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Gresini Racing rider Marc Marquez increased his chances in the championship after winning the MotoGP Aragon sprint in dominant fashion.
Marc Marquez returns to Alien mode after winning the MotoGP Aragon sprint at Motorland Aragon, Alcaniz, Spain, Saturday (31/8/2024).
An anti-clockwise and low grip circuit , Marquez got a golden opportunity to shine and he didn’t waste it.
Marquez was untouchable from the start.
Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac), who has the status of King of Sprint, could only watch helplessly in second place even though he was far ahead of the riders behind him.
Although the sprint statistics are separated from Sunday’s race, Marquez finally felt the top podium again since the Emilia Romagna GP in October 2021.
Marquez has also never won again even since the number of MotoGP races was added to the sprint category since last year.
Victory in the sprint also confirmed Marquez’s dominance because he still led all sessions in the 2024 MotoGP Aragon series .
The additional 12 points also made Marquez break through 200 points in the 2024 MotoGP standings up to the 12th series of the 20 planned series.
Marquez is still in fourth place. However, the gap is now closer to Martin who took over the first position.
Marquez is 75 points behind. To put that in perspective, there are a maximum of 37 points to be won in each series and there are still 8 series left in the season.
Martinator again displaced the defending champion, Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo), after finishing in second place.
Initially 5 points behind ahead of the Aragon GP, Martin has now turned things around to lead 3 points over Bagnaia who was made to suffer.
Bagnaia’s bad luck started from the start because he experienced wheel spin . The Nuvola Rossa’s rear tire didn’t bite so he was stuck in place and instead went wide to the right.
Bagnaia tried to survive by moving up to fourth position. However, he made mistake after mistake.
Going back and forth wide or coming out of the corner, Bagnaia’s position continued to drop until he finally finished in ninth position.
Even Bagnaia was overtaken by Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha) even though his Desmosedici GP motorbike was far superior to El Diablo’s YZR-M1 on the long straight towards the final corner.
Bagnaia showed his frustration when he returned to the garage.
Valentino Rossi’s student coldly pointed at the Michelin mechanic, MotoGP’s official tire supplier, who was on duty in his garage.
MotoGP Aragon 2024 Standing
| Pos. | Racer | Tim | Points |
| 1 | Jorge Martin | Prima Pramac | 279 |
| 2 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati Lenovo | 276 |
| 3 | Enea Bastianini | Ducati Lenovo | 217 |
| 4 | Marc Marquez | Gresini Racing | 204 |
| 5 | Maverick Vinales | Aprilia Racing | 139 |
| 6 | Brad Binder | Red Bull Racing KTM | 132 |
| 7 | Pedro Acosta | Red Bull GASGAS | 132 |
| 8 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia Racing | 113 |
| 9 | Fabio by Giannantonio | Pertamina Enduro VR46 | 104 |
| 10 | Alex Marquez | Gresini Racing | 104 |
| 11 | Marco Bezzecchi | Pertamina Enduro VR46 | 73 |
| 12 | Franco Morbidelli | Prima Pramac | 73 |
| 13 | Miguel Oliveira | Trackhouse Racing | 60 |
| 14 | Fabio Quartararo | Monster Energy Yamaha | 51 |
| 15 | Jack Miller | Red Bull KTM | 47 |
| 16 | Raul Fernandez | Trackhouse Racing | 46 |
| 17 | Augusto Fernandez | Red Bull GASGAS | 16 |
| 18 | Johann Zarco | LCR Honda | 14 |
| 19 | Joan Mir | Repsol Honda | 13 |
| 20 | Takaaki Nakagami | LCR Honda | 13 |
| 21 | Alex Rins | Monster Energy Yamaha | 8 |
| 22 | Dani Pedrosa | Red Bull KTM | 7 |
| 23 | Pol Espargaro | Red Bull KTM | 6 |
| 24 | Luke Marini | Repsol Honda | 1 |
| 25 | Lorenzo Savadori | Aprilia Racing | 0 |
| 26 | Stefan Bradl | HRC Team | 0 |
| 27 | Cal Crutchlow | Yamaha | 0 |
| 28 | Remy Gardner | Monster Energy Yamaha | 0 |
