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Gran Premio Motul de la República Argentina

Seems very little hubub and activity approaching this round .... does it run a day later or something?
 
Interesting FP1 session. Still anyone's guess at who can win this race. Times may set qualifying order since rain is on the way for FP2 and into tomorrow.
 
Marquez nearly crashed onto 3 riders on the slow down lap of FP1, Vinales wasn't happy (one of the riders he nearly hit).

Rain expected for FP2

Pedders
Crutchlow
Iannone
Zarco
Miller
Marquez
Rossi
Dovi
Lorenzo
Petrucci
 
Not sure what we can tell from that session as the track was very green (times still just over a second off the lap record).

Dovi, Marc, Rossi all looked comfortable (well, Mark nearly crashed several times but still)

Jorge looked stroppy

Mav did not look so at home

Zarco was miles off until the last few minutes

Hopefully FP2 will be dry and we will get a bit more info :)

Macca
 
FP2:

Marquez
Crutchlow
Rabat
Iannone
Pedrosa
Vinales
Rossi
Rins
Bautista

Petrucci 13th, Lorenzo17th.

Dovi was plum last, 3 seconds off Marquez. He set a late "flyer" but was nowhere.
 
Dirty surface as predicted - Márquez pretty much immediately switched to stiffer springs in FP1. Rainfall simply served to inhibit rubber being laid down. Some clearly had better feel than others enabled them to push harder.

Combined times Márquez, from Crutch from Pedro. Hondas look the most settled although Marquez nearly chucked it at the pit wall exiting his garage.

Factory Ducati's floundering.

Tyre management is hugely important here, but right now choice is a nightmare. Márquez's fasted time set on a fresh medium rear, Crutchlow new front and rear. Same Rabat - Good job Tito. Short runs today - very inconclusive but Márquez strong in all sectors.

Can't believe that Canet hasn't had a penalty...championship protagonist that's why.
 
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Arrabbiata1 said:
Dirty surface as predicted - Márquez pretty much immediately switched to stiffer springs in FP1. Rainfall simply served to inhibit rubber being laid down. Some clearly had better feel than others enabled them to push harder.

Combined times Márquez, from Crutch from Pedro. Hondas look the most settled although Marquez nearly chucked it at the pit wall exiting his garage.

Factory Ducati's floundering.

Tyre management is hugely important here, but right now choice is a nightmare. Márquez's fasted time set on a fresh medium rear, Crutchlow new front and rear. Same Rabat - Good job Tito. Short runs today - very inconclusive but Márquez strong in all sectors.

Can't believe that Canet hasn't had a penalty...championship protagonist that's why.
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Canet should have got pushed to the back of the grid from what I saw.
 
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JPSLotus said:
There's still time to get things squared away.

HRC looks good though.
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He finished FP1 in 8th. Not so horrible. They can square things away between now and then. Tho if it rains - it's going to be crash city on that whack surface.
 
JPSLotus said:
There's still time to get things squared away.

HRC looks good though.
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If I recall correctly, last year both factory Hondas crashed out and Cal got 3rd.
I’m still feeling wary about this track especially with the resurface, and Im anxious to see the next two sessions.
 
Damn, not sure what to think about the dominance of Marquez,
4/10ths on second and everyone else a second or more down. Not sure if that is more surprising or Dovi looking like he doesn’t have a care in the world in dead last on a dry track.
 

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