MotoGP: Marquez smashes title opposition with Aragon win

Marc Marquez has smashed his championship rivals by taking a dominant win at his home race at Motorland Aragon, finishing nearly three seconds ahead of Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi.

Marquez was an early frontrunner, but a mistake let Rossi through – for a short time. The title leader was able to pull back through the pack, breaking clear at the front and never looking back.

That left Rossi to defend second, but a late charge from Lorenzo left him right on his tail, first making a move through and then forcing an error to send Rossi wide as he attempted an overtake on the penultimate lap.

Early leader Maverick Viñales rode to a strong fourth, only dropping out of the podium battle after a mistake at turn one, while Cal Crutchlow had another impressive race to fifth.

Eugene Laverty was 14^th while Scott Redding finished out of the points after an incident with teammate Danilo Petrucci that the Italian was penalised for with a ride-through penalty.