Marco Bezzecchi claimed a maiden MotoGP win on the rain-lashed Argentina Grand Prix on Sunday, additionally delivering a primary victory for a Ducati group owned by motorcycling legend Valentino Rossi.
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Italian rider Bezzecchi completed forward of Frenchman Johann Zarco with Alex Marquez, who began on pole place, rounding out an all-Ducati podium.
Bezzecchi, 24, additionally took the lead within the general standings after world champion Francesco Bagnaia, the winner of last weekend’s season-opener in Portugal, crashed off the circuit whereas operating in second place earlier than recovering to complete in sixteenth.
Bezzecchi had began in second place on the grid however swept previous Marquez on the opening lap and was not often troubled to take the chequered flag by 4.085 seconds.
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“Normally I’m not very good when it rains, but today the sensations were incredible,” mentioned the Italian who now has a 9-level lead within the championship.
South African KTM rider Brad Binder, who received the dash race on Saturday after ranging from fifteenth place on the grid, was 17th and last on Sunday after a fall on the opening lap.
Former MotoGP world champion Joan Mir missed Sunday’s race because of accidents suffered within the dash, his Honda group introduced.
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“After a morning medical check, Joan Mir was declared unfit for the Argentina GP by MotoGP and circuit medical staff due to cranial and cervical trauma,” Honda mentioned.
The Spaniard, who received the MotoGP title in 2020, crashed within the opening lap of Saturday’s dash.
During the medical exams he skilled emotions of nausea and dizziness, and will now return to Europe and put together for the Grand Prix of the Americas at Austin.
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Honda had been already lacking six-time world champion Marc Marquez, injured within the season-opener in Portugal.
Mir’s absence decreased the same old 22-rider grid on Sunday to 17 with Marquez, Enea Bastianini, Spanish veteran Pol Espargaro and Miguel Oliveira all nursing accidents from Portimao.
Results within the Argentina Grand Prix on Sunday, the second spherical of the 2023 world MotoGP championship:
1. Marco Bezzecchi (ITA/Ducati-VR46) 44 min 28.518 sec, 2. Johann Zarco (FRA/Ducati-Pramac) at 4.085, 3. Alex Marquez (ESP/Ducati-Gresini) 4.681, 4. Franco Morbidelli (ITA/Yamaha) 7.581, 5. Jorge Martín (ESP/Pramac) 9.746, 6. Jack Miller (AUS/KTM) 10.562, 7. Fabio Quartararo (FRA/Yamaha) 11.095, 8. Luca Marini (ITA/Ducati-VR46) 13.694, 9. Alex Rins (ESP/LCR Honda) 14.327, 10. Fabio Di Giannantonio (ITA/Gresini-Ducati) 18.515, 11. Augusto Fernandez (ESP/KTM) 19.380, 12. Maverick Vinales (ESP/Aprilia) 26.091, 13. Takaaki Nakagami (JPN/LCR Honda) 28.394, 14. Raul Fernandez (ESP/Aprilia RNF) 29.894, 15. Aleix Espargaro (ESP/Aprilia) 36.183, 16. Francesco Bagnaia (ITA/Ducati) 47.753, 17. Brad Binder (RSA/KTM) 48.106
World championship standings:
1. Marco Bezzecchi (ITA/Ducati-VR46) 50 pts, 2. Francesco Bagnaia (ITA/Ducati) 41, 3. Johann Zarco (FRA/Ducati-Pramac) 35, 4. Alex Marquez (ESP/Ducati-Gresini) 33, 5. Maverick Vinales (ESP/Aprilia) 32, 6. Jack Miller (AUS/KTM) 25, 7. Jorge Martín (ESP/Ducati-Pramac) 22, 8. Brad Binder (RSA/KTM) 22, 9. Franco Morbidelli (ITA/Yamaha) 21, 10. Fabio Quartararo (FRA/Yamaha) 18
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