The 2022 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Gran Premio Animoca Brands de Aragón) was the fifteenth round of the 2022 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the MotorLand Aragón in Alcañiz on 18 September 2022.
In the MotoGP class, Enea Bastianini's win helped Ducati secure its third consecutive and fourth overall Constructors' Championship.
Background
Riders' entries In the MotoGP class, Marc Márquez returns to the track with the Honda of the Repsol Honda Team, who had stopped after the Italian Grand Prix and had undergone a fourth surgery on his right humerus and was replaced by Stefan Bradl. Cal Crutchlow, Yamaha test rider, replaces Andrea Dovizioso in the WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team starting from this race, which has decided to retire from his racing career. Joan Mir returned to Suzuki after missing the Misano race due to an ankle injury sustained in the Austrian Grand Prix and replaced by Kazuki Watanabe. In the Moto2 class, the Japanese Taiga Hada continues to replace Gabriel Rodrigo in the Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team, and the Australian Senna Agius continues to replace Sam Lowes in the Elf Marc VDS Racing Team. In the Moto3 class, in addition to the confirmation of Nicola Carraro as a replacement for Matteo Bertelle on the KTM of the QJmotor Avintia Racing Team, there are two wildcards to report: María Herrera (who raced in the 2022 MotoE World Cup) with the KTM of the Angeluss MTA Team: the Spaniard returns to racing in the category five years after the last race, the 2017 Valencian Community Grand Prix; the Italian Alessandro Morosi rides with the KTM of the MT Helmets - MSI team.
MotoGP Championship standings before the race The fourth consecutive success obtained at Misano (the sixth of the season) allows Francesco Bagnaia to overtake Aleix Espargaró in second place in the riders' classification (181 vs. 178 points) and to further reduce the delay from the leader Fabio Quartararo (211 points). Fourth is Enea Bastianini with 138 points, who overtakes Johann Zarco (125 points) and Jack Miller (123 points). In the constructors' classification, Ducati leads widely with 321 points, 110 points ahead of Yamaha; followed by Aprilia (201 points), KTM (148 points), Suzuki (127 points) and Honda (96 points). In the team standings, Ducati Lenovo Team is first with 304 points, plus 25 on Aprilia Racing, plus 67 on Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP, plus 85 on Prima Pramac Racing and plus 99 on Red Bull KTM Factory Racing.
Moto2 Championship standings before the race Augusto Fernández returns to the top of the riders' standings with 198 points, overtaking Ai Ogura by four points. Arón Canet overtakes Celestino Vietti by one point in third place (157 vs 156 points); fifth is Tony Arbolino with 117 points. In the constructors' standings, Kalex, arithmetically champion (345 points), is no longer at full points thanks to the victory of Alonso López in the previous race with Boscoscuro (111 points), who returned to win four years after his last victory with Fabio Quartararo in the 2018 Italian Grand Prix, when it was called Speed Up. MV Agusta closes the standings, stopping at 5 points. In the team standings, Red Bull KTM Ajo overtakes Idemitsu Honda Team Asia in first place (296 vs 294 points). Third is Flexbox HP40 with 232 points, followed by GasGas Aspar Team and Elf Marc VDS Racing Team who have 173 and 168 points respectively.
Moto3 Championship standings before the race Izan Guevara overtakes his teammate Sergio García at the top of the riders' standings: the first has 204 points, with an advantage of 11 points over the latter. Dennis Foggia, winner in Misano, confirms himself third at 35 points behind Guevara; Jaume Masià and Deniz Öncü are fourth and fifth with 147 and 140 points respectively. The constructors' classification reads: Gas Gas 262 points, Honda 251 points, KTM 230 points, Husqvarna 174 points, CFMoto 103 points. In the team classification, Gaviota GasGas Aspar Team leads widely with 397 points, plus 104 on Leopard Racing; third is Red Bull KTM Ajo with 214 points, followed by Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max with 185 points and Red Bull KTM Tech3 with 169 points.
