Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa scored a fantastic one-two result in yesterday’s Aragon Grand Prix, starting from the second row of the grid, the former on a hard-hard Michelin tyre combination, the latter on medium-medium.
Aragon GP 2017
Both Repsol Honda Team riders fought their way forward to take the squad’s seventh double podium of the season.
Marc’s 60th career win is also his fifth this year and his ninth podium of the season (the seventh out of the last eight races), helping him to pull a small gap of 16 points over Andrea Dovizioso and 28 points over Maverick Viñales, his two closest pursuers in the title chase.
After setting the race fastest lap in 1’49.140, Dani took his 111th podium finish out of 195 races in the Premier class, in which he now has the most starts of any Spanish rider (Carlos Checa being second with 194). Dani’s eighth podium of the season moved him up to fourth in the Championship classification with 170 points, 54 down on his teammate with four rounds to go.
AragonGP Race results
| Pos. | Rider | Num | Nation | Points | Team | Time/Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MARQUEZ Marc | 93 | SPA | 25 | Repsol Honda Team | 42’06.816 |
| 2 | PEDROSA Dani | 26 | SPA | 20 | Repsol Honda Team | 0.879 |
| 3 | LORENZO Jorge | 99 | SPA | 16 | Ducati Team | 2.028 |
| 4 | VINALES Maverick | 25 | SPA | 13 | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | 5.256 |
| 5 | ROSSI Valentino | 46 | ITA | 11 | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | 5.882 |
| 6 | ESPARGARO Aleix | 41 | SPA | 10 | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 6.962 |
| 7 | DOVIZIOSO Andrea | 4 | ITA | 9 | Ducati Team | 7.455 |
| 8 | BAUTISTA Alvaro | 19 | SPA | 8 | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | 7.910 |
| 9 | ZARCO Johann | 5 | FRA | 7 | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 13.002 |
| 10 | ESPARGARO Pol | 44 | SPA | 6 | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 14.075 |
| 11 | KALLIO Mika | 36 | FIN | 5 | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 17.192 |
| 12 | IANNONE Andrea | 29 | ITA | 4 | Team Suzuki Ecstar | 20.632 |
| 13 | MILLER Jack | 43 | AUS | 3 | Team EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 23.886 |
| 14 | REDDING Scott | 45 | GBR | 2 | Octo Pramac Racing | 25.523 |
| 15 | RABAT Tito | 53 | SPA | 1 | Team EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 26.082 |
| 16 | FOLGER Jonas | 94 | GER | 0 | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 30.302 |
| 17 | RINS Alex | 42 | SPA | 0 | Team Suzuki Ecstar | 31.874 |
| 18 | BARBERA Hector | 8 | SPA | 0 | Reale Avintia Racing | 31.948 |
| 19 | SMITH Bradley | 38 | GBR | 0 | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 36.296 |
| 20 | PETRUCCI Danilo | 9 | ITA | 0 | Octo Pramac Racing | 37.842 |
| 21 | BAZ Loris | 76 | FRA | 0 | Reale Avintia Racing | 47.599 |
| 22 | LOWES Sam | 22 | GBR | 0 | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 47.647 |
| 23 | CRUTCHLOW Cal | 35 | GBR | 0 | LCR Honda | 7 laps |
| 24 | ABRAHAM Karel | 17 | CZE | 0 | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | 13 laps |
