2018 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix

2018 Aragon Grand Prix
Race details
Race 14 of 19 races in the; 2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	23 September 2018
Official name	Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón
Location	MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility; 5.077 km (3.155 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Lorenzo
Time	1:46.881
Fastest lap
Rider	Andrea Dovizioso
Time	1:48.385 on lap 12
Podium
First	Marc Márquez
Second	Andrea Dovizioso
Third	Andrea Iannone
Moto2
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Brad Binder
Time	1:53.149
Fastest lap
Rider	Alex Márquez
Time	1:53.479 on lap 2
Podium
First	Brad Binder
Second	Francesco Bagnaia
Third	Lorenzo Baldassarri
Moto3
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Martín
Time	1:57.066
Fastest lap
Rider	Jaume Masiá
Time	1:58.540 on lap 6
Podium
First	Jorge Martín
Second	Marco Bezzecchi
Third	Enea Bastianini

The 2018 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2018 MotoGP season. It was held at the MotorLand Aragón in Alcañiz on 23 September 2018.

Classification

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	23	41:55.949	3	25
2	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	23	+0.648	2	20
3	29	Andrea Iannone	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	23	+1.259	5	16
4	42	Álex Rins	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	23	+2.638	9	13
5	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	23	+5.274	6	11
6	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	23	+9.396	13	10
7	9	Danilo Petrucci	Alma Pramac Racing	Ducati	23	+14.285	7	9
8	46	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	23	+15.199	17	8
9	43	Jack Miller	Alma Pramac Racing	Ducati	23	+16.375	10	7
10	25	Maverick Viñales	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	23	+22.457	14^{[N 1]}	6
11	21	Franco Morbidelli	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	23	+27.025	19^{[N 2]}	5
12	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	23	+27.957	11	4
13	38	Bradley Smith	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	23	+28.821	15	3
14	5	Johann Zarco	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	23	+32.345	12	2
15	17	Karel Abraham	Ángel Nieto Team	Ducati	23	+37.639	16	1
16	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	23	+39.585	21
17	12	Thomas Lüthi	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	23	+40.763	20
18	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	23	+56.296	18
19	10	Xavier Siméon	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	23	+58.981	22
20	81	Jordi Torres	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	23	+59.513	23
Ret	35	Cal Crutchlow	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	4	Accident	4
Ret	19	Álvaro Bautista	Ángel Nieto Team	Ducati	1	Accident	8
Ret	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati Team	Ducati	0	Accident	1
DNS	44	Pol Espargaró	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM		Did not start
Sources: ^[1]^[2]^[3]

Pol Espargaró suffered a broken left collarbone in a crash during practice and withdrew from the event.

Marc Márquez, waving his flag after winning the MotoGP race.

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	41	Brad Binder	KTM	21	39:59.247	1	25
2	42	Francesco Bagnaia	Kalex	21	+1.526	5	20
3	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	21	+2.055	8	16
4	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex	21	+2.396	4	13
5	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	21	+5.850	2	11
6	36	Joan Mir	Kalex	21	+6.205	15	10
7	44	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	21	+6.741	18	9
8	54	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	21	+9.650	6	8
9	20	Fabio Quartararo	Speed Up	21	+9.746	7	7
10	9	Jorge Navarro	Kalex	21	+9.848	3	6
11	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	21	+11.568	10	5
12	24	Simone Corsi	Kalex	21	+13.786	9	4
13	40	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	21	+17.856	11	3
14	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	21	+19.232	13	2
15	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Kalex	21	+21.258	14	1
16	5	Andrea Locatelli	Kalex	21	+21.393	16
17	57	Edgar Pons	Kalex	21	+26.553	17
18	4	Steven Odendaal	NTS	21	+27.747	21
19	87	Remy Gardner	Tech 3	21	+28.339	20
20	22	Sam Lowes	KTM	21	+31.826	19
21	77	Dominique Aegerter	KTM	21	+32.214	29
22	66	Niki Tuuli	Kalex	21	+34.961	27
23	2	Jesko Raffin	Kalex	21	+36.569	24
24	16	Joe Roberts	NTS	21	+37.143	26
25	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Tech 3	21	+42.222	25
26	95	Jules Danilo	Kalex	21	+53.557	30
27	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Kalex	21	+53.675	22
28	18	Xavi Cardelús	Kalex	21	+1:14.999	33
Ret	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	14	Accident	12
Ret	21	Federico Fuligni	Kalex	14	Handling	31
Ret	52	Danny Kent	Speed Up	3	Accident	23
Ret	12	Sheridan Morais	Kalex	3	Retired	32
Ret	62	Stefano Manzi	Suter	1	Accident Damage	28^{[N 2]}
DNS	32	Isaac Viñales	Suter		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Isaac Viñales withdrew from the event due to a hand injury suffered during the previous round at Misano.

