Bagnaia holds off Marquez for maiden spoils
Sep 16, 2021
4 minutes
LEWIS DUNCAN
MOTOGP
MOTORLAND ARAGON (ESP)
12 SEPTEMBER
ROUND 13/18
Seven. That’s the number of attempts Marc Marquez made at overtaking Francesco Bagnaia during the final three laps of last Sunday’s Aragon Grand Prix. All of them were unsuccessful.
Ducati rider Bagnaia had already come agonisingly close to victory in MotoGP before he finally converted it last weekend. In front of his home fans at the Emilia Romagna GP in 2020, the then-Pramac rider crashed out of a lengthy stint in the lead. This year’s Portuguese GP in April could well have been the day he broke his duck, but a
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