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**Eighth MotoGP weekend, this time at Aragon for our two Maralpine riders. After a very good weekend at Silverstone two weeks ago, can they continue on this upward slope?**
If the scenario was almost *magical* at [Silverstone](https://www.nicepremium.fr/sports/moto/motogp-fabio-quartararo-et-johann-zarco-font-le-show-a-silvertsone/), it did not repeat itself this week at Aragon. Between *frustration and crashes*, it’s a weekend to forget for Fabio Quartararo as well as Johann Zarco. Meanwhile, Marc Márquez increases his championship lead.
**Unforeseen complications**
A very frustrated *Fabio Quartararo* started this Spanish weekend. Not in the top 10 in either free practice 1 or free practice, he has to go through *Q1*. There is a slight improvement in free practice 2 with an eighth place finish. Regarding the qualifications, he goes *very wide* during his second attempt in Q1 while improving his time, rendering his lap obsolete. He recovers on his last attempt and secures the second fastest time, granting him access to Q2. He is one of the *five riders* to have always been in Q2 this season. However, he finishes ninth and thus starts from this position for both races.
*Magnificent start* for the Nice-born on his Yamaha in the sprint race by gaining three places. He maintains this position for six laps before closing up to the riders ahead and having a hungry Fabio Digianantonio behind him. Maverick Viñales manages to overtake him the following lap, but the *two riders make contact*, forcing Fabio Quartararo to lift his bike, thus losing time. Brad Binder takes advantage and passes the Niçois, who finds himself in tenth. Raul Fernandez also overtakes the Yamaha rider on the seventh lap. Fabio Quartararo thus finishes in this position, staying eleventh.
He makes a good start in the race as he already takes a place from Fabio Digianantonio. But he loses it again at the end of the first lap. In the eighth lap, a *battle* with two other riders breaks out for the ninth place, and the Niçois comes out losing, finding himself eleventh. Brad Binder crashes on the twelfth lap, allowing Fabio Quartararo to regain the tenth position. Unfortunately, after setting his best lap in the race, he *crashes* on the thirteenth lap at the first corner, without consequences. Not surprised by his performance, Fabio Quartararo is eager to move on: “*I am happy to have finished such a catastrophic weekend. We didn’t quite understand the problems we had.*”
**No points at Aragon**
Getting into the top 10 is complicated for *Johann Zarco* this weekend. He finishes twelfth in free practice 1. He fares better in practice by securing the sixth-fastest time and heads straight into Q2 again. In free practice 2, he only finishes in fourteenth position. Qualifying is no better as he is twelfth.
The Cannes native makes a *bad start* and loses three places in the sprint race, ending up fifteenth. He is overtaken by Marco Bezzecchi in the second lap, but the crash of Joan Mir allows him to maintain his position. Jack Miller going wide due to the incident with Joan Mir gives the fourteenth position to the LCR Honda rider, before he retakes it. The *long lap penalty* given to Jack Miller allows Johann Zarco to move up to fourteenth, but the Cannes native lacks pace on his bike. In the last corner, he loses his fifteenth place, being overtaken by Miguel Oliveira.
Another bad start for Johann Zarco who lost two places at the start. He gains an advantage over Alex Rins at the end of the first lap for the thirteenth place. In the ninth lap, the Cannes native *falls* in turn 12 while battling for the twelfth place. The race ends here for him, fortunately *without physical consequence*. He loses a place in the championship and is therefore sixth.
