The rain arrived on the Termas de Rio Hondo route, promising us a wet Sunday. In these conditions some lost their footing and others took the current to find the top of the wave. As for Johann Zarco, he led his boat well.
This is the first time that the Grand Prix drivers have traveled this wet Argentinian track. Overall, there was no fall and the pace was not bad with, in particular, a Johann zarco impeccable who went to the top of the timesheet with a time below 1'55 per lap, which is only shared by the second, Sandra Cortese.
The one who starts second on the starting grid with increased confidence is also followed by a alex rins eleventh at the end of qualifying and who is in the leading Argentinian morning trio. A Pasini resurrected follows as the poleman of the Grand Prix, Sam Lowes. Morbidelli, Corsi, Alex Márquez, Simeon and who you know's half-brother Marini close a top 10 revised to Folger, twelfth and Lüthi, distant twenty-third.
As a result, the Swiss leader of the championship finds himself behind the two Tech3 drivers in twenty and twenty-first place. And for once it's Isaac Vinales who dominated his teammate Virgin. The Argentinian Moto2 race will start at 19:20 p.m. French time.
Argentina, Moto2, WU: times
1. Johann zarco FRA Ajo Motorsport (Kalex) 1m 54.847s
2. Sandra Cortese GER Dynavolt Intact GP (Kalex) 1m 54.910s
3. alex rins SPA Paginas Amarillas HP 40 (Kalex) 1m 55.248s
4. Mattia Pasini ITA Italtrans Racing Team (Kalex) 1m 55.379s
5. Xavier Simeon BEL QMMF Racing Team (Speed Up) 1m 55.693s
6. Sam Lowes GBR Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 (Kalex) 1m 55.726s
7. Franco Morbidelli ITA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (Kalex) 1m 55.922s
8. Simone Courses ITA Speed Up Racing (Speed Up) 1m 56.054s
9. Alex Marquez SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (Kalex)
1m 56.176s
10. Luca marini ITA Forward Team (Kalex) 1m 56.349s
11. Marcel schrotter GER AGR Team (Kalex) 1m 56.458s
12. Jonas Folger GER Dynavolt Intact GP (Kalex) 1m 56.554s
13. Julian Simon SPA QMMF Racing Team (Speed Up) 1m 56.558s
14. Hafiz Syahrin MAL Petronas Raceline Malaysia (Kalex)
1m 56.839s
15. Danny Kent GBR Leopard Racing (Kalex) 1m 56.887s
16. Axel Pons SPA AGR Team (Kalex) 1m 56.984s
17. Miguel Oliveira POR Leopard Racing (Kalex) 1m 57.243s
18. Dominique Aegerter SWI CarXpert Interwetten (Kalex)
1m 57.284s
19. Takaaki Nakagami JPN IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (Kalex)
1m 57.489s
20. Isaac Viñales SPA Tech 3 Racing (Tech 3) 1m 57.775s
21. Xavi Verge SPA Tech 3 Racing (Tech 3) 1m 57.895s
22. Rattha Park Wilairot THA IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (Kalex)
1m 58.076s
23. Thomas luthi SWI Garage Plus Interwetten (Kalex) 1m 58.120s
24. Lorenzo Baldassarri ITA Forward Team (Kalex) 1m 58.597s
25. Robin Mulhauser SWI CarXpert Interwetten (Kalex) 1m 59.038s
26. louis salom SPA SAG Team (Kalex) 1m 59.896s
27. Alessandro Tonucci ITA Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 (Kalex) 2m 0.611s
28. Efren Vazquez SPA JPMoto Malaysia (Suter) 2m 1.384s
29. Jesko Raffin SWI Sports-Millions-EMWE-SAG (Kalex) 2m 3.158s
