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Post by truenorth on Apr 3, 2022 3:57:49 GMT -8
Marini "The team worked overnight, the result is thanks to them. It is a special day for both of us, but I haven't seen his tests yet."
Martin: "happy for Aleix, a deserved result.
Mat Oxley: BTW MotoGP gets twice the usual warm-up time tomorrow morning - 40 minutes instead of 20 - which means some riders and teams may be able to make big improvements, which could affect the race
David Emmett: That Ducati is far too finicky. Can't get it to work in all circumstances. Spent too much time testing parts, not enough setting up the bike.
Alberto Puig: «When a pilot gets scared it's over, and Márquez has never had it» Alberto Puig has spoken about the current situation of Marc Márquez. The Honda team manager has been optimistic about his return.
Pedro Acosta, critical of his team: "I'll have to start falling more and riding the way I want" Pedro Acosta was upset by the results obtained on Saturday in Argentina
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Post by truenorth on Apr 3, 2022 4:10:55 GMT -8
Jorge Martín: «I see Aleix Espargaró very confident, I will try to hang on with him and fight for victory» Jorge Martín will start from the second position in the Argentine GP. The Pramac Ducati rider hopes to be able to fight for the podium.
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Post by truenorth on Apr 3, 2022 4:14:18 GMT -8
At 16 years and 362 days old, Fermín Aldeguer54 is the youngest rider in the history of the intermediate category to achieve pole position. He surpasses Jorge lorenzo99, who did it in the 2005 Italian GP at the age of 18 years and 32 days
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Post by truenorth on Apr 3, 2022 8:19:41 GMT -8
Moto3 Race 25 11 Sergio GARCIA SPA Solunion GASGAS Aspar Team GASGAS 38'23.433 157.7 2 20 7 Dennis FOGGIA ITA Leopard Racing HONDA 38'23.579 157.7 0.146 3 16 71 Ayumu SASAKI JPN Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max HUSQVARNA 38'23.808 157.7 0.375 4 13 54 Riccardo ROSSI ITA SIC58 Squadra Corse HONDA 38'23.940 157.7 0.507 5 11 24 Tatsuki SUZUKI JPN Leopard Racing HONDA 38'23.917 157.7 0.484 6 10 10 Diogo MOREIRA BRA MT Helmets - MSI KTM 38'24.020 157.6 0.587 7 9 96 Daniel HOLGADO SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 38'24.148 157.6 0.715 8 8 99 Carlos TATAY SPA CFMOTO Racing PruestelGP CFMOTO 38'25.465 157.5 2.032 9 7 27 Kaito TOBA JPN CIP Green Power KTM 38'26.531 157.5 3.098 10 6 66 Joel KELSO AUS CIP Green Power KTM 38'26.830 157.5 3.397 11 5 23 Elia BARTOLINI ITA QJMotor Avintia Racing Team KTM 38'31.082 157.2 7.649 12 4 6 Ryusei YAMANAKA JPN MT Helmets - MSI KTM 38'32.326 157.1 8.893 13 3 31 Adrian FERNANDEZ SPA Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 38'32.465 157.1 9.032 14 2 53 Deniz ÖNCÜ TUR Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 38'32.635 157.1 9.202 15 1 48 Ivan ORTOLÁ SPA Angeluss MTA Team KTM 38'32.882 157.0 9.449 16 82 Stefano NEPA ITA Angeluss MTA Team KTM 38'46.178 156.1 22.745 17 72 Taiyo FURUSATO JPN Honda Team Asia HONDA 38'46.856 156.1 23.423 18 18 Matteo BERTELLE ITA QJMotor Avintia Racing Team KTM 38'47.100 156.1 23.667 19 20 Lorenzo FELLON FRA SIC58 Squadra Corse HONDA 38'47.243 156.1 23.810 20 67 Alberto SURRA ITA Rivacold Snipers Team HONDA 38'47.474 156.1 24.041 21 64 Mario AJI INA Honda Team Asia HONDA 38'48.313 156.0 24.880 22 87 Gerard RIU MALE SPA BOE SKX KTM 39'00.849 155.2 37.416 23 70 Joshua WHATLEY GBR VisionTrack Racing Team HONDA 39'25.564 153.5 1'02.131 Not Classified 5 Jaume MASIA SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 30'25.144 151.6 5 laps 16 Andrea MIGNO ITA Rivacold Snipers Team HONDA 25'37.703 157.5 7 laps 19 Scott OGDEN GBR VisionTrack Racing Team HONDA 24'18.637 154.1 8 laps 28 Izan GUEVARA SPA Solunion GASGAS Aspar Team GASGAS 16'27.821 157.6 12 laps 43 Xavier ARTIGAS SPA CFMOTO Racing PruestelGP CFMOTO 9'11.599 156.8 16 laps 22 Ana CARRASCO SPA BOE SKX KTM 11'13.472 102.7 17 laps
