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The riders form up on a very strange-looking grid. Warm-up lap up next, then we go.
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The pits are open, and we're on to the sighting lap.
Despite that earlier report of more rain, it's definitely still slick weather out there. Get ready for one of the most bizarre race starts in MotoGP history!
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Pit lane opens at 1515 local time, which is in three minutes.
So, Miller will get an advantage for his slick tyre choice - but nowhere near the one he would have had if his rivals were forced to start from the pits. A fudge, in other words.
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Officials are arranging the grid now, with Miller getting a headstart of some six rows. The rest of the riders will form up some way behind.
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Miller speaking to TV just now: "I saw the rain had stopped so I gambled. I was the only one who wanted to keep the slicks on and then one guy went off the grid and then 99 percent of the grid did."
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Now there are reports of rain again. Surreal scenes.
There's an impromptu team managers' meeting with IRTA and Dorna on the grid. No sign of any efforts to get the remaining 23 bikes besides Miller's back on the race track yet...
Miller is upset - he would have a big advantage being the only man to start from the grid. Now, everybody gets the chance to line up again, armed with the correct rubber for the conditions this time.
Not clear exactly how long the start has been delayed by, mind...
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Start delayed. All bikes are in the pits except Miller - who went for slicks from the outset.
The final few rows of the Termas de Rio Hondo grid are now empty! The decision to go to slicks is near-unanimous.
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Less than 10 minutes until the start now, and there now a lot of bikes being pushed off the grid. Looks like the track is dry enough for slicks.
Of course, MotoGP's flag-to-flag rules give riders the luxury of starting on wets and then changing bikes to slicks. Ducati sporting director Davide Tardozzi suggests that's the strategy his riders will go for.
Riders are heading out for their sighting laps, and wet tyres are in vogue. But there's still time to switch to slicks - and Miller has just told BT Sport there's a dry line. Will he gamble on slicks again?
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Marquez, like Miller, did actually brave slicks in qualifying - but unlike the Australian bailed out after a single lap and reverted to wets. Click here for the reigning champion's thoughts on a fraught qualifying.
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The weather also had an impact on warm-up earlier in the day, which was topped by Marc Marquez - with Aprilia rider Scott Redding an impressive third.
Catch up on that session with our report here.
Catch up on that session with our report here.
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We've already had two races today, and you can catch up with all the action with our race reports here:
Moto2: Pasini holds off rivals to win
Moto3: Bezzecchi scores dominant maiden win
Moto2: Pasini holds off rivals to win
Moto3: Bezzecchi scores dominant maiden win
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The late turn in the weather could be good news for some riders - chiefly established wet-weather ace Miller - and bad news for others. Check out David Gruz's FP4 analysis to see who stands to benefit from the conditions.
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Here's a reminder how they line up on the grid after yesterday's qualifying session:
1. Miller
2. Pedrosa
3. Zarco
4. Rabat
5. Rins
6. Marquez
7. A Espargaro
8. Dovizioso
9. Vinales
10. Crutchlow
11. Rossi
12. Iannone
13. Abraham
14. Lorenzo
15. Redding
16. P Espargaro
17. Simeon
18. Petrucci
19. Bautista
20. Luthi
21. Smith
22. Morbidelli
23. Syahrin
24. Nakagami
1. Miller
2. Pedrosa
3. Zarco
4. Rabat
5. Rins
6. Marquez
7. A Espargaro
8. Dovizioso
9. Vinales
10. Crutchlow
11. Rossi
12. Iannone
13. Abraham
14. Lorenzo
15. Redding
16. P Espargaro
17. Simeon
18. Petrucci
19. Bautista
20. Luthi
21. Smith
22. Morbidelli
23. Syahrin
24. Nakagami
Good evening and a very warm welcome to Autosport and Motorsport.com's live coverage of the second round of the 2018 MotoGP season from Argentina's Termas de Rio Hondo.
After a spectacular rain-hit qualifying in which Jack Miller gambled on slicks on a drying track, we're set for an unpredictable race - while the track was almost dry by the end of the recently-concluded Moto2 race, the heavens have opened once again and wet tyres are likely to be the order of the day.
After a spectacular rain-hit qualifying in which Jack Miller gambled on slicks on a drying track, we're set for an unpredictable race - while the track was almost dry by the end of the recently-concluded Moto2 race, the heavens have opened once again and wet tyres are likely to be the order of the day.
By: Glenn Freeman
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