Aprilia can with the Ducatista army at the end of the FP2 in Argentina

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Aprilia was intractable at the end of the first day of free practice for the Argentine Grand Prix. First Maverick Viñales and then Aleix Espargaró They have been in charge of leading the FP1 and FP2 of MotoGP to be held this afternoon at the Termas de Río Hondo Circuit, two sessions that have been able to be held in the dry despite the dark clouds that have covered the sky of the Argentine track this Friday.

In the morning, in the 45-minute FP1, Viñales rolled faster than anyone and scored a 1’39.207, followed by his neighbor in the box, Aleix Espargaró, who finished almost three tenths behind the driver from Roses. In the afternoon, with the track somewhat cleaner and again using slicks, the tables turned and it was the oldest of the Espargarós who, with a time of 1:38.518, was at the top of the combined rankingnow with Maverick at his wheel separated from the #41 by only 162 thousandths.

The 18 riders present at this Argentine GP have attacked the clock with the rear middle tire, the softest that Michelin has brought to Termas; the French manufacturer has decided not to use the ‘Soft’ compound because of the excessive wear caused by the Termas asphalt, an abrasion that does not guarantee the safety of the pilots in case of riding extremely soft compounds.

The top three on Friday in Termas was completed by the Italian Marco Bezzecchi (3rd +0.249) on the back of his Desmosedici GP22, the first of a long list of Ducati riders made up of five men: his partner Luca Marini (4th +0.315) also with a GP22, and behind the GP23 of Johann Zarco (5º +0.391), I’m sorry Bagnaia (6th +0.426) and Jorge Martin (7º +0.488).

In eighth place we find the best Honda of Friday, the one from Wrap up Nakagamiwho qualified directly for Q2 thanks to his time of 1:39.071 (8th +0.553), followed by Franco Morbidelli (9th +0.562) and the second driver of the LCR Team, Alex Rins (10th +0.599), who is using the same chassis with which Marc Márquez competed in Portimao in this grand prix.

Out of Q2 there have been important pilots such as Alex Marquez (11th +0.666) and Fabio Quartararo (14th +0.746), who has not hidden his angry gestures for having finished so far behind in the standings. Bad day overall for the KTMs, with Brad Binder (12th +0.684) as the best among the Austrians, finishing ahead of Jack Miller (16th +0.858) and the GASGAS pilot Augusto Fernandez (17th +1.043), who suffered a crash in the early stages of FP2 from which he was able to recover without major problems.

Tomorrow, Saturday, MotoGP will return to action from 3:10 p.m. for the 30-minute Free Practice prior to the fight for pole position, which will begin at 3:50 p.m. And at night, at 8:00 p.m., the turn of the Sprint Race.

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MotoGP FP1 & FP2 Argentina Results

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