MotoGP™ World Champion Marc Marquez
utterly dominated the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas race, taking
victory by a four second margin from his Repsol Honda teammate Dani
Pedrosa, with Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) completing the podium
Marc
Marquez utterly dominated the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas race,
taking victory by a four second margin from his Repsol Honda teammate
Dani Pedrosa, with Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) completing the podium.
A jump start ruined the race for Jorge Lorenzo
(Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) and he finished 10th after a ride through
penalty. Lorenzo took the holeshot after a bizarre error from the former
World Champion and he rode through pit lane at the end of the first
lap, leaving Marquez clear at the front. Pedrosa tried to stay with
Marquez, who was the only ‘Factory’ rider to run the hard rear tyre, but
the youngster sped away to become the first rider to win the first two
races of the year from pole in the premier-class since Mick Doohan in
1995.
A first podium for Dovizioso as a Ducati Team
rider was great news for the Italian factory, though there was some bad
news for them too as Cal Crutchlow crashed out and injured his right
hand, having earlier pitted due to tyre problems.
Stefan
Bradl (LCR Honda MotoGP) missed the podium by just under two seconds
after winning a battle for fourth with Bradley Smith (Monster Yamaha
Tech3), whilst Pol Espargaro (Monster Yamaha Tech3) was sixth.
Andrea
Iannone (Pramac Racing) dropped back to seventh having been third in
the early stages, whilst there were problems too for Valentino Rossi
(Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) as he hunted the podium in the early stages and
faded to eighth in the second half of the race.
Aleix
Espargaro (NGM Forward Racing) was ninth at a track that he has
admitted is not his strongest, whilst Lorenzo rounded out the top ten
after his mistake at the start.
Nicky Hayden (Drive M7
Aspar) finished as the top ‘Open’ Honda rider and top American in 11th –
whilst his compatriot Colin Edwards (NGM Forward Racing) was unable to
finish his home race. Crashes for Alvaro Baustista and Scott Redding
also ruined GO&FUN Honda Gresini’s weekend.
Honda
riders have now won the last nine MotoGP races in the USA and the last
non-Honda MotoGP winner in the States was Lorenzo, at Laguna Seca in
2010.
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