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Di Giannantonio rounded out the top 10. The result proved Ducati's superiority in the class as the top-three finishers were all on privately-run Ducati GP22 machines, with just the single factory machine run in Argentina of Bagnaia (teammate Enea Bastianini was out with a shoul - der injury incurred in the Portu- guese Sprint Race) in 16th. Argentina proved a horror show for the pre-race favorites at Aprilia Racing, with Maverick Vinales finishing 12th and last year's winner, Aleix Espargaro, finishing a disconsolate 15th. In the championship, Bezzec - chi takes the lead with 50 points ahead of Bagnaia's 41 and Zarco moves up to third at 35. Alex Marquez is now fourth at 33 with Vinales fifth at 32. The world championship now heads to the United States, the next round the Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas at Austin, TX, on April 14-16. MOTO2 Tony Arbolino (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) was the last wet- weather winner in the intermedi- ate class in Thailand last year and the Italian did it again at Termas de Rio Hondo to take his first victory of the season in a reduced 14-lap wet Moto2 race. Polesitter Alonso Lopez (Beta Tools Speed Up) was forced to settle for second after get - ting passed late in the race, with Jake Dixon (GasGas Aspar Team) completing the podium on the weekend his daughter was born in the UK. There was drama for Aron Canet (Pons Wegow Los40) as he jumped the start, gaining a double long-lap penalty. Dixon led off the start and soon enough the group of Dixon, Lopez and Arbolino began to break clear. After leading the way for much of the shortened race, Lopez lost the lead in the final few laps to Arbolino with the Italian tak - ing victory by 0.663 seconds. Dixon, after that early lead, faded slightly but took home his first trophy of the season for third. Canet stormed to an impres- sive recovery of fourth place, but he was somewhat upstaged by his teammate Sergio Garcia, who also incurred a Long Lap a normal life and be a full-time MotoGP rider again," said team boss Hervé Poncharal. "We weren't sure about this when we saw the crash. This is good news. "The negative news is he's in a lot of pain. He's had an operation on his jaw and can't open his mouth. The lungs are OK now. But a few vertebra have been broken without any consequence for the future. But he needs to wear a corset for a while for the bones to heal. We'll let nature to do its job. It looks like it'll be a long recovery. At the moment there is still a question mark for Mugello (in June). This isn't good for our project but the main concern is seeing Pol return to a normal life. As long as he's wearing this corset it will be painful." KTM test rider Jo- nas Folger will deputize from round three of the championship. Briefly... ROUND 2 / MARCH 31-APRIL 2, 2023 TERMAS DE RIO HONDO CIRCUIT / SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, ARGENTINA MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P76 Jack Miller couldn't keep the charging Quartararo behind in the Sunday Grand Prix.