http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2018/04/05/into-the-unknown-weather-tyres-and-asphalt-in-argentina/253893

It seems that the new asphalt is a big concern this weekend.

Dodgy weather, 4 tires to choose from, and some new asphalt in areas.

Should be hectic!

Cant wait. Plenty of factors to make it anyones race.

FP1

Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 1m 40.303s [Lap 17/18] 328km/h (Top Speed)
Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 40.345s +0.042s [17/18] 332k
Andrea Iannone ITA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 40.386s +0.083s [17/18] 324k
Johann Zarco FRA Monster Yamaha Tech3 (YZR-M1) 1m 40.614s +0.311s [19/20] 326k
Jack Miller AUS Pramac Ducati (GP17) 1m 40.715s +0.412s [18/18] 326k
Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 1m 40.781s +0.478s [16/19] 333k
Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha (YZR-M1) 1m 40.825s +0.522s [17/19] 328k
Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (GP18) 1m 40.938s +0.635s [15/17] 329k
Jorge Lorenzo ESP Ducati Team (GP18) 1m 41.019s +0.716s [16/17] 330k
Danilo Petrucci ITA Pramac Ducati (GP18) 1m 41.066s +0.763s [13/15] 332k
Hafizh Syahrin MAL Monster Yamaha Tech3 (YZR-M1)* 1m 41.094s +0.791s [16/17] 324k
Aleix Espargaro ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 41.163s +0.860s [20/20] 326k
Maverick Viñales ESP Movistar Yamaha (YZR-M1) 1m 41.224s +0.921s [20/20] 329k
Bradley Smith GBR Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) 1m 41.286s +0.983s [16/18] 326k
Scott Redding GBR Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 41.346s +1.043s [14/15] 323k
Pol Espargaro ESP Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) 1m 41.355s +1.052s [17/18] 328k
Tito Rabat ESP Reale Avintia (GP17) 1m 41.421s +1.118s [22/22] 329k
Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V)* 1m 41.449s +1.146s [19/20] 323k
Franco Morbidelli ITA EG 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)* 1m 41.538s +1.235s [18/19] 321k
Alvaro Bautista ESP Angel Nieto Team (GP17) 1m 41.624s +1.321s [17/19] 331k
Alex Rins ESP Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 41.802s +1.499s [18/20] 326k
Xavier Simeon ESP Reale Avintia (GP16)* 1m 42.192s +1.889s [16/17] 322k
Thomas Luthi SWI EG 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)* 1m 42.698s +2.395s [19/19] 319k
Karel Abraham CZE Angel Nieto Team (GP16) 1m 42.857s +2.554s [17/17] 324k

Pedrosa tops P1.

Track in quite crappy condition.

Vinales 13th.
High likelihood that those currently outside the top 10 will be in Q1, as it's supposed to rain for FP2 and FP3.
Weather appears quite volatile, so the predictions may mean squat.

Only MV is the only unexpected rider outside the top 10.

FP2 *** WTF Ducati?! ***

Pos.   Num.   Rider   Nation   Team   Bike   Km/h   Time   Gap 1st/Prev.
1   93   Marc MARQUEZ   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   325.0   1'39.395   
2   35   Cal CRUTCHLOW   GBR   LCR Honda CASTROL   Honda   325.7   1'39.799   0.404 / 0.404
3   53   Tito RABAT   SPA   Reale Avintia Racing   Ducati   324.8   1'40.346   0.951 / 0.547
4   29   Andrea IANNONE   ITA   Team SUZUKI ECSTAR   Suzuki   316.8   1'40.455   1.060 / 0.109
5   26   Dani PEDROSA   SPA   Repsol Honda Team   Honda   319.3   1'40.494   1.099 / 0.039
6   25   Maverick VIÃ'ALES   SPA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   320.6   1'40.510   1.115 / 0.016
7   46   Valentino ROSSI   ITA   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP   Yamaha   317.9   1'40.577   1.182 / 0.067
8   42   Alex RINS   SPA   Team SUZUKI ECSTAR   Suzuki   318.0   1'40.592   1.197 / 0.015
9   19   Alvaro BAUTISTA   SPA   Angel Nieto Team   Ducati   320.5   1'40.766   1.371 / 0.174
10   41   Aleix ESPARGARO   SPA   Aprilia Racing Team Gresini   Aprilia   314.0   1'40.800   1.405 / 0.034
11   45   Scott REDDING   GBR   Aprilia Racing Team Gresini   Aprilia   314.2   1'40.839   1.444 / 0.039
12   43   Jack MILLER   AUS   Alma Pramac Racing   Ducati   316.9   1'40.842   1.447 / 0.003
13   9   Danilo PETRUCCI   ITA   Alma Pramac Racing   Ducati   327.3   1'40.863   1.468 / 0.021
14   5   Johann ZARCO   FRA   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   319.4   1'40.974   1.579 / 0.111
15   38   Bradley SMITH   GBR   Red Bull KTM Factory Racing   KTM   318.0   1'41.198   1.803 / 0.224
16   55   Hafizh SYAHRIN   MAL   Monster Yamaha Tech 3   Yamaha   315.6   1'41.257   1.862 / 0.059
17   99   Jorge LORENZO   SPA   Ducati Team   Ducati   323.5   1'41.334   1.939 / 0.077
18   30   Takaaki NAKAGAMI   JPN   LCR Honda IDEMITSU   Honda   314.4   1'41.357   1.962 / 0.023
19   17   Karel ABRAHAM   CZE   Angel Nieto Team   Ducati   322.6   1'41.784   2.389 / 0.427
20   21   Franco MORBIDELLI   ITA   EG 0,0 Marc VDS   Honda   313.8   1'41.832   2.437 / 0.048
21   44   Pol ESPARGARO   SPA   Red Bull KTM Factory Racing   KTM   320.5   1'41.867   2.472 / 0.035
22   12   Thomas LUTHI   SWI   EG 0,0 Marc VDS   Honda   314.4   1'41.898   2.503 / 0.031
23   10   Xavier SIMEON   BEL   Reale Avintia Racing   Ducati   320.3   1'42.242   2.847 / 0.344
24   4   Andrea DOVIZIOSO   ITA   Ducati Team   Ducati   319.4   1'42.973   3.578 / 0.731

