Marc Marquez tightened his grip on the 2025 MotoGP World Championship with an untroubled fourth full-distance victory of the season in the Aragon MotoGP, his first Sunday success since Qatar.
The Ducati Lenovo Team rider led from lights-to-flag in a victory that never looked in doubt once he'd got the hammer down at one-third distance, Marquez crossing the line comfortably clear of Alex Marquez.
A measure of the sheer dominance Marquez holds around his beloved home circuit, he becomes the first rider of the Sprint Race era to achieve a 'full house' of topping all four practice sessions, qualifying on pole position, scoring two wins and claiming two fastest laps.
He was also the last person to achieve the feat ten years ago pre-Sprint era at the 2015 German MotoGP.
While Alex limited the damage to his title hopes as best he could, second place to his brother means the margin at the top of the standings swells to 32 points in favour of the six-time MotoGP World Champion.
In third, Pecco Bagnaia bounced back from a torrid Sprint Race to secure a confidence-boosting return to the podium, his first since Jerez.
While he was made to work hard initially for victory in the Sprint Race after a bad start, Marquez made no mistake from the lights on this occasion, winning the hole-shot into Turn 1 from Alex and fast-starting Bagnaia.
It was a top three that would remain largely unchanged for the remainder of the race, Marquez keeping his powder dry during the first-third of the race to maintain his brother at arm's length, while Bagnaia fended off repeated attempts to overtake by Pedro Acosta on the KTM.
With tyre longevity a concern around the punishing Alcaniz circuit, it became evident that Marquez was holding back during the initial laps after catching Alex unawares with a flurry of lap record-breaking times as the race neared the mid-way stage.
It would prove the critical moment, Marquez stretching his lead to more than two seconds before proceeding to manage the margin back to the chasing pack until the flag.
While it is his first full-length win since Round 4 in Qatar, it still represents his fourth success in eight rounds, not to mention his 11th victory from 16 starts when Sprint Races are factored in.
Behind the leader, Alex Marquez spent the second-half of the his race protecting second place from Bagnaia, the Italian looking reinvigorated after a chastening Sprint Race on Saturday.
However, while Bagnaia refused to let Marquez scamper away, he was never close enough at the critical passing points on the track to attempt a move.
Though a return to form of sorts for Bagnaia after a miserable run of races, he still loses precious ground to the Marquez brothers in the overall standings. After eight rounds he is now 93 and 61 points shy of the top two riders respectively.
Acosta put on a feisty performance to tussle it out with Bagnaia early on, but multiple failed attempts at passing into Turn 1 would eventually give way to him fading into a safe fourth place.
The result - his best of the season - helped raise spirits in the KTM camp after both Brad Binder and Maverick Vinales threw strong results away after crashing from fifth and eighth respectively.
Franco Morbidelli engaged in a gnarly bout with Fermin Aldeguer, the pair barging into one another as they made their way down the back straight on the penultimate lap. It came after Aldeguer had briefly wrestled fifth from his rival, but their physical antics late on would signal the final slug of a battle that would go the way of Morbidelli.
Joan Mir flew the flag for Honda with a strong race showing, the 2020 MotoGP World Champion scoring his best result of the season, ahead of Marco Bezzecchi, who mirrored his result from the Sprint Race by going from 20th to eighth, even if his fightback had significantly less tempo than it did on Saturday.
A waning Fabio di Giannantonio nursed his VR46 Ducati home for ninth, ahead of Raul Fernandez on the sole Trackhouse Racing Aprilia.
With just 17 riders reaching the finish after both Fabio Quartararo and Johann Zarco crashed into retirement, the remaining points' paying positions went the way of Alex Rins, Enea Bastianini, Augusto Fernandez, Jack Miller and Miguel Oliveira.
2025 Aragon MotoGP | Race Results
2025 Aragon MotoGP | MotorLand Aragon | Race Results | Round 8 of 22 | |||||
Pos. | Rider | Nat. | Team | Motorcycle | Gap |
1 | Marc Marquez | ESP | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati GP25 | 23 Laps |
2 | Alex Marquez | ESP | BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati GP24 | +1.107 |
3 | Pecco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati GP25 | +2.029 |
4 | Pedro Acosta | ESP | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM RC16 | +7.657 |
5 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team | Ducati GP24 | +10.363 |
6 | Fermin Aldeguer | ESP | BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati GP24 | +11.889 |
7 | Joan Mir | ESP | HRC Honda Castrol | Honda RC213V | +14.938 |
8 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia RS-GP | +16.022 |
9 | Fabio di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team | Ducati GP25 | +18.321 |
10 | Raul Fernandez | ESP | Trackhouse Racing | Aprilia RS-GP | +19.190 |
11 | Alex Rins | ESP | Monster Energy Yamaha Racing | Yamaha M1 | +19.646 |
12 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | KTM RC16 | +24.624 |
13 | Augusto Fernandez | ESP | Monster Energy Yamaha Racing | Yamaha M1 | +25.986 |
14 | Jack Miller | AUS | Prima Pramac Racing | Yamaha M1 | +26.761 |
15 | Miguel Oliveira | PRT | Prima Pramac Racing | Yamaha M1 | +27.122 |
16 | Somkiat Chantra | THA | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda RC213V | +37.117 |
17 | Lorenzo Savadori | ITA | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia RS-GP | +43.588 |
18 | Maverick Vinales | ESP | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | KTM RC16 | - |
19 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Energy Yamaha Racing | Yamaha M1 | - |
20 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM RC16 | - |
21 | Johann Zarco | FRA | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda RC213V | - |