Aragon classics: the best of MotorLand

Here's the thing about MotorLand Aragon: Alcañiz simply knows how to deliver absolute chaos. As the paddock touches down for Round 13 of the season with 37 points up for grabs, we have the ultimate excuse to look back at five of the wildest battles this circuit has ever thrown at us. Sit back and enjoy the history.

Let us take you back to 2014, where rain is a rarity, but a sprinkling of water on that Sunday added a nice slice of drama to proceedings. Jorge Lorenzo mastered the conditions to clinch his first victory of the season. Meanwhile, Aleix Espargaro pipped Ducati’s Cal Crutchlow in a phenomenal battle for P2 that saw the Spaniard become the first rider to put an 'Open Class' machine on the rostrum. It was a proper survival test, featuring crashes for three big names: Marc Marquez, Dani Pedrosa and Valentino Rossi.

Then came 2015, a year remembered for plenty of reasons, anchored by THAT iconic late-race scrap between Pedrosa and Rossi for second place. Eventual title winner Lorenzo clinched what would prove to be a crucial victory, with his compatriot doing the #99 a favour by beating the #46 in an epic fight.

Speaking of epic fights, 2018 offered up a brilliant four-rider MotorLand tussle. A pair of Suzukis in the form of Andrea Iannone and Alex Rins mixed it with title rivals Marquez and Andrea Dovizioso. The #93 eventually fended off the onslaught by less than a second to collect his fourth MotoGP win in Aragon on his way to the crown.

Fast forward to 2021 for the King of MotorLand versus Ducati’s chosen one. Pecco Bagnaia versus Marc Marquez at the 2021 Aragon GP was the first proper head-to-head scrap between the two greats. Bagnaia, who hadn’t won a MotoGP race up to this point, beat Marquez on a favourable battlefield for the seven-time MotoGP World Champion, making it a huge victory for the #63 - the first of 30 to date.

Finally, 2022 gave us a Ducati duel between two Italians. A year prior, Bagnaia battled his way to victory, but not this time. Enea Bastianini, in the colours of Gresini Racing, took five points away from title-hunting Bagnaia with a last-lap move at Turn 7 as 'The Beast' claimed his fourth win of an impressive 2022 campaign by a slender 0.042s. What are you waiting for? Join us for the Aragon GP this weekend!