Marc Márquez won this Sunday (the 30th) the Aragón Grand Prix, the 13th round of the 2026 MotoGP season. The Ducati rider took the lead of the race after overtaking Marco Bezzecchi on lap six of the 23 laps contested at the MotorLand circuit, located in the Spanish city of Alcañiz, and held off the pressure from Pedro Acosta to triumph.
Acosta, aboard a KTM, crossed the finish line in second place after staying close to Márquez for much of the race. Bezzecchi, on an Aprilia, completed the podium in third after starting from pole. Álex Márquez, on a Gresini Ducati, finished fourth, while Jorge Martín, on an Aprilia, rounded out the top five.
Fermín Aldeguer finished sixth on a Gresini Ducati, just ahead of Fabio Di Giannantonio, seventh on another Ducati prepared by VR46. Enea Bastianini, on a Tech3 KTM, claimed eighth after overtaking Diogo Moreira on the final lap, leaving the Brazilian from LCR Honda in ninth. Brad Binder, on a KTM, completed the top ten.
MotoGP resumes the season on September 13, when the San Marino Grand Prix will be held at Misano, in Italy.
See how the race unfolded
The race began with Bezzecchi maintaining the lead after managing to see Márquez appear in front of him. Jorge Martín advanced to second place, with the current world champion in third. Pedro Acosta and Raúl Fernández completed the top five, while Diogo Moreira moved up to ninth.
In the eventful opening, Martín made a mistake and was overtaken by Márquez and Acosta. The championship leader was also passed by Álex Márquez, dropping to fifth. Fermín Aldeguer overtook Moreira, placing the Brazilian in tenth on the third lap. In front, Bezzecchi held a seven-tenths gap over Márquez.
On the fifth lap, Bezzecchi saw Márquez close the gap to just three tenths, while Fabio Di Giannantonio and Aldeguer began duelling for eighth. On the sixth lap, Francesco Bagnaia crashed at turn 9, taking him out of the running. Márquez then overtook Bezzecchi to assume the lead, while the Italian was also passed by Acosta, dropping to third.
Franco Morbidelli crashed at turn 16, taking him out of the race, while Raúl Fernández encountered issues with his Trackhouse Aprilia and returned to the pits. With all this, Moreira advanced to eighth place with seven laps completed. At the front, Márquez held the lead but faced intense pressure from Acosta, while Bezzecchi watched the rivals pull away.
The race reached the tenth lap with Márquez and Acosta separated by two tenths, while Bezzecchi, Álex Márquez and Martín completed the top five. Moreira remained eighth. By lap 12, Bezzecchi again closed in on the two leaders. On lap 14, the Spaniard riding for Ducati opened a small margin over the KTM rival, extending it to five tenths.
What began to stand out in the race was Enea Bastianini, who emerged in tenth place aboard the Tech3 KTM after starting from sixteenth. The Italian then began contesting for ninth with Jack Miller on lap 16, just behind Moreira, who kept eighth. At the front, Márquez surged to a 1.4-second lead.
Bastianini overtook Miller and took ninth, and from lap 19 onward began pressuring Moreira, who defended himself against the Italian at first. With three laps remaining, Toprak Razgatlıoğlu crashed the Pramac Yamaha and retired. In the middle of the pack, the Brazilian continued defending eighth place from Bastianini, while Miller and Brad Binder closed in.
Márquez went on to win the Aragón race, with Acosta second, just ahead of Bezzecchi. Bastianini overtook Moreira on the final lap, leaving the Brazilian in ninth place.
