From behind, the problems of the Italian Valentino Rossi (Yamaha YZR M 1) and the Balearic Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Desmosedici GP17), far from being solved, were about to get worse.
All the work carried out by both in their workshops was cut short a few minutes later with the appearance of the rain.
There were fifteen minutes of training left and all the riders went into their workshops to wait for events, but the rain definitively truncated the free test session and the times existing at that time in qualifying were consolidated.
Until then, in addition to Crutchlow, the Spanish Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC 213 V) managed to improve a few tenths of his previous record to go from thirteenth to eleventh position and therefore forced to make the first classification, just like Lorenzo and Rossi.
Among the official riders also the Italian Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Desmosedici GP17) and the Spanish Alex Rins (Suzuki GSX-RR) and Pol Espargaró (KTM RC 16) were behind the top ten positions that give the right to a direct pass to the first classification.
Six thousandths of a second behind Crutchlow was the Spaniard Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda RC 213 V), another of those who could not improve his time on the first day, but third place earned him to enter Q2 directly, as well as the Czech Karel Abraham (Ducati Desmosedici GP15) or the Spanish Álvaro Bautista (Ducati Desmosedici GP16) and Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia RS-GP), among others.
Second direct classification
.1. Maverick Viñales (ESP / Yamaha YZR M 1) 1: 39.477 at 173.9 km / h.
.2. Cal Crutchlow (GBR / Honda RC 213 V) 1: 39.772
.3. Marc Márquez (ESP / Repsol Honda RC 213 V) 1: 39.778
.4. Karel Abraham (RCH / Ducati Desmosedici GP15) 1: 39.880
.5. Álvaro Bautista (ESP / Ducati Desmosedici GP16) 1: 39.922
.6. Danilo Petrucci (ITA / Ducati Desmosedici GP17) 1: 39.960
.7. Loris Baz (FRA / Ducati Desmosedici GP15) 1: 40.120
.8. Jonas Folger (GER / Yamaha YZR M 1) 1: 40.157
.9. Aleix Espargaró (ESP / Aprilia RS-GP) 1: 40.175
10. Andrea Iannone (ITA / Suzuki GSX-RR) 1: 40.250
First classification
11. Dani Pedrosa (ESP / Repsol Honda RC 213 V) 1: 40.292
12. Scott Redding (GBR / Ducati Desmosedici GP16) 1: 40.321
13. Johann Zarco (FRA / Yamaha YZR M 1) 1: 40.340
14. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA / Ducati Desmosedici GP17) 1: 40.399
15. Héctor Barberá (ES / Ducati Desmosedici GP16) 1: 40.431
16. Jacl Miller (AUS / Honda RC 213 V) 1: 40.514
17. Valentino Rossi (ITA / Yamaha YZR M 1) 1: 40.531
18. Jorge Lorenzo (ESP / Ducati Desmosedici GP17) 1: 40.599
19. Esteve "Titus" Rabat (ESP / Honda RC 213 V) 1: 40.908
20. Alex Rins (ESP / Suzuki GSX-RR) 1: 41.019
21. Pol Espargaró (ESP / KTM RC 16) 1: 41.350
22. Sam Lowes (GBR / Aprilia RS-GP) 1: 41.616
23. Bradley Smith (GBR / KTM RC 16) 1: 42.008.
John McPhee (British Talent Team) has scored the first pole for the 2017 Argentine GP, in the Moto3 category. The Scottish rider, second in Qatar and second in the World Cup, will have a very favorable race scenario this Sunday, as championship leader Joan Mir (Leopard Racing) will be relegated to 16th place on the grid after an error in the approach to qualification.
04/08/2017
On at 19:31 CEST
Laura López Albiac @LauraAlbiac
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MotoGP – Argentine GP
With the threat of rain in the official training sessions, all the Moto3 riders have hit the track at full speed from the beginning, with the Italians from Sky VR46 Migno and Bulega and the Spaniard Mir setting the best times.
Albert Arenas has suffered a hard fall and after evaluating his condition, serious injuries were ruled out.
With 20 minutes to go, Migno was the benchmark for the session, but after going through the pits Mcphee started very strong and there were moments of maximum intensity on the track, while Mir stood too long and the first drops began to fall on the layout of Termas de Río Hondo.
In these conditions, the Mallorcan could not improve his time and will have to start far behind in the race, setting everything at the very good pace shown since Friday at this track.
Mcphee achieved his third Moto3 pole position, ahead of Bulega, who displaced Jorge Martín on his last lap, also leaving Arón Canet out of the front row. In the second are Di Giannantonio and Fenati. Behind, Juanfran Guevara, third line of the starting lineup, with the ephemeral leader of the official batch, the Italian Andrea Migno, and the Japanese Tatsuki Suzuki (Honda).
Classification (QP)
.1. John McPhee (GBR / Honda) 1: 49.094 at 158.5 km / h.
