MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P108
ROUND 16 / SEPTEMBER 22, 2019
MOTORL AND ARAGON / ARAGON, SPAIN
McPhee (126) and Ramirez
(123). CN
MotoGP
1. Marc Marquez (Hon)
2. Andrea Dovizioso (Duc)
3. Jack Miller (Duc)
4. Maverick Vinales (Yam)
5. Fabio Quartararo (Yam)
Moto2
1. Brad Binder (KTM)
2. Jorge Navarro (S-U)
3. Alex Marquez (Kal)
4. Luca Marini (Kal)
5. Sam Lowes (Kal)
Moto3
1. Aron Canet (KTM)
2. Ai Ogura (Hon)
3. Dennis Foggia (KTM)
4. John McPhee (Hon)
5. Alonso Lopez (Hon)
By the end, a group that had
been 15 strong had broken up, but
there were still eight riders swap-
ping paint. Second to eight was
covered by 1.6 seconds, positions
changing constantly.
Ogura had most of the front
time but had to fight to regain
second from Dennis Foggia (SKY
VR46 KTM) on the final lap.
John McPhee (Petronas
Honda) clung on to fourth, ahead
of Alonso Lopez (EG Honda),
Misano winner Tatsuki Suzuki
(SIC58 Honda), Sergio Garcia (EG
Honda), Albert Arenas (Gaviola
KTM) and Gabriel Rodrigo (Kom-
merling Honda), over the line in
much less time than it takes to
read their names.
Dalla Porta has 184 points,
then Canet (182), Arbolino (155),
support group.
"I had to push hard from the
beginning," said Canet, who
received a midrace track-limits
warning, "because the KTM
couldn't fight the other bikes on
the straight. I had to push and
keep the rhythm."
Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Leopard
Honda) still leads overall, but by
just two points after placing 10th,
while Tony Arbolino (Snipers
Honda) had dropped back into
in the same group in 11th. Then
a second successive track-limits
penalty for Dalla Porta meant they
swapped positions.
Another highlight was a victory
in a huge and highly heated battle
for second by Japanese rookie
Ai Ogura (Idemitsu Honda), the
18-year-old's first podium.
Aron Canet took a rare
runaway win in Moto3, putting
himself right back into title
contention. He's just two
points out of first place.
