It was a breathless tussle over the first two laps but one rider was then forced out of it: Crutchlow was given a Ride Through for jumping the start. Chopping and changing, Danilo Petrucci (Mission Winnow Ducati) was next to attack the number 12 Yamaha in the melee – before Miller took Rossi, and Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha SRT) had a stab at getting past the number 46 too. Jack Miller (Pramac Racing) was next to go on the offensive as he dived past the ‘Doctor’ but the move didn’t stick, with Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) getting past Viñales to tag onto the Australian. Marquez immediately pulled the pin to make a gap, with Rossi then soon attacking Dovizioso but the Ducati rider holding firm. Marquez took the holeshot from pole as Dovizioso pounced for second, with Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) losing out from the middle of the front row and Rossi leapfrogging his teammate. The race to complete the podium behind him was a spectacular tussle, however, and one eventually won by Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) as the ‘Doctor’ made the perfect move on Andrea Doviziosos (Mission Winnow Ducati) on the last lap to secure second and his first podium since Germany last season – an apt way to mark the anniversary of his World Championship debut in 1996. Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) took a brilliant victory in Termas de Rio Hondo with a dominant performance at the front, taking the Championship lead in the process to leave Argentina four points clear on the way to Texas. The Italians steal some limelight behind a pitch perfect performance from the reigning Champion Marquez dominates ahead of a Rossi vs Dovi last lap duel More, from a press release issued by Dorna: World Championship Point Standings (after 2 of 19 races): Karel Abraham, Czech Republic (Ducati), -11 laps, DNF, crash 3. Andrea Dovizioso, Italy (Ducati), -10.530Ĥ. Jack Miller, Australia (Ducati), -12.140Ħ. Danilo Petrucci, Italy (Ducati), -13.750ħ. Takaaki Nakagami, Japan (Honda), -18.160Ĩ. Fabio Quartararo, France (Yamaha), -20.403ĩ. Aleix Espargaro, Spain (Aprilia), -25.292ġ1. Miguel Oliveira, Portugal (KTM), -25.855ġ2. Jorge Lorenzo, Spain (Honda), -27.497ġ3. Cal Crutchlow, UK (Honda), -31.398, jump start/ride-through penaltyġ4. Francesco Bagnaia, Italy (Ducati), -32.893ġ6. Hafizh Syahrin, Malaysia (KTM), -35.545ġ7. Andrea Iannone, Italy (Aprilia), -38.238ġ8. Maverick Vinales, Spain (Yamaha), -1 lap, DNF, crashġ9. Franco Morbidelli, Italy (Yamaha), -1 lap, DNF, crashĢ0. Joan Mir, Spain (Suzuki), -4 laps, DNF, retiredĢ1. Tito Rabat, Spain (Ducati), -10 laps, DNF, crashĢ2.
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