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Post by truenorth on Apr 3, 2022 9:20:28 GMT -8
Where they have to be hallucinating is in Thailand with Chantra, who after winning the Indonesian GP, today has fought for victory to finally finish second. When we get there at the end of the year, it's going to be quite a party
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Post by truenorth on Apr 3, 2022 11:04:47 GMT -8
Moto2 Race 1 25 13 Celestino VIETTI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team KALEX 39'44.098 166.9 2 20 35 Somkiat CHANTRA THA IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia KALEX 39'45.636 166.8 1.538 3 16 79 Ai OGURA JPN IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia KALEX 39'49.801 166.5 5.703 4 13 40 Aron CANET SPA Flexbox HP40 KALEX 39'49.978 166.5 5.880 5 11 96 Jake DIXON GBR Autosolar GASGAS Aspar Team KALEX 39'50.682 166.4 6.584 6 10 14 Tony ARBOLINO ITA Elf Marc VDS Racing Team KALEX 39'51.636 166.3 7.538 7 9 51 Pedro ACOSTA SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KALEX 39'56.275 166.0 12.177 8 8 75 Albert ARENAS SPA Autosolar GASGAS Aspar Team KALEX 39'56.516 166.0 12.418 9 7 64 Bo BENDSNEYDER NED Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team KALEX 39'57.754 165.9 13.656 10 6 22 Sam LOWES GBR Elf Marc VDS Racing Team KALEX 39'58.352 165.9 14.254 11 5 6 Cameron BEAUBIER USA American Racing KALEX 40'04.175 165.5 20.077 12 4 23 Marcel SCHROTTER GER Liqui Moly Intact GP KALEX 40'09.834 165.1 25.736 13 3 16 Joe ROBERTS USA Italtrans Racing Team KALEX 40'12.415 164.9 28.317 14 2 18 Manuel GONZALEZ SPA Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Tea KALEX 40'13.882 164.8 29.784 15 1 42 Marcos RAMIREZ SPA MV Agusta Forward Racing MV AGUSTA 40'14.368 164.8 30.270 16 52 Jeremy ALCOBA SPA Liqui Moly Intact GP KALEX 40'21.982 164.3 37.884 17 24 Simone CORSI ITA MV Agusta Forward Racing MV AGUSTA 40'22.054 164.2 37.956 18 5 Romano FENATI ITA MB Conveyors Speed Up BOSCOSCURO 40'22.423 164.2 38.325 19 81 Keminth KUBO THA Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Tea KALEX 40'48.956 162.4 1'04.858 Not Classified 9 Jorge NAVARRO SPA Flexbox HP40 KALEX 34'45.797 165.8 3 laps 19 Lorenzo DALLA PORTA ITA Italtrans Racing Team KALEX 34'56.498 165.0 3 laps 2 Gabriel RODRIGO ARG Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team KALEX 33'21.074 164.2 4 laps 12 Filip SALAC CZE Gresini Racing Moto2 KALEX 19'23.014 163.6 12 laps 61 Alessandro ZACCONE ITA Gresini Racing Moto2 KALEX 16'05.903 125.3 16 laps 54 Fermín ALDEGUER SPA MB Conveyors Speed Up BOSCOSCURO 10'23.962 166.3 17 laps 84 Zonta VAN DEN GOORB NED RW Racing GP KALEX 1'50.377 156.7 22 laps Not finished first lap 37 Augusto FERNANDEZ SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo KALEX 28 Niccolò ANTONELLI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team KALEX 4 Sean Dylan KELLY USA American Racing KALEX
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Post by truenorth on Apr 3, 2022 11:05:04 GMT -8
Aleix wins!!!!!! What a race.
