![]() ![]() A dream return to COTA for Marc Marquez sees the King reclaim his Austin crown. A bet between Marquez and young Aussie Motocross phenom Jett Lawrence, famous for his donut eating and branding, had Marquez eating donuts on the podiumĪleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) and Johann Zarco (Pramac Racing) crashed out unhurt on Sunday afternoon, joining Nakagami on the list of DNFs. Alex Marquez (LCR Honda Castrol), Andrea Dovizioso (Petronas Yamaha SRT), Luca Marini (Sky VR46 Avintia) and Valentino Rossi (Petronas Yamaha SRT) round out the points, The Doctor scoring in his final Grand Prix appearance in America. Mir crossed the line in P7 with Miller P8, that result is switched after the penalty.Ī bet between Marquez and young Aussie Motocross phenom Jett Lawrence, famous for his donut eating and branding, had Marquez eating donuts on the podiumīinder and Pol Espargaro (Repsol Honda Team) completed the top 10, with Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) taking home a lonely P11 but some good points. The number 36’s move on Miller at Turn 15 saw the reigning World Champion make contact with the Ducati and he received a one place penalty. The Mir-Miller clash earned the Suzuki rider some post-race interest from both Miller and the FIM MotoGP Stewards Panel. ![]() ![]() Francesco Bagnaia – Ducati Lenovo Team – Ducati – +8.547 Fabio Quartararo – Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP – Yamaha – +4.679ģ. Marc Marquez – Repsol Honda Team – Honda – 41’41.435Ģ. He also benefitted from a clash between Mir and Miller on the final lap, and the Rookie of the Year battle is close still between Martin and Bastianini heading into the final three races. Sixth place went the way of Enea Bastianini (Avintia Esponsorama), who once again impressed as his form rolls on. Rins was able to finish P4, profiting from Martin’s Long Lap Penalty, the latter unlucky to finish fifth after another fantastic ride but still top Independent Team rider. Bagnaia, in turn, was struggling to keep up with the top five, initially down in sixth.īagnaia recovered well to claim P3, but its ground lost in the Championship chase… although Misano went pretty well last time for the Italian. Miller, having passed team-mate Pecco, was now ahead of Rins in P4 too and the Aussie was the man on the move. Quartararo had his hands full early onĪfter dispatching Rins, Martin was a formidable nuisance for Championship leader Quartararo as Marc Marquez started to stretch his lead to a second for the first time. Further back on Miller watch, Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) was making good progress on the hard rear Michelin tyre from 10th on the grid, and the Aussie grabbed a two-for-one deal at Turn 12 to pass Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar) on Lap 3 for sixth. ![]() Then, Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu) was the first crasher of the race, the Japanese rider sixth when he tumbled out on Lap 2. The latter then lost another place to the fast-starting Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) on the opening lap, with Pecco then demoted to P5 as Jorge Martin (Pramac Racing) carved his way past on Lap 2 too. Plan A was executed to perfection by Marc Marquez from third on the grid, the number 93 grabbing the holeshot as Quartararo also got the better of polesitter Bagnaia. ![]()
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