Free practice
MotoGP Combinated Free Practice 1-2-3 The top ten riders (written in bold) qualified in Q2. Fastest session lap BikerConstructorFP1FP2FP3143 Jack MillerDucati1:49:3221:47.800 1:46.992263 Francesco BagnaiaDucati1:48.6981:47.6391:47.022372 Marco BezzecchiDucati1:49.3491:48.4751:47.048423 Enea BastianiniDucati1:48.8911:47.5831:47.057589 Jorge MartínDucati1:49.320 1:47.4021:47.082633 Brad BinderKTM1:49.6421:47.9121:47.167788 Miguel OliveiraKTM1:49.0051:48.0421:47.224820 Fabio QuartararoYamaha1:49.0851:47.4761:47.258930 Takaaki NakagamiHonda1:48.8621:47.9111:47.2661042 Álex RinsSuzuki1:48.7751:47.6651:47.2721141 Aleix EspargaróAprilia 1:48.6861:47.9511:47.3211293 Marc MárquezHonda1:49.2071:47.7611:47.4291310 Luca MariniDucati1:49.1701:47.8931:47.4371449 Fabio Di GiannantonioDucati1:49.8501:48.2291:47.455155 Johann ZarcoDucati1:48.8821:47.5091:47.4781673 Álex MárquezHonda1:49.4901:48.5211:47.6221712 Maverick ViñalesAprilia1:49.3571:47.6781:47.7861887 Remy GardnerKTM1:50.2491:48.7521:47.7181936 Joan MirSuzuki1:49.4471:48.6211:47.7632021 Franco MorbidelliYamaha1:49.0881:48.0021:47.8122135 Cal CrutchlowYamaha1:49.3921:48.5311:47.9532244 Pol EspargaróHonda1:49.5151:48.7431:47.9812340 Darryn BinderYamaha1:50.3701:48.6181:48.2032425 Raúl FernándezKTM1:50.3121:48.6881:48.642 OFFICIAL MOTOGP COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT
Qualifying
MotoGP
Fastest session lap BikerConstructorRowQ1Q2163 Francesco BagnaiaDucati Qualified in Q2 1:46.0691 1243 Jack MillerDucati Qualified in Q21:46.1592323 Enea BastianiniDucati Qualified in Q21:46.3133441 Aleix EspargaróAprilia1:46.5691:46.5904 255 Johann ZarcoDucati1:46.8431:46.6465620 Fabio QuartararoYamaha Qualified in Q21:46.8026772 Marco BezzecchiDucati Qualified in Q21:46.8527 3889 Jorge MartínDucati Qualified in Q21:46.9118942 Álex RinsSuzuki Qualified in Q21:46.91291033 Brad BinderKTM Qualified in Q21:46.92410 41188 Miguel OliveiraKTM Qualified in Q21:47.183111230 Takaaki NakagamiHonda Qualified in Q21:47.274121393 Marc MárquezHonda1:46.909N/A1351410 Luca MariniDucati1:47.056N/A141549 Fabio Di GiannantonioDucati1:47.119N/A151612 Maverick ViñalesAprilia1:47.337N/A1661773 Álex MárquezHonda1:47.489N/A171844 Pol EspargaróHonda1:47.511N/A181935 Cal CrutchlowYamaha1:47.541N/A1972021 Franco MorbidelliYamaha1:47.651N/A202125 Raúl FernándezKTM1:47.671N/A212287 Remy GardnerKTM1:47.847N/A2282340 Darryn BinderYamaha1:49.309N/A23 OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS
Moto2
Fastest session lap BikerConstructorRowQ1Q2137 Augusto FernándezKalex Qualified in Q2 1:51.8881 1275 Albert ArenasKalex Qualified in Q21:52.0122396 Jake DixonKalex Qualified in Q21:52.1793421 Alonso LópezBoscoscuro Qualified in Q21:52.2704 2540 Arón CanetKalex Qualified in Q21:52.2745651 Pedro AcostaKalex Qualified in Q21:52.2806714 Tony ArbolinoKalex Qualified in Q21:52.2897 3879 Ai OguraKalex1:52.6861:52.3978935 Somkiat ChantraKalex Qualified in Q21:52.47591016 Joe RobertsKalex Qualified in Q21:52.57610 41154 Fermín AldeguerBoscoscuro Qualified in Q21:52.807111212 Filip SalačKalex Qualified in Q21:52.87212139 Jorge NavarroKalex Qualified in Q21:52.8831351418 Manuel GonzálezKalex Qualified in Q21:52.96714156 Cameron BeaubierKalex1:52.4801:53.002151664 Bo BendsneyderKalex Qualified in Q21:53.4041661713 Celestino ViettiKalex1:52.8041:53.481171861 Alessandro ZacconeKalex1:52.7481:54.04218197 Barry BaltusKalex1:52.834N/A1972019 Lorenzo Dalla PortaKalex1:52.887N/A20218 Senna AgiusKalex1:52.941N/A212223 Marcel SchrötterKalex1:53.045N/A2282384 Zonta van den GoorberghKalex1:53.243N/A232424 Simone CorsiMV Agusta1:53.364N/A242528 Niccolò AntonelliKalex1:53.450N/A2592642 Marcos RamírezMV Agusta1:53.487N/A262752 Jeremy AlcobaKalex1:53.500N/A272829 Taiga HadaKalex1:53.954N/A28102981 Keminth KuboKalex1:53.959N/A29304 Sean Dylan KellyKalex1:54.115N/A30 OFFICIAL MOTO2 QUALIFYING RESULTS
