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MotoGP racing, Argentina GP: New peak for Aprilia, mark Aleix Espargaro stage 200

(Sports news, MotoGP racing news) MotoGP 2022 moves to the Americas with two races 3 and 4, starting at the Termas de Rio Hondo racetrack, Argentina. While it didn’t get off to a good start in its first comeback in three years, Sunday here saw a historic moment when MotoGP had a new champion rider and team.

The third race could not go as planned when logistics and logistics problems caused the paddock area (technical area of ​​the organizers and racing teams) to “treat Tango”. “slower than expected. Therefore, all activities on the 6th day in all three modes had to be cancelled. All test runs and qualifying rounds are scheduled to take place on Saturday (2/4), while Sunday’s main races (3/4) take place as scheduled.

Moto3: Consecutive breakdown in the first group, the ‘ecstatic’ victory went to Garcia

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Garcia (No. 11) overtook Foggia (right) in the deciding corner

Sergio Garcia has the 2nd pole in his career with a great advantage over the main opponents, Andrea Migno and Dennis Foggia, starting 8th and 11th respectively. However, the first rounds saw Garcia’s teammate, Izan Guevara, controlled the race in P1.

Unfortunately, the 18-year-old driver had engine problems in lap 10, causing him to give up early. Then, in the battle for the top, Migno had the 2nd stage in a row collided with another car and had to give up, this time with Jaume Masia.

The consecutive incidents helped Foggia rise to the top easier and once again the Italian driver showed class and experience in the most important moment. He passed Garcia in the penultimate round, followed by teammate Tatsuki Suzuki. It seemed that the Leopard Racing team had a 1-2 victory, but Garcia had a great last half lap, surpassing both drivers to get the first victory in 2022 and the first place on the individual rankings.

Foggia finished 2nd and had 20 precious points while Ayumu Sasaki, who had to serve a Long Lap penalty (for causing an accident in the previous stage) in round 2, came back for the 3rd podium of his career.

Moto2: Vietti class, Asia has 2 representatives on podium

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Vietti had 2 wins and 1 second place after the first 3 races

16-year-old driver Fermín Aldeguer became the youngest driver to win a pole in the Moto2 format in the 11th race of his career, in the Q2 run where the heavyweights were all outside the top 5. Augusto Fernandez started 2nd but had The departure was so bad that he had an accident at the first corner and gave up early.

The driver who leads the individual rankings, Celestino Vietti from P6 quickly entered the top 2 after the first round, it only took him 2 more rounds to overcome Aldeguer and temporarily rise to the top.

In the 8th round, Vietti made a big mistake at corner 13, when returning to the racing line, he collided with Aldeguer himself, causing this young driver to end the race early, unfortunately missing the opportunity to get a high achievement in stage 3. That made the championship battle take place between the two drivers who finished first in the first two stages of this year, Vietti and Somkiat Chantra; behind Ai Ogura and Aron Canet compete for the final podium spot.

Vietti had one more mistake, but maintained the No. 1 position to the end of the race with impressive speed. Thanks to that, he won the second time in 3 stages in 2022, Chantra also had the second podium in a row and entered the top 3 of the individual rankings. Ogura with great defense beat Canet to get the 2nd podium at Moto2 and 4th place in the rankings. The Honda Asia racing team celebrates with two drivers present on the podium.

MotoGP: First victory in 18 years of MotoGP career

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Rins brings back Suzuki’s first podium in 2022

The qualifying run continued to witness surprises as the two drivers who won the opening two races of the season, Enea Bastianini and Miguel Oliveira both failed to make it to Q2, along with the defending runner-up, Francesco Bagnaia, who was in a good position. disappointing level.

Meanwhile, entering Q2, Aleix Espargaro had the fastest record and won the first historic pole for Aprilia in the MotoGP era, the 3rd pole in his career and the first time since Barcelona 2015 (with Suzuki). His teammate Maverick Vinales also had his best ranking result since the start of the season, P5.

However, the person with the best departure is Jorge Martin, the young driver of Pramac Ducati is in stable form on Saturday when all 3 stages are present in the first row. From P2, he took the lead from corner 1 as Aleix Espargaro wobbled in the start and lost his pole advantage. The duo Martin and Espargaro showed good speed to jump up from the first minutes to create a distance of more than 2s with the group chasing after the first 6 rounds.

In the 10th round, A.Espargaro made two consecutive mistakes that made the gap between him and Martin widen for more than 1s. However, experience helped Aprilia’s driver to promptly shorten the distance in only the next 3 rounds.

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Martin got the first score after 2 consecutive races

A.Espargaro had opportunities to regain the No. 1 position in laps 18 and 20 but failed because he braked too late, leading to a corner. Fortunately, he succeeded in the third time, when he attacked on the straight line of lap 21 when it seemed that Aprilia’s steering wheel held the tire better than Martin. Driver #89 refused to give up early while continuing to put great pressure on the top because Alex Rins ran 3rd not too far from him.

Finally, in the 200th start of the MotoGP format (286 races in all modes), A. Espargaro and Aprilia got their first emotional victory in the MotoGP era. This result helps driver #41 take the top spot in the individual rankings with 45 points.

Martin finished 2nd and has a very valuable first 20 points in 2022 after 2 consecutive empty legs. The remaining podium position belongs to Rins, his first top 3 since Silverstone 2021.

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Aprilia won first place in a MotoGP race for the first time

The remaining driver of Suzuki, Joan Mir ranked 4th; Behind is Bagnaia, with the best result since the start of the season for the defending runner-up. Brad Binder finished 6th, Vinales ranked 7th in a memorable race for Aprilia. Meanwhile, Quartararo only finished P8, while Bastianini ranked 10th, falling to 3rd in the individual rankings.

9 different drivers stood on the podium in the first 3 stages of the season, promising that the next races will have many surprises and exciting things waiting for us ahead. Stage 4 will take place at COTA racetrack, USA next weekend, from April 8 to 10.

Detailed results of Argentina GP 2022:

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Individual rankings after stage 3:

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According to Roger Bui (Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Magazine)

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