It was only on Thursday that we thought Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu) wasn’t going to be taking part in the Gran Premio Michelin® de la República Argentina, but after recovering from Covid-19, the Japanese rider ended a thrilling MotoGP™ FP1 at the summit of the timesheets. Nakagami’s 1:39.028 was good enough to beat reigning World Champion Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) by 0.127s, with Pol Espargaro (Repsol Honda Team) making it two Hondas in the top three.