MotoGP 2017 in Argentina – Free practice sessions and qualifying

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MotoGP 2017 in Argentina – Free practice sessions and qualifying

MotoGP 2017 in Argentina – Free practice sessions and qualifying
Marquez on pole, Folger dissatisfied

Marc Marquez starts from pole position at the Argentina GP. Karel Abraham starts the race from a sensational second place. Folger starts from position eleven after good performances in the free practice sessions.


Slawomir Niewrzol,
Slawomir Niewrzol

04/08/2017

Fourth place in first free practice; Eighth place in the second free practice; 15th place in the third free practice and sixth place in the fourth free practice! The training sessions in Argentina were relatively promising for Jonas Folger. After the good performance in the practice runs, the German MotoGP rookie had to be satisfied with a rather disappointing eleventh place on the grid in qualifying. Things went better for the reigning world champion Marc Marquez late on Saturday evening. The young Spaniard secured first place on the grid in difficult conditions. The Czech Karel Abraham surprisingly landed behind them. No less surprising is the third-placed finish in qualifying at Termas de Rio Hondo: Cal Crutchlow.

Vinales top in the training sessions!

World Championship leader Maverick Vinales finished sixth in qualifying. The Spaniard still dominated the training sessions. However, the onset of rain at the beginning of the fourth free practice gave Vinales a hard time. The gap to Marc Marquez in qualifying was more than 1.5 seconds. Vinales team-mate Valentino Rossi landed on position 7 in qualifying. The top 10 is completed by Danilo Petrucci, Dani Pedrosa, Aleix Espargaro, Loris Baz and Alvaro Bautista. The two Ducati works drivers who could not qualify for the second qualifying round experienced a qualifying to forget. In the end, Dovizioso will start the race from position 13; Lorenzo will only start from position 16 on Sunday. The two KTM works drivers Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaro will start behind Lorenzo. The MotoGP race starts on Sunday at 9:00 p.m..

MotoGP grid in Argentina

  1. Marc Marquez
  2. Karel Abraham
  3. Cal Crutchlow
  4. Danilo Petrucci
  5. Dani Pedrosa
  6. Maverick Vinales
  7. Valentino Rossi
  8. Aleix Espargaro
  9. Loris Baz
  10. Alvaro Bautista
  11. Jonas Folger
  12. Andrea Iannone
  13. Andrea Dovizioso
  14. Johann Zarco
  15. Scott Redding
  16. Jorge Lorenzo
  17. Jack Miller
  18. Pol Espargaro
  19. Bradley Smith
  20. Tito Rabat
  21. Hector Barbera
  22. Sam Lowes
  23. Alex Rins

Results from Moto2 and Moto3

In Moto2, Sandro Cortese secured a strong second place. Marcel Schrotter landed on grid position 16. Miguel Oliveira, Franco Morbidelli and Alex Marquez start the race from the front row.

Philipp Ottl secured tenth place on the grid in Moto3. John McPhee, Nicolo Bulega and Jorge Martin start the race from the very front.

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