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Moto3™ World Championship leader Dennis Foggia (Leopard Racing) topped FP1 at the Gran Premio Michelin® de la República Argentina as track action gets ...

The Friday practice sessions at the Argentine Grand Prix had to be rescheduled or canceled.

One of Friday’s two practice sessions was moved to Saturday for all three classes, while the other session was canceled. The pre-race warmup session for MotoGP has been lengthened to compensate for the lost track time. All of the team personnel have arrived in Termas de Río Hondo to compete in this weekend’s Argentine Grand Prix, but their freight hasn’t. Consequently, every track session on Friday had to be either rescheduled to Saturday or canceled.

Argentina plays host to the third round of the 2022 MotoGP season. Here's how you can watch the Argentina Grand Prix qualifying.

Can Fabio Quartararo continue his resurgence from Mandalika, are Suzuki ready to join the party, will the 'real' Francesco Bagnaia show up? - the key.

Even though I don’t have much data for this weekend I’m sure we can build on the results achieved in the first two races of the year." “We’ve never been fast but the grip was crazy. “We had luck that the track was grippy but we need to find a solution on tracks that aren’t grippy."

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Jaume Masia (Red Bull KTM Ajo) and World Championship leader Dennis Foggia (Leopard Racing) round out the top three in Free Practice, as qualifying now awaits.

Solunion GasGas Aspar's Izan Guevara guaranteed his place in the afternoon's Moto3 Q2 shootout with a provisional pole performance in FP2.

Leopard’s Tatsuki Suzuki crashing out at turn two after heading the session standings in the opening minutes - just over half a second away from his teammate’s overall benchmark. Guevara took charge from his GasGas Aspar teammate as the first lap registered, Foggia holding third thanks to his FP1 performance ahead of Moreira and Suzuki as Elia Bartolini crashed out at turn two. Mario Aji was the next to fall as the Honda Team Asia rider went down at the same corner, Guevara, Masia and Sergio Garcia sandwiched between the two Leopard machines as FP2 played out.

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I was the first to use it in the race when I was in Ducati, and I wasn't relaxed when I was doing it. "It wasn’t made to slow down cornering, but to avoid getting there straight on," he said. Year after year, you learn a lot of things and, if there are no major changes in the team, you can work more effectively." “When you know the positive and negative sides, your ideas are clearer, because you’re able to work on the details. In any case, I’m happy to try this experiment." "I’m really curious to experience this two-day weekend,” he said.

Fermin Aldeguer (MB Conveyors Speed Up) left it late to top Moto2™ Warm Up at the Gran Premio Michelin® de la República Argentina with a 1:43.356, a time good ...

The third race of the MotoGP season will take place on April 3 at International Autodromo Termas De Rio Hondo, in Argentina, from 20.00 CET.

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The opening day of running for the 2022 MotoGP Argentina Grand Prix has been cancelled due to delays in freight arriving at Termas de Rio Honda.

On Sunday, BT Sport will air live coverage of all of the warm-up and race action from 1:15pm. BT Sport in the UK will broadcast all of Saturday's Moto3, Moto2 and MotoGP action from 12:15pm through to 10pm. In 2013, heavy rain and fog forced the Friday of the Japanese Grand Prix to be cancelled, with practice and qualifying taking place on the Saturday and races on Sunday.

MB Conveyors' Fermín Aldeguer claimed the opening honours as Moto2 free practice began at the Termas de Rio Hondo Circuit in Argentina.

Arbolino, Canet, Vietti, Dixon and Lowes sat fourth to eighth with Navarro and Bo Bendsneyder completing the top ten. American Racing’s Cameron Beaubier claimed fifth with his 16th lap of the Termas track demoting Dixon by a mere 0.011s as two-tenths covered the second half of the top ten down to Lowes’ 1.44.777 effort. The Idemitsu Honda rider setting a 1’44.181 time in his tenth lap of the morning with the second KTM machine just 0.025s behind.

It's been almost three years since the MotoGP world championship last lined up the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit, with the years since the series' most recent ...

