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By: Matt Beer

Summary

Status: Stopped
And that's that for our coverage of the Aragon Grand Prix, which sure was a race.

Next up in two weeks is Buriram, where Marquez will seek to confirm a sixth MotoGP riders' title in seven seasons in the category.
Aragon MotoGP: Marquez closes on sixth title with win
Marquez: "I was convinced about my strategy, I go out from the box and I felt a good feeling.

"I pushed in the beginning, took this gap of four-five seconds, didn't push more. I saw that in one part of the race Vinales was fast, I pushed two-three laps. The distance was stable.

"Happy for this victory. Looks easy, but in the end we're working very hard. We crashed on Friday, so we are pushing. Dovizioso never gives up."
 
Dovizioso: "We knew we can fight for the podium, and on the start I was really determined, I felt ready to really push at the beginning. I couldn't make a really good start but after I was able to be fast and not use too much the tyre.

"Really happy about that, we needed that result, especially when you start 10th."
Rins has finally delivered his apology to Morbidelli, with the extra touch of it being in Italian.
 
Miller: "Yeah, I just tried to keep my pace, we did a lot of runs throughout the weekend, just working on that, and I sort of stuck to it, I switched map really early and tried to switch rear tyre, I didn't want to get sucked into trying to chase Marc.

"I rode my own pace, Mav came past but I think he was trying to chase down Marc, and towards the end he just started struggling in the long corners. I kept my cool and was able to bring home a podium."
Rins has gone into the Petronas Yamaha garage to seek out Morbidelli, presumably looking to apologise for sending him into the gravel at Turn 12.
If Marquez outscores Dovizioso by two points or more in Thailand, he will officially wrap up a sixth premier-class title with four races to spare.
 
Championship: 1 Marquez, 300; 2 Dovizioso, 202; 3 Rins, 156; 4 Petrucci, 155; 5 Vinales, 147; 6 Rossi, 137; 7 Quartararo, 123; 8 Miller, 117; 9 Crutchlow, 98; 10 Morbidelli, 80.
This is Jack Miller's fourth MotoGP podium, and you'd have to say it boosts his chances of getting that works Ducati ride in 2021 - given Petrucci was only 12th and nearly half a minute behind.
 
Final results: 1 Marquez, 2 Dovizioso, 3 Miller, 4 Vinales, 5 Quartararo, 6 Crutchlow, 7 A Espargaro, 8 Rossi, 9 Rins, 10 Nakagami, 11 Iannone, 12 Petrucci, 13 Oliveira, 14 Mir, 15 Rabat, 16 Bagnaia, 17 Kallio, 18 Abraham, 19 Smith, 20 Lorenzo, 21 Syahrin.
Dovizioso and Miller complete the podium ahead of Marquez and Quartararo. Crutchlow beats Espargaro to sixth place by 0.051s.
Marc Marquez wins at Aragon for the fourth time in a row.
Vinales is desperately looking for a way back past through the twistier sections of the track, but Miller is hitting his marks and refusing to yield.
Miller launches it down the inside of Vinales at Turn 1 and gets the move done.
Vinales and Miller are still in the hunt for second place, but the Ducati's power capabilities should protect Dovizioso as they enter the final lap.
Vinales is really struggling to get keep the bike underneath him, and he gets absolutely swallowed up by Dovizioso's Ducati on the back straight. The Italian is up to second place.
Unrivaled race pace from @marcmarquez93! ⏱️🔥 #AragonGP 🇪🇸
Less than three laps to go - Dovizioso is within three tenths of Vinales, and could yet salvage second place here.
Crutchlow has found a way past Espargaro for sixth, but isn't making inroads on Quartararo.
The two Repsol Hondas are now at the opposite ends of the classification, as Lorenzo has dropped behind Abraham, Syahrin and Smith.
Vinales needs to get a move on here, because he's being reeled in by Dovizioso and Miller for second. He needs to hang on for another six laps.
Marquez, who has been running alone since the fourth corner or so, is now six seconds clear of the chasing pack.
Current order: 1 Marquez, 2 Vinales, 3 Dovizioso, 4 Miller, 5 Quartararo, 6 A Espargaro, 7 Crutchlow, 8 Rossi, 9 Rins, 10 Petrucci, 11 Oliveira, 12 Iannone, 13 Nakagami, 14 Rabat, 15 Mir, 16 Bagnaia, 17 Kallio, 18 Lorenzo, 19 Abraham, 20 Syahrin, 21 Smith.
Whatever happened to Mir early in the race, he's at least back into the points - after overtaking Bagnaia for P15.
Dovizioso picks off Miller at Turn 1 for third place. Meanwhile, Rins finally finds clean air by overtaking Iannone and Petrucci.
Replays show Rins running very wide at Turn 12 after trying to pass Petrucci, and thus allowing Iannone through. Iannone then finds a way past Petrucci for ninth.
Miller has managed to keep up with Vinales for longer than expected, but the Spaniard is finally breaking clear, and Miller now looks set to surrender third to Dovizioso.
 
The best battle on track right now is Rins versus Petrucci, with the Suzuki rider having already made two lunges for ninth place - only to run out wide and allow Petrucci back through both times.

Once Rins clears Petrucci, he'll have to try and make up seven seconds to Rossi.
Rins is into the top 10, having dealt with Iannone and Oliveira.
There's three seconds separating Vinales in second and Crutchlow in seventh, so the two lesser podium spots are still very much up for grabs. Rossi has dropped a couple of seconds back from Crutchlow.
 
Current order: 1 Marquez, 2 Vinales, 3 Miller, 4 Dovizioso, 5 Quartararo, 6 A Espargaro, 7 Crutchlow, 8 Rossi, 9 Petrucci, 10 Oliveira, 11 Iannone, 12 Rins, 13 Nakagami, 14 Bagnaia, 15 Kallio, 16 Rabat, 17 Lorenzo, 19 Abraham, 19 Syahrin, 20 Mir, 21 Smith.
Dovizioso passes Quartararo like he's stood still on the back straight. The works Ducati is up to fourth place.
There's been a slight shortage of Marquez updates. That's because he's 4.7 seconds clear.
Vinales has finally found a way past Miller - with a brilliant round-the-outside move - and has now put enough daylight between himself and the Aussie to establish a firm stranglehold on second place.

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