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.

Fabio Quartararo claimed his first MotoGP points with a solid eighth place and top rookie performance in Sunday's Grand Prix of Argentina.

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.

UPDATE: Race Direction has released the side camera footage of Crutchlow's jump start:

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.

Nobody has beaten Marc Marquez more during last lap MotoGP showdowns than Andrea Dovizioso, most recently at the Qatar season opener.

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.

Valentino Rossi broke his longest podium drought as a Yamaha rider in style, by snatching a last-lap second place in the Argentina MotoGP.

Full Argentina MotoGP race results Marc Marquez has produced a flawless performance to take victory in Argentina by over nine seconds ahead of Valentino Rossi and Andrea Dovizioso who had a race

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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.

Race results from the 2019 Argentina Moto2 Grand Prix, round 2 of 19.

Race results from the 2019 Argentina Moto3 Grand Prix, round 2 of 19.

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?

Warm-up results from the 2019 Argentina Moto2 Grand Prix, round 2 of 19.

Warm-up results from the 2019 Argentina Moto3 Grand Prix, round 2 of 19.

Monster Yamaha's Maverick Vinales began the Argentina MotoGP weekend in 18th place, but set-up improvements have helped carry him to second in qualifying, behind only Honda's Marc Marquez.

MotoGP champion Marc Marquez heads into Sunday's Argentine MotoGP as the clear pre-race favourite. But that was also the case one year ago, when incidents and mishaps left him out of the points.

Jack Miller was in with a fighting chance of repeating last year's Argentina MotoGP pole position, this time in pure dry conditions, only for a 'big ole highside' moment to cost him valuable tenths.