Thank you all.
Thank you all for joining us in this intense race with an exciting finish, it has been a pleasure to be with all of you. See you all again!
Top 9 of the Argentine Grand Prix
These were the top nine finishers in the Argentine Grand Prix
HOW MARCO BEZZECCHI CELEBRATES VICTORY
🏁BEZZECCHI WINS THE GRAND PRIX OF ARGENTINA.
🏁 Lap 25/25
Zarco overtakes Alex Marquez and will finish second;
🏁 Vuelta 25/25
Last lap, the second position is at stake between the Spanish driver and the Frenchman.
🏁 Lap 24/25
Zarco overtakes Morbidelli and is already in third place, now with Alex Má rquez eight days behind him.
🏁 Lap 23/25
Zarco is seven points behind Morbidelli, the Italian has not finished on the podium in two years
This is how Bagnaia crashed
🏁 Lap 21/25
Zarco closes in on Morbidelli, the Frenchman, who is fourth, is now less than two seconds behind the Italian rider
This was Quartararo's overtake
🏁 Lap 20/25
Fabio Quartararo overtakes Rins to put the Yamaha rider in first place
❌ Bagnaia fall.
The World Champion had 20 points in hand when he was in second place.
🏁 Lap 18/25
Bagnaia falls to the ground when he was second, returns to the track, but from the last position;
This is how the Italian driver overtook
🏁 Lap 16/25
Bagnaia overtakes Alex Márquez and moves into second place;
🏁 Lap 15/25
Bagnaia is closing in on Alex Márquez, the reigning world champion is looking to move into second place;
🏁 Lap 14/25
Marco Bezzecchi has a slight lead in this Argentine Grand Prix, with 3'7 seconds over Alex Márquez.
Jorge Martín, who was close to hitting the ground, had a scare.
This was Augusto's overtaking
🏁 Lap 11/25
Rins moves into fifth place after overtaking Fabio Di Giannantonio
📢 LAST HOUR
The two incidents were not sanctioned after review by the stewards
🏁 Lap 9/25
Augusto Fernández overtakes Aleix Espargaró and is placed in the twelfth position;
🏁 Lap 7/25
Marco Bezzecchi escapes and already has more than 1'7 seconds over Alex Márquez
There was also a touch between Nagakami and Quartararo which is under investigation.
This is how the accident happened
🏁 Lap 5/25
Miller overtakes Zarco and moves into pole position;
This is how Binder's fall after the touch with Viñales went down, he is under investigation.
🏁 Lap 3/25
Marco Bezzecchi pulls more than seven points clear of Alex Márquez for the r
This is how the race started
🏁 Lap 1/25❌
Binder goes to the ground, the sprint winner will not be able to score any points in this race.
THE RACE BEGINS
Marco Bezzecchi takes the lead ahead of Alex Marquez
THE RACE BEGINS
Morbidelli takes the lead ahead of Alex Marquez
Warm-up Lap
The warm-up lap starts, we will have 25 laps ahead of us in this Grand Prix of Argentina;
The anthem of Argentina is played
Riders listen to the Portuguese anthem, minutes before the start of the MotoGP race.
Remember the starting grid
Ten minutes left before the start of the race and let's remember how the riders will start, with the only novelty that Joan Mir will not be in the Grand Prix of Argentina, so we will have 17 riders.
🌧️ BREAKING NEWS
The race has been declared wet, although riders will be able to change bikes at any time if the track starts to dry out.
Watch out for this fact
No Italian rider has won the first two races of the MotoGP season since 2001, which was achieved by Valentino Rossi. Bagnaia will have the opportunity to break this streak.
🌧️ ATTENTION
Right now it is raining at the track of the Aut Autódromo Internacional de Termas de Río Hondo, although the track could dry out before the start of the race
MotoGP 2023 World Championship standings
1. Francesco Bagnaia - 41 points
2. Maverick Viñales - 28 points
3. Marco Bezzecchi - 25 points
4. Brad Binder - 22 points
5. Álex Márquez - 17 points
6. Johann Zarco - 15 points
7. Jack Miller - 15 points
8. Jorge Martín - 11 points
9. Aleix Espargaró - 11 points
10. Fabio Quartararo - 9 points
11. Franco Morbidelli - 8 points
12. Luca Marini - 7 points
13. Marc Marquez - 7 points
14. Alex Rins - 6 points
15. Joan Mir - 5 points
16. Takaaki Nakagami - 4 points
17. Augusto Fernandez - 3 points
18. Miguel Oliveira - 3 points
📢 Breaking News
Joan Mir has been declared unfit for the Argentine Grand Prix due to head and neck trauma suffered in yesterday's sprint race. The Honda rider will return for the Grand Prix of Americas to be held April 14-16. This is how the accident happened
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What is the time of the Argentine Grand Prix MotoGP race?
