Race report

MotoGP Aragon GP: Marquez beats Acosta and Bezzecchi for crucial win

A record eighth premier class victory for Marc Marquez in the Aragon GP, as he bounces back from a tough Silverstone weekend in spectacular fashion

Reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez outgunned Pedro Acosta and Marco Bezzecchi to claim a commanding victory in the Aragon Grand Prix and strengthen his title challenge.

Starting second on the grid, the Ducati rider passed polesitter Bezzecchi on lap 7 of 23 and then fended off a challenge from KTM rival Acosta to secure his fourth win of the season.

Aprilia’s Bezzecchi had no response to the leading duo, but held on to third place to score valuable points in the championship fight.

At the start of the race, Marquez tried to replicate his sprint pass on polesitter Bezzecchi, sending his Ducati up the inside under braking for Turn 1. But Bezzecchi anticipated the move and took a shallower line into the left-hander, which then allowed him to reclaim the lead into Turn 2.

At the same time, Jorge Martin took advantage of the situation to jump from fifth to second place, but Marquez repassed him with a bold pass at Turn 15, also allowing Acosta to jump the Aprilia.

As Martin slipped to fifth behind Alex Marquez, a clear three-way fight began at the front, with Bezzecchi leading Marc Marquez and Acosta. The Aprilia rider initially managed to pull a lead, before the pair reeled him back in.

On lap 7, Marquez pulled off a brilliant pass on Bezzecchi into Turn 15, with the pair going side-by-side at the back straight as the Aprilia mounted a fightback.

Marco Bezzecchi, Aprilia Racing, Marc Marquez, Ducati Team, Pedro Acosta, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

Photo by: Jose Jordan / AFP via Getty Images

Marquez managed to hold the lead into Turn 16, while Acosta managed to outbrake Bezzecchi to leave the Italian in third place.

As Bezzecchi dropped back, Marquez and Acosta began their own battle for the lead of the race, with the reigning champion unable to shake off his 2027 team-mate.

It wasn’t until after the halfway point of the race when Marquez started breaking away, setting a series of fastest laps in the 1m46s bracket to build a one-second buffer on lap 15.

Marquez continued to pull away from Acosta in the closing stages, eventually taking the chequered flag with a comfortable margin of 1.7s.

The result elevates the 33-year-old to second place in the standings, just 19 points behind championship leader Martin.

Acosta hung on to second place to claim his fourth Sunday podium of the season, while Bezzecchi completed the podium positions while nursing his Sachsenring injuries.

Behind the leading trio, Alex Marquez finished in a distant fourth on the Gresini Ducati, with championship leader Martin unable to recover from early-race drama to grab fifth.

Jorge Martin, Aprilia Racing Team, Pedro Acosta, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

Photo by: Gold and Goose Photography / LAT Images / via Getty Images

Fermin Aldeguer made an impressive comeback from injuries to claim sixth for Gresini, beating the VR46 Ducati of Fabio di Giannantonio.

Both Tech3’s Enea Bastianini and KTM rider Brad Binder recovered from a tough qualifying, finishing eighth and 10th respectively. They were separated by LCR’s Diogo Moreira, who was the top Honda rider in ninth.

Jack Miller (Pramac) led Yamaha’s charge in 11th, two spots ahead of factory rider Alex Rins.

The most high-profile retirement from the race was Trackhouse’s Raul Fernandez, the British GP winner forced to bring his satellite Aprilia to the garage on lap 7 with a gearbox problem.

Francesco Bagnaia, Franco Morbidelli and Toprak Razgatlioglu joined Fernandez in the list of retirees, all three crashing out of the race on their own.

MotoGP Aragon GP results

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All Stats

Cla	Rider	#	Bike	Laps	Time	Interval	Retirement	Points
1	M. Marquez Ducati Team	93	Ducati	23	41'10.969			25
2	P. Acosta Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	37	KTM	23	+1.754 41'12.723	1.754		20
3	M. Bezzecchi Aprilia Racing Team	72	Aprilia	23	+3.629 41'14.598	1.875		16
4	A. Marquez Gresini Racing	73	Ducati	23	+8.687 41'19.656	5.058		13
5	J. Martin Aprilia Racing Team	89	Aprilia	23	+12.572 41'23.541	3.885		11
6	F. Aldeguer Gresini Racing	54	Ducati	23	+17.687 41'28.656	5.115		10
7	F. Di Giannantonio Team VR46	49	Ducati	23	+23.136 41'34.105	5.449		9
8	E. Bastianini Tech 3	23	KTM	23	+25.741 41'36.710	2.605		8
9	D. Moreira Team LCR	11	Honda	23	+25.899 41'36.868	0.158		7
10	B. Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	33	KTM	23	+26.441 41'37.410	0.542		6
11	J. Miller Pramac Racing	43	Yamaha	23	+27.206 41'38.175	0.765		5
12	J. Mir Honda HRC	36	Honda	23	+27.999 41'38.968	0.793		4
13	A. Rins Yamaha Factory Racing	42	Yamaha	23	+28.276 41'39.245	0.277		3
14	L. Marini Honda HRC	10	Honda	23	+29.794 41'40.763	1.518		2
15	J. Zarco Team LCR	5	Honda	23	+30.003 41'40.972	0.209		1
16	P. Espargaro Tech 3	44	KTM	23	+35.874 41'46.843	5.871
17	L. Savadori Trackhouse Racing Team	32	Aprilia	23	+49.761 42'00.730	13.887
18	F. Quartararo Yamaha Factory Racing	20	Yamaha	23	+51.657 42'02.626	1.896
dnf	T. Razgatlioglu Pramac Racing	7	Yamaha	20	+3 Laps 37'19.859	3 Laps	Accident
dnf	R. Fernández Trackhouse Racing Team	25	Aprilia	6	+17 Laps 11'16.917	14 Laps	Retirement
dnf	F. Morbidelli Team VR46	21	Ducati	5	+18 Laps 10'50.671	1 Lap	Accident
dnf	F. Bagnaia Ducati Team	63	Ducati	5	+18 Laps 9'37.629		Accident
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