The 2017 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season is the 69th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Marc Márquez started the season as defending World Champion, having secured his fifth overall title at the 2016 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix with three races remaining. Maverick Vinales won his second successive race on the Movistar Yamaha in Argentina as reigning MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez dramatically slid out of the lead. Vinales became the first Yamaha rider since Wayne Rainey in 1990 to win the opening two rounds of the season to stretch his championship lead, while team-mate Valentino Rossi put a difficult weekend behind him to clinch the runner-up spot from Cal Crutchlow on the LCR Honda. It was a miserable day for Jorge Lorenzo, who came off on the opening lap at the first corner on the Ducati after appearing to run into the rear of Ecstar Suzuki's Andrea Iannone, who was later penalised with a ride-through penalty for jumping the start. Marquez stormed into the lead from pole and quickly opened a cushion over Crutchlow, Vinales and Rossi. The Spaniard was easing away at the front until disaster struck when he lost the front of his Repsol Honda at Turn 2. His team-mate, Dani Pedrosa, also came off at the same place later in the race to compound the factory team's woes at the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit. Vinales had passed Crutchlow for second place before Marquez went down and took up the running on the YZR-M1. The young Spaniard gradually edged clear as Rossi pressured Crutchlow for second place. With seven laps remaining, The Doctor made his move with a pass at Turn 5 and managed to open a slight gap over the LCR Honda rider, going on to close out his second podium this year on his 350th Grand Prix start - 2.9 seconds behind Vinales. The hapless Pedrosa had been holding fourth place after eventually shrugging off Monster Tech 3 Yamaha's Johann Zarco following a brief battle when he went down. There was more drama when Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso was wiped out by Aleix Espargaro's Gresini Aprilia, who slid off at Turn 5. Dovizioso had ran wide but was hit by Espargaro's machine when the Spaniard came off as he went under Dovi on the inside. It is the second successive year Dovizioso has been on the receiving end of another rider's mistake after his then Ducati team-mate, Andrea Iannone, took him out as they disputed second place on the final lap at the last corner in 2016. Alvaro Bautista came through to take an excellent fourth on the Aspar Ducati ahead of Zarco and Jonas Folger on the Tech 3 satellite Yamaha machines. Danilo Petrucci finished seventh on the Octo Pramac Ducati in front of team-mate Scott Redding, while Aussie Jack Miller was ninth (EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda). Karel Abraham, who qualified in second place on the Aspar Ducati GP15, rounded out the top ten narrowly from Avintia Racing's Loris Baz. KTM's Pol Espargaro and Bradley Smith finished 14th and 15th respectively behind Tito Rabat (EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda) and Hector Barbera (Avintia Racing). Suzuki's Iannone was the final finisher on the GSX-RR after his earlier ride-through penalty. Maverick Viñales has added another chapter to the history books, taking victory in Argentina. He becomes the first rider to win the two opening rounds of the premier class after switching teams since Kenny Roberts Jr in 1999, and most remarkably, he becomes the first Yamaha rider to win the opening two rounds since Wayne Rainey in 1990. A win looked a very distant prospect at the start of the race. Marc Marquez got the holeshot, and exploiting a setup change they found in the warm up, the Repsol Honda rider started to put a second a lap into the opposition. Cal Crutchlow made it two Hondas in the top two, unable to follow Marquez but easily holding off Viñales and Valentino Rossi for the first couple of laps. There was drama behind the leaders in the very first corner. Andrea Iannone got a jump start, then cut across the line where Jorge Lorenzo was trying to put his Ducati, clipping Lorenzo's front wheel, the Spaniard crashing out in the first corner. It was a typical racing incident, the kind of first corner clash that happens in mid pack. Lorenzo would not be the last rider to crash out of the race in Argentina, though. At the front, Viñales disposed of Cal Crutchlow on lap 3, and went in pursuit of Marquez. But the Repsol Honda rider had pulled a gap of over two seconds by now, so the Yamaha man had his work cut out for him. On lap 4, Marquez threw all his hard work away by crashing on the entrance to Turn 2, the front end washing away as he tipped it in on the brakes. That handed Viñales the lead, and the Spaniard immediately seized the opportunity. He quietly upped the pace, inching away from Crutchlow and Rossi as the laps clicked off. Though the gap grew slowly, taking until lap 8 to exceed a second, there was little Crutchlow or Rossi could do to resist. Viñales powered to a comfortable win, and a considerable margin in the championship. Though first place went unchallenged, second would be a settled in a tense duel between Crutchlow and Rossi. Crutchlow held the upper hand for most of the race, but he had to contend with a stalking Rossi throughout. On lap 19, Rossi struck, sliding up the inside at Turn 5, and holding on to take second. It was Crutchlow's turn to stalk, but the LCR Honda rider could never get close enough to pounce. After a string of DNFs, the Englishman settled for third. Rossi's second place was a remarkable achievement for the Italian. To end on the podium on his 350th Grand Prix start is a peerless feat, and marks the drive, ambition, and sheer talent of the veteran Italian. If the battle for podium places played out in slow motion, the fight behind was a good deal more hectic. A group consisting of Dani Pedrosa, Alvaro Bautista, Danilo Petrucci, and Johann Zarco were fighting it out for fourth, with no clear favorite early on. Danilo Petrucci led the group early, but he was holding the rest of them