This Argentine Grand Prix almost allowed us to witness the first fight between the very experienced Valentino Rossi and the promising young prospect, Maverick Vinales.
If this did not really happen, it is precisely because of the experience which, unlike talent, is still growing in the Suzuki rider, and which ended up betraying him on a wet patch, a trap into which a Doctor of legendary reliability no longer falls.
Mais il s’en est fallu de peu que le “Rookie of the year” 2015 ne vienne vraiment tailler des croupières au charismatique Italien, et ce d’autant que sa Suzuki jusque là réputée peu puissante lui a bel et bien permis de dépasser la M1 du pilote Yamaha en ligne droite; visiblement , on travaille bien à Hamamatsu…
From then on, the fall three laps from the end of the race was no longer considered anything other than a youthful error, and the objectives were, in fact, revised upwards; We are now playing in the big leagues!
Maverick Vinales: “je suis à la fois très
triste et très heureux. Evidemment ,je suis triste du résultat
final, mais je dois être très, très, fier de ce que nous avons
fait. Durant toute la course, j’ai pu me battre dans le groupe de
tête et j’ai également senti que j’avais le rythme pour doubler
pour la deuxième place. Après le mauvais Warm-Up, la course s’est
très bien déroulée et c’est dommage que je n’ai pas pu
finaliser.
Unfortunately, I hit a wet patch while going just a little further offshore than the ideal trajectory, and I paid a heavy price.
It's hard to accept this fall when you feel so good on the bike and you can really get on the podium, but at the same time it's proof that we have made huge progress and that we are now ready to fight for the best.
My goal continues to be realistic, the Top 6, but this weekend is proof that we can hope for some brilliant results, and, of course, I will take my chance if it presents itself to me.
Nous accumulons de plus en plus d’expérience et cela paiera à court
terme. Je suis confiant pour qu’Austin soit de nouveau l’occasion
de se battre dans le groupe de tête.”
MotoGP World Standing 2016
| Pos | Pile | Motorcycle | Country | The point system |
| 1 | Marc Márquez | Honda | SPA | 41 |
| 2 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | ITA | 33 |
| 3 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | SPA | 27 |
| 4 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | SPA | 25 |
| 5 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | ITA | 23 |
| 6 | Pol Espargaró | Yamaha | SPA | 19 |
| 7 | Hector BARBERA | Ducati | SPA | 18 |
| 8 | Eugene LAVERTY | Ducati | IRL | 17 |
| 9 | Bradley SMITH | Yamaha | GBR | 16 |
| 10 | Maverick VIÑALES | Suzuki | SPA | 10 |
| 11 | Aleix Espargaro | Suzuki | SPA | 10 |
| 12 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Aprilia | SPA | 9 |
| 13 | Stefan BRADL | Aprilia | GER | 9 |
| 14 | Tito RABAT | Honda | SPA | 8 |
| 15 | Scott REDDING | Ducati | GBR | 6 |
| 16 | Michael PIRRO | Ducati | ITA | 4 |
| 17 | Jack Miller | Honda | AUS | 2 |
| 18 | Andrea Iannone | ITA | ||
| 19 | Cal Crutchlow | GBR | ||
| 20 | Loris BAZ | FRA | ||
| 21 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | COL |
