2022 Argentine Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

  2022 Argentine Republic Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3 of 21 races in the 2022 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	3 April 2022
Official name	Gran Premio Michelin de la República Argentina
Location	Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo Termas de Río Hondo, Argentina
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.806 km (2.986 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Time 1:37.688 Fastest lap Rider Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Time 1:39.375 on lap 11 Podium First Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Second Jorge Martín Ducati Third Álex Rins Suzuki
Moto2
Pole position Rider Fermín Aldeguer Boscoscuro Time 1:43.306 Fastest lap Rider Celestino Vietti Kalex Time 1:42.829 on lap 3 Podium First Celestino Vietti Kalex Second Somkiat Chantra Kalex Third Ai Ogura Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Sergio García Gas Gas Time 1:48.429 Fastest lap Rider Andrea Migno Honda Time 1:48.834 on lap 5 Podium First Sergio García Gas Gas Second Dennis Foggia Honda Third Ayumu Sasaki Husqvarna

The 2022 Argentine Republic motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Gran Premio Michelin de la República Argentina) will be the third round of the 2022 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It is scheduled to be held at the Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo in Termas de Río Hondo on 3 April 2022.

Background

The race returned after the cancellation of the 2020 and 2021 editions as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Logistical issues

The race weekend program has undergone a change due to logistical difficulties affecting freight transport. Five cargo flights were supposed to ship paddock material from Lombok, Indonesia, to Tucuman, near Termas de Rio Hondo in Argentina, in the week following the Indonesian GP. Due to two separate issues affecting two different flights, the final cargo for the Argentine GP arrived in the country on Friday. The trip from Lombok to Termas consisted of five flights. Three of the planned cargo routes carried cargo from Lombok to Tucuman via technical stops in Mombasa, Lagos and Brazil. The other two routes involved the transport of goods from Lombok to Doha, from Doha to Accra in Ghana and then to Tucuman. The difficulties began on Wednesday when one of the five planes encountered a problem during a technical stop in Mombasa, Kenya. The first plane that had already arrived in Tucuman was then brought back to Lombok to collect more cargo, but this too suffered a technical problem during a layover last Wednesday evening. As of Thursday morning, local time in Argentina, a cargo remains ashore in Mombasa, Kenya. The plane is waiting for a part to fly back, with two parts - one shipped from Europe and another part in reserve, shipped from the Middle East - already en route. The plane took off Thursday evening and followed the route from Mombasa via Lagos and Brazil, arriving in Tucuman on Friday.

The Friday practice sessions were canceled. On Saturday morning there were two free practice sessions for all classes whose combined rankings counted as entrance to Q2. Qualifying was held in the afternoon but with a postponement of the start times. The MotoGP class had a third free practice session before Qualifying. Warm Up sessions on Sunday morning were extended, with each race set to begin at the same start time as originally scheduled.

Riders' entries

In MotoGP class, Marc Márquez is absent in this Grand Prix due to the new diplopia episode which occurred due to the fall in the warm up during the Indonesian Grand Prix. Honda test rider Stefan Bradl will take his place. Takaaki Nakagami was initially declared absent in this Grand Prix due to the positivity of the COVID-19 test and therefore unable to start. Following the postponement of the racing program and a new test to which he tested negative, he left for Argentina and therefore available. In Moto2 class, Barry Baltus is out this weekend with a broken right wrist remedied during qualifying for the Indonesian Grand Prix. The RW Racing GP team has decided not to replace him. In Moto3 class, Taiyo Furusato recovered from his right ankle injury; the 2021 Asia Talent Cup champion thus makes his debut in the class. As already happened in the first two stages, Gerard Riu replaces David Muñoz because the latter is still under the limit minimum age to run in the category. John McPhee does not race in this race (as in the Indonesian Grand Prix) after sustaining two fractured vertebrae during training. He was not replaced.

MotoGP Championship standings before the race

After the Indonesian Grand Prix, Enea Bastianini kept the lead of the riders' standings with 30 points, two more than Brad Binder and three more than Fabio Quartararo. The 25 points conquered by Miguel Oliveira following the victory of the previous race, allow him to move up to fourth position, followed by only one point by Johann Zarco. In the constructors' classification, KTM overtakes Ducati (45 points against 41). Yamaha is third with 27 points, followed by Suzuki at 20 points, one more than Honda and Aprilia. In the team championship standings, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing takes the lead with 53 points, followed by Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP and Team Suzuki Ecstar at 12 and 13 points respectively. Repsol Honda Team is fifth with 31 points, one more than Gresini Racing MotoGP.

