Aragon MotoGP - Race Results
Marquez wins a thrilling battle with Dovizioso at his home Aragon MotoGP, beating Ducati for the first time since July.
Pole man Lorenzo highsided out at turn one, suffering a toe dislocation, after which a lead group formed of Marquez, Dovizioso and the surprise Suzukis of Iannone and Rins.
Iannone's podium means Suzuki will lose technical concessions in 2019.
Marquez, who gambled on a late switch from the hard to soft rear tyre, now holds a 72-point title lead.
Marquez wins a thrilling battle with Dovizioso at his home Aragon MotoGP, beating Ducati for the first time since July.
Pole man Lorenzo highsided out at turn one, suffering a toe dislocation, after which a lead group formed of Marquez, Dovizioso and the surprise Suzukis of Iannone and Rins.
Iannone's podium means Suzuki will lose technical concessions in 2019.
Marquez, who gambled on a late switch from the hard to soft rear tyre, now holds a 72-point title lead.
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Lorenzo was wide at Turn 1, lost the rear of his Ducati, then was launched into the air.
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Aleix Espargaro rode an exceptional race for Aprilia's best result of the season, while Rossi recovered from 17th to 8th as top Yamaha.
But today's result still means Yamaha has gone 23 races without a win, the factory's longest losing streak in MotoGP.
Vinales began the race from 14th after a three place grid penalty and Morbidelli 19th after a six place grid drop, both due to slow riding and obstructing other riders in qualifying.
Pol Espargaro rebroke his healing left collarbone in FP3 and was ruled out of the remainder of the weekend.
Tito Rabat is still recovering from leg injuries at Silverstone and replaced by WorldSBK rider Jordi Torres, making his MotoGP debut this weekend. Torres is using the GP16 machines of Simeon, who has been handed Rabat's GP17s.
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- Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 41m 55.949s
- Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (GP18) 41m 56.597s
- Andrea Iannone ITA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 41m 57.208s
- Alex Rins ESP Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 41m 58.587s
- Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 42m 1.223s
- Aleix Espargaro ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 42m 5.345s
- Danilo Petrucci ITA Pramac Ducati (GP18) 42m 10.234s
- Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha (YZR-M1) 42m 11.148s
- Jack Miller AUS Pramac Ducati (GP17) 42m 12.324s
- Maverick Viñales ESP Movistar Yamaha (YZR-M1) 42m 18.406s
- Franco Morbidelli ITA EG 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)* 42m 22.974s
- Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V)* 42m 23.906s
- Bradley Smith GBR Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) 42m 24.770s
- Johann Zarco FRA Monster Yamaha Tech3 (YZR-M1) 42m 28.294s
- Karel Abraham CZE Angel Nieto Team (GP16) 42m 33.588s
- Scott Redding GBR Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 42m 35.534s
- Thomas Luthi SWI EG 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)* 42m 36.712s
- Hafizh Syahrin MAL Monster Yamaha Tech3 (YZR-M1)* 42m 52.245s
- Xavier Simeon ESP Reale Avintia (GP17)* 42m 54.930s
- Jordi Torres SPA Reale Avintia (GP16) 42m 55.462s
Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) DNF
Alvaro Bautista ESP Angel Nieto Team (GP17) DNF
Jorge Lorenzo ESP Ducati Team (GP18) DNF
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