Steve Day: Amazing scenes in Argentina. AleixEspargaro was on the brink of walking away from the sport a few years ago but what a day for him and for the sport. Congratulations to him & all at ApriliaOfficial- That’s 9 different riders on the podium in the first 3 races
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Post by truenorth on Apr 3, 2022 11:14:24 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Apr 3, 2022 11:16:06 GMT -8
28th October 2000 2nd April 2022 Aleix Espargaro is the first premier class pole sitter for Aprilia since Jeremy McWilliams took pole at Phillip Island in the 500cc class
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Post by truenorth on Apr 3, 2022 11:16:38 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Apr 3, 2022 11:20:37 GMT -8
2022 Moto2 Championship Standings After Round 3, Termas de Rio Hondo, Argentina Submitted by David Emmett on Sun, 2022-04-03 16:31
Pos No. Rider Bike Points Deficit 1 11 Sergio Garcia GasGas 58 2 7 Dennis Foggia Honda 54 -4 3 28 Izan Guevara GasGas 28 -30 4 27 Kaito Toba KTM 27 -31 5 53 Deniz Öncü KTM 26 -32 6 16 Andrea Migno Honda 25 -33 7 99 Carlos Tatay CFMoto 24 -34 8 10 Diogo Moreira KTM 20 -38 9 54 Riccardo Rossi Honda 17 -41 10 24 Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 17 -41 11 71 Ayumu Sasaki Husqvarna 16 -42 12 43 Xavier Artigas CFMoto 16 -42 13 96 Daniel Holgado KTM 16 -42 14 6 Ryusei Yamanaka KTM 16 -42 15 23 Elia Bartolini KTM 13 -45 16 17 John McPhee Husqvarna 11 -47 17 5 Jaume Masia KTM 9 -49 18 66 Joel Kelso KTM 7 -51 19 48 Ivan Ortola KTM 6 -52 20 31 Adrian Fernandez KTM 5 -53 21 82 Stefano Nepa KTM 3 -55 22 19 Scott Ogden Honda 3 -55 23 64 Mario Aji Honda 2 -56 24 18 Matteo Bertelle KTM 1 -57 25 20 Lorenzo Fellon Honda 0 -58 26 72 Taiyo Furusato Honda 0 -58 27 22 Ana Carrasco KTM 0 -58 28 70 Joshua Whatley Honda 0 -58 29 67 Alberto Surra Honda 0 -58 30 87 Gerard Riu Male KTM 0 -58
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Post by truenorth on Apr 3, 2022 11:34:23 GMT -8
MotoGP Race 1 25 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing APRILIA 41'36.198 173.2 2 20 89 Jorge MARTIN SPA Pramac Racing DUCATI 41'37.005 173.2 0.807 3 16 42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR SUZUKI 41'37.528 173.1 1.330 4 13 36 Joan MIR SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR SUZUKI 41'38.029 173.1 1.831 5 11 63 Francesco BAGNAIA ITA Ducati Lenovo Team DUCATI 41'42.038 172.8 5.840 6 10 33 Brad BINDER RSA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 41'42.390 172.8 6.192 7 9 12 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Aprilia Racing APRILIA 41'42.738 172.8 6.540 8 8 20 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 41'46.413 172.5 10.215 9 7 72 Marco BEZZECCHI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team DUCATI 41'48.820 172.4 12.622 10 6 23 Enea BASTIANINI ITA Gresini Racing MotoGP DUCATI 41'49.185 172.3 12.987 11 5 10 Luca MARINI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team DUCATI 41'50.160 172.3 13.962 12 4 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU HONDA 41'50.200 172.3 14.002 13 3 88 Miguel OLIVEIRA POR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 41'50.654 172.2 14.456 14 2 43 Jack MILLER AUS Ducati Lenovo Team DUCATI 41'51.096 172.2 14.898 15 1 73 Alex MARQUEZ SPA LCR Honda CASTROL HONDA 41'59.670 171.6 23.472 16 25 Raul FERNANDEZ SPA Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 42'02.060 171.5 25.862 17 87 Remy GARDNER AUS Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 42'04.909 171.3 28.711 18 40 Darryn BINDER RSA WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Tea YAMAHA 42'04.982 171.3 28.784 19 6 Stefan BRADL GER Repsol Honda Team HONDA 42'08.141 171.0 31.943 20 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Tea YAMAHA 42'57.640 147.6 3 laps Not Classified 49 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO ITA Gresini Racing MotoGP DUCATI 37'02.767 171.2 3 laps 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 23'21.258 172.8 11 laps 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 12'20.876 163.4 18 laps 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Pramac Racing DUCATI 8'26.957 170.6 20 laps
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Post by truenorth on Apr 3, 2022 11:36:30 GMT -8
