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.
After seeing teammate Maverick Vinales take home the FP1 spoils, Aleix Espargaro fought back to claim top spot with the fastest overall time on day-one of the Argentine MotoGP.
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.
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.
Marc Marquez’s roller-coaster weekend at the Portimao season-opener is among the topics on this week’s Crash.net MotoGP podcast with Keith Huewen.