Seconda vittoria della stagione per Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha) nel GP d’Argentina, al termine di una gara in rimonta che ha toccato il suo apice al penultimo giro e conclusasi con un contatto con Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda), finito a terra, e che ha visto svanire quello che poteva essere un secondo posto.
Ecco l’episodio decisivo dell’#ArgentinaGP. #Marquez cade a pochi minuti dalla fine http://t.co/5cbS6d2BbF @motoGP #MySkySuperWE #SkyMotori
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Sul podio Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team), per la terza volta in tre gare, e Cal Crutchlow (CWM LCR Honda), con l’inglese che ha beffato l’altro ducatista Andrea Iannone proprio sulla linea del traguardo (e si è lasciato andare a gesti che, seppur spiegabili con l’entusiasmo e l’adrenalina, avrebbe fatto meglio a risparmiarsi…).
Quinto Jorge Lorenzo, che ha preceduto la M1 satellite di Bradley Smith, mentre Aleix Espargarò (Suzuki Ecstar) chiude davanti al fratello 
minore Pol. Per il secondo GP consecutivo le Suzuki piazzano le due GSX-RR nella top 10, chiusa da Maverick Viñales. Costretto al ritiro con la moto in fiamme Yonny Hernandez (Pramac Racing).
Un commento finale, consapevoli di andare controcorrente: senza nulla togliere alla vittoria di Rossi e alla sua grande rimonta, lascia l’amaro in bocca la caduta di Marquez, che fortunatamente non si è fatto nulla: ma non è mai bello quando una gara si decide così… Messo under investigation, i commissari hanno giudicato il contatto tra Rossi e Marquez un normale incidente di gara.
Valentino Rossi: “It’s a great victory, we made the right decision and started with the extra hard tyre. When I saw Marc start with the red one I knew that he would try to push at the beginning. I made a great start but on the first corner Iannone pushed me on the outside. Step by step I came back, and when I arrived in second Marc had a little more than four seconds lead. I knew the race was long, so I knew he could have some difficulty. Catching him lap by lap, I could see him far away but coming closer and closer, it was a great taste! I overtook him in braking, but he is a rider who is all or nothing, he touched me in the corner, then he touched me again as I was accelerating, I think he made a mistake and he crashed. It’s a shame because it could have been a great fight on the last lap. In three races we have demonstrated we can be competitive everywhere and fight for the championship.”
Marc Marquez: “It’s a shame what happened, because we were having a good race! It was interesting, because our tyre choice was different from Valentino’s as I felt we were not as competitive the harder compound. The strategy was working out well for us – it’s just a pity about the last two laps. When I saw that he was closing in on me, I decided to conserve the tyres a little. On the final laps I went back to riding in the low 1’39s to check that the tyres were still in good shape, and knew that we would be fighting to the end. When he caught me, we fought for a few corners and unfortunately we touched and I crashed. I’ve always said that he’s my idol and my reference, so you always learn things from him. Now we have to think about Jerez and begin to recover points.”
Prossimo appuntamento con la MotoGP nel primo round europeo, in Spagna, il 3 maggio.
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