The Italian Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati Desmosedici GP22) dominoes from start to finish the long run of Argentine Grand Prix of MotoGP in the circuit of Rio Hondo Hot Springsahead of the French Johann Zarco (Ducati Desmosedici GP23) and the Spanish Alex Márquez (Ducati Desmosedici GP22).
The Italian Francesco “Pecco” Bagnaia (Ducati Desmosedici GP23), who crashed on the seventeenth lap, lost the leadership in the World Cup provisional in favor of his compatriot Bezzecchi, who in this same Argentine circuit achieved his first victory in the motorcycling world championship in the Moto3 category in 2018.
The Spanish Joan Mir (Repsol Honda RC 213 V) was the first casualty of the long race when he was declared “unfit” by the Grand Prix Medical Commission after suffering a severe fall in the sprint race on Saturday in which he suffered a head injury with nausea and dizziness, so he will rest until the Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin (Texas).
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Thus, at the start of the long race, scheduled for 25 laps, the Italian Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati Desmosedici GP22) came out like a real exhalation to lead the race, followed by Alex Márquez (Ducati Desmosedici GP22) and the also Italian Francesco “Pecco Bagnaia (Ducati Desmosedici GP23).
Before concluding the first lap, the South African Brad Binder (KTM RC 16), winner of the sprint race on Saturday, crashed in turn five, although he returned in last position to the race, while the Japanese Takaaki Nakagami (Honda RC 213 V) and the Frenchman Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha YZR M 1), touched each other and they had to give up many positions to avoid the fall.
Bezzecchi and Márquez each set the fastest laps in the second lap, in which they already had a certain advantage over their immediate pursuers, Bagnaia and fellow Italian Franco Morbidelli (Yamaha YZR M 1), with the main group led by Frenchman Johann Zarco (Ducati Desmosedici GP23) already more than three seconds away.
With the passing of the turns the situation is It was consolidating with those four pilots at the helm of the samealways with Marco Bezzecchi setting the pace and with Morbidelli closing the leading group.
The Italian set a new fastest lap on his fourth lap, and also on the fifth and sixth, in a clear attempt to put the ground in the middle with respect to his rivals on the way to his first victory in the category, after being the best rookie the last season. On the sixth lap, Bezzecchi was already riding solo with a second and a half ahead of Alex Márquez.
In the chasing group led by Zarco, the Frenchman lost some steam and found himself overtaken by the Italian Fabio di Giannantonio (Ducati Desmosedici GP22) and the Spanish Alex Rins (Honda RC 213 V).
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Once these positions are consolidated the race became a bit monotonouswithout too many details to highlight, except for Di Giannantonio’s mistake that made him go to the bottom of his group, which Alex Rins went on to lead, although far, far away, more than five seconds, from the fourth place occupied by Morbidelli.
Rins had enough to try to endure the fight with Johann Zarco, a very fast driver in wet conditions, who ended up overtaking him on the thirteenth lap, although they remained in a compact group that also included Jorge Martín, who one lap later he passed Rins, Jack Miller (KTM RC 16), Fabio di Giannantonio and Luca Marini.
behind, a Fabio Quartararo, very bland in the first half of the race, took action, by conserving his Yamaha much better tires, and began to pass rivals to be eleventh on the fourteenth lap, with eleven to go.
Alex Márquez lost position to Bagnaia on the fifteenth lap, but tried to hold on in his wake, keeping an eye on Franco Morbidelli, with whom he maintained the gap.
But on the seventeenth turn the surprise came when committing a mistake “Pecco” Bagnaia, who crashed at turn thirteen. He returned to the track, but he did so in the penultimate position, just ahead of another accident victim, Brad Binder.
With eight laps to go, Bagnaia tried to gain positions, without success, while Bezzecchi was comfortable in the lead and Alex Márquez recovered second place, although with the Italian Morbidelli behind him, just half a second behind, and with the Frenchman Zarco throwing himself away. already above them.
Behind, Johann Zarco gradually distanced himself from the groupas well as Jorge Martín, while Jack Miller and Alex Rins were fighting for sixth place in the group behind.
Two laps from the end, Zarco caught up with Morbidelli, whom he overtook, and shortly after, on the last lap, he also defeated Márquez to finish second.
Jorge Martín achieved fifth place, with Fabio Quartararo seventh, Alex Rins ninth, Augusto Fernández (GasGas RC 16) eleventh, ahead of a discreet Maverick Viñales (Aprilia RS-GP), with Raúl Fernández (Aprilia RS-GP) fourteenth and Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia RS-GP), fifteenth.