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who overtook me back on the first lap. I think it was [Brad] Binder or [Enea] Bastianini—one of them overtook me, and I was in the slipstream on the back straight. He braked earlier than I expected, and my rear locked and I went very wide. Then behind Toprak [Razgatlioglu], I locked the front in turn seven, lost a few more seconds, and then I went into the gravel. I think my lap was 15 seconds slower than normal. I will try to understand what happened." Following a difficult British Grand Prix, Marquez responded with a maximum 37-point haul at Aragon, moving into second in the championship and clos - ing to within 19 points of leader Martin. Bezzecchi's strong weekend also allowed him to reduce the deficit to his Aprilia teammate, although he remains third overall, 24 points off the lead. Moto2 Starting from his first pole posi- tion in three years, Lopez took the holeshot and controlled the 19-lap race, gradually extending his advantage over Izan Gue - vara (bLU cRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2). Lopez set the fastest lap early and maintained his pace to win by eight-tenths of a second, an impressive result after recently recovering from a fractured hand. Behind him, the battle for the remaining podium positions intensified during the second half of the race. David Alonso (CFMoto Inde Aspar Team) moved steadily forward, passing championship leader Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) before working his way into contention for the podium. Collin Veijer (Red Bull KTM Ajo) briefly ran third before crashing at turn four. Alonso closed rapidly on Gue - vara during the final laps and Marc [Marquez] and [Pedro] Acosta had a little bit more." Aldeguer took sixth ahead of Di Giannantonio. Enea Bastianini (Red Bull KTM Tech3) passed Moreira on the final lap for eighth, with Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) rounding out the top 10 ahead of Miller. Raul Fernandez retired with bike trouble, while Bagnaia's torrid weekend concluded with a front-end crash, the rider unhurt. And in what must be a first, Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha) had his worst-ever MotoGP race performance, the former World Champion finishing a massive 51.6 seconds behind race winner Marquez in stone last, even behind fill-in riders Lo - renzo Savadori (SuperFile Track- house MotoGP Team) and Pol Espargaro (Red Bull KTM Tech3). "My start was not good, but not so bad either," Quartararo said. "I overtook [Luca] Marini, ROUND 13 / AUGUST 28-30, 2026 MOTORLAND ARAGON / ALCANIZ, SPAIN ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P86 Alonso Lopez (21) was almost perfect at Aragon by taking pole and running a flawless race from the front to take his first win in over two years.