Marc Márquez is now the MotoGP rider with the second most victories.

BarcelonaOn Friday, he crashed twice. The first time, he strained his left arm, and the second left him with groin pain and blood on his chin. But these setbacks weren't enough to stop Marc Márquez (Ducati), either in Saturday's sprint race at the Circuit d'Assen (he has won nine of ten this season) or in Sunday's feature race.

Once again, Cervera's thunderous attack proved unstoppable on a circuit that isn't among his favorites. Regardless, the Catalan rider beat Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia) and Pecco Bagnaia (Ducati) and is firmly on his way to a new MotoGP World Championship. In fact, Marc Márquez has now won six of the championship's ten feature races. With Sunday's victory, he is now the rider with the second most wins in the history of the premier class, tying Giacomo Agostini on 68 and behind Valentino Rossi, who has 89.

Álex Márquez has had worse luck, seeing his gap to his brother at the top of the overall standings widen (307 to 239) after being forced to retire from the race at Assen. A crash on the sixth lap caused an injury to a finger (the second metacarpal) on his left hand, and he was unable to continue competing. He will undergo surgery tonight in Madrid.

Bagnaia also didn't have his best day, finishing third overall (181 points, 126 behind Marc Márquez), on a circuit where he had consistently won the last three World Championships. Although the Italian took the lead early on, he was soon overtaken by the Cervera rider. Behind the Italian were the Márquez brothers. Initially, Àlex was defending second place, but the eldest of the brothers overtook him to put pressure on his Ducati teammate.

Then—and as he did on Saturday in the sprint—Marc Márquez set a blistering pace and took the lead, while Bagnaia was powerless. The Italian also couldn't hold off his compatriot Marco Bezzecchi and began to struggle to cling to the podium in a battle with Pedro Acosta. The Murcia native ended up being the protagonist in a negative sense, having been involved in Álex Márquez's crash when they collided coming out of a corner.

The Cerverí rider has been unable to compete against his older brother. Now we have to wait to see the extent of his fracture, while Marc Márquez is increasingly close to his seventh MotoGP title, while dreaming—and he'll have to wait until next season—of surpassing Valentino Rossi, the rider with the most wins in the premier class in history.