The Argentine Grand Prix has many numbers to be Marco Bezzecchi's favorite. There he achieved his first victory in Moto3, in 2018, and there he has risen this Sunday with his first victory in MotoGP. In both cases, with rain as the secondary protagonist. His triumph, together with the fall of a Pecco Bagnaia almost just after deciding to try to take the momentary second place from Álex Márquez, also allows him to climb to the leadership of the World Championship with 50 points. The youngest of the Marquez, meanwhile, could not ultimately benefit from the fall of the Italian to maintain his second place, after being almost ultimately overtaken by the Frenchman Johann Zarco, but he did end up climbing the podium as third classified. A feeling that had been elusive since 2020.
"I'm very happy, I have no words I didn't expect to go so fast, I was scared because of the wet conditions, because I'm not good at it with a MotoGP, but I had a fantastic feeling and everything went very well on the bike. The feeling is incredible," said the winner at the end of the race. The fall of Bagnaia, as Johann Zarco revealed, was also decisive for him to decide to attack hard. "Halfway through the race I started to have a better feeling and, with Pecco's crash, I saw that if I overtook the three in front of me at that moment I could aspire to the podium. I have achieved it and they are 20 points that taste like glory, "said the Frenchman.
Bezzecchi arrested him early on. Far from being intimidated by the state of the track, the Italian was tremendously comfortable on the wet asphalt of Termas de Río Hondo. And, in addition, he took advantage of his good feelings to open a bigger and bigger gap with respect to an Álex Márquez who managed to maintain his second place against a Pecco Bagnaia who insisted again and again on his heels.
Bagnaia, at times, seemed to decide to pull prudence. The reigning champion gave the impression that he was going to settle for climbing to the third step of the podium instead of risking a fall. Shortly before entering the last ten laps, however, he decided to gamble to get into a spectacular melee with the youngest of the Márquez to snatch second place. With Bezzecchi, yes, at an almost unattainable distance.
The until this Sunday leader of the World Cup would not take long to regret his bet. Just when it seemed to be consolidating in the second position, the bike slipped when taking the corner and ended up sliding on the ground. Although he was about to leave the race definitively, he finally decided to finish it, hoping to scratch some point that, perhaps, could become decisive with the passage of the races. Unsuccessfully.
Álex Márquez, meanwhile, could only breathe a sigh of relief for a little less than an instant. Until Johann Zarco, with a tremendously aggressive driving, began to harass him with three laps to go and snatched the place a few corners away from the finish to rediscover a podium that was elusive since the German Grand Prix of 2022.
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