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The Honda Team walk away from pointless from a promising race here at Termas de Rio Hondo, Espargaro crashing while chasing the podium and Bradl ending in the top 20.Moto GP's compressed weekend in Argentina came to a close in front of a full house on Sunday, the Honda Team suffering a disappointing end to the Grand Prix. The race started well for Pol Espargaro who rocketed the Honda RC213V from fourth on the line and into the mix for the lead. Frantic action saw the number 44 shuffled back over the course of the opening lap, but he and the Honda rallied to fight up into fourth over the first five laps.A mistake on lap seven saw Espargaro drop behind Rins, but the pair worked together to close down the leading duo steadily. A mistake at Turn 2 would end his potential podium challenge and take away a strong fourth-place finish. This is Espargaro's first DNF since the Catalan GP in 2021. He was unharmed in the fall.Stefan Bradl rode a conservative race to take home a 19th place finish as he deputises for Marc Marquez. The Honda HRC Test Rider strung together a steady weekend to help the Honda Team confirm a number of items, even with the weekend's unique schedule.The Honda Team now pack up and prepare to head north for The Americas GP in Austin, Texas. Pol Espargaro won't have long to wait to bounce back with Round 4 coming up in just a week's time.Takaaki Nakagami took top Honda honours in 12th place while Honda Team Asia enjoyed their first double podium in Moto2 as Somkiat Chantra followed up his debut win with a second-place finish ahead of teammate Ai Ogura."The race started quite well, I had a good launch and I was in the front group. I was feeling good but a mistake allowed Rins to get through on me, then I recovered and was pushing to catch him and leading two. We had an up and down weekend, but we made a good step in Qualifying and then we were putting together a good race, it's a race that I should have finished because even fourth was quite good points. Then a few laps later I fell at Turn 2, I was pushing very hard to improve and it's a shame that we crashed. Our potential this year is really high and to take only four points in two races is not what we are here to do. Fortunately, we can go again in a week, " said Honda rider Pol Espargaro."I had a good start to the race but made a mistake into Turn One, I was a bit too aggressive and then made another mistake a few laps later. Small mistakes which in the end cost us some positions and stopped me from staying in the group ahead to fight for something more, closer to Alex probably. This is all part of the process when you jump back into MotoGP, and it was especially tough this weekend with the schedule and one less day, " said Honda rider Stefan Bradl.( With inputs from ANI )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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The Honda Team walk away from pointless from a promising race here at Termas de Rio Hondo, Espargaro crashing while chasing the podium and Bradl ending in the top 20. ...