Argentina MotoGP Results (News) (Race Results)

Round 2 of the MotoGP championship was held in Argentina earlier today under somewhat complicated circumstances. Due to a problem that resulted in a Michelin tire used by Scott Redding (Ducati) during practice de-laminating, the race required riders to change tires (or bikes) between laps 9 and 11. Although none of the tires appeared to fail during the race, there were several crashes.

The winner of Round 1, Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha), got the holeshot, but quickly faded to 7th position before crashing out just prior to the tire/bike change. Marc Marquez (Honda) and Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) battled closely at the front before changing bikes on lap 10.

After the changeover, Marquez (who had saved his better bike for the second half of the race) quickly gaped Rossi, who was then caught by Suzuki’s Maverick Viñales and the two factory Ducatis ridden by Andrea Dovizioso and Andrea Ianonne. After Viñales crashed out of a podium position, both factory Ducatis passed Rossi and appeared set to take the 2nd and 3rd spot on the podium behind Marquez. Two corners from the checkered flag, Ianonne aggressively dove under his teammate and low-sided, taking both Ducatis out and handing second place to Rossi. Dani Pedrosa (Honda) was well behind the leaders, but was gifted third place as a result of several crashes in front of him.

Marquez now leads the points. For additional details, results and points, visit the official MotoGP site. Here are the results:

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	93	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	168.4	34’13.628
2	20	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	167.8	+7.679
3	16	26	Dani PEDROSA	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	166.2	+28.100
4	13	50	Eugene LAVERTY	IRL	Aspar Team MotoGP	Ducati	165.5	+36.542
5	11	8	Hector BARBERA	SPA	Avintia Racing	Ducati	165.5	+36.711
6	10	44	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	165.4	+37.245
7	9	6	Stefan BRADL	GER	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	165.1	+41.353
8	8	38	Bradley SMITH	GBR	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	164.4	+50.709
9	7	53	Tito RABAT	SPA	Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	164.4	+50.983
10	6	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	SPA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	163.6	+1’01.388
11	5	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	163.0	+1’08.868
12	4	51	Michele PIRRO	ITA	OCTO Pramac Yakhnich	Ducati	162.2	+1’18.987
13	3	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	161.1	+1’33.419
Not Classified
		29	Andrea IANNONE	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	167.8	1 Lap
		35	Cal CRUTCHLOW	GBR	LCR Honda	Honda	164.2	1 Lap
		25	Maverick VIÑALES	SPA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	167.5	3 Laps
		45	Scott REDDING	GBR	OCTO Pramac Yakhnich	Ducati	165.2	5 Laps
		76	Loris BAZ	FRA	Avintia Racing	Ducati	161.7	8 Laps
		99	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	167.9	15 Laps
		43	Jack MILLER	AUS	Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	166.8	17 Laps
		68	Yonny HERNANDEZ	COL	Aspar Team MotoGP	Ducati	164.1	18 Laps