it only lasted a few corners.
It seems Marquez is very wary of trying to crack on too hard to build a gap when the track is still so treacherous.
It seems Marquez is very wary of trying to crack on too hard to build a gap when the track is still so treacherous.
Moto3 - Aragon: Trouble for Rins now as he slides very wide into the first corner, then has a huge twitch on a wet patch as he rejoins.
He was side by side for the lead with Marquez on the outside and just ran out of space.
The winner of the last two races is down to seventh, and it's now looking very good for Marquez - but McPhee is right on him.
And Fenati has flown through to fourth place, bringing Kent with him.
He was side by side for the lead with Marquez on the outside and just ran out of space.
The winner of the last two races is down to seventh, and it's now looking very good for Marquez - but McPhee is right on him.
And Fenati has flown through to fourth place, bringing Kent with him.
Crash
Moto3 - Aragon: Isaac Vinales has crashed from the tail of the lead pack, so with 12 laps left, it's just McPhee and Kornfeil tagging on behind Rins and Marquez's lead battle.
Neither McPhee nor Kornfeil has taken a podium yet.
Neither McPhee nor Kornfeil has taken a podium yet.
Moto3 - Aragon: Seems like a good time to look at the points table as it stands right now...
1 Jack Miller 195
2 Alex Marquez 186
3 Alex Rins 175
It's Rins leading Marquez on track right now, though the Monlau pair are swapping places a lot, while Miller's patched-up bike has just been sent back out of the pits several laps down in 30th.
1 Jack Miller 195
2 Alex Marquez 186
3 Alex Rins 175
It's Rins leading Marquez on track right now, though the Monlau pair are swapping places a lot, while Miller's patched-up bike has just been sent back out of the pits several laps down in 30th.
Breaking news
Moto3 - Aragon: Race direction is investigating that collision between our title rivals Marquez and Miller.
Moto3 - Aragon: Kent assumed the lead when Miller and Marquez came together, but then he ran wide at Turn 1, and then again further around the lap when battling with Bastianini.
That's dropped Kent down to 10th, just behind Romano Fenati (remember him?), and the lead battle is now between Rins, Marquez, Jakub Kornfeil, McPhee, Vinales and Vazquez.
That's dropped Kent down to 10th, just behind Romano Fenati (remember him?), and the lead battle is now between Rins, Marquez, Jakub Kornfeil, McPhee, Vinales and Vazquez.
Moto3 - Aragon: Miller, Kent and Marquez were three-abreast down the back straight, with Miller and Marquez then carrying the lead battle into the following left-hander as Kent backed out of it.
Miller was trying to stay ahead of the outside, they drifted into each other and touched, and the Australian was sent upside down.
Miller was trying to stay ahead of the outside, they drifted into each other and touched, and the Australian was sent upside down.
Moto3 - Aragon: That's a huge, huge, huge moment for this close-fought championship!
Miller is getting back on his bike and trying to restart, but now he's trailing into the pits to retire.
Miller is getting back on his bike and trying to restart, but now he's trailing into the pits to retire.
Moto3 - Aragon: Just corrected ourselves there, that was Marquez who tangled with Miller, not his Monlau team-mate Rins.
Crash
Moto3 - Aragon: Marquez and Miller collide and Marquez is out!
Crash
Moto3 - Aragon: And that's the end of Guevera's breakthrough weekend, as he becomes our first frontrunner to crash. He's unhurt.
Impressive that they've all stayed upright on the slick track so far.
It's definitely slick tyre weather, though. Ajo has given up on his wets and pitted, a process that proved that changing tyres (wheels) on a Moto3 bike isn't a rapid task.
Impressive that they've all stayed upright on the slick track so far.
It's definitely slick tyre weather, though. Ajo has given up on his wets and pitted, a process that proved that changing tyres (wheels) on a Moto3 bike isn't a rapid task.
Moto3 - Aragon: Onto the third lap, Rins and Miller have moved to the front of the pack and are swapping the lead between them.
Kent is still in touch in third, with Marquez working his way up to fourth ahead of Bastianini and young Scot John McPhee.
They've broken away in a six-bike lead pack. First-time front-row man Guevara leads the next gaggle in seventh.
Kent is still in touch in third, with Marquez working his way up to fourth ahead of Bastianini and young Scot John McPhee.
They've broken away in a six-bike lead pack. First-time front-row man Guevara leads the next gaggle in seventh.
Moto3 - Aragon: Miller grabs the lead from Kent at the end of the back straight. Poleman Alex Rins is back up to third, but Miller's main title rival Alex Marquez is only sixth for now.
Lights out
Moto3 - Aragon: Great start from resurgent Brit Danny Kent and he leads MotoGP-bound championship leader Jack Miller and rising Honda-backed Italian star Enea Bastianini.
Midfielder Luca Grunwald was the only man to slip up at the first turn, and he got straight back on.
Midfielder Luca Grunwald was the only man to slip up at the first turn, and he got straight back on.
