race motogp Aragon 2024 Marquez domination Pecco hit by Alex ,Quartararo crash

Marc Marquez completes a dream  2024 Aragon MotoGP by winning   his first grand prix in almost three years. The Gresini rider followed up yesterday’s Sprint   victory by again leading from start to finish, in  a weekend where he was never headed in the dry.  But there was massive drama behind when  team-mate and younger brother Alex Marquez   tangled with reigning champion Francesco  Bagnaia over third place with 6 laps to go.  Bagnaia, recovering from another poor start, had  reeled in Marquez, then tried to pass when the   Spaniard ran wide into the left-hand Turn 12. But when the Italian turned across the front of   the Gresini rider into the next right-hander,  Marquez clipped the back of the red machine,   sending the pair bouncing through the gravel. Worryingly, Bagnaia was caught under the bikes   as they tumbled and although he walked  away, headed for the Medical Centre.   Initial reports suggest no fractures. The Bagnaia-Alex Marquez incident is   under investigation by the FIM Stewards. That clash not only put KTM rookie Pedro   Acosta onto the podium but extended runner-up  Jorge Martin's title lead and meant the end of   an eight-race run of all-Ducati Sunday podiums. Dirty overnight rain and an enforced change   from the soft to medium rear tyre meant the was  12-seconds slower than the previous 2022 event.  The filthy left side of the grid was also  a concern, the factory Ducati team seen   in a heated pre-race debate as they starred  worryingly at Bagnaia’s third place grid slot.  With good reason. Bagnaia suffered a repeat of his   nightmare Sprint start and slumped to seventh. That became sixth when Miguel Oliveira lost   the front into the final corner of  the opening lap, then fifth when   Franco Morbidelli ran wide on lap 9 of 23. Bagnaia - who complained of a front tyre issue   after sinking to ninth in the Sprint - passed  KTM rookie Pedro Acosta at the midway stage   before setting his sights on Alex Marquez… The Aragon circuit, which last hosted a   MotoGP event in 2022, was completely  resurfaced ahead of this year’s return.  Due to a lack of MotoGP data for the new  surface, Michelin expanded this weekend’s   rear tyre allocation from two to three. Raul Fernandez, Fabio di Giannantonio and   Jack Miller are currently under investigation  for low tyre pressure in Sunday's race.