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MotoGP Argentinian Grand Prix

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Dovizioso can count himself massively unlucky. Again in Argentina. He was looking down the inside of Petrucci, went in too hot and ran wide, then got skittled at the apex by Espargaro, who lost the front end of his Aprilia.
Crash
Now Dovizioso and Espargaro are down, together at turn 1. They were seventh and eighth, with Espargaro having caught the group.
Pedrosa had just set his fastest lap of the race, looking to pull away from the pack behind him and see if he could make inroads into the lead of the Crutchlow/Rossi battle.
Crash
Pedrosa crashes, at Turn 2 as well.
Better news for Aprilia is that Aleix Espargaro in ninth is closing on the group that had been contesting fourth, although Pedrosa is now pulling away. In Qatar, Espargaro starred and finished right behind the Hondas. He says that bike looks after the rear tyre so well the last lap of a race is exactly like the first.
Word from the pits is a gearbox problem for Sam Lowes.
Another fastest lap for Vinales, a 1m36.694s. He leads by 1.840s.
And Pedrosa wastes little time getting straight past Zarco at Turn 8, a couple of corners later Bautista gets past Petrucci.
Pedrosa finally gets past Petrucci at Turn 5.
Fellow rookie Sam Lowes has also headed into pitlane, the Aprilia man was at the back of the pack on his own.
Rins remounted after his fall, and is now back in the Suzuki garage.
Zarco is now up to fourth, passing Petrucci at Turn 4. Another strong showing from the two-time Moto2 champion, in his second MotoGP start.
Zarco has found a way past Pedrosa, he's now fifth and on the exhaust of Petrucci's Pramac Ducati.
Vinales is now nearly 1.5s ahead of Crutchlow, as Rossi looks for a way past the LCR Honda rider.
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Marquez has spoken with MotoGP's world feed, here's what he had to say.

“I’m OK,” he said. “I was feeling really good, in the warm-up we made a great improvement, feeling amazing.

“I was riding good. I don’t know why [I crashed], sure I made a mistake, but this kind of mistake make me quite disappointed because I was feeling good, strong. Now must think to Austin."
Petrucci and Pedrosa are continuing their game of 'let's trade fourth place', the straightline speed of the Ducati helping the former and frustrating the latter. Zarco, Bautista and Dovizioso are right behind them.
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Another new fastest lap for Vinales, a 1m39.700s. He leads Crutchlow by more than a second now.
Rins has crashed at Turn 13. He's been riding with a partial fracture in his right ankle this weekend, in a motocross training crash last week.
Vinales leads Crutchlow by 0.7s, with Rossi a further 0.8s behind in the fight at the front. The Spaniard is edging away.
Like in Qatar, Zarco was a big mover at the first corner. And he's continued that march. He's up to sixth, having started 14th.
Iannone has served his ride-through, he's rejoined the race in 20th place, behind the Pol Espargaro-led KTMs and Sam Lowes.
Replays confirm that. Lorenzo made a good run down the outside into Turn 1, then made his way back to the apex on the way out and was clipped by Iannone's rear wheel as the Suzuki rider moved back across - seemingly oblivious to Lorenzo's presence.
Via the world feed, Ducati says there was contact between Iannone and Lorenzo at the first corner.
Iannone has been handed a ride-through penalty for jumping the start. He's 13th, has just passed Abraham. Rookie team-mate Rins is two places further back.
So that means Vinales leads Crutchlow by 0.6 seconds, with Rossi third, Petrucci fourth and Pedrosa fifth.
Marquez is furious with himself. Some innocent kitty litter cops a kick for good measure.
Marquez lost the front at Turn 2, nearly a carbon copy of the crash he had during practice on Friday.
Crash
Marquez is down and out of the race!
Dovizioso is back in the paddock. He doesn't look pleased.
Vinales crosses the line 2.096s behind Marquez after three laps.
Rossi is right behind Crutchlow as well.
Vinales has put a move on Crutchlow, he's now second, clean move down the inside at Turn 7.
Abraham has dropped to 12th, he's now ahead of Redding, Miller and Rins.
Marquez is flying out front. He's 1.8s clear at the end of the second lap. Catch him if you can, boys.
Crutchlow is second, from Vinales, Rossi, Petrucci, Pedrosa, Abraham, Folger, Dovizioso and Bautista.

By: Mitchell Adam

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