Well, Aragon wasn't really what I was expecting. It was nice to see Bastianini ride to his full potential, unlike Misano when he seemed to just follow Bagnaia around until he made a mistake on the last lap. Enea went by early. He made a mistake, and lost the lead until the final laps, but he was aggressive, and it indicates Ducati are somewhat invested in letting their riders race one another. Brad Binder had an amazing ride on the KTM. Not sure why KTM was suddenly on the pace, and I haven't seen anything in the race media about it. Aleix also had a solid race, while his teammate had a round qualifying, and got trapped in the midpack melee, despite running lap times similar to the guys at the front. The same happened to Luca Marini who was running times similar to the leaders, even setting a couple of fast laps, but he couldn't get in position to score.
Normally, I'm one of the first people to jump on Marquez for dangerous riding. It's his modus operandi, and one of his most indominable traits. He will go elbows out as often as possible, and occasionally for no reason. That said, I don't think he is at fault for what happened on Sunday. It's unfortunate that he pushed to come back at Aragon to begin 2023 testing because it doesn't seem he was quite ready to jump into the middle of a hotly contested season. But I don't think what happened between he and Fabio was a racing incident, and I think Fabio is mostly to blame in an indirect fashion. He spent the entirety of Saturday afternoon blabbing to the press about how he was going to ride extra aggressively and make contact with other riders, if necessary. You can't put yourself in that frame of mind for 24 hours between qualifying and the race, and then be outraged when you're on the receiving end of contact that ends your race. Plus, if he were the rider dishing out the fairing bashing, and knocking people off line, the stewards would have basically had a signed confession from his remarks on Saturday, and he's already been penalized. Fabio still has a lot of growing up to do, imo.
Anyway, it was a decent race thanks to Bastianini hanging with Pecco, but overall its getting a bit like F1. A bunch of guys following one another around, hesitant to make a lunge because it takes half a race to recover from a mistake. It took Enea 10-12 laps to recover from running wide. Something needs to change. Shapeshifters have created a single racing line. Reminds me of car racing.