Despite finishing less than half a tenth off the fastest time set by Jack Miller in Friday practice at the Japanese MotoGP, Fabio Quartararo felt ‘on the limit from the first lap’, while stating Ducati has a larger margin for error.
Could the 2022 MotoGP championship battle become a four-way fight - Fabio Quartararo and Aleix Espargaro believe Enea Bastianini remains a real threat, although one who is ‘less of a contender’ with just five races to go.
Like Jack Miller who defended Marc Marquez after the eight-time world champion was the cause of two separate lap one accidents in Aragon, Takaaki Nakagami has also defended the Spaniard by calling their coming-together an ‘unlucky incident’.
Jack Miller has had his say on the dramatic lap one incidents involving Marc Marquez at the Aragon MotoGP, both times defending the eight-time world champion.
Despite narrowly missing out on a podium at the Aragon MotoGP, Brad Binder delivered one of the best individual rides of the 2022 season to claim fourth.
Crash.net journalist Robert Jones runs through the field’s rider ratings following an Aragon MotoGP that could be looked back on as the most crucial race in the 2022 title fight.
Although his MotoGP title aspirations seemed to be slipping away prior to Aragon, Aleix Espargaro never felt out of the championship fight ‘even on the most difficult weekends’.
While it was a second consecutive 1-2 for Ducati riders Enea Bastianini and Francesco Bagnaia at Aragon - this time in a reversed order from Misano - the future teammates are feeling very differently about their 2022 MotoGP championship hopes.
Marc Marquez’s first MotoGP race since May proved short but dramatic, bolting from 13th to sixth in the opening corners before separate clashes with title leader Fabio Quartararo and Takaaki Nakagami left both on the ground.
Aleix Espargaro is now just 17 points off the championship lead after securing his first MotoGP podium since Mugello, while Francesco Bagnaia claimed a vital second place after being given a ‘huge opportunity…’
If hitting the back of Marc Marquez, being run over by his own bike and seeing his MotoGP title lead slashed wasn’t enough bad luck, Fabio Quartararo was involved in a second accident while being taken to the Aragon medical centre.
Enea Bastianini finally got the better of Francesco Bagnaia to win the Aragon MotoGP, while Fabio Quartararo's comfortable championship lead went up in flames after a crash on lap one following contact with Marc Marquez.
Izan Guevara lead from start to finish to win the Moto3 Aragon Grand Prix with title rivals Dennis Foggia and Sergio Garcia at the other end of the points finishers at MotorLand.