Perfect performance: Marc Márquez wins all sessions
Marc Márquez delivered a historic weekend at the 2025 Aragon Grand Prix. The Ducati factory rider not only secured victory in the main race, but also the best times in all free practice sessions, qualifying, the sprint and the warm-up. The last time such a “perfect weekend” was achieved was in 2015 – then also by Márquez at the Sachsenring. In Alcañiz, the 32-year-old confidently took the lead over 23 laps and crossed the finish line with a time of 41:11.195 minutes, which corresponds to an average speed of 170.11 km/h.
Starting from pole position, Márquez left no doubt about his superiority right from the start. After just the eighth lap, he was able to pull away decisively from the chasing group. Despite his opponents’ fast lap times, the six-time MotoGP World Champion controlled the pace and steadily extended his lead.
Alex Márquez second again – World Championship gap grows
Alex Márquez (Gresini-Ducati) repeated his strong performance from the sprint and once again finished second. With a gap of 1.107 seconds to his brother, he secured his fourth podium finish of the season. Although he was able to withstand the pressure from Francesco Bagnaia in the meantime, he once again lost ground in the championship battle – the gap to Marc is now 32 points.
The younger Márquez was satisfied despite suboptimal tire feedback: “I didn’t have a perfect feeling with the medium rear tire. Nevertheless, I tried to stay consistent and not make any mistakes. When I noticed that the tires were holding, I was able to attack.”
Bagnaia back on the podium – technical solution as a turning point
Francesco “Pecco” Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) returned to the podium in third place – for the first time since the Grand Prix of Jerez. At 2.029 seconds behind winner Márquez, the reigning world champion was much more competitive than in the sprint, where he had only finished twelfth.
Bagnaia owed his improved performance to a small but decisive setup change to the brake disc. “Until Saturday, I wasn’t able to brake properly. Today, the new solution worked immediately,” he explained. Team boss Davide Tardozzi added: “We spent a long time looking for a solution. Now we know what we have to work on.”
Acosta best non-Ducati rider – bitter crashes for KTM
Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) showed his best performance since Le Mans with fourth place and was once again the best non-Ducati rider. After a strong start phase, he was not quite able to keep up with the pace of the top riders, but held on to his position with a gap of 7.657 seconds.
Team-mate Brad Binder was less fortunate. The South African was on course for a podium until the twelfth lap, but lost the front wheel in turn 3 and crashed. Maverick Viñales (Tech3-KTM) also finished the race in 18th place after a crash in turn 12.
Franco Morbidelli in fifth place – Ducati continues to dominate
Behind Acosta, Franco Morbidelli (VR46-Ducati) finished fifth, just ahead of Fermin Aldeguer (Gresini-Ducati). This meant that five Ducati riders finished in the top six – an impressive demonstration of the Italian manufacturer’s current supremacy.
Joan Mir finished seventh on his Honda RC213V – the former world champion’s best result since India 2023. He also sees the result as a step forward, but emphasizes that such placings must become more “normal”.
Bezzecchi caught up strongly – Quartararo again without points
Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia) showed a strong recovery from 20th on the grid to eighth place. Fabio Di Giannantonio (VR46-Ducati) and Raul Fernández (Trackhouse-Aprilia) rounded off the top 10.
The best Yamaha rider was Alex Rins in eleventh. Fabio Quartararo also crashed in the main race, as he had done in the sprint – the third time in a row that the Frenchman has failed to score points in a Grand Prix. “After a few laps we had strong vibrations again,” complained the disappointed former world champion.
World Championship points and spectator record
The other points went to Enea Bastianini, Augusto Fernández, Jack Miller and Miguel Oliveira. A total of 112,633 spectators watched the weekend – the highest figure since 2018.
Outlook: Mugello is calling
After a day of testing on Monday in Aragon, the MotoGP field travels on to Italy. The next Grand Prix will take place in Mugello on June 22, 2025 – a classic for which Francesco Bagnaia in particular has high hopes.
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