Marc Marquez rounds off the perfect weekend with a cruise control win on his way to Aragon MotoGP victory.
Championship contenders Jorge Martin and Pedro Acosta rounded off the podium, with the GP24 and rookie no match to the Spaniard all weekend.
A Marquez masterclass occurred in Saturday’s Sprint, with the Gresini rider dominating to earn his first win for Ducati, leaving the eight-time champion wanting more by looking to end a 1043-day winless streak to earn his first Grand Prix victory with the Italian marque.
Once again, similarly to Saturday’s Sprint, Marquez dominated the proceedings in the opening lap and formulated an advantage at the front, with rookie Acosta close behind on his GasGas KTM.
Bagnaia, like the Sprint, had a difficult start and dropped to seventh, heading into the first corner.
Miguel Oliveria’s strong qualifying for Trackhouse meant nothing due to an early crash on the opening lap, with a fast-paced crash in the final sector.
Martin divebombed Acosta on Lap 2 in the corkscrew part of the circuit, into Turn 8, which caused both riders to run wide, allowing Marquez to stretch an additional second lead after the second lap.
Pramac’s Martin finally made the move stick at the end of Lap 2 down the back straight, causing Acosta to fall back down to third spot.
Gresini continued to look strong in the earlier phases of the race, with Alex Marquez closing down a podium with the GP24 duo of Bagnaia and Franco Morbidelli behind.
Marquez made the plunge on Lap 4, with Morbidelli and Bagnaia wanting to formulate and move on the struggling Acosta.
Out front, older brother Marc Marquez sustained a 2.5s lead over Martin by Lap 5, with the Gresini rider establishing a solid rhythm.
Elsewhere, on Lap 6, Fabio Quartararo crashed out of proceedings aboard his Yamaha factory bike.
The quiet period of the race endured with Brad Binder all over the back of championship protagonist Bagnaia between Laps 6-9, with the ever-opportunistic South African looking to pounce.
Both riders gained a place when Morbidelli ran wide, with Bagnaia appearing to conserve his tyres in these laps.
The Italian rider caught up to Acosta and overtook the rookie down the back straight, eyeing up a late podium shout with Gresini rider Marquez in third.
The double-reigning champion caught up right to the back of the younger Marquez brother. Marquez ran wide at Turn 12, giving Bagnaia momentum to go round the outside at the following Turn.
Gresini’s Marquez didn’t notice his Italian manufacturer rival around the outside, which saw the duo crash out together in a very bizarre incident. Bagnaia was caught between both bikes and looked sandwiched. With no space and nowhere to go, both riders ended up in the gravel trap.
This promoted GasGas rider Acosta to the final podium spot, with the factory KTM 2025 pairing stepping up for KTM.
Marquez’s dominant weekend gives Gresini another win to its name, with now championship leader Jorge Martin settling for an all-important second place.
GasGas’ Acosta seals a third podium place in Sunday’s races, with the rookie sensation continuing to impress in his first year in the premier class. Binder delivered an important fourth spot.
Enea Bastianini recovered from 14th on the grid to finish fifth, with Pramac’s Morbidelli finishing behind in sixth.
The VR46 Ducati duo of Fabio Di Giannantonio and Marco Bezzecchi delivered a strong seventh and eighth position for the satellite team, with Alex Rins finishing ninth in a last lap battle with Jack Miller.
Aleix Espargaro finished as the lead Aprilia driver, taking 11th after a torrid weekend for the factory team, which saw his team-mate Maverick Vinales retire early on.
Honda’s Takakki Nakagami delivered an impressive 12th, given Honda’s woes in the 2024 season thus far.
Augusto Fernandez earned 13th to get some much-needed points on the board, with two further Honda riders, Johann Zarco and Joan Mir, closing out the final two points-scoring positions.
Raul Fernandez finished in 16th, with Luca Marini nearly a whole minute adrift as the final classified rider.
