- Defending champion Marc Marquez has 16-point lead after Aragon MotoGP win
- Spanish Honda rider now on 224 points as he moved clear of Andrea Dovizioso
- Dani Pedrosa finished second and Jorge Lorenzo, who led the race, was third
- Valentino Rossi, who broke his leg three weeks ago finished fifth on his Yamaha
Marc Marquez won the Aragon MotoGP on Sunday for his second straight victory, taking the outright championship lead with four races to go.
Marquez rode his Honda to victory after starting fifth on the grid, finishing comfortably ahead of fellow Spaniards Dani Pedrosa of Honda and Jorge Lorenzo of Ducati.
Pole-sitter Maverick Vinales ended fourth, just ahead of Yamaha teammate Valentino Rossi, who was racing for the first time since undergoing surgery for breaking two bones in his right leg while training with an off-road motorcycle three weeks ago. The nine-time world champion missed the San Marino GP because of the injury.
Defending champion Marc Marquez now has 16-point lead following his Aragon MotoGP win
The Spanish Honda rider is now on 224 points as he moved clear of rival Andrea Dovizioso
Marquez won the Aragon MotoGP in Spain on Sunday for his second straight victory
Marquez nearly lost control while trying to get past Rossi and Lorenzo early in the race, missing the braking point and going slightly off the track before being able to pick up the pace again.
It was the fifth win of the year for Marquez, who is 16 points in front of Andrea Dovizioso. The Italian could not manage more than a seventh-place finish at the MotorLand track in northeastern Spain. Marquez and Dovizioso were tied for the lead entering the weekend.
Vinales is third in the standings, 28 points behind Marquez and 26 points in front of fourth-place Pedrosa. Fifth-place Rossi is 56 points from the lead.
Marquez’s fans celebrate his victory as seven of the top 10 finishers were from Spain
Valentino Rossi finished fifth as he returned from a broken leg only three weeks previously
Marquez reached his 60th career win, with 34 coming in the main MotoGP series.
The defending MotoGP champion hadn’t won after starting outside of the first row since 2014.
It was the second time that the top 4 riders in a MotoGP race were Spaniards. It hadn’t happened since the Japanese GP in 2013.
Seven of the top 10 finishers on Sunday were from Spain.