Ducati’s Marc Marquez led from lights-to-flag to seal a dominant weekend by taking the Aragon MotoGP victory.
The eight-time World Champion capped off a perfect weekend, in which he topped every session, by winning his home race by over a second.
Marquez made the best start from pole position and held onto the lead going down to the first corner ahead of brother Alex Marquez.
Francesco Bagnaia also made a strong start and moved up into third as Franco Morbidelli was relegated down to seventh from the front row.
Bagnaia had the run on the younger Marquez brother down the final straight, but was unable to capitalise, which allowed Pedro Acosta the opportunity to pass the Italian down the straight.
Acosta didn’t need a second invitation and made a move on the double World Champion, but Bagnaia was able to respond with the slipstream on the run to the penultimate corner.
The pair continued to battle for third, with the positions changing over the course of the next few laps, which allowed the Marquez brothers to breakaway at the head of the field.
Ducati’s Marquez continued to set the pace as he broke the race lap record of the Aragon circuit to extend his lead at the front to over a second.
However, the younger Marquez appeared to struggle before the first half of the race had been completed, with Bagnaia, Acosta and Brad Binder all chasing after the Gresini man for second place.
As Bagnaia began closing in on Marquez, Binder crashed out of podium contention in fifth, leaving team-mate Acosta to take on the Ducatis for the final spot on the podium.
Further down the order, the main battle on track was between Aldeguer and Morbidelli for fifth, with both riders trading positions throughout the final few laps.
At the front, Marquez took the chequered flag to complete a sweep of the Aragon weekend.
The younger Marquez crossed the line in second to record his fifth podium of the year.
Bagnaia completed a strong race to round out the podium in third.
Acosta finished the race as the top non-Ducati rider in fourth, while Morbidelli prevailed over Aldeguer in the battle for fifth.
Joan Mir took the flag in seventh, while Marco Bezzecchi fought through from 20th to eighth.
Fabio Di Giannantonio ended the race in ninth, while Raul Fernandez completed the top 10.
Alex Rins finished 11th ahead of Enea Bastianini in 12th as Augusto Fernandez completed his Yamaha wildcard duties in 13th.
Pramac Yamaha duo Jack Miller and Miguel Oliveira rounded out the points finishers in 14th and 15th respectively.
Somkiat Chantra finished 16th ahead of Lorenzo Savadori in 17th, while Maverick Vinales rejoined after a late crash to complete the finishers in 18th.
Fabio Quartararo joined compatriot Johann Zarco and Binder as the crashers from the race.
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