Sep 1, 2026 · 8 min · 7 segments
Marc Marquez just won at Aragon again. Here's the part that should not make sense to an F1 fan: he has now won at this one circuit on a Honda and on a Ducati, two completely different bikes, years…
In F1, it's the car that makes the difference.
We already know who's going to win based on the machinery that they are on.
So if you put Hamilton in a winning Mercedes, he's going to win.
He's a great driver.
He's got the best car.
When Ferrari reach that status, he'll be doing the same thing.
But if you put him in a Haas, he's not going to win.
The car just isn't good enough, no matter how good a driver he is.
And it isn't very common that you see an F1 driver win on the same track in a different car.
But this weekend in Aragon, Marc Marquez won his third straight year on a Ducati, but he's also done that on a Honda.
And the recent reality is that he has won using a year old Ducati, not using the best bike on the field.
and if the machine is what's meant to make the difference then what happened i'm tim from ride along trackside we're going to look at three different areas today of how much a mono gp race is the rider versus the machine firstly it's bez who rides for aprilia he put in a 144.9 it's the fastest ever lap around aragon and it's the first person to ever do below 145 around that circuit Acosta or the Shark, he rides on KTM.
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In F1, it's the car that makes the difference.
We already know who's going to win based on the machinery that they are on.
So if you put Hamilton in a winning Mercedes, he's going to win.
He's a great driver.
He's got the best car.
When Ferrari reach that status, he'll be doing the same thing.
But if you put him in a Haas, he's not going to win.
The car just isn't good enough, no matter how good a driver he is.
And it isn't very common that you see an F1 driver win on the same track in a different car.
But this weekend in Aragon, Marc Marquez won his third straight year on a Ducati, but he's also done that on a Honda.
And the recent reality is that he has won using a year old Ducati, not using the best bike on the field.
and if the machine is what's meant to make the difference then what happened i'm tim from ride along trackside we're going to look at three different areas today of how much a mono gp race is the rider versus the machine firstly it's bez who rides for aprilia he put in a 144.9 it's the fastest ever lap around aragon and it's the first person to ever do below 145 around that circuit Acosta or the Shark, he rides on KTM.