López and Quiles win two record-breaking races

· New front tyre scores podium on its debut. Spaniard Alonso López (Kalex) won the Aragon GP from pole position, crossing the finish line after 19 laps ahead of fellow Spaniards Izan Guevara (Boscoscuro) and David Alonso (Kalex). While all 29 riders on the grid chose the SCX supersoft range compound for the rear, López and Alonso opted for the SC1 soft range compound at the front, while Guevara preferred the new E1089 soft development specification, which made its World Championship debut this weekend. In addition to Guevara, six other riders chose Pirelli’s new development tyre, with Adrian Huertas (Kalex) and Deniz Öncü (Boscoscuro) also finishing in the top ten after impressive comebacks. The race took place with a track temperature of 43°C and an air temperature of 27 °C.

· Magnificent seven for Quiles. While the entire Moto2™ grid opted for the softest available rear solution, Moto3™ riders instead relied on the medium-range compounds, including at the front, with 24 of the 26 starters using the SC2 combination on both axles. Only Zen Mitani and Nicola Carraro opted for the soft SC1 at the front. Spaniard and World Championship leader Máximo Quiles claimed his seventh victory of the season, finishing ahead of fellow Spaniard David Almansa and Argentina’s Marco Morelli on the podium, all three riding KTMs. The race took place with a track temperature of 38°C and an air temperature of 24°C.

· Extremely fast races. The Moto2™ race was more than 8 seconds faster than last year, with riders using the SCX supersoft range compound at the rear instead of the E0125 soft development specification used in 2025 – now promoted to the SC0 range compound. The improvement averaged 0.433 seconds per lap. The fastest lap of the race, set by Ivan Ortolá on lap 6 in 1’50.198, beat the previous race lap record, set by Diogo Moreira last year, by 0.129 seconds. The progress in Moto3™ was even more remarkable, with the 17-lap race completed in 33’15.478, more than 18 seconds faster than in 2025, representing an average improvement of 1.075 seconds per lap. A new race lap record was also set by Marco Morelli on lap 5, with a time of 1’56.675, 0.237 seconds faster than the previous record of 1’56.912, set by Luca Lunetta a year ago.

New race benchmarks and a successful debut for the new front tyre
 
“The Aragon GP confirmed the significant progress seen in recent races in both categories, with overall performance and outright lap times setting new records even at a circuit that is particularly demanding on tyres. In Moto2™, the improvement was clear both in terms of lap times and over race distance, as the new race time was four tenths of a second faster and the race time was 8 seconds faster. While the choice of the SCX supersoft range compound at the rear was unanimous, introducing the new E1089 development specification to this race as an alternative to the SC1 soft range compound at the front proved to be a positive decision, as demonstrated by Guevara’s second-place finish. He had appreciated its performance since the opening free practice sessions. This result, together with those achieved by the other riders who chose to race with this new specification and finished in strong positions, will allow us to gather valuable data as we continue our development work.
The progress was equally evident in the Moto3™ race, where almost the entire grid opted for the SC2 medium range compound on both axles. The figures speak for themselves: the race was as much as 18 seconds faster than last year’s, with an improvement of more than one second per lap on average, as well as a new race lap record improved by more than two tenths of a second”.