Green flag
Moto3 - Aragon: The field are away on the warm-up lap. This is going to be a very tricky first few laps as off-line a lot of the track seems very slippery still. Niki Ajo has gone for wets, but he's out on his own.
Moto3 - Aragon: Most of the Moto3 riders are going for slicks by the look of it. There is a dry line and no rain falling at the moment, but you don't have to go too far awry to find the wet bit.
The front end of this morning's grid looks like this:
1 Alex Rins
2 Danny Kent
3 Juanfran Guevera
4 Jack Miller
5 Alex Marquez
6 Enea Bastianini
7 Isaac Vinales
8 John McPhee
9 Niccolo Antonelli
10 Efren Vazquez
The front end of this morning's grid looks like this:
1 Alex Rins
2 Danny Kent
3 Juanfran Guevera
4 Jack Miller
5 Alex Marquez
6 Enea Bastianini
7 Isaac Vinales
8 John McPhee
9 Niccolo Antonelli
10 Efren Vazquez
MotoGP - Aragon: Huge attention on Ducati this weekend as its GP14.2 makes its debut. It's been billed as a major step in the team's prolonged recovery efforts, although it's still only an evolution (in Ducati's own parlance) not a revolution, so shouldn't be seen as the complete future package.
But it has been quick, with Andrea Iannone and Andrea Dovizioso leading one session each on Friday, and Iannone taking another front row start, although a qualifying crash stymied Dovizioso's efforts.
However the man who didn't get the new bike is the one who's probably impressed the most.
Cal Crutchlow had no qualms about Ducati giving the second GP14.2 to his 2015 replacement Iannone as he's off to LCR Honda, but he's dragged more speed out of the GP14 than he's previously managed and stuck it on a season-best fifth on the grid.
"I think we needed that," Crutchlow admitted last night.
"I've been unable to go fast like that all year, and to be not far off the front row... I'm pleased."
He's already warned that race pace could be a different story, though.
But it has been quick, with Andrea Iannone and Andrea Dovizioso leading one session each on Friday, and Iannone taking another front row start, although a qualifying crash stymied Dovizioso's efforts.
However the man who didn't get the new bike is the one who's probably impressed the most.
Cal Crutchlow had no qualms about Ducati giving the second GP14.2 to his 2015 replacement Iannone as he's off to LCR Honda, but he's dragged more speed out of the GP14 than he's previously managed and stuck it on a season-best fifth on the grid.
"I think we needed that," Crutchlow admitted last night.
"I've been unable to go fast like that all year, and to be not far off the front row... I'm pleased."
He's already warned that race pace could be a different story, though.
Petter Solberg and Jacques Villeneuve
World RX - Franciacorta: Nearly 11 years after he became World Rally champion, Petter Solberg could add another world title to his CV today by claiming the inaugural World Rallycross crown.
But that coronation might be delayed until the next round in Turkey unless Solberg's weekend improves, as he had a tough start to the Italian event yesterday - although it was enlivened by this entertaining battle with fellow world champion (albeit of the Formula 1 flavour) Jacques Villeneuve.
For the full story of what happened to Solberg, and everyone else, at Franciacorta on Saturday, here's HAL RIDGE's full report:
Franciacorta World Rallycross day one report
Checkered flag
MotoGP - Aragon - warm-up result:
1 Pedrosa
2 Aoyama
3 Dovizioso
4 Rossi
5 Marquez
6 Lorenzo
7 Bradl
8 Crutchlow
9 Petrucci
10 Hernandez
Nice bit of underdog fireworks from Petrucci on the Ioda bike there. He's made a good impression in his against-the-odds situation and is a leading candidate to take the Pramac Ducati being vacated by Iannone's move to the works team in 2015.
1 Pedrosa
2 Aoyama
3 Dovizioso
4 Rossi
5 Marquez
6 Lorenzo
7 Bradl
8 Crutchlow
9 Petrucci
10 Hernandez
Nice bit of underdog fireworks from Petrucci on the Ioda bike there. He's made a good impression in his against-the-odds situation and is a leading candidate to take the Pramac Ducati being vacated by Iannone's move to the works team in 2015.
Stopwatch
MotoGP - Aragon: Pedrosa finishes the session with another new fastest lap, a 2m01.779s putting him 0.597s clear of Aoyama.
Pedrosa was the only frontrunner who chose to use the harder rear wet instead of the soft.
Pedrosa was the only frontrunner who chose to use the harder rear wet instead of the soft.
Checkered flag
MotoGP - Aragon: As the flag comes out, Hiroshi Aoyama thrusts his Aspar Honda up to second place.
MotoGP - Aragon: We're just getting our first helicopter shots of the day, which confirms it's still pretty foggy - but no longer so foggy that you can't fly a helicopter. So that's progress.
MotoGP - Aragon: Large amounts of the track now look pretty dry. This could be a very tricky choice for the Moto3 field when they line up for their race in 25 minutes' time.
Stopwatch
MotoGP - Aragon: While the order changes all the time through the field, there's one constant up front: Pedrosa can't be shifted from first and he's now 1.049s clear of nearest rival Dovizioso.