Moto2 Championship standings before the race

Celestino Vietti leads the riders' standings with 45 points, followed by Arón Canet and Sam Lowes with 36 and 29 points respectively. Somkiat Chantra, with his first career victory in Indonesia, climbs the ranking by 26 positions and is fourth with 25 points, one point more than Augusto Fernández. The constructors' classification sees the Kalex at 50 points, while Boscoscuro has 10 points. In the team championship standings, Flexbox HP40 and Elf Marc VDS Racing Team are tied on points with 48 points, three more than Idemitsu Honda Team Asia and Mooney VR46 Racing Team. Red Bull KTM Ajo is fifth with 35 points.

Moto3 Championship standings before the race

The riders' classification sees Dennis Foggia, winners of the previous race, take the lead with 34 points, with only one point ahead of Sergio García. Izan Guevara is third at 28 points, with Andrea Migno and Deniz Öncü following with 25 and points respectively. In the constructors' classification, Honda has full points with 50 points, with a 10-point advantage over Gas Gas. KTM and CFMoto are third (27 points) and fourth (22 points), while Husqvarna closes the ranking with 11 points. The ranking of the team championship has as leader Gaviota GasGas Aspar Team with 61 points; second Leopard Racing with 40 points, 8 more than CFMoto Racing Prüstel GP, 14 from Red Bull KTM Tech3 and 15 from Rivacold Snipers Team.

Qualifying

MotoGP

Fastest session lap

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid	Row
				Q1	Q2
1	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	Qualified in Q2	1:37.688	1	1
2	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:37.839	2
3	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:38.119	3
4	44	Pol Espargaró	Honda	1:38.501	1:38.165	4	2
5	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	Qualified in Q2	1:38.196	5
6	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:38.281	6
7	44	Álex Rins	Suzuki	Qualified in Q2	1:38.455	7	3
8	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	Qualified in Q2	1:38.516	8
9	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:38.537	9
10	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1:38.523	1:38.576	10	4
11	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:38.584	14	5
12	33	Brad Binder	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:38.932	11	4
13	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	1:38.566	N/A	12
14	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1:38.610	N/A	13	5
15	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1:38.805	N/A	15
16	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	1:38.871	N/A	16	6
17	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	1:38.877	N/A	17
18	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Yamaha	1:38.938	N/A	18
19	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	1:39.095	N/A	19	7
20	49	Fabio Di Giannantono	Ducati	1:39.126	N/A	20
21	25	Raúl Fernández	KTM	1:39.153	N/A	21
22	87	Remy Gardner	KTM	1:39.159	N/A	22	8
23	40	Darryn Binder	Yamaha	1:39.380	N/A	23
24	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	1:39.487	N/A	24
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

Moto2

Fastest session lap

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid	Row
				Q1	Q2
1	54	Fermín Aldeguer	Boscoscuro	Qualified in Q2	1:43.306	1	1
2	37	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:43.456	2
3	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:43.513	3
4	75	Albert Arenas	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:43.615	4	2
5	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:43.622	5
6	13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:43.645	6
7	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:43.671	7	3
8	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:43.710	8
9	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:43.727	9
10	18	Manuel González	Kalex	1:44.156	1:43.761	10	4
11	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:43.787	11
12	40	Arón Canet	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:43.810	12
13	9	Jorge Navarro	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:43.839	13	5
14	84	Zonta van der Goorbergh	Kalex	1:44.185	1:44.068	14
15	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:44.189	15
16	6	Cameron Beaubier	Kalex	1:44.132	1:44.189	16	6
17	51	Pedro Acosta	Kalex	Qualified in Q2	1:44.205	17
18	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	1:44.199	1:44.554	18
19	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	1:42.244	N/A	19	7
20	2	Gabriel Rodrigo	Kalex	1:44.390	N/A	20
21	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	1:44.431	N/A	21
22	42	Marcos Ramírez	MV Agusta	1:44.445	N/A	22	8
23	12	Filip Salač	Kalex	1:44.501	N/A	23
24	28	Niccolò Antonelli	Kalex	1:44.521	N/A	24
25	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Kalex	1:44.652	N/A	25	9
26	5	Romano Fenati	Boscoscuro	1:44.671	N/A	26
27	4	Sean Dylan Kelly	Kalex	1:44.798	N/A	27
28	61	Alessandro Zaccone	Kalex	1:44.798	N/A	28	10
29	81	Keminth Kubo	Kalex	1:44.876	N/A	29
OFFICIAL MOTO2 QUALIFYING RESULTS

