MotoGP 2019: Round one summary and round two TV schedule

By Stephen Lamb

Riding for over twenty years, past bikes include a '95 Suzuki GSX600F (which he dropped in the first minute of ownership) and an '04 Yamaha FZ6 Fazer, Steve currently has a '16 Ducati Scrambler Classic, a MASH/ZNEN City Cruise 125 Scooter and is still (very slowly) building a '94 Yamaha SR125 'brat tracker'. Steve puts himself in the shoes of the average biker.

Posted 28/03/2019 13:57 UK

All photos: ©PSP/Lukasz Swiderek -www.photoPSP.com

MotoGP returns this weekend with the Gran Premio Motul de la República Argentina at the Termas de Rio Hondo Circuit in the province of Santiago del Estero, Northern Argentina.

What happened last time?

At the openingMotoGPround, Andrea Dovizioso pipped Marc Marquez to the post, winning by just 0.023 seconds - quite literally less than the blink of an eye. Britain's Cal Crutchlow took a fantastic third place despite still recovering from an off-season injury. Amazingly, fastest lap was posted by rookie Fabio Quartararo who unfortunately couldn't maintain the pace, and went on to finish outside the points.

尽管被提出抗议铃木、本田、KT次方M and Aprilia against the innovative swing arm design (which appeared to integrate an aero wing, in contravention of MotoGP technical rules) showcased on the Ducatis of Dovizioso, Miller and Petrucci, the MotoGP Court of Appeal ruling found in favour of Ducati, and the results were declared as final.

InMoto2, the podium places were taken by Lorenzo Baldassarri, returning ex MotoGP rider, Tom Luthi and his teammate, Marcel Schrotter. Britain's Sam Lowes secured a solid 6^thPlace while Bennetts BSB runner up Jake Dixon crashed out on Lap 18.

Moto3continued to provide some extremely close racing with less than one second covering the top 11 finishers. Japan's Kaito Toba took an emotional first win, ahead of Lorenzo Dalla Porta and Aron Canet. Brit John McPhee took 3 points, finishing in 13^th, while Tom Booth-Amos showed his determination after an early crash, re-joining the race before visiting the pits, re-joining and finishing the race in 24^thplace (3 laps down).

MOTOGP Riders Championship Table

Rider	Nat	Bike	Points
DOVIZIOSA, Andrea	ITA	Mission Winnow Ducati	25
MARQUEZ, Marc	SPA	Repsol Honda	20
CRUTCHLOW, Cal	GBR	LCR Honda Castrol	16
RINS, Alex	SPA	Suzuki Ecstar	13
ROSSI, Valentino	ITA	Monster Energy Yamaha	11
PETRUCCI, Danilo	ITA	Mission Winnow Ducati	10
VIÑALES, Maverick	ITA	Monster Energy Yamaha	9
MIR, Joan	SPA	Suzuki Ecstar	8
NAKAGAMI, Takaaki	JPN	LCR Honda Idemitsu	7
ESPARGARO, Aleix	SPA	Aprilia Team Gresini	6
MORBIDELLI, Franco	ITA	Petronas Yamaha SRT	5
ESPARGARO, Pol	SPA	Red Bull KTM	4
LORENZO, Jorge	SPA	Repsol Honda	3
IANNONE, Andrea	ITA	Aprilia Team Gresini	2
ZARCO, Johann	FRA	Red Bull KTM	1

Fastest Lap - Fabio QUARTARARO (Lap 3) - 1'55.039

MOTO2 Riders Championship Table

Rider	Nat	Bike	Points
BALDASSARRI, Lorenzo	ITA	Flexbox HP 40 Kalex	25
LUTHI, Thomas	SWI	Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex	20
SCHROTTER, Marcel	GER	Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex	16
GARDNER, Remy	AUS	ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team Kalex	13
FERNANDEZ, Augusto	SPA	Flexbox HP 40 Kalex	11
LOWES, Sam	GBR	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Kalex	10
MARQUEZ, Alex	SPA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS Kalex	9
MARINI, Luca	ITA	Sky Racing Team VR46 Kalex	8
BASTIANINI, Enea	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team Kales	7
VIERGE, Xavi	SPA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS Kalex	6
DI GIANNANTONIO, Fabio	ITA	+Ego Speed Up	5
BINDER, Brad	RSA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	4
LOCATELLI, Andrea	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team Kalex	3
RAFFIN, Jesko	SWI	NTS RW Racing GP	2
马丁,Jorge	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	1

Fastest Lap - Thomas LUTHI (Lap 10) - 1'58.711 (103.2% of Fastest MotoGP lap)

MOTO3 Riders Championship Table

Rider	Nat	Bike	Points
TOBA, Kaito	JPN	Honda Team Asia	25
DALLA PORTA, Lorenzo	ITA	Leopard Racing Honda	20
CANET, Aaron	SPA	Sterilgarda Max Racing Team KTM	16
RAMIREZ, Marcos	SPA	Leopard Racing Honda	13
VIETTI, Celestino	ITA	Sky Racing Team VR46 KTM	11
ARENAS, Albert	SPA	Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team KTM	10
FERNANDEZ, Raul	SPA	Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team KTM	9
ANTONELLI, Niccolò	ITA	SIC58 Squadra Corse Honda	8
FENATI, Romano	ITA	Snipers Team Honda	7
KORNFEIL, Jakub	CZE	Redox PruestelGP KTM	6
OGURA, Ai	JPN	Honda Team Asia	5
LOPEZ, Alonso	SPA	Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda	4
MCPHEE, John	GBR	Petronas Sprinta Racing Honda	3
MIGNO, Andrea	ITA	Bester Capital Dubai KTM	2
RODRIGO, Gabriel	ARG	Kommerling Gresini Moto3 Honda	1

Fastest Lap - Romano FENATI (Lap 2) 2'05.403 (109% of Fastest MotoGP Lap)

Round 2 - TV Schedule (Live)

Friday 29^thMarch 2019
Free Practice 1 and 2 (All classes)	11:45 - 19:00	BT Sport 2
Saturday 30^thMarch 2019
Free Practice 3 (All classes)	12:00 - 15:00	BT Sport 2
Qualifying (All classes)	15:00 - 19:00	BT Sport 2
DON'T FORGET! THE CLOCKS GO FORWARD ONE HOUR
Sunday 31^stMarch 2019
Warm-up & FP4 (MotoGP)	13:30 - 15:15	BT Sport 2
Moto3 Race	15:15 - 17:00	BT Sport 2
Moto2 Race	17:00 - 18:30	BT Sport 2
MotoGP Race	18:30 -	BT Sport 2

Round 2 - TV Schedule (Highlights)

Monday 1^stApril 2019
Race Highlights (All classes)	18:00 & 23:00	Quest

QUEST is available on Freeview - Ch 37, BT - Ch 37, Free-Sat - Ch 167, Sky - Ch 144 and Virgin - Ch 172.