Moto3™: Jorge Martin (Del Conca Gresini Moto3) untouchable in Aragon.

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There was no stopping Gran Premio de Aragon Moto3™ winner Jorge Martin (Del Conca Gresini Moto3) as he produced a masterclass ride to take his sixth win of the season, extending his Championship lead over second place finisher Marco Bezzecchi (Redox PruestelGP) to 13 points with Enea Bastianini (Leopard Racing) completing the podium in Aragon.

The Spaniard started on pole in front of his home fans and got the perfect launch heading into Turn 1, with Bezzecchi having to start from P18 on the grid after receiving a 12-place penalty for slow riding in qualifying. The holeshot then turned into a 1.6 second lead by the end of the lap one – a gap that would continue to increase with the Honda rider scarily consistent with his lap times.

In a chasing pack that consisted of over 20 riders spit by less than five seconds, Bezzecchi was making his move and the Italian was able to get up to second on lap five but by this time, his main Championship rival was over four seconds up the road.

With Martin in the distance, the battle for second raged on with Bastianini, Fabio Di Giannantonio (Del Conca Gresini), Albert Arenas (Angel Nieto Team) and Marcos Ramirez (Bester Capital Dubai) all taking turns at the front, along with Bezzecchi, but the number 12 KTM was able to bring it home in P2 despite slipping back down to ninth, salvaging the best possible result – 18th to 2nd nothing short of superb.

Bastianini also produced a stunning comeback from P15 to hold onto P3 at the line, this podium now sees him draw level with Alex Rins and Romano Fenati with the most Moto3™ rostrums – 23 the tally. Di Giannantonio did his best to secure a fifth podium of the season in fourth, with Ramirez rounding out the top five on home soil.

Tatsuki Suzuki (SIC58 Squadra Corse) earned his best result since he was fifth at the Catalan GP in sixth, the Japanese rider in the mix throughout the race, with Arenas losing out on the last lap as he went in search of his first podium since his Le Mans victory – P7 for the Spaniard. Adam Norrodin (Petronas Sprinta Racing) had a brilliant return to the top ten in eighth after battling with the frontrunners, with the Japanese rider pipping ninth place Jaume Masia (Bester Capital Dubai) to the checkered flag – a brilliant and brave ride for the young Spaniard after a heavy crash in Warm Up.

John McPhee (CIP – Green Power) completed the top ten at MotorLand Aragon on board his KTM machine, with Jakub Kornfeil (Redox PruestelGP) in close pursuit of the Scot in P11. Andrea Migno (Angel Nieto Team) ended 12th, Misano winner Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Leopard Racing) finished P13 after being one of the riders to receive a grid penalty, likewise for 14th place Nicolo Bulega (SKY Racing Team VR46) as Vincente Perez (Reale Avintia Racing Academy 77) claimed a point scoring ride for the second race in a row – 15th for the rookie.

Gabriel Rodrigo (RBA BOE – Skull Rider) crashed out of the fight for second after being clipped by Arenas in a racing incident at Turn 3 on the penultimate lap – rider ok. Niccolo Antonelli (SIC58 Squadra Corse) also crashed, rider ok, as Aron Canet (Estrella Galicia 0,0) retired from the race after pulling in to the pits on lap 11.

So magical Martin takes a 13-point lead into the flyaway races after his masterful win at MotorLand, with the lightweight class title race heading into a critical stage of the season.

GRAN PREMIO MOVISTAR DE ARAGÓN

Moto3 Race Classification 2018.