Moto3

Fastest session lap

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid	Row
				Q1	Q2
1	11	Sergio García	Gas Gas	Qualified in Q2	1:48.429	1	1
2	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Husqvarna	Qualified in Q2	1:48.600	2
3	28	Izan Guevara	Gas Gas	Qualified in Q2	1:48.624	3
4	54	Riccardo Rossi	Honda	1:49.919	1:48.726	4	2
5	66	Joel Kelso	KTM	1:49.980	1:48.735	5
6	96	Daniel Holgado	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:48.865	6
7	43	Xavier Artigas	CFMoto	Qualified in Q2	1:48.943	7	3
8	16	Andrea Migno	Honda	Qualified in Q2	1:48.953	8
9	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	Qualified in Q2	1:49.050	9
10	10	Diogo Moreira	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:49.061	10	4
11	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	Qualified in Q2	1:49.128	11
12	5	Jaume Masià	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:49.186	12
13	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:49.376	13	5
14	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	KTM	1:49.822	1:49.400	14
15	48	Iván Ortolá	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:49.435	15
16	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:49.531	16	6
17	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	1:49.899	1:44.205	17
18	99	Carlos Tatay	CFMoto	Qualified in Q2	1:49.724	18
19	19	Scott Ogden	Honda	1:50.094	N/A	19	7
20	64	Mario Aji	Honda	1:50.104	N/A	20
21	23	Elia Bartolini	KTM	1:50.138	N/A	21
22	72	Taiyo Furusato	Honda	1:50.209	N/A	22	8
23	31	Adrián Fernández	KTM	1:50.229	N/A	23
24	18	Matteo Bertelle	KTM	1:50.423	N/A	24
25	67	Alberto Surra	Honda	1:50.544	N/A	25	9
26	20	Lorenzo Fellon	Honda	1:50.740	N/A	26
27	22	Ana Carrasco	KTM	1:51.031	N/A	27
28	87	Gerard Riu	KTM	1:51.128	N/A	28	10
29	70	Joshua Whatley	Honda	1:53.108	N/A	29
OFFICIAL MOTO3 QUALIFYING RESULTS

