2018 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race 14 of 19 races in the 2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 23 September 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | .svg.png) 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 | .svg.png) 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 | .svg.png) 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.

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 | .svg.png) 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 | .svg.png) Remy Gardner | Tech 3 | 21 | +28.339 | 20 | |
| 20 | 22 |  Sam Lowes | KTM | 21 | +31.826 | 19 | |
| 21 | 77 | .svg.png) Dominique Aegerter | KTM | 21 | +32.214 | 29 | |
| 22 | 66 |  Niki Tuuli | Kalex | 21 | +34.961 | 27 | |
| 23 | 2 | .svg.png) 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 | .svg.png) 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
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Notes
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.
