Aleix takes Aprilia to ecstasy in Argentina with his first MotoGP win

In his 200th Grand Prix in the heavy bike category, and after five and a half years of hard work since he arrived at Noale, the Catalan made good on the superiority shown in testing and qualifying, and on Sunday, in the key moment, interpreted the score to a thousand wonders.

After remaining glued to the tail of Jorge Martín’s Ducati for most of the test, the eldest of the brothers from Granollers (Barcelona) made a good third attack on the Madrid native – in the previous two he went long – to place himself in front of the peloton and open an unrecoverable margin for the Pramac team rider, who finished second. This victory also places Espargaró at the head of the provisional points table.

Alex Rins completed a podium that has placed nine different riders in the first three stops on the calendar.

Fourth place went to Joan Mir, his workshop neighbor at Suzuki, while Pecco Bagnaia, who went from less to more and came from behind, managed to cross the finish line in fifth, almost six seconds behind the winner.

Sixth place went to Brad Binder, while Maverick Viñales finished seventh, just ahead of Fabio Quartararo (eighth) and Marco Bezzecchi (ninth).

Enea Bastianini, until now World Cup leader, could not get past eleventh place.

Things were much worse for Jack Miller, who disappeared at all times, and for Pol Espargaró, who went down (lap 15) when he was running fourth, trying not to lose contact with the three in front.

Results of the MotoGP Argentine Grand Prix

Cla		#	Pilot		Motorcycle	laps	Weather	Difference	Interval	Km/h	Abandonment	Points
1		41	Aleix Espargaró		April	25	–					25
2		89	Jorge Martin		Ducati	25	0.807	0.807	0.807			20
3		42	Alex Rins		Suzuki	25	1.330	1.330	0.523			16
4		36	Joan Mir		Suzuki	25	1.831	1.831	0.501			13
5		63	Pecco Bagnaia		Ducati	25	5,840	5,840	4.009			11
6		33	Brad Binder		KTM	25	6.192	6.192	0.352			10
7		12	Maverick Viñales		Aprilia	25	6.540	6.540	0.348			9
8		20	Fabio Quartararo		Yamaha	25	10,215	10,215	3.675			8
9		72	Marco Bezzecchi		Ducati	25	12,622	12,622	2,407			7
10		23	Enea Bastianini		Ducati	25	12,987	12,987	0.365			6
11		10	Luca Marini		Ducati	25	13,962	13,962	0.975			5
12		30	Takaaki Nakagami		Honda	25	14.002	14.002	0.040			4
13		88	Miguel Oliveira		KTM	25	14,456	14,456	0.454			3
14		43	Jack Miller		Ducati	25	14,898	14,898	0.442			2
fifteen		73	Alex Marquez		Sling	25	23,472	23,472	8,574			1
16		25	Raul Fernandez		KTM	25	25,862	25,862	2,390
17		87	Remy Gardner		KTM	25	28.711	28.711	2.849
18		40	Darryn Binder		Yamaha	25	28,784	28,784	0.073
19		6	Stefan Bradl		Honda	25	31,943	31,943	3.159
20		4	Andrea Dovizioso		Yamaha	22	1’21,442	3 Laps	3 Laps
	dnf	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio		Ducati	22					Abandonment
	dnf	44	Pol Espargaro		Sling	14					Abandonment
	dnf	21	Franco Morbidelli		Yamaha	7					Abandono
	dnf	5	Johann Zarco		Ducati	5