Marc Marquez has ended MotoGP
streak of eight different winners and moved a big step closer to taking his third
world title with victory at Spain’s MotorLand Aragon circuit. The Spaniard
started on pole but almost crashed on the third lap before coming back through
the field from fifth.
Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo, Yamaha
reigning World Champion, finished second Valentino Rossi had to settle for
third place after leading until Marc Marquez passed him 12 laps from the end. The
victory moves Marquez career tally to 54 across 125cc, Moto 2 and MotoGP
classes, equal to the number Mick Doohan scored on his way to five consecutive
premier classes world titles. Marquez now has a 52 point advantage over Rossi
with four races remaining.
With 25 points for a victory, the
23 year old is on course to wrap up the championship with two races to spare at
Australian Philip Island track on October 23. The past eight MotoGP races had been
won by different riders, a first in the top category of Grand Prix
motorcycling, and Marquez victory, his fourth of the campaign, was his first
since Germany in July.
Fourth place at
Aragon went to Ecstar Suzuki’s Maverick Vinales, while LCR Honda’s Cal
Crutchlow finished fifth. Marquez’s team-mate, Dani Pedrosa claimed sixth
place. The second Ecstar Suzuki of Aleix Espargaro finished seventh, while
brother Pol Espargaro finished eighth astride the Tech3 Yamaha. Gresini
Aprilia’s Alvaro Bautista and Stefan Bradl rounded off the top 10. Nicky
Hayden scored one point, finishing 15th, as he completed his MotoGP comeback as
a replacement rider for Jack Miller.
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