MotoGP Rider Standings 2022 After The Race In Aragon: More Intense Because Quartararo Crashed

The standings of MotoGP 2022 are heating up after Fabio Quartararo crashed in Aragon. (Photo: MotoGP)

JAKARTA - A fierce battle took place at the 2022 Aragon MotoGP race, Sunday, September 18 yesterday. The result also makes the competition in the rider standings increasingly heated.

Enea Bastianini won this race. The Gresini Racing racer beat Lenovo's Ducati champion, Francesco Bagnaia, by only 0.046 seconds!

"On the last lap, I felt I could not overtake Enea again because I had taken too many risks. So 20 points is important," said Bagnaia on the official MotoGP website, as quoted by Antara.

Meanwhile, the drama happened on the first lap. Fabio Quartararo had a terrible accident at Turn 3 after colliding with Marc Marquez.

Another incident also involved Marquez on the same lap. This time, he collided with Takaaki Nakagami and made the Japanese rider fall.

Marquez himself failed to finish the race after feeling something was wrong with his motorbike due to the two incidents.

"After that contact, I already felt something strange. I pressed the holeshot, but the rear tire of the motorcycle was locked," said Marquez.

With the result of the race in Aragon, Quartararo still leads the standings with 211 points. However, now he is only 11 points away from Bagnaia.

While the third position is occupied by Aleix Espargaro who now collects 194 points thanks to a third podium finish in Aragon. This result left him only 17 points behind Quartararo.

While Bastianini who became the champion, now collects 163 points. The opportunity is open again after only 48 points adrift of Quartararo.

Only 17 points split our #MotoGP top 3 as we head to Japan 🤯

These last 5 rounds are going to be epic! ⚔️#AragonGP 🏁 pic.twitter.com/rnA4zKexI4

— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) September 18, 2022