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Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales repeat this morning's Aprilia one-two, in reverse order,🌳 at the end of Friday practice 𝔍at the 2023 MotoGP of Argentina.

Meanwhile, Fabio Quartararo and Jack Miller are among th𒅌ose to miss out on a top ten place and will need to take part in Saturday's Qualifying 1.

T𒉰he 1m 39.207s morning best by Vinales stood as🐼 the lap to beat until the final 15mins of the hour when Pramac Ducati's Jorge Martin popped ahead.

Last year's winner Espargaro then briefly restored the RS-GP to the top before Ducati's reigning champion and 2023 title leader Francesco Bagnaia set the first 1m 38s lap of the 🍒weekend.

But Marco Bezzecchi, Vinales and Luca Marini swiftly pushed the double Portimao winner down to fourth a𒊎head of the final run.

Vinales dislo🍌dged Bezzecchi, but was in turn beaten by Espargaro - the Aprilias thus repeating their morning one-two, but with Espargaro 0.162s ahead o🐎f Vinales.

Further back, the LCR  Hon꧟das had a good day with Takaaki Nakagami in eighth and Alex Rins, who has one of Marc Marquez's Honda chassis to try this weekend, in tenth.

15th this morning on the slippery surface, the dry afternoon weather was especially welcome for Quartararo🐭. 

But the Frenchman continued to struggle, being consistently outpace🐠d by team-mate Franco Morbidelli (ninth) and visibly agitated, punching the tank and shrugging his shoulders in disbelief on his way to just 14th place.

Rookie Au෴gusto Fernand♏ez, 13th this morning, lost the front and tumbled through the gravel at turn one early in the afternoon session.

Most riders used the hard front and me๊dium rear tyre combina▨tion this afternoon.

Four riders are missing Argentina due to injuri👍es at last weekend’s Portimao season-opener: Pol Espargaro, Enea Bastianini, Miguel Oliveira and M🤡arc Marquez.

Bastianini, Oliveira and Marquez hope to return for round three in COTA but Espargaro’s injuries are set to see him sidelined for at least several more events. There are no replacement riders this weekend but Espargaro will be replaced by KTM test rider Jonas Folger next time out.

Aleix Es🐻pargaro gave Aprilia its first and so far only MotoGP victory in last year’s Termas de Rio Hondo race ahead of Jorge Martin, who was also caught up in the Marquez-Oliveira clash and is ridin🦩g with a broken toe this weekend.

Unlike last weekend's Portimao season-opener, which was preceded by a wint🐟er test, there has been no MotoGP action at Argentina since last year's grand prix.