World Championship Classification 30 Rider Points Leader Previous QAT INA ARG AME POR SPA FRA ITA CAT GER NED FIN GBR AUT RSM ARA JPN THA AUS MAL VAL 1 ESPARGARO Aleix SPA 45 13 7 25 2 77 BINDER Brad RSA 38 20 8 10 3 92 BASTIANINI Enea ITA 36 25 5 6 4 90 RINS Alex SPA 36 9 11 16 5 10 1 QUARTARARO Fabio FRA 35 7 20 8 6 12 2 MIR Joan SPA 33 10 10 13 7 17 5 OLIVEIRA Miguel POR 28 - 25 3 8 21 4 ZARCO Johann FRA 24 8 16 - 9 25 4 MARTIN Jorge SPA 20 - - 20 10 25 0 ESPARGARO Pol SPA 20 16 4 - 11 30 5 MILLER Jack AUS 15 - 13 2 12 31 1 MORBIDELLI Franco ITA 14 59 - 13 32 1 VIÑALES Maverick SPA 13 40 9 14 33 1 BAGNAIA Francesco ITA 12 - 1 11 15 34 1 MARQUEZ Marc SPA 11 11 - - 16 35 1 NAKAGAMI Takaaki JPN 10 60 4 17 35 0 MARINI Luca ITA 10 32 5 18 38 3 BEZZECCHI Marco ITA 7 -0 7 19 39 1 BINDER Darryn RSA 6 06 0 20 41 2 MARQUEZ Alex SPA 4 -3 1 21 43 2 DOVIZIOSO Andrea ITA 2 2- 0 22 44 1 GARDNER Remy AUS 1 10 0
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Post by truenorth on Apr 4, 2022 6:00:50 GMT -8
Quartararo: "I didn't expect to see Espargarò and Binder at the head of the championship, but neither did I expect to suffer like this. Let's think about the next race."
From the long long list of things I didn’t know (Jorge Martin talking about Aleix):
"I’m super happy for him," Jorge Martin said after finishing second. "We all know how much he works. For me, it’s really special because he gave me a house, he gave me food, he gave me material to train when I had nothing. Everybody knows that I’m from a really humble family. So, he helped me a lot in the past with my career with a lot of time with me and making me be a better rider. It’s the best thing that could happen today with his victory. For sure we will have a beer afterwards."
When Martin was starting out in the Red Bull Rookies, Aleix Espargaro had taken Martin under his wing, supporting him financially, giving him a place to stay, training with the Spanish youngster. Martin is only in MotoGP because Espargaro had helped him on his path to the premier class. But he had been beaten fair and square by his erstwhile mentor.
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Post by truenorth on Apr 4, 2022 6:01:40 GMT -8
JorgeMartínAlmoguera 🏆P2 babyyyy! We start building from here! Thanks super team! pramacracing Congrats to my friend, brother and inspiration AleixEspargaro! I love you
Mat Oxley: I raced through the big red MotoGP results book this morning to find the last time 9 different riders stood on the podium at the first 3 races of a premier-class season: 1952!! Although to be honest, they didn't always have podiums in those days, just a garland and a gong
Jorger Lorenzo: Historic victory of ApriliaOfficial and AleixEspargaro the result of many years of hard work and perseverance. Without a doubt 88jorgemartin deserves to be in the official team, the most explosive and fastest of the brand (and it will go further). The suzukimotogp racing machines!
David Emmett: Great stat. Every rider on the grid now has at least one win, one pole position, and one fastest lap in a race in a grand prix class (Moto3/2/GP). Only Aleix was missing
Morbidelli, disappointed with Yamaha: "Everyone overtakes us even if they don't have a higher pace than ours"
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Post by truenorth on Apr 4, 2022 7:54:19 GMT -8
Worth the wait: Aleix Espargaro creates history in Argentina On his 200th MotoGP™ start, the Spaniard claims an emotional first victory for himself and Aprilia; Ducati and Suzuki pick up podiums Aleix Espargaro and Aprilia: underdogs to top dogs For the first time since 2019, it was lights out in Argentina and getting away superbly from the middle of the front row was Martin. The Pramac star grabbed the holeshot, Pol Espargaro (Repsol Honda Team) launched well from the second row to slot into P3, just behind polesitter and older brother Aleix Espargaro. The top two, Martin and Aleix Espargaro, then started to stretch clear. The gap was up to a second pretty rapidly as Pol Espargaro and Rins battled past Luca Marini (Mooney VR46 Racing Team), as a whole host of riders sat line astern. Reigning World Champion Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) had dropped back to P13 from the second row, he had Indonesian GP winner Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) behind him and the likes of Johann Zarco (Pramac Racing), Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu), Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) and Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) in front of him. As one Pramac Racing Ducati set the fastest lap of the race, the other crashed out at Turn 2. Martin edged out a 0.4s gap to Aleix Espargaro in the chase for victory, while Zarco tucked the front on Lap 7. Martin and Aleix Espargaro had two seconds to Rins and Pol Espargaro, Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar) was now P5 ahead of Marini, who in turn had Maverick Viñales (Aprilia Racing), Bagnaia and Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) for close company. Lap 10 of 25 saw Aleix Espargaro run wide at Turn 