ARAGON, Spain, Aug 30 : Ducati’s Marc Marquez claimed his third straight victory on the Aragon Grand Prix on Sunday, reinforcing his superiority on anti-clockwise circuits because the reigning MotoGP champion closed the hole on championship chief Jorge Martin on house turf.
Marquez’s eighth triumph at MotorLand got here after an intense battle with Aprilia’s polesitter Marco Bezzecchi, whom he overtook in spectacular style on lap six as they went side-by-side at over 300 kph.
KTM’s Pedro Acosta completed second, extending his anticipate a maiden MotoGP victory regardless of claiming his 14th podium end, whereas Bezzecchi rounded out the highest three and Alex Marquez completed fourth.
Having received Saturday’s dash, Marquez claimed most factors over the weekend to maneuver as much as 237, leapfrogging Bezzecchi (232) to climb to second behind Aprilia’s Martin (256), who completed fifth.
Bezzecchi had snatched pole place with a lap file however Marquez pounced on flip one to win the dash, with the Spaniard trying the identical transfer within the race, solely to see the Aprilia rider retake the lead on the subsequent flip.
‘HUGE MISTAKE’
“The important thing level was the primary nook. I did it once more however I did an enormous mistake immediately as a result of I forgot the rear (ride-height) machine and after I bought from flip one to show two, the rear machine was activated and loaded once more,” Marquez stated.
“I used to be tremendous gradual on that quick flip two and three, two riders overtook me. Then, it was harder however from that time, I simply constructed the tempo.”
Marquez needed to go on the offensive to reel in Bezzecchi, setting quickest laps as he set his sights on the Aprilia in entrance of him whereas Acosta stayed glued to his rear wheel in third.
The reigning champion pounced on lap six, going alongside Bezzecchi on the again straight, driving mere inches aside and almost making contact earlier than overtaking the Aprilia.
“I heard his bike on flip 15 so I attempted to cross the road, however once we have been shut, the slipstream was pushing one another very a lot and it was unusual,” Bezzecchi stated.
“Marc, with the expertise that he has and the pace that he has, immediately he was unbeatable.”
DELIGHT FOR HOME FANS
Acosta additionally took the chance to maneuver as much as second on the subsequent flip to search out Marquez, with the house followers roaring in delight as the 2 Spaniards then battled for the lead.
However Marquez’s consistency in setting quickest laps allowed him to place distance between him and Acosta, breaking the youthful rider’s resolve because the lead grew to over a second whereas Bezzecchi was almost three seconds behind.
Driving the wave of one other Aragon triumph, Marquez hopped off his bike on the victory lap and hitched a journey to the stand named after him, sinking to his knees amid the deafening acclaim of supporters wearing Ducati purple.