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2022 MotoGP World Championship
2022 Argentine Grand Prix
Autodromo Termas de Rio Hondo
Termas de Rio Hondo, Argentina
Sunday, 3 April 2022
Gresini Racing's Enea Bastianini will look to build on his first-ever
MotoGP victory when round three swings around with the Argentine Grand Prix on Sunday, April 3.
The Italian secured P1 in the season-opening Qatar Grand Prix, although he found the wet conditions rather more challenging during the Indonesian Grand Prix a fortnight ago.
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Bastianini, who finished 11th in the rider's standings last year as a rookie, qualified fifth on the grid at the Mandalika International Street Circuit, but could only manage P11 in the driving rain.
The 24-year-old continues to lead the World Championship by two points ahead of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Brad Binder, although he is more concerned with improving in wet-weather races.
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"Yeah, well I'm not really happy about this race because I prefer the conditions stay dry," Bastianini said. "But it's ok, I start really slow and after I lost a lot of positions.
"But after seven, eight laps, I bring my pace up and in the end I was fast, I recovered some positions. At the end I battled for eighth place, but Binder passed me during the second corner and after I went out.
"It was impossible to stay in eighth place. Again, I'm the leader in the championship, but this is not really important for me. I want to do a better race for the next one if it's raining."
2022 Indonesian Grand Prix results
Winner: Miguel Oliveira - Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
Second Place: Fabio Quartararo - Monster Energy Yamaha
Third Place: Johann Zarco - Pramac Racing
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