Moto3
Fastest session lap BikerConstructorRowQ1Q2128 Izan GuevaraGas Gas Qualified in Q2 1:57.8681 1271 Ayumu SasakiHusqvarna Qualified in Q21:57.9632396 Daniel HolgadoKTM Qualified in Q21:58.0373424 Tatsuki SuzukiHonda Qualified in Q21:58.2714 2517 John McPheeHusqvarna Qualified in Q21:58.296567 Dennis FoggiaHonda Qualified in Q21:58.3636748 Iván OrtoláKTM Qualified in Q21:58.4047 385 Jaume MasiàKTM Qualified in Q21:58.4078982 Stefano NepaKTM Qualified in Q21:58.54891043 Xavier ArtigasCFMoto Qualified in Q21:58.67510 41199 Carlos TatayCFMoto 1:58.2971:58.756111211 Sergio GarcíaGas Gas Qualified in Q21:58.875121353 Deniz ÖncüKTM Qualified in Q21:59.0341351472 Taiyo FurusatoHonda1:59.0171:59.195141531 Adrián FernándezKTM Qualified in Q21:59.229151644 David MuñozKTM1:58.7491:59.2811661710 Diogo MoreiraKTM Qualified in Q2No time set171854 Riccardo RossiHonda1:58.872No time set181916 Andrea MignoHonda1:59.146N/A1972027 Kaito TobaKTM1:59.221N/A20216 Ryusei YamanakaKTM1:59.221N/A212266 Joel KelsoKTM1:59.369N/A2282319 Scott OgdenHonda1:59.415N/A232420 Lorenzo FellonHonda1:59.468N/A242564 Mario AjiHonda2:00.091N/A2592670 Joshua WhatleyHonda2:00.298N/A262722 Ana CarrascoKTM2:00.361N/A272823 Elia BartoliniKTM2:00.892N/A28102969 María HerreraKTM2:01.456N/A29309 Nicola CarraroKTM2:01.938N/A303191 Alessandro MorosiKTMNo time setN/A3111 OFFICIAL MOTO3 QUALIFYING RESULTS
Race
MotoGP BikerTeamConstructorTime/RetiredPoints123 Enea BastianiniGresini Racing MotoGPDucati23 41:35.462325 263 Francesco BagnaiaDucati Lenovo TeamDucati23 +0.042120 341 Aleix EspargaróAprilia RacingAprilia23 +6.139416433 Brad BinderRed Bull KTM Factory RacingKTM23 +6.3791013 543 Jack MillerDucati Lenovo TeamDucati23 +6.964211 689 Jorge MartínPrima Pramac RacingDucati23 +12.030810710 Luca MariniMooney VR46 Racing TeamDucati23 +12.47414 985 Johann ZarcoPrima Pramac RacingDucati23 +12.65558 942 Álex RinsTeam Suzuki EcstarSuzuki23 +12.702971072 Marco BezzecchiMooney VR46 Racing TeamDucati23 +16.150761188 Miguel OliveiraRed Bull KTM Factory RacingKTM23 +17.0711151273 Álex MárquezLCR Honda CastrolHonda23 +18.4631741312 Maverick ViñalesAprilia RacingAprilia23 +18.730163 1435 Cal CrutchlowWithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP TeamYamaha23 +20.0901921544 Pol EspargaróRepsol Honda TeamHonda23 +27.5881811687 Remy GardnerTech3 KTM Factory RacingKTM23 +28.80522 1721 Franco MorbidelliMonster Energy Yamaha MotoGPYamaha23 +30.42220 1840 Darryn BinderWithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP TeamYamaha23 +31.33023 1949 Fabio Di GiannantonioGresini Racing MotoGPDucati23 +31.59515 2025 Raúl FernándezTech3 KTM Factory RacingKTM23 +36.16021 Ret93 Marc MárquezRepsol Honda TeamHonda1 Collision damage13 Ret20 Fabio QuartararoMonster Energy Yamaha MotoGPYamaha0 Collision6 Ret30 Takaaki NakagamiLCR Honda IdemitsuHonda0 Collision12 DNS36 Joan MirTeam Suzuki EcstarSuzuki Did not start Fastest lap: Luca Marini (Ducati) – 1:47.795 (lap 4) OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT Joan Mir withdrew from the event after FP3 due to effects of a broken ankle suffered at the Austrian Grand Prix.
Moto2