.2. Nicolo Bulega (ITA / KTM) 1: 49.248
.3. Jorge Martín (ESP / Honda) 1: 49.323
.4. Arón Canet (ESP / Estrella Galicia 0.0 Honda) 1: 49.463
.5. Fabio di Giannantonio (ITA / Honda) 1: 49.486
.6. Romano Fenati (ITA / Honda) 1: 49.493
.7. Juanfran Guevara 1xbet promotions (ESP / KTM) 1: 49.782
.8. Andrea Migno (ITA / KTM) 1: 49.830
.9. Tatsuki Suuki (JPN / Honda) 1: 49.843
10. Philipp Oettl (GER / KTM) 1: 49.860
11. Darryn Binder (AFS / KTM) 1: 49.901
12. Livio Loi (BEL / Honda) 1: 49.927
13. Gabriel Rodrigo (ARG / KTM) 1: 49.935
14. Niccolò Antonelli (ITA / KTM) 1: 49.974
15. Enea Bastianini (ITA / Estrella Galicia 0.0 Honda) 1: 49.978
16. Joan Mir (ESP / Honda) 1: 50.025
19. Albert Arenas (ESP / Mahindra) 1: 50.093
20. Maria Herrera (ESP / KTM) 1: 50.107
27. Marcos Ramírez (ESP / KTM) 1: 50.727
The MotoGP Argentine GP has unleashed a bitter controversy between Valentino Rossi and Marc Márquez, who saw his chances of winning wane after a race full of incidents and in which he was penalized up to three times. The analysis of the most important points of a grand prize that is going to bring tail.
04/09/2018
On at 18:18 CEST
Josep Viaplana @ F1viaplana
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MotoGP – Argentine GP Marc Márquez
It was a difficult and complicated race for the drivers due to the characteristics of the track, with only a dry line, but it was also difficult for the race management, who had to make different decisions that were controversial. The first, the MotoGP start.
With the riders on the grid it stopped raining and, since everyone except Jack Miller had a rain tire, they left the grid and headed to the pits to change bikes, delaying the start of the race and taking place with one lap less. Miller, who started from pole, was the only one who had risked putting on ‘slick’ tires, and therefore he was the only one who did not go to the pits.
The Australian was left alone on the grid and a solomonic solution was adopted. Miller was going to start alone, sanctioning the rest of the drivers with a penalty of 25 places. That is, they placed Jack ahead and the rest lined up a few meters behind when some considered that they should have started from the pitlane.
It was not the best day for Marc Márquez. Accustomed to having everything under control and staying cold and calculating when things go wrong, he had such aggressive driving that it led him to make many mistakes and cause three situations that deserved him a sanction. He stalled the bike at the start and instead of going to the pitlane or having someone push him, he started it himself, driving in the opposite direction. The Cervera champion began with a penalty of a ‘ride through’ that took him to the tail of the peloton.
With a brutal pace, rolling a second or so faster than his rivals, he was gaining positions until he met Aleix Espargaró, whom he beat in a desperate attempt to overtake him. He had to give up a position by decision of the stewards. The comeback continued. Spectacular and unbridled until he met Rossi, who was sixth. Marc was wrong in his assessments and caused his downfall. The penalty was 30 seconds added to the total time, which went from fifth to eighteenth. The sanction may be fair, but Zarco threw Pedrosa and came out of rositas, like Petrucci with Aleix Espargaró …
The ‘war’ of Valentino Rossi and Marc Márquez comes from afar. In fact, it all started in Argentina, in 2015, in this same Termas de Rio Hondo circuit where Rossi threw the Catalan and won the race. It was a hot, very hot year, which ended with Valentino throwing Marc again in Malaysia when the title was being played. Their respect for each other was blown up and war was declared. ‘Il dottore’ accuses him of ruining the last chance he had to win the tenth title and his surroundings convinced him that Márquez was leading a conspiracy of Spanish drivers who had conspired so that he did not win.
The relationship between the two is, since then, low. Valentino had been waiting for his opportunity for two years and yesterday he took out all the artillery to attack Marc, who not only had apologized on the track but went to meet him at the box in a gesture that honors him and that reflects his lordship and sportsmanship. He acknowledged that he was wrong. He found himself in front of a wall, of pride and unreason. Valentino has lost the papers and then unleashed all the anger accumulated the last two years.
The brand new leader of the Moto3 World Championship, Joan Mir (Leopard Racing) has dominated the first two free sessions of the weekend in Argentina with an iron hand. The Balearic rider finished at the top of the table with a best time of 1.50.248, achieved in the last moments of the afternoon session.
Apr 08, 2017 at 11:21 am CEST
Laura Lopez
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MotoGP – Argentine GP
After his victory in the first race of the season in Qatar, Mir has been convinced of his candidacy for the 2017 title and will not settle for anything other than being in front. Even in training.
In the first free practice he was the one who rode his Honda the least, only 9 laps. The difference in his times compared to his rivals seemed to indicate the Mallorcan mounted soft tires, but without doing so, he managed to distance his direct rivals by more than two tenths.