The Spanish Marc Márquez (Ducati) This Saturday the ‘pole position’ of the Grand Prix of Aragon of Moto GP After performing the best classifications in the circuit of Motorland Aragón in Alcañiz.
The leader of the World Championship, very comfortable since the beginning of the weekend, surpassed his brother Álex Márquez (Ducati-Cresini) and the Italian Franco Morbidelli (Ducati-VR46) for 260 and 280 thousandths of seconds, respectively.
“With the first tire I wanted to do a return to position myself in the first line, but with the second I wanted to exaggerate too much and I have made some mistakes,” Marc Márquez told Dazn at the end of the race.
“Objective fulfilled, now it touches the most important thing, but I hope that Alex, especially in the Escrint race, is close, because he has been very fast with the soft,” the Catalan pilot continued.
The six -time Moto GP champion, which has won up to six times in the Aragonese layout, will depart as a favorite for the ESPRENT race this Saturday and for Sunday’s race.
His teammate, Italian Francesco Bagnaia got fourth position, while the two KTM pilots, the Spanish Pedro Acosta and the South African Brad Binder, were fifth and sixth, respectively.
The third line will also be occupied by the Spanish Fermín Aldeguer (Ducati-Cresini) and Maverick Viñales (KTM-Tech3), and the Frenchman Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha), who had achieved the three ‘pole posations’ precedents.
Marc Márquez, who had won three of the first four major awards of the season, saw how victory escaped him in the last three races, so he will try to return to the victorious path to detach himself in the classification of the championship.
The ilerdense is in the lead with 196 points ahead of Álex Márquez, with 172 points and Bagnaia, with 124 units.
“The goal is fulfilled, which was to leave on the front line. We know that Marc is faster, be it soft or the medium will take the same times,” said Alex Márquez to Dazn.