1, losing 0.4s, and then the Aprilia man ran wide at Turn 5 – two mistakes in five corners cost the Spaniard 0.9s and now, Rins was just a second in arrears. Martin’s lead, with 15 laps to go, was up to just over a second. The response from Aleix Espargaro? The fastest lap of the Grand Prix – a 1:39.375, 0.4s quicker than Martin. With 11 laps to go, while running P4, Pol Espargaro crashed out unhurt at Turn 2. That promoted Mir to P4, but the 2020 World Champion had two seconds to bridge if he wanted to fight his teammate Rins for the final podium spot. Aleix Espargaro had regrouped and was now back to where he was before the double error – 0.3s behind Martin’s bellowing GP22. The first hint of a move came with eight laps to go. Aleix Esaprgaro moved out the slipstream and was ahead, but it was only briefly. Hard on the anchors, Espargaro couldn’t get his RS-GP stopped at the apex and Martin was back through. This was compelling. Rins was not out of this either, the Suzuki man was just 1.3s off the leading duo with seven laps left. A lap later, it was copy/paste at Turn 5. Still no way through for Espargaro, who looked like he had a bit of pace in his pocket over Martin. And then, at the third attempt at Turn 5, Espargaro was through. Four and a half laps to go, Aprilia and Espargaro were leading. Three to go. Martin hadn’t been dropped by Espargaro, and Rins was now 0.8s behind Martin. Two to go. 0.2s split the top two, Rins was still just under a second away from Martin. Heading onto the last lap, Aleix Espargaro had given himself 0.6s breathing space. A monumentally huge lap was incoming for the number 41 and Aprilia, 4.8km of asphalt was all that separated him from a dream debut victory. Turn 5 was safely negotiated. Turn 7 too. Three corners left for Espargaro quickly become two. Turn 13 was safely deposited, no attack from Martin was coming, and flicking his RS-GP left, Espargaro took the chequered flag in P1 for the very first time, handing Aprilia their first premier class victory. Emotion, relief, pandemonium. Martin had no answer in the end for Espargaro but second place is crucial to kickstart his World Championship after two DNFs in Qatar and Indonesia, as Rins completed the podium for his first visit to the rostrum in 2022. Stories through the points as MotoGP™ delivers again In the end, Mir was only 0.5s away from teammate Rins and a podium finish, but it’s a solid result for the Suzuki rider. Pecco’s P5 was a fantastic comeback ride after failing to make it out of Q2, the Italian finished ahead of Brad Binder and Viñales in the battle for the top five. Quartararo took a lonely P8 in a tricky race for the Frenchman, as El Diablo ended the day 2.4s ahead of star rookie Marco Bezzecchi (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) – the Italian beats compatriots Bastianini and Marini to bag a tremendous P9. Bastianini relinquishes the Championship lead with a P10, a mistake at Turn 5 cost ‘The Beast’ a shot at a better result, with Marini slipping down the order from half race distance. Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu) fended off Oliveira in P12 and P13 respectively, Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) couldn’t make progress on Sunday afternoon and picked up a lowly P14, while Alex Marquez (LCR Honda Castrol) claimed the final point in P15 We had to wait a little longer than anticipated, but Argentina delivered. Aprilia and Aleix Espargaro head to the Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas as World Championship leaders after a wonderful weekend, as 2022 has now seen nine different podium finishers in the opening three races. Astonishing. COTA, the stage is yours
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Post by truenorth on Apr 4, 2022 8:25:08 GMT -8
Jorge Martin second in Argentina behind an uncontrollable Aleix. "I owe him a lot. He made me a better rider. Glad he beat me. This was the best weekend of this season for me." Good chance of winning in Austin.
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Post by truenorth on Apr 4, 2022 9:18:34 GMT -8
It's no surprise the Espargabros are still leading the Brothers' Championship after AleixEspargaro's 1st win in the #ArgentinaGP. Here's polespargaro congratulating Aleix in parc fermé.
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Post by truenorth on Apr 4, 2022 10:13:54 GMT -8
Jack Miller: That was a very disappointing day. Nobody wants to finish 14th. What made it more frustrating was that it was probably the first time in my life I've done a race and not passed one single rider. Time to shift our focus to Austin 🇺🇸 which usually goes well for me, until then 🤟
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