Gran Premio Motul de la República Argentina 2019 (SpOiLeR)

[Speeddog]

What are the chances, a GP19 sitting with a cover on, but only exposing *that* much. Must be oddly breezy....  




Pic by Borja González
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[koko64]

 
Ducati giving the other mfrs the bird.

[Speeddog]

Indeed!

~50% chance of rain starting sunset Saturday going thru Sunday.
Certainly won't throw a spanner in the works or anything.

[ducpainter]

I can't comprehend how they go that fast in the rain.

I don't even like going in a straight line in the rain. It wasn't so bad 25 years ago.

[Speeddog]

I've gone nearly as fast as they do, and it's stupid windy even 170-ish, flat out trying to tear you off the bike even with a fairing.
There's a reason the little kink at Mugello makes MM roll out a bit, it's f'n bonkers.

[koko64]

Jack 2nd in FP1 and FP2.
FP2, Dovi, Jack and Cal. It's tight.

[Kopfjager]

Top five within 0.244

Qualifying 2:

Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 1m 38.304s [Lap 7/8] 326km/h (Top Speed)
Maverick Viñales ESP Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) 1m 38.458s +0.154s [Lap 6/7] 319k
Andrea Dovizioso ITA Mission Winnow Ducati (GP19) 1m 38.468s +0.164s [Lap 6/7] 326k
Valentino Rossi ITA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) 1m 38.545s +0.241s [Lap 6/7] 321k
Jack Miller AUS Pramac Ducati (GP19) 1m 38.548s +0.244s [Lap 6/7] 328k
Franco Morbidelli ITA Petronas Yamaha SRT (YZR-M1) 1m 38.886s +0.582s [Lap 6/7] 318k
Fabio Quartararo FRA Petronas Yamaha SRT (YZR-M1)* 1m 38.897s +0.593s [Lap 6/8] 322k
Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 38.955s +0.651s [Lap 3/7] 328k
Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 39.038s +0.734s [Lap 7/8] 321k
Danilo Petrucci ITA Mission Winnow Ducati (GP19) 1m 39.093s +0.789s [Lap 6/6] 327k
Pol Espargaro ESP Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) 1m 39.489s +1.185s [Lap 3/8] 327k
Jorge Lorenzo ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 1m 39.520s +1.216s [Lap 5/7] 325k
Qualifying 1:

Aleix Espargaro ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 39.288s 325k
Miguel Oliveira POR Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)* 1m 39.298s 317k
Karel Abraham CZE Reale Avintia Ducati (GP18) 1m 39.331s 325k
Alex Rins ESP Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 39.384s 318k
Francesco Bagnaia ITA Pramac Ducati (GP18)* 1m 39.387s 322k
Johann Zarco FRA Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) 1m 39.571s 322k
Joan Mir SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)* 1m 39.605s 326k
Tito Rabat ESP Reale Avintia Ducati (GP18) 1m 39.978s 326k
Hafizh Syahrin MAL Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) 1m 40.053s 316k
Andrea Iannone ITA Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 40.118s 318k

[Kopfjager]

 

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[koko64]

Wow 

[Kopfjager]

Everyone is practicing for flag to flag during WUP. 

[Kopfjager]

Moto3   Great race! Masia gets his first win.

[triangleforge]

Watching Moto2 with frantic Italian commentary - which means I have even less of a clue than usual what's going on. 

IMG_20190331_192239359 by triangleforge, on Flickr

[Kopfjager]

80 degrados and getting sunny. Tracks gonna get greasy. 

[Kopfjager]

Several teams are swapping out rears on the start grid. 

[Kopfjager]

Will someone please teach my boy how to launch that bike at the start.