Repsol Honda Team rider claims series lead after a 45th MotoGP win. Jorge Lorenzo finishes in twelfth position.
Marc Márquez did not give his rivals a chance at Termas de Río Hondo on Sunday, and claimed his 71st Grand Prix victory -his 45th in MotoGP- in a dominant display from start to finish.
The Repsol Honda rider earned the treble of a race win, fastest lap and pole position, and had topped every practice session bar FP2 on Friday -in which he was eighth. He now holds three wins at the Argentine track.
Repsol Honda Teammate Jorge Lorenzo finished in twelfth position, after completing his first lap in 21st.
With this result, Marc Márquez is the new MotoGP World Championship leader, 4 points clear of Andrea Dovizioso. Jorge Lorenzo occupies 14th place.
Marc Márquez – 1st
“Today was a perfect day. I have been so concentrated since FP1 and everything worked well, just a tiny hiccup in FP4. But we kept pushing and in the race I knew that my strongest point was the first five laps. I put everything in and then I saw the difference, one second, two seconds, three seconds and then I settled into my rhythm and pushed a little less. I managed the tyres and the bike, it was a really sweet feeling with the bike.”
Jorge Lorenzo – 12º
“First of all I want to say congratulations to the Repsol Honda Team and Marc Márquez for winning this race. Marc has been fantastic all weekend. In Warm Up we made quite a big step and I was able to be faster and I felt good for the race. Unfortunately we had some very unlucky things happen, at the start I hit the pit limiter and the bike wouldn’t go. When I realised I was at the back so I had to fight through, I was able to move forward but we can’t be happy with this result.”
