Ducati Lenovo Team Aims for Aragon MotoGP Rebound After Tricky Silverstone
The Ducati Lenovo Team arrives at MotorLand Aragón for MotoGP's 13th round, aiming to rediscover its feeling on a track where its Desmosedici GP has won five times.
- 13th of 2026
- 5
- 4th with 200 points
- 8th with 143 points
What Happened
The MotoGP paddock moves to MotorLand Aragón for the 13th round of the 2026 season. Aragon has been a happy hunting ground for Ducati, with the Desmosedici GP taking victory five times, from Casey Stoner in 2010 to Marc Márquez's wins in 2024 and 2025. After a complicated weekend at Silverstone, the team says the track suits the bike's characteristics much better. Marc Márquez and Pecco Bagnaia used the two additional weeks of break to focus on recovery and training.
Casey Stoner gives Ducati its first Aragon victory.
Pecco Bagnaia takes his first MotoGP victory, also the 250th for an Italian rider in the premier class.
Enea Bastianini wins at MotorLand.
Marc Márquez dominates both years on the Ducati.
“In Aragón I have gathered a lot of success in the past, especially in recent years aboard the Ducati. It's a track that enhances my characteristics and the riding of our bike to the fullest. Compared to Silverstone and with two additional weeks of recovery, I am convinced that we will be much closer to the lead group and that we can be in the fight for the positions that matter, both in the Sprint and in Sunday's race.”
“Aragón is a track to which I am particularly attached: here I achieved my first victory in MotoGP, my very first with Ducati. Compared to Silverstone, it is a less physically demanding circuit. I expect to be closer to the leaders right from the start and getting back into the slipstream of the fastest riders.”
- Country: Spain; circuit record: Márquez (Ducati) 01:45.704 (2025); maximum speed: Binder (KTM) 356.4 km/h (2025)
- Track length: 5.08 km; Sprint race: 11 laps; race distance: 23 laps; turns: 17 (7 right, 10 left)
- 2025 results: GP podium M. Márquez, A. Márquez, Bagnaia; Sprint winner M. Márquez; pole M. Márquez 01:45.704; fastest lap M. Márquez 01:46.705
- Marc Márquez: 295 GP starts (217 MotoGP, 32 Moto2, 46 125cc); 102 wins (76 MotoGP, 16 Moto2, 10 125cc); 168 podiums; 19 Sprint wins; 105 poles; 9 world titles (MotoGP 2025, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013; Moto2 2012; 125cc 2010)
- Francesco Bagnaia: 246 GP starts (140 MotoGP, 36 Moto2, 69 Moto3); 41 wins (31 MotoGP, 8 Moto2, 2 Moto3); 86 podiums; 14 Sprint wins; 35 poles; 3 world titles (MotoGP 2023, 2022; Moto2 2018)
- Rider standings: Marc Márquez 200 points, 4th; Francesco Bagnaia 143 points, 8th
- Constructors standings: Ducati 338 points, 2nd
- Team standings: Ducati Lenovo Team 343 points, 3rd
Why this matters
Aragon is a circuit that historically suits Ducati, and both Marc Márquez and Pecco Bagnaia expect to be closer to the lead group after two extra weeks of recovery. With Márquez fourth and Bagnaia eighth in the standings, the team needs a strong result to close the gap at the front. For fans, it could mean a return to the duels that have defined the track in recent years.
Terms in This Story
- MotoGP
- The premier class of motorcycle road racing, featuring prototype machines and a global season of Grand Prix races.
- Sprint
- A shorter race held on Saturday, awarding points and providing a preview before Sunday's main Grand Prix.
- Desmosedici GP
- Ducati's MotoGP racing motorcycle.
- Pole position
- The first, leading grid spot earned by setting the fastest qualifying lap.
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