2017 Argentine Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2017 Argentine Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2017 MotoGP season. It was held at the Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo in Santiago del Estero on 9 April 2017. Both Repsol Honda riders crashed out of the race, thus marking their first double retirement since the 2015 Argentine Grand Prix.

  2017 Argentine Republic Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 18 races in the 2017 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	9 April 2017
Official name	Gran Premio Motul de la República Argentina[1]
Location	Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.806 km (2.986 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Marc Márquez Honda Time 1:47.512 Fastest lap Rider Maverick Viñales Yamaha Time 1:39.694 on lap 12 Podium First Maverick Viñales Yamaha Second Valentino Rossi Yamaha Third Cal Crutchlow Honda
Moto2
Pole position Rider Miguel Oliveira KTM Time 1:45.616 Fastest lap Rider Miguel Oliveira KTM Time 1:43.414 on lap 11 Podium First Franco Morbidelli Kalex Second Miguel Oliveira KTM Third Thomas Lüthi Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider John McPhee Honda Time 1:49.094 Fastest lap Rider Romano Fenati Honda Time 1:49.415 on lap 5 Podium First Joan Mir Honda Second John McPhee Honda Third Jorge Martín Honda

Classification

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	25	Maverick Viñales	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	25	41:45.060	6	25
2	46	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	25	+2.915	7	20
3	35	Cal Crutchlow	LCR Honda	Honda	25	+3.754	3	16
4	19	Álvaro Bautista	Pull&Bear Aspar Team	Ducati	25	+6.523	10	13
5	5	Johann Zarco	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	25	+15.504	14	11
6	94	Jonas Folger	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	25	+18.241	11	10
7	9	Danilo Petrucci	Octo Pramac Racing	Ducati	25	+20.046	4	9
8	45	Scott Redding	Octo Pramac Racing	Ducati	25	+25.480	15	8
9	43	Jack Miller	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	25	+25.665	17	7
10	17	Karel Abraham	Pull&Bear Aspar Team	Ducati	25	+26.403	2	6
11	76	Loris Baz	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	25	+26.952	9	5
12	53	Tito Rabat	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	25	+41.875	20	4
13	8	Héctor Barberá	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	25	+42.770	21	3
14	44	Pol Espargaró	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	25	+43.085	18	2
15	38	Bradley Smith	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	25	+43.452	19	1
16	29	Andrea Iannone	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	25	+46.219	12
Ret	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	14	Collision	13
Ret	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	14	Collision	8
Ret	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	13	Accident	5
Ret	22	Sam Lowes	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	11	Gearbox	22
Ret	42	Álex Rins	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	11	Ankle Pain	23
Ret	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	3	Accident	1
Ret	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati Team	Ducati	0	Collision	16
Sources: [2][3][4]

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	23	39:50.036	2	25
2	44	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	23	+1.683	1	20
3	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	23	+10.551	4	16
4	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	23	+15.577	10	13
5	97	Xavi Vierge	Tech 3	23	+24.527	8	11
6	24	Simone Corsi	Speed Up	23	+24.783	19	10
7	42	Francesco Bagnaia	Kalex	23	+24.965	13	9
8	11	Sandro Cortese	Suter	23	+25.156	7	8
9	41	Brad Binder	KTM	23	+25.622	24	7
10	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Kalex	23	+25.933	14	6
11	23	Marcel Schrötter	Suter	23	+26.139	16	5
12	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	23	+26.456	11	4
13	2	Jesko Raffin	Kalex	23	+26.697	5	3
14	77	Dominique Aegerter	Suter	23	+27.461	18	2
15	9	Jorge Navarro	Kalex	23	+27.628	20	1
16	57	Edgar Pons	Kalex	23	+36.690	23
17	32	Isaac Viñales	Kalex	23	+39.132	21
18	60	Julián Simón	Kalex	23	+39.297	26
19	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Kalex	23	+39.444	27
20	54	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	23	+43.908	6
21	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex	23	+44.165	3
22	68	Yonny Hernández	Kalex	23	+45.719	30
23	62	Stefano Manzi	Kalex	23	+52.618	32
24	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Kalex	23	+59.071	28
25	47	Axel Bassani	Speed Up	23	+1:02.113	29
Ret	52	Danny Kent	Suter	14	Accident	12
Ret	5	Andrea Locatelli	Kalex	7	Rider Ill	31
Ret	19	Xavier Siméon	Kalex	2	Accident	9
Ret	49	Axel Pons	Kalex	1	Accident	15
Ret	40	Fabio Quartararo	Kalex	1	Accident	17
Ret	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex	1	Accident Damage	22
Ret	87	Remy Gardner	Tech 3	0	Accident	25
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	36	Joan Mir	Honda	21	38:33.377	16	25
2	17	John McPhee	Honda	21	+0.261	1	20
3	88	Jorge Martín	Honda	21	+0.339	3	16
4	65	Philipp Öttl	KTM	21	+0.641	10	13
5	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	21	+0.890	8	11
6	11	Livio Loi	Honda	21	+7.598	12	10
7	5	Romano Fenati	Honda	21	+7.761	6	9
8	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	21	+7.831	9	8
9	58	Juan Francisco Guevara	KTM	21	+12.000	7	7
10	27	Kaito Toba	Honda	21	+12.079	18	6
11	44	Arón Canet	Honda	21	+12.278	4	5
12	40	Darryn Binder	KTM	21	+12.294	11	4
13	42	Marcos Ramírez	KTM	21	+12.480	27	3
14	14	Tony Arbolino	Honda	21	+12.620	24	2
15	6	María Herrera	KTM	21	+13.083	20	1
16	8	Nicolò Bulega	KTM	21	+14.393[N 1]	2
17	7	Adam Norrodin	Honda	21	+18.861	21
18	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Peugeot	21	+20.573	22
19	12	Marco Bezzecchi	Mahindra	21	+26.774	23
20	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Honda	21	+26.905	25
21	96	Manuel Pagliani	Mahindra	21	+27.400	31
22	95	Jules Danilo	Honda	21	+27.534	28
23	64	Bo Bendsneyder	KTM	21	+27.612	17
24	41	Nakarin Atiratphuvapat	Honda	21	+35.218	29
25	75	Albert Arenas	Mahindra	21	+50.124	19
26	4	Patrik Pulkkinen	Peugeot	21	+1:18.379	30
27	33	Enea Bastianini	Honda	21	+1:20.064	15
Ret	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Honda	12	Accident	5
Ret	48	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Mahindra	12	Gearbox	26
Ret	19	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	11	Accident	13
Ret	23	Niccolò Antonelli	KTM	1	Accident	14
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race

MotoGP

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.^[5]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Maverick Viñales 50 2 Valentino Rossi 36 3 Andrea Dovizioso 20 4 Scott Redding 17 5 Cal Crutchlow 16

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 50 2 Ducati 33 3 Honda 29 4 Aprilia 10 5 Suzuki 7

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Moto2

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Franco Morbidelli	50
2	Thomas Lüthi	36
3	Miguel Oliveira	33
4	Lorenzo Baldassarri	21
5	Xavi Vierge	18
6	Takaaki Nakagami	16
7	Luca Marini	14
8	Francesco Bagnaia	13
9	Álex Márquez	11
10	Simone Corsi	10

Moto3

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Joan Mir	50
2	John McPhee	40
3	Jorge Martín	32
4	Andrea Migno	21
5	Romano Fenati	20
6	Arón Canet	18
7	Livio Loi	14
8	Philipp Öttl	13
9	Marcos Ramírez	10
10	Niccolò Antonelli	9

Notes

1. 2-second penalty.