Marc Márquez won the Sprint of the Aragón GP this Saturday (29), the 13th round of the 2026 MotoGP season. The Ducati rider took the lead right at the start at MotorLand, Spain, opened a safe gap to maintain first position throughout the 11 laps contested, securing victory in the weekend’s short race.
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Second place went to Álex Márquez, a Ducati rider from Gresini who could not keep up with his brother’s pace. Marco Bezzecchi, who started from pole position with Aprilia, completed the race in third place, followed by Pedro Acosta, fourth with KTM after battling for position with championship leader Jorge Martín, fifth with Aprilia.
Fermín Aldeguer, with a Ducati from Gresini, finished sixth after overtaking Diogo Moreira on the final lap, leaving the Brazilian from LCR Honda in seventh place, after starting tenth. Raúl Fernández, with an Aprilia from Trackhouse, was eighth, with Johann Zarco, the Brazilian’s teammate, closing the points zone in ninth place. Jack Miller, with a Yamaha from Pramac, was tenth.
The race featured two crashes. On the very first lap, Luca Marini fell with the Honda and retired from the race. A few laps later, Fabio Di Giannantonio crashed with the VR46 Ducati, also leaving the race. Fabio Quartararo did not crash but saw his Yamaha engine develop problems, dropping out of the competition in Spain.
The MotoGP will have the Aragón GP race this Sunday, starting at 9 a.m.
Check out how the race went
Marc Márquez took the lead of the race right in the initial meters, while Álex Márquez advanced to second place, leaving pole sitter Marco Bezzecchi in third. Raúl Fernández and Jorge Martín completed the top 5, while Diogo Moreira moved up to ninth place. Luca Marini crashed and retired from the race still on the first lap.
Still on the first lap, Acosta overtook Martín and Fernández, taking fourth place, while Moreira also progressed in the race, taking seventh place after passing Francesco Bagnaia and Fabio Di Giannantonio. On the second lap, the Brazilian launched an attack on Fernández in a battle for sixth place, succeeding in overtaking on the following lap. Di Giannantonio crashed at turn 16 and retired from the race.
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Martín took fourth place from Acosta on the third lap, while Márquez extended his lead by six tenths over his brother, Álex. Bezzecchi, meanwhile, was in third, close to the Spanish Gresini rider. A little further back, Bagnaia, in 11th, began battling Jack Miller to enter the top ten, while Toprak Razgatlioglu made a mistake and lost positions, dropping to 15th.
Acosta closed in on Martín again in the fight for fourth place, overtaking after the championship leader made a mistake. Fabio Quartararo saw his Yamaha engine explode and retired from the race. Seventh, Fernández came under pressure from Johann Zarco and Fermín Aldeguer, besides not being able to keep up with Moreira’s pace, who remained sixth, unable to close in on his rivals.
Leader Márquez maintained a safe distance over Álex Márquez, with a one-second lead. Bezzecchi remained third, but four tenths behind the closest rival. Further back, Aldeguer passed Zarco to take eighth place. A little further ahead, Fernández began to reduce the gap to Moreira, cutting the difference to about one second at the start of the ninth lap.
Fernández caught up with the Brazilian, bringing Aldeguer with him, who passed the Trackhouse rider on the penultimate lap, taking seventh position. The Gresini rider soon began attacking Moreira, who defended at first but could not hold sixth place. Up front, Márquez went on to win the Sprint, followed by Álex Márquez and Bezzecchi. Moreira crossed the finish line in seventh.
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