MM almost high sided coming out of the pitlane after the flag-to-flag practice.

Something I would not have thought I would hear today: "Tito Rabat, top Ducati rider".

Looks like the later model the Ducati, the slower it went under those conditions, in that order. That's not the rider. Miller usually excels in those conditions so as far as wet weather racing is concerned, it appears the correct development for mid corner agility is an engineering wrong turn for the wet. The previous characteristic of stability and difficulty to turn gave a secure wet bike, but the latest version being set up to turn better. Fair enough too. I guess we'll have to see what wet race set up they can develop. Just my unqualified opinon

It wasn't really wet. They were some concerns about moisture coming up through the asphalt.

So more greasy than rain? I hated racing in that in between condition.

Won't be the last time I'm wrong. Probably end up being a great wet bike too

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/892849/1/first-last-dovizioso-lorenzo-petrucci-explain-ducati-struggle

Track is wet this morning.

Moto2 is faster than the big kids by a couple of seconds. The big kids are running the same times as moto3.

Qualifying 2:

Jack Miller AUS Pramac Ducati (GP17) 1m 47.153s [Lap 8/8] 319km/h (Top Speed)
Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 1m 47.330s +0.177s [Lap 6/7] 310k
Johann Zarco FRA Monster Yamaha Tech3 (YZR-M1) 1m 47.365s +0.212s [Lap 6/7] 315k
Tito Rabat ESP Reale Avintia (GP17) 1m 47.681s +0.528s [Lap 6/7] 312k
Alex Rins ESP Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 47.743s +0.590s [Lap 6/8] 310k
Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 1m 47.754s +0.601s [Lap 7/7] 314k
Aleix Espargaro ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 47.845s +0.692s [Lap 7/8] 317k
Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (GP18) 1m 48.247s +1.094s [Lap 5/6] 313k
Maverick Viñales ESP Movistar Yamaha (YZR-M1) 1m 49.044s +1.891s [Lap 8/8] 314k
Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 49.304s +2.151s [Lap 7/7] 317k
Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha (YZR-M1) 1m 49.326s +2.173s [Lap 8/8] 310k
Andrea Iannone ITA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 49.975s +2.822s [Lap 6/7] 309k

Qualifying 1:

Karel Abraham CZE Angel Nieto Team (GP16) 1m 49.878s 312k
Jorge Lorenzo ESP Ducati Team (GP18) 1m 50.063s 318k
Scott Redding GBR Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 50.175s 313k
Pol Espargaro ESP Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) 1m 50.324s 309k
Xavier Simeon ESP Reale Avintia (GP16)* 1m 50.364s 313k
Danilo Petrucci ITA Pramac Ducati (GP18) 1m 50.449s 319k
Alvaro Bautista ESP Angel Nieto Team (GP17) 1m 50.606s 314k
Thomas Luthi SWI EG 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)* 1m 50.833s 308k
Bradley Smith GBR Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) 1m 51.007s 310k
Franco Morbidelli ITA EG 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)* 1m 51.012s 306k
Hafizh Syahrin MAL Monster Yamaha Tech3 (YZR-M1)* 1m 51.142s 30