The current champion, the Italian Francesco Bagnaia, will start as the main favorite in the Argentine Grand Prix, the second stage of the 2023 MotoGP World Championship, which will suffer several absences due to the losses of Marc Márquez, Miguel Oliveira, Enea Bastianini and Pol Espargaró.
Pecco Bagnaia has just opened the year with a victory in Portimao, at the Portuguese Grand Prix, a track in which he set speed at the helm of his Ducati, ahead of the Spanish Maverick Viñales (Aprilia), in a race that left many sequels. that directly or indirectly affected the Argentine Grand Prix.
Notably absent from the Termas de Río Hondo circuit, in the northern province of Santiago del Estero, will be the Spanish Marc Márquez (Honda).
In the last Portuguese race, Márquez carried out a reckless maneuver in which he ran over Oliveira. In addition, the Spanish pilot had to undergo surgery on the thumb of his right hand due to a fracture.
Neither will the Portuguese Oliveira (RNF Aprilia) take part in the Argentine Grand Prix due to the injury suffered in the crossover with Márquez. Bastianini (Ducati) is out due to a fractured right shoulder suffered in the Portuguese Sprint, and Pol Espargaró, with a fractured jaw and a vertebra, will remain without action for several weeks.
Friday March 31
Free training:
Saturday April 1
Free training:
Classification:
Sunday April 2
The MotoGP World Cup races can be seen on television through the DAZN channel.
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