It’s pole position for Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) at the Gran Premio Motul de la República Argentina thanks to his 1:38.304 in Q2, the reigning World Champion topping second place Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) by 0.154 and Championship leader Andrea Dovizioso (Mission Winnow Ducati) by 0.164…
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The HRC duo are split by 0.188 seconds, with Andrea Dovizioso (Mission Winnow Ducati) third fastest – 0.515 off Marquez. Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu) is looking strong in Argentina after finishing P4 in FP4, the Japanese rider heading fifth place Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) by 0.057.
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EG 0,0 Marc VDS’ Xavi Vierge will once again start from pole position at the Gran Premio Motul de la República Argentina, 12 months on from securing his first pole, after bettering Johann Zarco’s fastest ever lap around Termas de Rio Hondo with a 1:42.726.
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It was on the following lap that Masia would slam in the only 1:48 of the session, going three tenths clear of the rest with just over a minute of qualifying to go. And his time wouldn’t be beaten, the Spanish teenager earning his first career pole in the Moto3™ class, with Canet’s time good enough to keep himself in the middle of the second row after the Spaniard came through Q1.
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Valentino Rossi made it two Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP machines in Q2 by sitting seventh on the timesheets. Championship leader Andrea Dovizioso (Mission Winnow Ducati) just about held on to a Q2 spot despite crashing out, unhurt, at Turn 1 with five minutes remaining. The Qatar GP winner didn’t improve on the lap that saw him top yesterday’s FP2 session, seeing him drop to eighth overall.
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Fellow rookie Nicolo Bulega (SKY Racing Team VR46) sits sixth, 0.268 the gap between the Italian and Gardner, with Alex Marquez (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) seventh. Sam Lowes (Federal Oil Gresini Moto2) closes Free Practice out in 8th, with the British rider, ninth place Iker Lecuona (American Racing KTM) and 10th fastest Xavi Vierge (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) all three tenths off P1.
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In a session that was akin to the qualifying sessions of previous years, every single one of the 29 Moto3™ riders were sat in pitlane with just seven minutes remaining. Eventually though it ended as we were yesterday with McPhee on top after the Scotsman was able to take a further 0.9 seconds off of the laptime that saw him top yesterday’s FP2. As a result, he became the first man to drop below the 1:49 mark by setting a 1:48.959.
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I’ve been riding for three and a half years and only owned one bike, this one. It had been in storage for 30 years before I got it, and I completely restored it. It was perfect. I moved to Manhattan in March, and the bike was in hibernation in Brooklyn until May. I had to street-park it at my new place, but there were tons of bikes street-parked, and a lot of nicer, newer bikes than mine. I had a chain lock, a disc lock, and a cover.
I signed a contract on Labor Day weekend with a parking garage for storage beginning October 1. Three days later, I came down from my apartment at 7 a.m., and the bike was gone. When I finally filled out the report, the police told me the bike was probably already cut up for parts, that 5 percent of vintage bikes are ever recovered.
They ran the plate and pulled a photo of a male riding the bike over the FDR Bridge at 6:45 a.m. without a helmet. Someone who was definitely not me. I didn’t understand how any of this was possible. I had two locks on the bike, and the night before I had drained the oil so I could do an oil change the next day. The officer said he would send the case over to a detective, but since it was just a picture of the back of someone’s head, I shouldn’t get my hopes up.
I was gutted—angry at myself for not putting it in the parking garage sooner and defeated.
Two and a half weeks later, I got a call from a detective. He said, “I just picked up your file for the first time, and I know who did it.”
The kid had been pulled over on Staten Island for speeding and for not wearing a helmet. They just gave him a ticket and sent him on his way, but they had the plate and his address. The detective gathered some footage from my neighborhood. He’d approached the bike around 3 a.m., then came back later with a white box truck. The crazy part is he didn’t cut the bike up for parts. He kept it. They found it at his house and towed it to an impound lot.
I had to pay $600 in cash before they’d even let me see the bike. I’d brought my helmet and gloves, ready to ride. Maybe that was a little naive. He’d had a pretty high-speed crash. The clutch lever was completely gone, and the left side of the bike was all crunched in. My right exhaust pipe was gone for some reason, despite all of the damage being on the other side. I had to pay to have it towed to my shop.
My mechanic says it’s a brick, that it’s maybe worth $700 in the shape it’s in. The worst part is, I was ready to move on from this bike before it was stolen, ready to sell it and buy something else. I’m not sure I can fix it. Every time I see a new scuff, it would just bring up all these memories.
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Three-time Australian champion Dean Ferris has been ruled out of his replacement ride in the 2019 MXGP World Championship due to the knee injury he sustained at Matterley Basin last weekend.
Ferris, 28, was signed to a short-term deal in place of Romain Febvre at Monster Energy Yamaha, however a difficult British grand prix appearance led to complications with his knee that will now require further medical attention.
“It’s a shame that Dean’s opportunity has been cut short,” commented Monster Energy Yamaha manager Massimo Raspanti. “He was improving every time he rode the bike and was a pleasure to have around the team. Luck is a factor in top-level motocross and both Dean and Romain have been unlucky this season. I hope he makes a quick recovery and I wish him the best for the rest of the year.”
It was initially intended that Ferris would fill in for former world champion Febvre in Great Britain, The Netherlands and Trentino, however he is instead due to return home to Australia today. It’s unclear what his future will hold from this point, Ferris previously stating that Pro Motocross was still his target.
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