The Argentine Grand Prix is already underway. After being about to be suspended by a wrecked plane, it looks like everything is in order to face the third race of the season. This Sunday’s race (8 pm, DAZN) can be an unbeatable opportunity for Aleix Espargaró to win the first race in the 200 Grand Prix he has competed in all categories.
Aleix Espargaró marks a historic ‘pole’
For the third time in his career, the Catalan rider will start from the first position on the starting grid. The older brother of the Espargarós has dominated the second round of training and, with a strong time, has sealed his passage in Q2. In the qualifying round he has had no rival. Despite strong opposition from Jorge Martin’s Ducati satellite, Granollers knew it was a golden opportunity to sign the first pole of the team and mark a before and an after. He will start first, something that has not happened since 2015. The Catalan has the option of winning his first Grand Prix in the 200 races he has competed in all categories.
Aprilia begins to resurface
The historic Italian brand is once again starring in the MotoGP World Championship. With Aleix Espargaró as the captain of the team, Aprilia began its journey to the top of the standings last season. With the arrival of Maverick Viñales in the middle of last year, the stakes were doubled. The goal was clear: they wanted to re-mark the World Cup and compete with the biggest in the World Cup. And so it has been. The first pole d’Aprilia has come from the hands of Aleix Espargaró in the third Grand Prix of the season. They need to be taken into account from now on.
Bagnaia: favorite to fourteenth
The Ducati rider is not having the expected start to the season. The Italian was the cornerstone of Fabio Quartararo’s shoe when he was proclaimed world champion last year. The end of the year for the Italian was exceptional, thanks to victories with solid driving. Now the feelings are very different. Far from his best version, and with a Ducati to which he seems not to have adapted, Bagnaia has not been able to add the time needed to go to Q2 and has had to go through the first qualifying round. He has not set any of the two best times and will have to start from the fourteenth position in the Grand Prix this Sunday.
A plane threatens the GP
After having to cancel the first day of free practice of the Argentine MotoGP Grand Prix because one of the five cargo planes that left the Indonesian island of Lombok for the arrival of the South American country, Saturday’s day hung by a thread. Many teams, without their bikes, were up against the ropes to meet the Grand Prix agenda. Flight BSC4042 landed in the morning and frantic work began on the circuit. Those who received the material had to assemble the boxes and motorcycles correctly. The race on Sunday will take place at the scheduled time.