Pedrosa was once, frankly, a bit rubbish in the wet. He's admitted that himself - but he focused on it, worked on it, and has taken some brilliant wins in the rain in recent years.
Pedrosa was once, frankly, a bit rubbish in the wet. He's admitted that himself - but he focused on it, worked on it, and has taken some brilliant wins in the rain in recent years.
Stopwatch
MotoGP - Aragon: Constant improvements now, though, as the track steadily improves.
Pedrosa gets his benchmark down to 2m02.432s, and we've just seen Rossi leap to fourth.
Barbera's certainly enjoying his new Ducati - he's just gone seventh.
Pedrosa gets his benchmark down to 2m02.432s, and we've just seen Rossi leap to fourth.
Barbera's certainly enjoying his new Ducati - he's just gone seventh.
MotoGP - Aragon: Past the halfway point of this damp warm-up, and it's a Honda one-two, with Pedrosa ahead of Marquez.
Dovizioso, Bradl and Crutchlow are next up.
It's been a tough weekend for Yamaha so far, and that's not changing in the damp: Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo are 10th and 16th.
Dovizioso, Bradl and Crutchlow are next up.
It's been a tough weekend for Yamaha so far, and that's not changing in the damp: Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo are 10th and 16th.
MotoGP - Aragon: One curiosity if we do need mid-race pitstops is that several riders will not just be changing to a spare bike, they'll be switching to a totally different specification machine.
Andrea Dovizioso and Andrea Iannone only have one of Ducati's new GP14.2s each, so will have to go to the usual GP14 if they switch mid-race.
But that's nothing compared to the swap Hector Barbera faces.
Avintia is switching from its uncompetitive FTR-Kawasakis to customer Ducatis in 2015, and in advance of that it has a Ducati for Barbera from this weekend. But just one of them...
So if we face changeable weather this afternoon, then Barbera will be leaping from a Ducati to a Kawasaki, or vice versa.
Andrea Dovizioso and Andrea Iannone only have one of Ducati's new GP14.2s each, so will have to go to the usual GP14 if they switch mid-race.
But that's nothing compared to the swap Hector Barbera faces.
Avintia is switching from its uncompetitive FTR-Kawasakis to customer Ducatis in 2015, and in advance of that it has a Ducati for Barbera from this weekend. But just one of them...
So if we face changeable weather this afternoon, then Barbera will be leaping from a Ducati to a Kawasaki, or vice versa.
Rain
MotoGP - Aragon: Very little spray around on these out-laps.
Some riders are staying out to suss things out properly, though Marquez, Dani Pedrosa and Valentino Rossi are among those straight in to practice leaping from one bike to the other.
Marquez has pioneered doing this without touching the floor at any point, that's one of his many party pieces.
Some riders are staying out to suss things out properly, though Marquez, Dani Pedrosa and Valentino Rossi are among those straight in to practice leaping from one bike to the other.
Marquez has pioneered doing this without touching the floor at any point, that's one of his many party pieces.
Green flag
MotoGP - Aragon: The field heads out on wets. Track conditions are looking much better than they were for Moto3's warm-up an hour ago, though more rain is forecast.
That means teams will be practicing bike-change pitstops thus morning. Honda is already lining up Marc Marquez's second bike in the pitstall.
That means teams will be practicing bike-change pitstops thus morning. Honda is already lining up Marc Marquez's second bike in the pitstall.
Rain
MotoGP - Aragon: Normally when we start Race Centre Live on a Sunday morning, the first bit of two-wheeled action we bring you is the Moto3 race.
Well today proceedings in Spain at running a little late due to the very thick fog that greeted the paddock this morning.
That meant the warm-ups all started one hour late, with MotoGP's shakedown about to begin now, with the fog having largely lifted but the track very wet.
Organisers are still intending to get both the Moto3 and Moto2 races in before MotoGP starts on time at 2pm local time, though both will start a little behind schedule.
Well today proceedings in Spain at running a little late due to the very thick fog that greeted the paddock this morning.
That meant the warm-ups all started one hour late, with MotoGP's shakedown about to begin now, with the fog having largely lifted but the track very wet.
Organisers are still intending to get both the Moto3 and Moto2 races in before MotoGP starts on time at 2pm local time, though both will start a little behind schedule.
Good morning and welcome to AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live for Sunday September 28.
It's MotoGP race day at a currently very murky Aragon, we've got the second race of the Paul Ricard weekend coming up as Formula Renault 3.5 edges towards its title denouement, there's tin-top action to come from the DTM at Zandvoort and British Touring Car Championship at Silverstone, and we'll have World Rallycross updates from Franciacorta too.
It's MotoGP race day at a currently very murky Aragon, we've got the second race of the Paul Ricard weekend coming up as Formula Renault 3.5 edges towards its title denouement, there's tin-top action to come from the DTM at Zandvoort and British Touring Car Championship at Silverstone, and we'll have World Rallycross updates from Franciacorta too.
By: AUTOSPORT staff, Kevin Turner, Andrew van Leeuwen, Glenn Freeman, Matt Beer, Pablo Elizalde, Dan Cross
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