As MotoGP hasn’t raced there since 2019, many of the most successful riders on the grid have very limited track time at the venue, and that will slow them down not just on Saturday but on Sunday too. The end result of all that could be something of a free-for-all race where even by MotoGP standards picking a winner is hard. Ducati in particular had significant problems with that in Qatar, while Honda is missing Marc Marquez – although Takaaki Nakagami should at least be able to make the race after all. The first running of the race in 2014 at the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit, located more than 700 miles from capital city Buenos Aires, was a relatively peaceful affair. Well, so far it’s looking good for the Suzuki duo of Alex Rins and Joan Mir, as the only two riders to line up with the same team and bike as they rode last time here in 2019. It’s not been an easy task for the track not just to survive the pandemic but to manage to successfully rebuild itself literally from the ashes – but that’s what the local organiser has managed to do, with a brand new pit building meaning that the fire at least has very much been left in the past and that the track is ready to be raced on again.

02.04.2022: Gran Premio Michelin® de la República Argentina Termas de Rio Hondo Circuit Saturday, April 2nd 2022 LIVE HERE 1 7 Dennis FOGGIA ITA Leopard ...

The Spaniard is top overall heading into Moto2™ qualifying at the Argentina GP ... It's been a perfect Saturday so far for Fermin Aldeguer (MB Conveyors Speed Up) ...

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Aleix Espargaro claimed a first MotoGP pole for Aprilia as the Spaniard held off a late charge from Pramac Ducati's Jorge Martin to earn top spot in ...

We are improving day by day and getting close to the best bikes in the world. This is an extra boost for tomorrow.” “I'm very happy, I think the word is proud,” said the 32-year-old.

Records will fall and landmarks will be reached should Aprilia and Aleix Espargaro convert pole position for the Argentina MotoGP into a historic win - Vis.

That’s great for the rider.” Coupled with the strong race pace it showed in Qatar, the Spaniard is optimistic today will finally be his and Aprilia’s day. On dry I felt I could fight for the podium in Indonesia, and here, once again yes.

Argentina Grand Prix poleman Aleix Espargaro led reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo in the MotoGP warm-up session ahead of today's 25-lap race.

Johann Zarco on the second Pramac Ducati completed the top 10 ahead of Suzuki’s Joan Mir, while Miller was 17th. Alex Rins was third on the Suzuki ahead of Pramac Ducati's Jorge Martin, who will launch from second on the grid later today having been denied pole at the death on Saturday. In the early stages of warm-up, Pramac’s Johann Zarco led the way with a 1m39.452, though was soon deposed by poleman Espargaro on the Aprilia.

Warm-up results from the Argentine MotoGP at Termas de Rio Hondo, round 3 of the 2022 world championship.

That also means the current 'standard' rear tyre construction, introduced in 2020, has not previously been used at the track. The likes of Fabio Quartararo, Brad Binder and Takaaki Nakagami then moved ahead with soft tyres front and rear. Espargaro, who will start today's race from Aprilia's first pole position of the four-stroke era, was soon back in charge of the timesheets, running the hard front-soft rear tyre combination that is expected to be the favoured choice for the race.

Honda's Pol Espargaro believes it would be “impossible” for MotoGP to switch to two-day race weekends following the revised Argentina Grand Prix schedule, ...

“Before the Q1, I did the first run after the crash in FP2, I did 1m39.3s,” he added. But it was tight, everything tight and to the last moment. “Stressful. That was very stressful,” Espargaro said of his day.

Fermin Aldeguer continued his dominant run in Argentina as he topped both Moto2 practice sessions on Saturday.

Roberts taking 13th from Cameron Beaubier with 0.005s separating the pair and just four minutes left to play. Dixon was the next on a flyer as the Brit secured third thanks to a 1’43.895, just 0.008s shy of his morning best. The final action ahead of qualifying saw Ai Ogura lead the opening FP2 times with a 1’43.698 in another extended 50-minute session.

LCR Honda's Takaaki Nakagami topped the delayed first practice for the MotoGP Argentina Grand Prix despite turning up late having tested positive for COVID ...

Alex Marquez was 14th on the other LCR Honda ahead of a trio of Ducatis in Johann Zarco (Pramac), Luca Marini (VR46) and Jack Miller. As the session entered its final 10 minutes, much of the field went for a soft tyre time attack, with Nakagami returning to the top of the pile with a 1m39.486s. With the missing cargo – majorly affecting Gresini, VR46 and KTM which were missing motorcycles, while many others were also hit by the delays – turning up in the early hours of Saturday, the rescheduled FP1 was delayed to 12:35pm local time and extended by 15 minutes to an hour.

