Quartararo finished 8th
After a failed start, the reigning world champion limits the damage by finishing 8th. As a reminder, Zarco retired after falling on the second lap.
Victory for Aleix Espargaró!
Aprilia rider’s first victory at the end of his 200th Grand Prix! Which is also the first for your team. Martin and Rins complete the 100% Spanish podium.
Last round!
6 tenths ahead of the race leader 4.8 km from the finish line!
A. Espargaro rushes to a first victory
More than half a second ahead of Martin. As a reminder, A. Esparagaro has never won a MotoGP.
The last two rounds
And another great suspense for the victory with A. Espargaro who is just ahead of Martin. Rins is still lurking just behind him. Quartararo is still 8th.
Rins returns strong
Less than a second from Rins on Martin. A.Espargaro has no margin ahead.
Go for A.Espargaro!
The third attempt is good for the Aprilia rider who takes control of the race less than 5 laps from the finish!
A. Espargaro missed
The poleman passed Martin again but a new late braking left his compatriot at the helm. Rins approaches this 2nd place.
6 more rounds
Martin still has A. Espargaro on his way, a second and a half ahead of Rins.
Quartararo 8th
Another position won by the Frenchman, who should not be able to go to 7th position, too far.
great fight ahead
A. Espargaro has temporarily overtaken Martín, before not braking and giving up the first place. The last 8 laps herald a great struggle for victory.
Arrival in 10 laps
Martin still has a small advantage over A.Espargaro, while Rins has a boulevard for third place on the podium.
Quartararo is 9th
Taking advantage of the withdrawal of P. Espargaro and a lost advance of Marini, Quartararo won two places.
P. I’ll scatter it on the ground!
No podium for P. Espargaro, who falls! Mir regains his 4th position, almost 2 seconds from the podium.
Quartararo in the fight for 10th place
The French rider fights Bastianini away from the podium.
A. Espargaro in the mirrors of Martin
The race leader sees his compatriot come back like a bullet in his path. Rins is still 3rd, currently preventing a double podium for the Espargaro brothers.
The pursuers approach, Martin takes off
Rins and P. Espargaro are just one second behind A. Espargaro, who has let Martin advance.
Quartararo gains a rank
The Frenchman is now 11th in the Grand Prix with 16 laps to go.
Rins and P. Espargaro made the hole
The 3rd and 4th of the race are almost one second ahead of the rest of the group, starting with Mir (5th). Martin and A. Espargaro always lead the way, with a margin of two seconds.
Finally the right one for A. Espargaro?
The poleman of the day stays in the game to play for the victory. He could sign his first career success, for his 200th start.
Rins ranks third
19 laps from the finish line, the situation is the same at the head of the race, with a 2-second lead now for Martin and A. Espargaro. Rins surpasses P. Espargaro by 3rd position.
Zarco Falls!
The Pramac rider has finished, who has fallen in the second lap!
A battle between the French
Quartararo overtook Zarco, who quickly regained 12th place. The two French drivers are still a long way from leading the race.
The point after 3 laps of 25
Martin and A. Espargaro still lead the race, with a second and a half over another Espargaro, Pol. Rinz overtook Marini in fourth place. Zarco and Quartararo are still out of the top 10.
A duet in mind
Martin and A. Espargaro are more than a second ahead of the peloton. P. Espargaro is 3rd, just ahead of Marini.
Quartararo tomb
As Martin takes the lead, the reigning world champion continues to lose ground. He is 13th and has just been overtaken by Zarco, 12th.
Bad start for the French
Quartararo lost 3 rows and is in 9th place. Zarco is still further away, in 13th place.
Let’s go for the Argentine GP!
Excellent start by Martín who beats A. Espargaro to take the lead! Marini followed 3rd.
25 rounds in the program
The riders will use a 4.8 km track.
Start of the training round
The 24 riders begin their warm-up lap. The start of the race will be in a few moments.
Zarco’s words before departure (Canal + Décalé)
“I expect a good race with good consistency, Zarco breathes on the starting grid. The tests were harder than I thought, but there are still good things. 9th on the grid, I’m disappointed but not catastrophic. I’m well focused on get started, there is potential to advance several drivers. “
The pilots are ready
The bikes take up position on the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit. The lights will go out in a few minutes.
Quartararo obstructed in the classification
Only sixth on the starting grid, the reigning world champion would have expected better if he hadn’t been bothered by Miller, when he was scoring his best lap. For this foul, the Australian driver was penalized three places and will only come out 14th.
A reduced weekend
Due to a problem with the delivery of the equipment that affects several teams in Argentina, the competition day on Friday has been canceled. Training and qualifying have been fully disputed this Saturday.
Márquez is still absent
Very late during the warm-up of the Indonesian GP, Marc Márquez will not take part in the race of the day. 5th in Qatar, the Spaniard still suffers from vision problems. His recovery is not yet complete and the driver is continuing his recovery, his Honda team announced this week.
The output grid
1st line:
1. Aleix Espargaro (ESP / Aprilia Racing) 1: 37.688
2. Jorge Martin (ESP / Ducati-Pramac) at 0.151
3. Luca Marini (ITA / Ducati-VR46) +0.431
2nd line:
4. Pol Espargaro (ESP / Honda) +0.477
5. Maverick Vinales (ESP / Aprilia) +0.508
6. Fabio Quartararo (FRA / Yamaha) +0.593
3rd line:
7. Alex Rins (ESP / Suzuki) +0.767
8. Joan Mir (ESP / Suzuki) +0.828
9. Johann Zarco (FRA / Ducati-Pramac) +0.849
4th line:
10. Takaaki Nakagami (JPN / Honda-LCR) +0.888
11. Brad Binder (RSA / KTM) +1,244
12. Enea Bastianini (ITA / Ducati-Gresini) +0.788 (in Q1)
Departure at 8 p.m.
See you this Sunday in Argentina, for the start of the third test of the Moto GP World Championship. The race starts at 8 p.m.