Jonathan Rea says it comes as he relief to have the World Superbike championship title wrapped up heading into the final two rounds of the season starting in Argentina.
Johann Zarco's Argentine MotoGP got off to a nightmare start when he had to take evasive action to avoid Jorge Lorenzo after the Repsol Honda rider mistaking activated the pit-lane limiter.
After spending the majority of the Argentine MotoGP battling with other brands and riders on his way to seventh place, Takaaki Nakagami was left in no doubt where his current strength lies.
Forced out of his Qatar MotoGP debut by a broken wing, Moto2 champion Francesco Bagnaia claimed his first premier-class points with 14th place in Argentina.
Aleix Espargaro may have outfoxed younger brother Pol to claim ninth place on the final lap in Argentina, but the race underlined the need for greater traction from the 2019 Aprilia if it is to
When Miguel Oliveira was slowest of the MotoGP race riders on each of the four days of post-season testing last November, some were already predicting a troubled rookie year on the Tech3 KTM.
Maverick Vinales began the Argentine MotoGP from second on the grid and confident of fighting for at least second place in the race, having been best of the rest behind Marc Marquez in morning warm-up.
Pol Espargaro admitted he had little choice but to walk into older brother Aleix's tactical trap during the closing stages of Sunday's Argentina MotoGP. The pair had been disputing ninth for most of the race, with Pol's KTM shadowing Aleix's Aprilia.
A bittersweet final lap for Yamaha at the Argentina MotoGP saw Valentino Rossi snatch second position from Andrea Dovizioso, but the celebrations were muted when Franco Morbidelli ran into the back of Maverick Vinales with just a few corners to go.
On pole and the clear pre-race favourite, Marc Marquez concocted two different strategies depending on his position at turn one of Sunday's Argentina MotoGP. "Plan A was a good start, pushing from the beginning," said the reigning five-time MotoGP champion.
Marquez bolts away for a distant light-to-flag victory in the Argentina MotoGP. Rossi passes Dovizioso for second on the last lap - the Yamaha rider's first podium since July 2018.
This afternoon's front row - Marquez, Vinales and Dovizioso - finish MotoGP warm-up in the same positions as they qualified. But lap times were close and will the rain stay away?