#ArgentinaGP MotoGP Q2: Only Márquez resists Abraham!

A Historic Q1, in the sense that no less than half a dozen top drivers competed to be drafted, the old hands Dani Pedrosa and Valentino Rossi came out to come and face their little comrades in this last qualification of the 12 best drivers, at great displeasure of the Ducati riders, and especially of Andrea Dovizioso who thus sees his chances of having a good race compromised.

#ArgentinaGP MotoGP	2016	2017
FP1	1'43.684 Andrea Dovizioso	1'40.356 Maverick Vinales
FP2	1'41.579 Marc Marquez	1'39.477 Maverick Vinales
FP3	1'40.368 Marc Marquez	1'39.772 Cal Crtuchlow
FP4	1'39.882 Marc Marquez	1'50.040 Marc Marquez
Q1	1'40.552 Bradley Smith	1'49.235 Dani Pedrosa
Q2	1'39.411 Marc Marquez
Warm Up	1'49.177 Andrea Iannone
Course	Marquez Rossi Pedrosa
All time lap record	1'37.683 Marquez 2014

Weather-wise, the drizzle is still present and everyone is using rain tires for this 15-minute session which could well reveal a few more surprises, the satellite drivers, starting with Loris Baz, always being over-motivated as soon as they feel that the tricky track offers them a chance to show off…

From the first rounds, Dani Pedrosa takes the lead in front Danilo Petrucci, Valentino Rossi and Loris Baz. The latter then took command in 1'49.630 before Marc Márquez does not lower the reference time to 1'48.571.

The track begins to dry slightly on the lines and the drivers stop to fit a new rear tire. Upon resumption, Cal Crutchlow first goes to third position before Pedrosa and Petrucci do not come between Márquez and Baz.

Taking full advantage of the drying trajectories, Andrea Iannone tried to ride slicks but it didn't pay off. Conversely, Karel Abraham always surprises by moving up to second position behind Marquez even though he had never qualified on the front row until now.

Relive Marc Marquez's qualifying round:

In the end, the first three lines present us with an extraordinary panorama to say the least, mixing factory drivers and satellite drivers, all with enormous gaps.
With 3 bikes in the Top5, Honda is the big winner of this session while Ducati saves the furniture with its satellite bikes.

Ranking compiled by our friends at crash.net:

1. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 47.512s [Lap 6/7] 314km/h (Top Speed)
2. Karel Abraham CZE Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 48.275s +0.763s [6/7] 304km/h
3. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 48.278s +0.766s [7/8] 312km/h
4. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP17) 1m 48.908s +1.396s [6/8] 314km/h
5. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 49.008s +1.496s [5/8] 303km/h
6. Maverick Vinales ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 49.218s +1.706s [7/7] 306km/h
7. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 49.272s +1.760s [8/8] 310km/h
8. Alex Espargaro ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 49.323s +1.811s [7/7] 307km/h
9. Loris Baz FRA Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 49.630s +2.118s [3/7] 306km/h
10. Alvaro Bautista ESP Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP16) 1m 49.724s +2.212s [8/8] 312km/h
11. Jonas Folger GER Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)* 1m 49.825s +2.313s [7/7] 306km/h
12. Andrea Iannone ITA Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 50.725s +3.213s [7/7] 307km/h