Marc Marquez dominance in Aragon is about as predictable as MotoGP will get, however the Aragon MotoGP noticed a number of protagonists from latest races slip backwards.
Marc Marquez – 10
It’s been a couple of races since we noticed Marc Marquez do what Marc Marquez ought to do, which is take pole, win the Dash, and win the Grand Prix.
However the championship chief by no means missed a beat in MotorLand. There have been a couple of laps he didn’t lead, however realistically nobody ever seemed like beating him.
Alex Marquez – 9
2-2-2 for Alex Marquez throughout qualifying, the Dash, and the Grand Prix. That’s tremendous, as a result of he’s a satellite tv for pc rider and attempting to beat Marc Marquez in Aragon is like attempting to stroll right into a restaurant in Bologna as an Ingerlish and attempting to make a greater lasagna than the pinnacle chef.
On the identical time, he bought beat twice by his major title rival, who’s now 32 factors forward – that framing is harsher, however that’s life as a MotoGP title man, sadly.
Francesco Bagnaia – 7.5
Sunday was an enormous rescue job from Francesco Bagnaia. His entire weekend was a lot because the final two – even worse, really, when he completed twelfth within the Dash. However a change in brake disc on Sunday morning gave him again some confidence, and he transformed that to a podium.
Pretty much as good as Bagnaia’s Sunday turnaround was, although, the change he made was solely adequate for him to renew the place he had in Thailand: behind each Marquezes.
So, optimistic – finally – however nonetheless an extended solution to go for the two-time MotoGP Champion.
Pedro Acosta – 8
KTM continues to bounce between being the perfect of the non-Ducatis and the worst of them, as do all the opposite non-Ducati producers.
This weekend was a greater one for them, and Acosta was in a position to be far away from the Yamahas, Hondas, and Aprilias on Saturday and Sunday.
He even battled with Bagnaia early on, and seemed a podium contender, however because the race wore on Acosta dropped again.
Not the place he needs to be, however Acosta was a minimum of the perfect of the riders who didn’t have the equipment to win in Aragon.
Franco Morbidelli – 7
A primary entrance row since Misano final yr was pretty much as good because it bought for Franco Morbidelli, who was fourth within the Dash after cooking his soft-compound rear tyre and fifth within the Grand Prix after beating Fermin Aldeguer in a late battle.
General, although, a good sufficient weekend for the Italian.
Fermin Aldeguer – 8
The Grand Prix was nearly underwhelming for Fermin Aldeguer, ending sixth after beginning seventh and shedding out in a late battle with Morbidelli.
However it was solely underwhelming as a result of he’d been on the rostrum on Saturday, having made a savvy determination to go along with the medium-compound rear tyre for the 11-lap Dash.
The younger Spaniard continues to impress, and, whereas he may need began out the season indifferent from the remainder of the Ducatis, by now he’s in a position to be persistently at an identical stage to all of them – with the possible exception of Marc Marquez, who was on a special stage to all people at MotorLand.
Joan Mir – 8
The best way Joan Mir’s Honda profession has gone, he will get factors right here for not crashing. Okay, he didn’t end the Dash, however even Jack Miller admitted that the blame lay with him, not Mir, for that one.
Within the Grand Prix, Mir’s seventh place got here after late overtakes on Maverick Vinales and Ducati-mounted Fabio Di Giannantonio, which means some first rate late tempo was there for the Honda HRC rider.
Plus, he was significantly better than Johann Zarco, who was by no means in rivalry for a top-10 even earlier than he crashed out.
All spherical, an excellent weekend for Mir.
Marco Bezzecchi – 7
From first to final and again to eighth. That’s been Marco Bezzecchi’s previous two weekends in MotoGP.
Arriving in Aragon as the newest winner, Bezzecchi’s expectations have been, if to not repeat the efficiency of Silverstone, a minimum of barely raised.
However he blew any possibilities he had at a superb consequence by crashing on his first lap of Q1 and qualifying on the again row of the grid.
Making the selection to take the medium rear tyre on Saturday was an essential one for his spectacular comeback from twentieth to eighth, and he was in a position to repeat that on Sunday when everybody else was on the medium rear.