up. Zarco and Pedrosa worked their way past first, then Pedrosa passed Zarco and started to open a gap. But disaster struck for the Repsol Honda rider in the same place as his teammate, Pedrosa losing the front end as the bike got unsettled over the bumps on the exit of Turn 1 and he started to brake for Turn 2. That left the fight for fourth in the hands of Zarco and Bautista. Zarco put up a stout defense, but he was burning up his tires in the attempt, smoke streaming off them as he spun them up parrying Bautista's advances. Bautista went on to take a superb fourth place, ahead of Zarco and his Monster Tech 3 Yamaha teammate Jonas Folger, who had closed in on Zarco in the final laps. Petrucci finished in seventh, while Scott Redding took eighth after a major battle with Jack Miller and Karel Abraham. Lorenzo, Marquez, and Pedrosa were not the only factory fallers. Andrea Dovizioso missed the corner at Turn 5, and distracted Aleix Espargaro behind him, who then lost the front and wiped the pair of them out. Espargaro, a true gentleman, then went over and apologized and comforted Dovizioso. Alex Rins also fell on the Suzuki, then remounted, but had to withdraw because of the pain. Sam Lowes had to withdraw with a gearbox problem. The crashes allowed both Pol Espargaro and Bradley Smith into the top 15, meaning the two KTM riders both scored points for the Austrian factory, the first of the season. Viñales' victory and the crashes by Dovizioso and Marquez leave the Movistar Yamaha rider comfortably ahead in the championship. He has a 14 point lead over his teammate Valentino Rossi, while Dovizioso is in third, 30 points adrift. Defending champion Marc Marquez is in eighth, 37 points behind Viñales.
Grands Prix
Termas de Río Hondo, Sunday, April 09, 2017Pos. | Points | Num. | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Km/h | Time/Gap |
1 | 25 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | SPA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 172.6 | 41'45.060 |
2 | 20 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 172.4 | +2.915 |
3 | 16 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | LCR Honda | Honda | 172.4 | +3.754 |
4 | 13 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 172.2 | +6.523 |
5 | 11 | 5 | Johann ZARCO | FRA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 171.6 | +15.504 |
6 | 10 | 94 | Jonas FOLGER | GER | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 171.4 | +18.241 |
7 | 9 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ITA | OCTO Pramac Racing | Ducati | 171.2 | +20.046 |
8 | 8 | 45 | Scott REDDING | GBR | OCTO Pramac Racing | Ducati | 170.9 | +25.480 |
9 | 7 | 43 | Jack MILLER | AUS | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 170.9 | +25.665 |
10 | 6 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | CZE | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 170.8 | +26.403 |
11 | 5 | 76 | Loris BAZ | FRA | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 170.8 | +26.952 |
12 | 4 | 53 | Tito RABAT | SPA | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 169.8 | +41.875 |
13 | 3 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | SPA | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 169.7 | +42.770 |
14 | 2 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARO | SPA | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 169.7 | +43.085 |
15 | 1 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | GBR | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 169.7 | +43.452 |
16 | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | ITA | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 169.5 | +46.219 | |
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4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 171.6 | 11 Laps | ||
41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | SPA | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 171.5 | 11 Laps | ||
26 | Dani PEDROSA | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 171.8 | 12 Laps | ||
22 | Sam LOWES | GBR | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 168.1 | 14 Laps | ||
42 | Alex RINS | SPA | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 164.8 | 14 Laps | ||
93 | Marc MARQUEZ | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 171.8 | 22 Laps | ||
99 | Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 0 Lap | |||
Records:
Pole Lap: | Marc Marquez | 1'47.512 | 160.9 Km/H | |
Fastest Lap: | Lap: 12 | Maverick Viñales | 1'39.694 | 173.5 Km/H |
Circuit Record Lap: | 2015 | Valentino Rossi | 1'39.019 | 174.7 Km/H |
Best Lap: | 2014 | Marc Marquez | 1'37.683 | 177.1 Km/H |
2017 MotoGP Standings: Round 2
| Position | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Maverick Vinales | Yamaha | 50 |
| 2 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 36 |
| 3 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | 20 |
| 4 | Scott Redding | OCTO Pramac Racing | 17 |
| 5 | Cal Crutchlow | CWM LCR Honda | 16 |
| 6 | Jonas Folger | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 16 |
| 7 | Jack Miller | EG | 15 |
| 8 | Marc Marquez | Repsol Honda Team | 13 |
| 9 | Alvaro Bautista | Ducati Team | 13 |
| 10 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | 11 |
| 11 | Johann Zarco | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 11 |
| 12 | Aleix Espargaro | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 10 |
| 13 | Danilo Petrucci | OCTO Pramac Racing | 9 |
| 14 | Loris Baz | Reale Avintia Racing | 9 |
| 15 | Kavel Abraham | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | 8 |
| 16 | Alex Rins | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 7 |
| 17 | Hector Barbera | Reale Avintia Racing | 6 |
| 18 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati Team | 5 |
| 19 | Tito Rabat | EG | 5 |
| 20 | Pol Espargaro | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 2 |
| 21 | Bradley Smith | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1 |
| 22 | Andrea Iannone | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | |
| 23 | Sam Lowes | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini |
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