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	88	Jorge Martín	Honda	19	37:49.030	1	25
2	12	Marco Bezzecchi	KTM	19	+5.984	18^{[N 3]}	20
3	33	Enea Bastianini	Honda	19	+6.045	15^{[N 3]}	16
4	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Honda	19	+6.095	4	13
5	42	Marcos Ramírez	KTM	19	+6.161	6	11
6	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	19	+6.269	8	10
7	75	Albert Arenas	KTM	19	+6.540	7	9
8	7	Adam Norrodin	Honda	19	+10.292	5	8
9	5	Jaume Masiá	KTM	19	+10.329	2	7
10	17	John McPhee	KTM	19	+10.537	10	6
11	84	Jakub Kornfeil	KTM	19	+10.679	26^{[N 4]}	5
12	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	19	+11.923	27^{[N 4]}	4
13	48	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Honda	19	+11.972	22^{[N 3]}	3
14	8	Nicolò Bulega	KTM	19	+12.013	21^{[N 3]}	2
15^{[N 5]}	77	Vicente Pérez	KTM	19	+12.007	11	1
16	14	Tony Arbolino	Honda	19	+12.484	16^{[N 3]}
17	25	Raúl Fernández	KTM	19	+12.656	23^{[N 3]}
18	40	Darryn Binder	KTM	19	+14.642	13
19	65	Philipp Öttl	KTM	19	+17.090	9
20	72	Alonso López	Honda	19	+34.967	12
21	22	Kazuki Masaki	KTM	19	+35.000	24^{[N 3]}
22	81	Stefano Nepa	KTM	19	+35.022	14
23	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Honda	19	+35.200	28^{[N 4]}
24	41	Nakarin Atiratphuvapat	Honda	19	+54.907	19
25^{[N 5]}	10	Dennis Foggia	KTM	19	+43.866	29^{[N 6]}
26^{[N 5]}	27	Kaito Toba	Honda	19	+54.982	17
Ret	19	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	17	Accident	20^{[N 3]}
Ret	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	16	Accident	25^{[N 4]}
Ret	44	Arón Canet	Honda	11	Rider In Pain	3
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race

MotoGP

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Marc Márquez	246
2	Andrea Dovizioso	174
3	Valentino Rossi	159
4	Jorge Lorenzo	130
5	Maverick Viñales	130
6	Cal Crutchlow	119
7	Danilo Petrucci	119
8	Johann Zarco	112
9	Andrea Iannone	108
10	Álex Rins	92

Moto2

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Francesco Bagnaia	234
2	Miguel Oliveira	215
3	Brad Binder	144
4	Lorenzo Baldassarri	132
5	Álex Márquez	126
6	Joan Mir	124
7	Marcel Schrötter	118
8	Mattia Pasini	103
9	Fabio Quartararo	100
10	Xavi Vierge	96

Moto3

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Jorge Martín	191
2	Marco Bezzecchi	178
3	Fabio Di Giannantonio	150
4	Enea Bastianini	133
5	Arón Canet	118
6	Gabriel Rodrigo	97
7	Jakub Kornfeil	96
8	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	91
9	Marcos Ramírez	78
10	Andrea Migno	71

Notes

^ 3-place grid penalty.
^ ^a ^b 6-place grid penalty.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h 12-place grid penalty.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Back of the grid start penalty.
^ ^a ^b ^c 1-place penalty.
^ Pit lane start penalty.

References

^ ^a ^b "2018 Aragon MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
^ "GRAN PREMIO MOVISTAR DE ARAGÓN · MotoGP Race Classification 2018". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
^ "GRAN PREMIO MOVISTAR DE ARAGÓN · MotoGP Race Classification 2018" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

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[2] 3-place grid penalty.

[6p-3] 6-place grid penalty.

[12p-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h 12-place grid penalty.

[back-7] Back of the grid start penalty.

[1p-8] 1-place penalty.

[9] Pit lane start penalty.

[motorsportmagazine.com-1] "2018 Aragon MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

[4] "GRAN PREMIO MOVISTAR DE ARAGÓN · MotoGP Race Classification 2018". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

[5] "GRAN PREMIO MOVISTAR DE ARAGÓN · MotoGP Race Classification 2018" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

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