MotoGp Aragon, report cards: Suzuki of the title, Márquez jr matured; Ducati from scratch despite Dovizioso

Alex clarifies 9
A constant progression (starting from tenth place on the grid), a threat to the rivals that swelled like a wave lap after lap. Again a comment from Brivio: In qualifying he despairs us, then he redeems himself in the race. In the fight of the last three laps Alex against Alex (he and Marquez) held out and even accelerated when he seemed to be finished.

Alex Marquez 9
Another second place, after Le Mans. But the first victory seems ripe. Alex is a very different rider compared to the bewildered girl who had started the World Championship in the premier class by joining the stable of her brother Marc, absolute monarch. Maybe the former Moto2 champion just needed time, maybe Marc’s absence is helping him in his development. Alberto Puig, who has decided to send him next year to Lucio Cecchinello’s satellite team to gain experience, wonders if he has made a fool of himself.

Marc Marquez 8
Very nice the champion’s tweet from the living room, since I stop to recover from the injury: I am Alex’s brother. For once the strong and fresh.

Enea Bastianini 8
Digression in Moto 2 because on the bad day of Luca Marini and Marco Bezzecchi, seriously crashed (the second two laps from the end after dominating), Enea Bastianini saves Italy with a double blow: second – starting from twelfth place – behind Sam Lowes, and above all leads the World Cup.

Joan Mir 7.5
A shock, when he took second place in Viales (dragging Alex Márquez in the wake, destined to cook him in the pan), and then the management of a place that deserves primacy in the World Cup. He declared that he did not have perfect feelings from the bike: thesis accepted, but now more is expected from one leader.

Takaaki Nakagami 7.5
Silent but concrete, the Japanese of the Honda LCR goes against the current like salmon and in the end, with the fifth place, he ensures that his Honda is the first of the private teams.

Andrea Dovizioso 7
After pissing off Ducati’s lack of help in qualifying (team vote: zero), Dovi sets off on his own and thanks to a successful start he manages to float up to a seventh place which, thanks to Quartararo’s collapse, keeps him going. in fight for the world title (-15 from Mir). And this as long as the team understands that he is the man to watch.

Maverick Vials 6.5
Do you want the Motorcycle Bottas to be less than the (doc) of F1? Like Valtteri, Maverick also reaffirms the tendency to be a shrimp: from close to pole to mocking fourth place, balancing in line with similar episodes from the past. In its partial excuse an inconsistent Yamaha.

Franco Morbidelli 6
A good start and a will to fight, then an inexorable repositioning in the rankings range near the best positions. Given how Quartararo ended up, perhaps he couldn’t do more.

Cal Crutchlow 5
He was in the front row (surprisingly), finished in an amen in an abyss (nine positions lost) from which he only partially recovered (eighth). His teammate Nakagami wet his nose.

Yamaha 5
He had pole and second place on the grid, he is, as the best result, with a wooden medal. Then there’s Quartararo’s world record loss. Much noise for nothing.

Jack Miller 5
In competition it has an increasing tendency to deflate like a balloon. It is not a good message for the official Ducati that has enlisted him since 2021.

Danilo Petrucci 4.5
The Le Mans winner looks for the Swiss Alpine Rescue with avalanche dogs. And on Saturday he also dishonored Dovizioso, who in addition to being in the race for the World Championship, the one who had wanted him in the official Ducati team.

Fabio Quartararo 4
Collapsed and eaten by almost everyone in a single lap. Says the bike started to slide ahead. But there are those who claim that he did little work on the medium tire he rode just ahead. It may well be that he suffered the aftermath of the accident in FP3, but certainly not how you win the World Championships.