Free Practice (1) results from the 2022 Argentine Moto3 Grand Prix at Termas de Rio Hondo.

LCR Honda's Takaaki Nakagami put on a sensational showcase in Argentina after topping FP1 having initially been ruled out of the MotoGP weekend.

Nakagami was back in front as the final seven minutes counted down. Johann Zarco suffering opposing fortunes from the edge of the top 15 alongside his Pramac Ducati teammate, before the Frenchman arrived to eighth on his 19th lap. Morbidelli returning to the top six challenge as less than half a second covered the ten fastest riders. Nakagami taking charge overall as the pace continued to increase with Franky Morbidelli joining the party in fifth on the factory M1. Aprilia continued to shine as Viñales claimed second on his 11th lap. It was a blink and you miss it visit however as both Espargaro and then Suzuki Ecstar’s Alex Rins took their turns at the top.

Sam Lowes and Marc VDS were one of four Moto2 teams without kit in Argentina until 2am on Saturday Morning.

“I’m sure we can look at a few things tonight and I can improve a little bit and tomorrow we’ll be stronger,” he continued. If we improve the stopping of the bike, I think we can make a nice race. “I’m happy Tony could do a nice qualifying today to say thank you to them,” he added, after Arbolino finished on the front row, in third.

Is today the day for the Spaniard and Aprilia? Warm Up honours went their way; Quartararo and Rins inside top three.

Aleix Espargaro claimed his first ever Grand Prix victory in the ArgentinaGP and the first for Aprilia in the MotoGP era.

The battle for sixth intensifying in contrast as Marini lost out, then retook his position from Bagnaia as the race neared middle distance. Bagnaia circulated in eighth, just a tenth away from the Viñales/Marini battle as the race continued. The second factory Ducati of Pecco Bagnaia recovering from his own painful Saturday to sit ninth as the race unfolded. Monster Energy Yamaha’s Franky Morbidelli fell to the back of the pack on lap seven as his M1 suffered a puncture and he was forced to retire. On-grid issues for Andrea Dovizioso were compounded as the WithU RNF Yamaha retired his M1 at the end of lap one. Espargaro lined up for his 200th premier class start from the head of the MotoGP grid.

Spain's Aleix Espargaro won the first MotoGP race of his career in Argentina on Sunday on his 200th start in the sport's premier class.

Espargaro twice nipped past, only to run wide. Termas de Río Hondo (Argentina) (AFP) – Spain's Aleix Espargaro won the first MotoGP race of his career in Argentina on Sunday on his 200th start in the sport's premier class. Termas de Río Hondo (Argentina) (AFP) – Spain's Aleix Espargaro won the first MotoGP race of his career in Argentina on Sunday on his 200th start in the sport's premier class.

Aleix Espargaro claimed his maiden MotoGP win at the Argentine Grand Prix with an intense ride which also gave Aprilia their first ever victory in the ...

Espargaro had dominated Saturday's practice before claiming his first MotoGP pole and the 32-year-old said he was under 'double' the pressure to deliver. The emotions got the better of Espargaro, who broke down in tears in the paddock as he spoke to his family over the phone while his younger brother and Honda rider Pol also came by to embrace him." But Espargaro held on to take the chequered flag at the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit ahead of Martin while Rins finished third for an all-Spanish podium.The result also ensured nine different riders have finished on the podium after three races this season, underlining how open the 2022 season has been.

The Spaniard eventually sees off the competition by nearly two tenths in qualifying; Foggia outside the top 10.

Nakagami's 1:39.028 was good enough to beat reigning World Champion Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) by 0.127s, with Pol Espargaro (Repsol Honda ...

Free Practice (1) results from the Argentine MotoGP at Termas de Rio Hondo, round 3 of the 2022 world championship.

That also means the current 'standard' rear tyre construction, introduced in 2020, has not previously been used at the track. The revised schedule sees the top 10 riders after the FP1 and FP2 sessions given direct access to Qualifying 2, with the usual FP3 and FP4 cancelled. Alex Rins (Suzuki), Mandalika winnner Miguel Oliveira (KTM), Maverick Vinales (Aprilia), Brad Binder (KTM) and Joan Mir (Suzuki) complete the provisional top ten for direct access to Qualifying 2.