Race

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	25	41:36.198	1	25
2	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	25	+0.807	2	20
3	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	25	+1.330	7	16
4	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	25	+1.831	8	13
5	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	25	+5.840	13	11
6	33	Brad Binder	KTM	25	+6.192	11	10
7	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	25	+6.540	5	9
8	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	25	+10.215	6	8
9	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	25	+12.622	17	7
10	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	25	+12.987	12	6
11	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	25	+13.962	3	5
12	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	25	+14.002	10	4
13	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	25	+14.456	16	3
14	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	25	+14.898	14	2
15	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	25	+23.472	19	1
16	25	Raúl Fernández	KTM	25	+25.862	21
17	87	Remy Gardner	KTM	25	+28.711	22
18	40	Darryn Binder	Yamaha	25	+28.784	23
19	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	25	+31.943	24
20	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Yamaha	22	+3 lap	18
Ret	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	22	Accident	20
Ret	44	Pol Espargaró	Honda	14	Accident	4
Ret	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	7	Puncture	15
Ret	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	5	Accident	9
Fastest lap: Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia) – 1:39.375 (lap 11)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	23	39:44.098	6	25
2	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	23	+1.538	7	20
3	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex	23	+5.703	8	16
4	40	Arón Canet	Kalex	23	+5.880	12	13
5	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	23	+6.584	5	11
6	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	23	+7.538	3	10
7	51	Pedro Acosta	Kalex	23	+12.177	17	9
8	75	Albert Arenas	Kalex	23	+12.418	4	8
9	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	23	+13.656	9	7
10	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	23	+14.254	11	6
11	6	Cameron Beaubier	Kalex	23	+20.077	16	5
12	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	23	+25.736	18	4
13	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	23	+28.317	15	3
14	18	Manuel González	Kalex	23	+29.784	10	2
15	42	Marcos Ramírez	MV Agusta	23	+30.270	22	1
16	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Kalex	23	+37.884	25
17	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	23	+37.956	21
18	5	Romano Fenati	Boscoscuro	23	+38.325	26
19	81	Keminth Kubo	Kalex	23	+1:04.858	29
Ret	9	Jorge Navarro	Kalex	20	Accident	13
Ret	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	20	Accident	19
Ret	2	Gabriel Rodrigo	Kalex	19	Accident	20
Ret	12	Filip Salač	Kalex	11	Accident	23
Ret	61	Alessandro Zaccone	Kalex	7	Mechanical	28
Ret	54	Fermín Aldeguer	Boscoscuro	6	Accident	1
Ret	84	Zonta van den Goorbergh	Kalex	1	Accident	14
Ret	37	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	0	Accident	2
Ret	28	Niccolò Antonelli	Kalex	0	Collision	24
Ret	4	Sean Dylan Kelly	Kalex	0	Collision	27
Fastest lap: Celestino Vietti (Kalex) – 1:42.829 (lap 3)
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Sergio García	Gas Gas	21	38:23.433	1	25
2	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	21	+0.146	11	20
3	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Husqvarna	21	+0.375	2	16
4	54	Riccardo Rossi	Honda	21	+0.507	4	13
5	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	21	+0.484	9	11
6	10	Diogo Moreira	KTM	21	+0.587	10	10
7	96	Daniel Holgado	KTM	21	+0.715	6	9
8	99	Carlos Tatay	CFMoto	21	+2.032	18	8
9	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	21	+3.098	13	7
10	66	Joel Kelso	KTM	21	+3.397	5	6
11	23	Elia Bartolini	KTM	21	+7.649	21	5
12	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	KTM	21	+8.893	14	4
13	31	Adrián Fernández	KTM	21	+9.032	23	3
14	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	21	+9.202	16	2
15	48	Iván Ortolá	KTM	21	+9.449	15	1
16	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	21	+22.745	17
17	72	Taiyo Furusato	Honda	21	+23.423	22
18	18	Matteo Bertelle	KTM	21	+23.667	24
19	20	Lorenzo Fellon	Honda	21	+23.810	26
20	67	Alberto Surra	Honda	21	+24.041	25
21	64	Mario Aji	Honda	21	+24.880	20
22	87	Gerard Riu	KTM	21	+37.416	28
23	70	Joshua Whatley	Honda	21	+1:02.131	29
Ret	5	Jaume Masià	KTM	16	Accident Damage	12
Ret	16	Andrea Migno	Honda	14	Accident	15
Ret	19	Scott Ogden	Honda	13	Clutch Lever	19
Ret	28	Izan Guevara	Gas Gas	9	Lost Power	3
Ret	43	Xavier Artigas	CFMoto	5	Mechanical	7
Ret	22	Ana Carrasco	KTM	4	Accident	27
Fastest lap: Andrea Migno (Honda) – 1:48.834 (lap 5)
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

Championship standings after the race

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings

	Pos.	Rider	Points
6	1	Aleix Espargaró	45
	2	Brad Binder	38
2	3	Enea Bastianini	36
4	4	Álex Rins	36
2	5	Fabio Quartararo	35

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	1	Ducati	61
1	2	KTM	55
3	3	Aprilia	45
	4	Suzuki	37
2	5	Yamaha	35

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
2	1	Team Suzuki Ecstar	69
1	2	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	66
4	3	Aprilia Racing	58
2	4	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	49
1	5	Pramac Racing	44

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings

	Pos.	Rider	Points
	1	Celestino Vietti	70
	2	Arón Canet	49
1	3	Somkiat Chantra	45
2	4	Ai Ogura	36
2	5	Sam Lowes	35

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
	1	Kalex	75
	2	Boscoscuro	10
	3	MV Agusta	1

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
3	1	Idemitsu Honda Team Asia	81
1	2	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	70
1	3	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	64
3	4	Flexbox HP40	61
1	5	Red Bull KTM Ajo	44

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings

	Pos.	Rider	Points
1	1	Sergio García	58
1	2	Dennis Foggia	54
	3	Izan Guevara	28
2	4	Kaito Toba	27
	5	Deniz Öncü	26

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
	1	Honda	70
	2	Gas Gas	65
	3	KTM	37
	4	CFMoto	30
	5	Husqvarna	27

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
	1	Solunion GasGas Aspar Team	86
	2	Leopard Racing	71
	3	CFMoto Racing Prüstel GP	40
2	4	MT Helmets – MSI	36
2	5	CIP Green Power	34

External links

• "MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 28 March 2022.