Reigning MotoGP World Champion Marc Marquez absolutely dominated the field to secure his first win of 2019 by 9.8 seconds around the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit in Argentina.

Starting from pole, the Repsol Honda man got the perfect start and quickly made a dash for the distance on his RC213V and was never seen again. Lapping over half a second quicker at the front for the majority of laps, Marquez was left untouched and unseen, riding a race of his own out front.

After backing it off in the final laps to avoid any potential disasters with his medium rear Michelin tyre, Marquez eventually took chequered flag by 9.8 seconds.

Behind the World Champion was the battle for the less podium spots, which was won by Valentino Rossi. Sitting behind the Ducati man for the majority of the race, the ‘Doctor’ waited until the final lap to mug Dovizioso for second place. Targeting a podium, the factory Ducati man succeeded with his target of a podium with third place.

Jack Miller showed his strong race pace to finish best of the rest in fourth place, ahead of Alex Rins, who will be ruining his poor qualifying performance after fighting through the field to finish fifth place. Despite not having the pace of Marquez, Rins battling through from sixteenth to fifth will leave him wondering what could’ve been.

Danilo Petrucci was sixth after luckily avoiding a last lap crash when Franco Morbidelli collected Maverick Vinales. Both riders walked away unharmed, but the damage was done on the track. 

Taka Nakagami and Fabio Quartararo were seventh and eighth with the Espargaro brothers rounding out the top ten on their respective factory bikes, with Aleix coming out on top.

Rookie Miguel Oliveira was eleventh on his satellite KTM. Jorge Lorenzo leaves Argentina with four World Championship points for twelfth and will be eager to get back to Europe. Cal Crutchlow was thirteenth after having his race wrecked having been adjudged to jumping the start and being forced to go through the pit lane with a ride through penalty.  Pecco Bagnaia was fourteenth, with Johann Zarco rounding out the point scorers in fifteenth.