Aleix Espargaro led an Aprilia 1-2 in second practice for the MotoGP Argentina Grand Prix, as an erratic Francesco Bagnaia dropped into Q1 for qualifying.

Aleix Espargaro’s lap continued to act as the benchmark until the final 20 minutes, when team-mate Vinales lit up the timing screens to fire in a 1m38.454s on a fresh soft rear tyre. Though long running was the priority, that didn’t stop Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro – starting his 200th MotoGP race this weekend – from moving up to second on the combined times straight away with a 1m39.116s. Most of the field focused on race running in the opening half of FP2, with conditions identical to what will likely be experienced on Sunday in the 25-lap grand prix.

Chatting ahead of the Michelin® Grand Prix of Argentina, Indonesian GP Moto2™ polesitter Jake Dixon (Autosolar GASGAS Aspar Team) sat down with former ...

Aleix Espargaro says he is “proud” to have scored a historic first MotoGP pole for Aprilia at the Argentina Grand Prix after “how far we've suffered” since ...

“We know it can be a good race, but even if it’s a bad race I’m very happy because we are doing steps forward and this is just the base, and what I’m happy with is if this is just the pace we are there. “I just need to push from one lap, the tyre consumption is quite good and the pace is quite strong. “One lap we still need to work, it’s very difficult for me because I need to more feeling, I need more confidence, I need to push more on the limit and still I don’t have that. “But I was very happy with the rhythm so I’m very enthusiastic for tomorrow. “And it’s the first one for Aprilia, it’s a very nice moment. “It’s not super important because the points will come [in the race], but for a rider to feel this speed, to feel that you are the fastest one is always great.

An edge of seat last lap battle saw Sergio Garcia victorious in Argentina as the Solunion GasGas Aspar rider claimed his fifth Moto3 win.

Sasaki denying Suzuki in a similar move at the last corner for the final podium celebrations. Foggia through for second with nine laps to go as the pendulum kept swinging in the top four. The SIC58 rider attempting to find a way through in Suzuki for third but without success. The chaos left the Leopards firmly in contention as Foggia led Suzuki in second and third. Guevara hit the front with the fastest lap of the race so far, immediately running half a second clear of from Garcia and Artigas as Moreira joined the fight in fourth. Migno was up to second at the halfway stage, Foggia sweeping into the podium fight half a lap later as he took two bikes in one go.

Valentino Rossi protege Celestino Vietti won his second race of the 2022 Moto2 season, as Sergio Garcia took victory in a dramatic Moto3 race at the ...

Tatsuki Suzuki did cross the line fourth on his Leopard Honda, but he was dropped a place for exceeding track limits. Canet snatched third from Ogura at Turn 7 on the final lap, but Ogura executed a superb overtake at the penultimate corner to take third. With the Leopard rider leading onto the final lap, a daring raid up the inside of Foggia at the penultimate gave victory to Garcia.

Aleix Espargaro will start the Argentina MotoGP - his 200th Grand Prix start - from the top spot as he grabs Aprilia's first pole position of the MotoG...

Bringing up the rear in Q2 was an unfortunate Brad Binder, the South African having been on course for the front row - possibly pole position - with his last lap, only to run wide at Turn 7. Despite failing to build on his top five from FP1, Marco Bezzecchi was still the quickest rookie in 17th, ahead of Andrea Dovizioso on the RNF Yamaha and Alex Marquez on the LCR Honda. However, Espargaro would fight back straight away, shaving a tenth off that marker with a 1min 37.688s.

Aleix Espargaro took an historic first MotoGP pole position for Aprilia in a dramatic Argentina Grand Prix qualifying, as Luca Marini starred for Valentino ...

Abandoning his first run after getting out of shape on a vicious bump through the fast Turn 12 left-hander, Bagnaia was left in last in the session. The big shock of qualifying came in Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia failing to exit Q1 having dropped into it in a frustrating FP2 session. KTM’s Brad Binder rounded out the top 12 after making a mistake on his final lap having been on course to challenge for pole. Espargaro hooked the lap together to produce a 1m38.108s to go fastest of all ahead of Pramac’s Jorge Martin and world champion Fabio Quartararo on the only Yamaha in Q2. Forced to head out on his second bike, Mir was only seventh after his first run as team-mate Alex Rins sat in fifth. Before he’d even taken to the Rio Hondo circuit, Joan Mir was dealt a setback when his number one Suzuki encountered a technical issue as he was about to leave his garage.

