Full Qualifying results and grid line-up for the Saturday Sprint and main Sunday race at the MotoGP of Argentina at Termas de Rio Hondo, round 2 of 21 in the 2023 world championship.
Aprilia made a perfect return to the scene of their debut MotoGP victory with Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales first and second in Friday practice at Termas de Rio Hondo.
While the saga of when, or if, Marc Marquez will serve his double long lap penalty from Portimao rumbles on, MotoGP riders hope there will be more clarity and consistency in future.
Pol Espargaro may have suffered extensive injuries during his Friday practice accident at the Portimao MotoGP, but brother Aleix believes he was ‘very lucky’ it wasn’t worse.
The knock-on effect of Marc Marquez’s absence from this weekend’s Argentine MotoGP round is that Alex Rins will be able to use an updated Honda chassis.
This week's Crash.net MotoGP podcast featuring Keith Huewen dives into an historic victory for Aleix Espargaro and Aprilia in Sunday's Argentine Grand Prix.
Andrea Dovizioso suffered a technical problem for the second MotoGP race in a row at Termas de Rio Hondo on Sunday, but on this occasion it was due to rider error; 'I’m really sorry to the team'.
"I've never done a race without passing one single person in my entire life. That for me is a massive blow," said a dejected Jack Miller after finishing the Argentine MotoGP, where he had started it, in 14th place.