MotoGP Argentina Qualifying 2 LIVE: Johann Zarco faces the Marquez brothers on the front row!

Big favorite for the Argentine Grand Prix MotoGP 2025  Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) has not missed its return to the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit since 2019: dominating the FP1 and Practice, the Spaniard also broke the absolute circuit record that he had held since 2014, and we are eagerly awaiting his performance in this Qualification-2! 

After his perfect performance in Thailand, number 93 is now clearly a scarecrow, much to the dismay of his teammate. Francis Bagnaia who seems to be struggling to get back on his feet, narrowly maintaining a direct passage into Q2 after an unfortunate fall during Friday's Practice.

For the moment, the opposition comes rather fromAlex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP), always very solid on his Ducati GP24, of a Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) proudly taking up the challenge of making the RS-GP of Noale shine or even a Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) taking advantage of the eagerness of Pedro Acosta who was less calm than expected.

Behind the opportunist Fabio DiGiannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) and the towed Alex Rins (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team), we still find the French duo made up of Johann zarco (CASTROL Honda LCR) and fabio quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team), once again assured of being in Q2.

The last 5 minutes of Practice:

In FP2, the two Marquez brothers have once again shown that they are the strong men of this start of the season, but Johann zarco, just behind, confirms that he will have to be reckoned with in Argentina. For Francis Bagnaia, on the other hand, it is still a level below.

When Qualification-1, Franco Morbidelli et Joan mir have been rescued and now reach this Q2.

While waiting to discover more, while the 12 drivers prepare for this 2-minute Qualification-15, under a still gray sky with temperatures of 19° in the air and 24° on the ground, let's enjoy these few moments of live coverage thanks to the official website MotoGP.com :

Here is a table that summarizes the known facts:

MotoGP™ Argentina, Termas de Rio Hondo	2023	2025
FP1	1'39.207 Maverick Vinales (See here)	1'38.937 Marc Marquez (See here)
Practice	1'38.518 Aleix Espargaró (See here)	1'37.295 Marc Marquez (See here)
FP2	1'41.029 Pecco Bagnaia (See here)	1'37.795 Alex Marquez (See here)
Q1	1'47.317 Alex Marquez (See here)	1'37.312 Franco Morbidelli (See here)
Q2	1'43.881 Alex Marquez (See here)	1'36.917 Marc Marquez (See here)
Sprint	(See here)B. Binder, Bezzecchi, Marini (See here)	(See here)
Warm Up	1'45.354 Marco Bezzecchi (See here)	(See here)
Course	Bezzecchi, Zarco, A. Marquez (See here)	(See here)
All time lap record	1'37.683 Marc Márquez 2014	1'36.917 Marc Marquez (See here)

When the red lights go out... Alex Marquez rushes first in front of his brother Marc, Pecco Bagnaia and Fabio Quartararo whilealex rins takes the track last.

Everyone is in medium front, tender back, noting that Franco Morbidelli by with his rear tire from Q1 which already has 4 laps.

At the end of the first round, Marc Márquez set the reference time in 1'37.142, which is already a new circuit record. He precedes Johann Zarco, Alex Marquez, Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Quartararo stuck in the wheel of Francis Bagnaia.

In the next passage, Marc Márquez displays 1'37.023 in front of his brother Alex, Johann Zarco, Marco Bezzecchi and Pedro Acosta. follow Franco Morbidelli, Francesco Bagnaia, Fabio Quartararo, Fabio Di Giannantonio, Brad Binder, Alex Rins and Joan Mir. As everyone returned to the box, Fabio Di Giannantonio rises to 6rd position.

Upon resumption, Peter Acosta et Francesco Bagnaia display the first two sectors in red which allows them to progress: fourth for the Italian, fifth for the Spaniard.

One minute from the checkered flag, Fabio Quartararo climbs back to sixth place, but it's once again Marc Márquez who improves his own record, this time in 1'36.917!

He therefore precedes his brother Alex et Johann zarco on the first row of the starting grid.

See you at 19 p.m. for the Sprint!!!

2 MotoGP Argentina Grand Prix Qualifying 2025 Results:

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