One other weekend of potential higher than the outcomes would counsel for Bezzecchi.
Fabio Di Giannantonio – 4
He was the worst Ducati on Sunday and the worst Ducati in qualifying, however Fabio Di Giannantonio was saved barely within the Dash by Bagnaia’s catastrophe and his selection of the medium-compound rear tyre.
18 seconds off the winner is one factor, nevertheless it’s one other when the winner has the identical bike as you.
He was additionally out-paced by teammate Franco Morbidelli and rookie Fermin Aldeguer all weekend, too.
Raul Fernandez – 6
Out-classed by Marco Bezzecchi on the manufacturing facility bike, regardless of the Italian’s qualifying blunder, however a top-10 is one thing good for Raul Fernandez.
Alex Rins – 6
He completed the race, which is greater than may be stated of his teammate, however Alex Rins had a fairly underwhelming weekend on the circuit he was victorious at in 2020, ending solely seven seconds forward of Yamaha’s wildcarding check rider Augusto Fernandez who hadn’t ridden a MotoGP bike in a month earlier than Friday.
Enea Bastianini – 5.5
If Silverstone was the worst race of Enea Bastianini’s profession, Aragon was a minimum of a step higher.
Augusto Fernandez – 6.5
Augusto Fernandez’s first race as a Yamaha check rider (as in, not as a fill-in) went properly. thirteenth, first rate tempo, solely seven seconds behind Alex Rins within the GP, and three factors. All strong sufficient.
Jack Miller – 5
If Miller’s 14th on Sunday wasn’t disappointing sufficient by itself, it got here after he took Joan Mir out on Saturday.
In fact, it wasn’t an intentional crash with Mir, however a mistake from the Australian nonetheless.
Miguel Oliveira – 5
It was solely Miguel Oliveira’s third race again from harm, however ending behind the check rider isn’t an excellent look and sooner or later the time away from the bike has to cease being a justification for performances that ordinarily can be thought-about under-par.
Somkiat Chantra – 4
It was not an excellent weekend for Somkiat Chantra, who beat Lorenzo Savadori within the race, however that’s solely notable as a result of he was crushed by the Italian in qualifying.
Lorenzo Savadori – 5
One other weekend of changing Jorge Martin and one other weekend of flying fairly acceptably below the radar for the Aprilia check rider.
Maverick Vinales – 6.5
Maverick Vinales was not fairly pretty much as good as Pedro Acosta and Brad Binder in qualifying on Saturday, and regardless of having first rate tempo at occasions he completed a second behind Acosta within the Dash.
On Sunday, he was already far behind Acosta when he crashed at flip 12.
He was in a position to get again on, if just for 18th, however Vinales, normally, was only a step behind the perfect KTMs in Aragon.
Fabio Quartararo – 6.5
Out of the top-10 within the Dash, heading that approach within the Grand Prix earlier than a crash (that’s three GP DNFs in a row now for Quartararo, his final end was his podium in Jerez), however Fabio Quartararo was a minimum of in a position to get Yamaha into Q2 and qualify on the third row.
We all know this isn’t a superb observe for both Yamaha or Quartararo, so certainly there should be some optimism that Mugello could possibly be higher and maybe a bit extra much like the efficiency ranges we noticed within the earlier race.
Johann Zarco – 4.5
After the rostrum of Silverstone, Aragon was a disappointment for Johann Zarco, who was nowhere close to the efficiency of Joan Mir within the Grand Prix earlier than crashing out and solely sixteenth within the Dash.
He was a minimum of in a position to get into Q2 direct from Follow, although, which is spectacular contemplating how a lot he struggled after that at MotorLand.
Brad Binder – 5
Generally it’s simply not meant to be, and that’s the way it felt for Brad Binder in Aragon.
He certified on the second row, however sixth place put him on the soiled aspect of the grid. That meant he blew the beginning within the Dash and needed to get better to take some extent in ninth.
Then, within the Grand Prix, his begin was tremendous, however then he crashed out of fifth whereas operating nearby of the lead.
