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Argentina Moto3: Mir takes second straight win

Joan Mir took his second consecutive Moto3 victory in Argentina, as John McPhee and Jorge Martin repeated the podium order of the season opener in Qatar.

Joan Mir, Leopard Racing

Joan Mir, Leopard Racing

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The early stages of the race saw several riders fight at the front with Gresini rider Martin and Leopard's Mir leading for most of the time.

Mir, who started from 16th, fought his way to first in just seven laps, and was part of a five-man lead group that formed at around the halfway point.

The Spaniard kept ahead of McPhee (British Talent Team), Martin, Phillip Oettl (Schedl) and Andrea Migno (Sky Racing VR46) for most of the race, only giving up the lead temporarily with a small mistake.

He started the final lap with a small advantage, although McPhee was able to put him under pressure in the last few corners.

However, it was Mir who crossed the line first, with McPhee and Martin following behind to complete an identical podium to the season opener in Qatar.

"I tried to do the pace of free practice," said Mir. "I knew before the race that I had the pace. I just needed to keep calm and try to fight on the last laps. To get a second victory is amazing."

Oettl and Migno had to settle for fourth and fifth, while Mir's Livio Loi led the second group in sixth ahead of Romano Fenati (Marinelli Rivacold Snipers) and Tatsuki Suzuki (SIC58 Squadra Corse).

Starting sixth, Fenati lost ground at the start to drop to the lower parts of the top 20, and then was involved in a collision with Niccolo Antonelli, which resulted in the Ajo KTM rider's retirement.

"Fenati pushed me, I was closing the corner and he came full against me, I don't know," Antonelli said.

Fenati was investigated for the incident, but was ultimately not penalised.

Another incident happened between Niccolo Bulega (Sky Racing VR46) and Fabio di Giannantonio (Gresini), causing the latter to fall.

Bulega went on to finish 13th, but was later penalised two seconds for causing the incident, dropping out of the points in 16th.

Race results:

Pos.#RiderBikeTime/Gap
1 36 spain Joan Mir  Honda 38'33.377
2 17 united_kingdom John McPhee  Honda 0.261
3 88 spain Jorge Martin  Honda 0.339
4 65 germany Philipp Ottl  KTM 0.641
5 16 italy Andrea Migno  KTM 0.890
6 11 belgium Livio Loi  Honda 7.598
7 5 italy Romano Fenati  Honda 7.761
8 24 japan Tatsuki Suzuki  Honda 7.831
9 58 spain Juan Francisco Guevara  KTM 12.000
10 27 japan Kaito Toba  Honda 12.079
11 44 spain Aron Canet  Honda 12.278
12 40 south_africa Darryn Binder  KTM 12.294
13 8 italy Nicolo Bulega  KTM 12.393
14 42 spain  Marcos Ramirez  KTM 12.480
15 14 italy  Tony Arbolino  Honda 12.620
16 6 spain Maria Herrera  KTM 13.083
17 7 malaysia Adam Norrodin  Honda 18.861
18 84 czech_republic Jakub Kornfeil  Peugeot 20.573
19 12 italy  Marco Bezzecchi  Mahindra 26.774
20 71 japan  Ayumu Sasaki  Honda 26.905
21 96 italy  Manuel Pagliani  Mahindra 27.400
22 95 france Jules Danilo  Honda 27.534
23 64 netherlands Bo Bendsneyder  KTM 27.612
24 41 thailand Nakarin Atiratphuvapat  Honda 35.218
25 75 spain Albert Arenas  Mahindra 50.124
26 4 finland Patrik Pulkkinen  Peugeot 1'18.379
27 33 italy Enea Bastianini  Honda 1'20.064
Ret 21 italy Fabio Di Giannantonio  Honda 9 laps
Ret  48 italy  Lorenzo dalla Porta  Mahindra 9 laps
Ret  19 spain Gabriel Rodrigo  KTM 10 laps
Ret  23 italy Niccolo Antonelli  KTM 20 laps

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