ALCANIZ, Spain — Spain's Jorge Lorenzo won his third race on home soil this season at the Aragon Grand Prix to cut the gap on Yahama teammate Valentino Rossi in the fight for the world championship to just 14 points. Rossi finished third as he failed to get passed Honda's Dani Pedrosa despite a series of attempts. However, defending world champion Marc Marquez's hopes of a third consecutive title are all but over as he crashed out on the second lap. For Marquez to clinch the title he would have to win each of the last four races, and Rossi no points at all. Marquez started on pole at his self-confessed favorite race after setting a blistering new track record in qualifying. However, he had already been overtaken by Lorenzo by the time he pushed too hard on the second lap and was unable to get his bike going again after running into the gravel. Lorenzo was then allowed to ride easily to his sixth win of the season with the real action taking place behind him as Pedrosa bravely held off Rossi. The Italian passed Pedrosa on five occasions, but each time the Spaniard was able to respond immediately to prevent Rossi picking up an vital extra four points in the title race. Rabat eyes Moto2 title Spain's Tito Rabat maintained his chase of Frenchman Johann Zarco for the Moto2 world championship with victory at the Aragon Grand Prix Sunday. Rabat held off strong pressure from compatriot Alex Rins to claim his second race win of the season with Britain's Sam Lowes in third. Zarco finished sixth, but retains a huge 78-point lead in the title race with just four races left to go. — Agencies