This is the starting time of the race in several countries:
Argentina: 1:00 PM
Bolivia: 12:00 PM
Brazil: 1:00 PM
Chile: 1:00 PM
Colombia: 11:00 AM
Ecuador: 11:00 AM
United States (ET): 12:00 PM
Spain: 7:00 PM
Mexico: 11:00 AM
Paraguay: 1:00 PM
Peru: 11:00 AM in
Uruguay: 2:00 PM
Brad Binder came from behind to win the sprint race
The South African rider, who started from fifteenth position, came from behind to win the second sprint race of the season. "I think I made my best start ever. I've been getting it before, but not as good as this one. I went into Turn 1 and I just went to the maximum. When I came out of that corner I couldn't believe I was fourth or fifth. I felt really good from the first lap, so I got to the front as soon as possible. There are times when everything comes together. At the end I could hear the Ducati behind. In the end they were going to have to overtake me by being very aggressive. I'm going to try to do it again tomorrow, but it's completely different when there are 25 laps to go, because you can't be as aggressive as I was today," said the KTM rider.
Top 10 of the Sprint Race
1. Brad Binder (12 pts.)
2. Marco Bezzecchi (9 pts.)
3. Luca Marini (7 pts.)
4. Franco Morbidelli (6 pts.)
5. Álex Márquez (5 pts.)
6. Francesco Bagnaia (4 pts.)
7. Maverick Viñales (3 pts.)
8. Jorge Martín (2 pts.)
9. Fabio Quartararo (1 pto.)
10. Jack Miller (0 pts.)
Starting grid for the Argentine Grand Prix
1. Álex Márquez
2. Marco Bezzecchi
3. Francesco Bagnaia
4. Franco Morbidelli
5. Maverick Viñales
6. Johann Zarco
7. Luca Marini
8. Jorge Martín
9. Aleix Espargaró
10. Fabio Quartararo
11. Takaaki Nakagami
12. Alex Rins
13. Raúl Fernández
14. Fabio Di Giannantonio
15. Brad Binder
16. Augusto Fernández
18. Joan Mir
Four drivers to miss the Argentine Grand Prix
The 2023 MotoGP season got off to a bumpy start, resulting in four withdrawals for the second round of the MotoGP World Championship. First of all, Pol Espargaró, who crashed heavily in practice, will be out for the next few months. Enea Bastianini, who broke his right scapula after a fall in the sprint, will not be in Argentina either, as well as Marc Márquez, who made a mistake in Portugal and took Oliveira, who will not be able to be in this Grand Prix either.
These have been the last winners of the Argentine Grand Prix
This will be the seventh race to be held in the Moto GP World Championship throughout history. The circuit record is held by Valentino Rossi since 2015 with a time of 1'39.019.
The winners who have won at the Argentine GP have been:
2014: Marc Márquez
2015: Valentino Rossi
2016: Marc Márquez
2017: Maverick Viñales
2018: Cal Crutchlow
2019: Marc Márquez
2022: Aleix Espargaro
The rider who has won the most times in the premier class at this circuit has been Marc Márquez with three victories. While Honda is the constructor team with more victories at this circuit, in total four.
The circuit
The race will be held at the International Race Track of Termas de Rí o Hondo, located in the province of Santiago del Estero. The circuit was inaugurated in May 2008 and has a capacity for 60000 spectators. It has a length of 4,806 meters, in addition to 9 right turns and 5 left turns, with a long uphill straight of 1,070 meters, and an average width of 16 meters.
Second race in the 2023 MotoGP season
This weekend is the second Grand Prix of the MotoGP season, a week after the first one in Portugal where Bagnaia did a double by winning the sprint and then the race. The Italian is the leader of the World Championship and also the reigning champion.
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