Aprilia Racing celebrate their first MotoGP™ pole position in a dramatic pair of qualifying sessions in Argentina.

Aleix Espargaro secured his maiden pole position as part of the Aprilia project with a 1'37.688 lap around the Termas de Rio Hondo Circuit.

A stunning ride from Marini found the Mooney VR46 in third to round out the front row celebrations from the younger Espargaro and Viñales with Quartararo settling for sixth. Martin took control overall with a 1’37.839 lap but the Aprilia was on the move. With time falling away and no challenge registering on his seventh attempt, Bagnaia failed to beat the flag for a final hot lap push. Espargaro claimed provisional pole with a 1’38.108 as the opening laps registered, Jack Miller crashing out from fourth at turn one with Martin and Fabio Quartararo ahead and Marini behind. Zarco advanced to fifth with his fourth lap of the final session before Rins quickly demoted him back one position. VR46 academy cohort Franky Morbidelli pushing his Yamaha M1 to fourth in the session, four-tenths adrift of Nakagami’s benchmark time with a 1’39.307.

Aleix Espargaro took Aprilia's first MotoGP pole position in a dramatic qualifying, with Luca Marini taking the first front row start for Valentino Rossi's ...

Qualifying came late on Saturday after a disrupted grand prix weekend which saw Friday’s running cancelled amid freight delays following the last round in Indonesia. Marc Marquez is replaced by reserve rider Stefan Bradl after the world champion suffered another spell of diplopia caused by a horrific crash during the warm-up session in Indonesia. The big shock of qualifying came in Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia failing to exit Q1 having dropped into it in a frustrating FP2 session.

LCR Honda's Takaaki Nakagami topped the delayed first practice for the MotoGP Argentina Grand Prix despite turning up late having tested positive for COVID ...

Alex Marquez was 14th on the other LCR Honda ahead of a trio of Ducatis in Johann Zarco (Pramac), Luca Marini (VR46) and Jack Miller. Marc Marquez’s replacement Stefan Bradl – who is filling in for the six-time world champion as he recovers from vision problems – was 22nd, with Raul Fernandez (Tech3) and RNF’s Andrea Dovizioso rounding out the 24-rider field. As the session entered its final 10 minutes, much of the field went for a soft tyre time attack, with Nakagami returning to the top of the pile with a 1m39.486s. Alex Rins was the leading Suzuki rider in sixth ahead of Indonesian GP winner Miguel Oliveira (KTM), Maverick Vinales on the sister Aprilia, Brad Binder on the sister factory KTM and Rins’ team-mate Joan Mir. With the missing cargo – majorly affecting Gresini, VR46 and KTM who were missing motorcycles, while many others were also hit by the delays – turning up in the early hours of Saturday, the rescheduled FP1 was delayed to 12:35pm local time and extended by 15 minutes to an hour. The delays to the weekend proved crucial for Nakagami, who was originally ruled out of the Argentina round after testing positive for COVID earlier in the week.

MotoGP travels to South America this weekend for the third round of the 2022 season. Here's how you can watch Sunday's Argentina Grand Prix.

Autosolar GasGas Aspar's Jake Dixon will start his return to the Argentinian GP from fifth on the Termas de Rio Hondo Moto2 grid.

Completing FP2 in the top three, and seventh overall, Dixon comfortably secured his place directly into the Q2 shootout. Let’s see what we can do tonight, to try and help me save the tyre a little bit better tomorrow.” Mandalika’s pole position was backed up by the fifth fastest lap of the Termas track, just one place behind teammate Albert Arenas, after just two 50-minute practice sessions in quick succession on the opening morning.

Honda's Pol Espargaro believes it would be “impossible” for MotoGP to switch to two-day race weekends following the revised Argentina Grand Prix as they are ...

“Before the Q1, I did the first run after the crash in FP2, I did 1m39.3s,” he added. But it was tight, everything tight and to the last moment. “Stressful. That was very stressful,” Espargaro said of his day.