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	88	Jorge MARTIN	SPA	Del Conca Gresini Moto3	Honda	153.0	37’49.030
2	20	12	Marco BEZZECCHI	ITA	Redox PruestelGP	KTM	152.6	+5.984
3	16	33	Enea BASTIANINI	ITA	Leopard Racing	Honda	152.6	+6.045
4	13	21	Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO	ITA	Del Conca Gresini Moto3	Honda	152.6	+6.095
5	11	42	Marcos RAMIREZ	SPA	Bester Capital Dubai	KTM	152.6	+6.161
6	10	24	Tatsuki SUZUKI	JPN	SIC58 Squadra Corse	Honda	152.6	+6.269
7	9	75	Albert ARENAS	SPA	Angel Nieto Team Moto3	KTM	152.6	+6.540
8	8	7	Adam NORRODIN	MAL	Petronas Sprinta Racing	Honda	152.3	+10.292
9	7	5	Jaume MASIA	SPA	Bester Capital Dubai	KTM	152.3	+10.329
10	6	17	John MCPHEE	GBR	CIP – Green Power	KTM	152.3	+10.537
11	5	84	Jakub KORNFEIL	CZE	Redox PruestelGP	KTM	152.3	+10.679
12	4	16	Andrea MIGNO	ITA	Angel Nieto Team Moto3	KTM	152.2	+11.923
13	3	48	Lorenzo DALLA PORTA	ITA	Leopard Racing	Honda	152.2	+11.972
14	2	8	Nicolo BULEGA	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	KTM	152.2	+12.013
15	1	77	Vicente PEREZ	SPA	Reale Avintia Academy 77	KTM	152.2	+12.007
16		14	Tony ARBOLINO	ITA	Marinelli Snipers Team	Honda	152.2	+12.484
17		25	Raul FERNANDEZ	SPA	Angel Nieto Team	KTM	152.1	+12.656
18		40	Darryn BINDER	RSA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	152.0	+14.642
19		65	Philipp OETTL	GER	Sudmetal Schedl GP Racing	KTM	151.9	+17.090
20		72	Alonso LOPEZ	SPA	Estrella Galicia 0,0	Honda	150.7	+34.967
21		22	Kazuki MASAKI	JPN	RBA BOE Skull Rider	KTM	150.7	+35.000
22		81	Stefano NEPA	ITA	CIP – Green Power	KTM	150.7	+35.022
23		52	Jeremy ALCOBA	SPA	Junior Team Estrella Galicia 0,0	Honda	150.7	+35.200
24		41	Nakarin ATIRATPHUVAPAT	THA	Honda Team Asia	Honda	149.4	+54.907
25		10	Dennis FOGGIA	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	KTM	150.1	+43.866
26		27	Kaito TOBA	JPN	Honda Team Asia	Honda	149.4	+54.982
Not Classified
		19	Gabriel RODRIGO	ARG	RBA BOE Skull Rider	KTM	152.6	2 Laps
		23	Niccolò ANTONELLI	ITA	SIC58 Squadra Corse	Honda	152.3	3 Laps
		44	Aron CANET	SPA	Estrella Galicia 0,0	Honda	152.0	8 Laps

Moto3 World Standing 2018.

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Jorge MARTIN	Honda	SPA	191
2	Marco BEZZECCHI	KTM	ITA	178
3	Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO	Honda	ITA	150
4	Enea BASTIANINI	Honda	ITA	133
5	Aron CANET	Honda	SPA	118
6	Gabriel RODRIGO	KTM	ARG	97
7	Jakub KORNFEIL	KTM	CZE	96
8	Lorenzo DALLA PORTA	Honda	ITA	91
9	Marcos RAMIREZ	KTM	SPA	78
10	Andrea MIGNO	KTM	ITA	71
11	Albert ARENAS	KTM	SPA	69
12	Jaume MASIA	KTM	SPA	61
13	Niccolò ANTONELLI	Honda	ITA	56
14	Philipp OETTL	KTM	GER	54
15	Tatsuki SUZUKI	Honda	JPN	50
16	John MCPHEE	KTM	GBR	49
17	Tony ARBOLINO	Honda	ITA	37
18	Adam NORRODIN	Honda	MAL	36
19	Ayumu SASAKI	Honda	JPN	32
20	Alonso LOPEZ	Honda	SPA	31
21	Kaito TOBA	Honda	JPN	29
22	Darryn BINDER	KTM	RSA	28
23	Dennis FOGGIA	KTM	ITA	26
24	Raul FERNANDEZ	KTM	SPA	13
25	Nicolo BULEGA	KTM	ITA	9
26	Makar YURCHENKO	KTM	KAZ	9
27	Livio LOI	KTM	BEL	8
28	Kazuki MASAKI	KTM	JPN	8
29	Manuel PAGLIANI	Honda	ITA	6
30	Vicente PEREZ	KTM	SPA	3
31	Nakarin ATIRATPHUVAPAT	Honda	THA	2
32	Ai OGURA	Honda	JPN	1
33	Stefano NEPA	KTM	ITA
34	Yari MONTELLA	Honda	ITA
35	Kevin ZANNONI	TM RACING	ITA
36	Luca GRÜNWALD	KTM	GER
37	Jeremy ALCOBA	Honda	SPA
38	Filip SALAC	KTM	CZE
39	Ryan VAN DE LAGEMAAT	KTM	NED
40	Maximilian KOFLER	KTM	AUT

Credits : Photos and content courtesy of motogp.com

Moto3™: Jorge Martin (Del Conca Gresini Moto3) untouchable in Aragon.

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GRAN PREMIO MOVISTAR DE ARAGÓN

Moto3 World Standing 2018.

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