Marquez Makes Aragon His Own

Marc crushes the field on home soil, becoming the first rider in a decade to top every session and race

Marc Marquez delivered a masterclass at MotorLand Aragon, dominating the race from start to finish and etching his name once again into the history books with a commanding victory. Launching hard off the line, Marquez swept into Turn 1 with authority ahead of younger brother Alex, while Pecco Bagnaia made an excellent start from the second row to slot into third.

The opening lap saw Franco Morbidelli shuffled back to sixth after Fermin Aldeguer muscled through at Turn 5. Pedro Acosta took advantage of the early scrapping to vault into 4th, his hard front tyre giving him the confidence to carry immense corner speed in the final turn. He squeezed past Bagnaia at Turn 1 on Lap 2, only for the Ducati rider to reclaim the position moments later. Acosta tried again at Turn 12  but Bagnaia used the slipstream to power back by into the final corner, unwilling to surrender the place easily.

Meanwhile, up front, Marc and Alex began to edge away from the chasing pack, with Bagnaia forced to ride defensively as a train of hungry riders began queuing up behind him. Acosta kept pressing, lunging into Turn 1 once again on Lap 4, but couldn’t make it stick, while Marc Marquez quietly punched out the fastest lap of the race so far.

By Lap 5, the pressure levels were soaring. Acosta nearly tagged Bagnaia’s rear under braking at Turn 1, forcing himself wide to avoid contact, and giving Bagnaia the chance to regroup. That momentum carried over into Lap 6, where Bagnaia finally began to break clear of the KTM youngster, while Acosta and Brad Binder traded fastest laps in the 1:47 range.

Marc Marquez responded to the brewing battles behind with an answer of his own—another fastest lap, a low 1:47 on Lap 7, followed by yet another on Lap 8. He was in the zone—consistent, controlled, and utterly unreachable. Behind him, the battle for second was intensifying with Alex, Bagnaia, Acosta, and Binder all covered by less than a second. Johann Zarco’s Sunday ended prematurely with a crash, a disappointing finish for the Frenchman.

The pace at the front intensified on lap 12, with Marquez dropping into the 1:46s for the first time—smashing the old race lap record and underlining his superiority around Aragon. Binder crashed out at Turn 3 and moments later, Fabio Quartararo also hit the deck at Turn 1—the 3rd DNF in a row for the luckless Frenchman.

Marc continued to check out up front, while Bagnaia shifted the pressure back onto Alex Marquez with Acosta beginning to fade from contention in fourth. The midfield battles were just as enticing—Joan Mir got past Fabio Di Giannantonio for seventh on Lap 14, and although Maverick Viñales followed him through, a wide moment let Diggia back into eighth. Marco Bezzecchi also began to close in rapidly on that trio as the laps counted down.

Morbidelli was doing an admirable job fending off Aldeguer for fifth, holding a three-second buffer over the chasing group. But that buffer began to shrink. By Lap 18, Aldeguer pounced on Morbidelli at Turn 13, only for the Italian to hit straight back into Turn 15 in one of the race’s most thrilling side-by-side moments. Alex Marquez was now dipping into the 1:46s himself, gapping Bagnaia by a full second and cementing his grip on second place as Marc sat safely another two seconds further up the road.

Viñales was pushing hard trying to reel in Mir, but paid the price by falling out of 8th position. Bagnaia was keeping Alex honest in second place with his best lap of the race on the second last lap, but it was too little, too late.

On the penultimate lap, Marc laid down yet another lap record for fun, while Bezzecchi also had stunning late race pace as he dipped into the 1:46s himself closing in on Mir. The Morbidelli-Aldeguer war resumed with more contact—this time as Morbidelli muscled back through at Turn 12 in what could only be described as elbows-out racing.

Rising on the pegs as he rolled across the finish line, Marc Marquez swept into history once again, becoming the first rider in a decade to top every session and win the race during a Grand Prix weekend—ironically also last achieved by himself on a Honda at Sachsenring in 2015. Alex Marquez held on against increased pressure from Bagnaia to make it a memorable Marquez 1–2 finish, with Pecco rounding out the podium in a much-needed return to form.

Acosta brought it home in fourth—a strong result for KTM—while Morbidelli held off Aldeguer for fifth after an intense duel. Bezzecchi’s charge ultimately fell just short of Mir for seventh.

The Aragon crowd rose in appreciation of their hero, the grandstands alive with red flags and thunderous applause. It was vintage Marc Marquez—clinical, commanding, and utterly untouchable. With this latest triumph, he extends his championship lead over Alex Marquez to 32 points, while Bagnaia’s slips to 93 points behind, his championship hopes seemingly over. Morbidelli’s run of strong results keeps him in 4th with 115 points, 16 points clear of teammate Di Giannantonio.

Aragon belongs to Marc, and it’s looking increasingly likely that the 2025 season will be his as well.

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