Marc Marquez won the 2019 Argentine Grand Prix

World champion Marc Marquez won the Argentina MotoGP Honda rider Marquez claimed his 45th career victory in the elite class, finishing 10 seconds ahead of Rossi on a Yamaha.



Honda rider Marc Marquez claimed his 45th career victory in the elite class, finishing 10 seconds ahead of Rossi on a Yamaha.

Andrea Dovizioso, who won the season-opener in Qatar, was third on a Ducati.

Marquez, chasing a sixth MotoGP world title, now leads the 2019 championship after two rounds of the 19-race series.
Honda rider Marquez made the perfect launch from pole position to make a break at the start, opening up a one-second lead over a similarly fast-starting Valentino Rossi on the opening tour.

The reigning champion then began to set a fearsome pace that none of his rivals could match.
As Marquez was rarely threatened in Sunday’s race, the wheel-to-wheel action was being ratcheted up behind him as Rossi and Dovizioso switched places 12 times.

But 40-year-old Rossi had the last laugh, pouncing on a Dovizioso error on the last lap to take second place on the same circuit where 12 months ago he had collided with Marquez and crashed out at Termas de Rio Hondo circuit.



The 2019 Argentine Grand Prix Riders resuit:

^1 Marc Marquez ITA Repsol Honda (RC213V) 45 points
˅1 Andrea Dovizioso 0 Mission Winnow Ducati (GP19) 41 points (-4)
^2 Valentino Rossi 0 Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) 31 points (-14)
= Alex Rins 0 Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 24 points (-21)
^1 Danilo Petrucci 0 Mission Winnow Ducati (GP19) 20 points (-25)
˅3 Cal Crutchlow 0 LCR Honda (RC213V) 19 points (-26)
^2 Takaaki Nakagami 0 LCR Honda (RC213V) 16 points (-29)
NA Jack Miller 0 Pramac Ducati (GP19) 13 points (-32)
^1 Aleix Espargaro 0 Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 13 points (-32)
^2 Pol Espargaro 0 Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) 10 points (-35)
NA Maverick Vinales 0 Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) 9 points (-36)
NA Fabio Quartararo 0 Petronas Yamaha SRT (YZR-M1)* 8 points (-37)
˅5 Joan Mir 0 Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)* 8 points (-37)
˅1 Jorge Lorenzo 0 Repsol Honda (RC213V) 7 points (-38)
NA Miguel Oliveira 0 Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)* 5 points (-40)
˅5 Franco Morbidelli 0 Petronas Yamaha SRT (YZR-M1) 5 points (-40)
˅3 Andrea Iannone 0 Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 2 points (-43)
NA Francesco Bagnaia 0 Pramac Ducati (GP18)* 2 points (-43)
˅4 Johann Zarco 0 Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) 2 points (-43)