Red Bull Grand Prix Of The Americas

Marquez Romps to Victory in Austin

World Champion Marc Marquez became the first man to win the opening two rounds of a MotoGPâ„¢ season since 2001, with a dominant victory in Texas.

Valentino Rossi was the last man to achieve this feat and Marquez led all the way from pole position to the flag to increase his championship lead to fourteen points. It was also the Spaniard's second win in Austin, having claimed his maiden victory at the same circuit twelve month previously.

The number 93 Honda led home a Repsol one-two after heading Dani Pedrosa by over four seconds. The Repsol's were over twenty second ahead of the field at the chequered flag.

Italy's Andrea Dovizioso scored, the factory Ducati teams, first podium since France 2011. Stefan Bradl held off a late surge from Britain's Bradley Smith to take fourth, which saw the pair rubbing fairings on the final lap, whilst Pol Espargaro (Monster Yamaha Tech3) was sixth.

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

However there was bad news for Britain's number one, Cal Crutchlow. The Ducati rider fell on lap twelve and broke his hand after the bike came down on top of him.

It was also a bad day for double world champion, Jorge Lorenzo. The Yamaha man blatantly jumped the start and had to serve a ride-through penalty, dropping him to the back of the field. He did manage to recover to finish in tenth but already trails Marquez by forty-four points.

“The start was good,” Marquez said after the race. “After that my lead was such that the race was a bit boring.”

The most dramatic moment for the leader came in the very last corner when he very nearly lost the backend of his bike, giving his team many heart palpitations.
The rider will now head for Argentina, for the first Grand Prix in the country since 1999.

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.

MotoGP Race Results
1- Marc Marquez SPA Honda 43’33.430
2- Dani Pedrosa SPA Honda +4.124
3- Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati +20.976
4- Stefan Bradl
5- Bradley Smith
6- Pol Espargaro
7- Andrea Iannone
8- Valentino Rossi
9- Aleix Espargaro
10-Jorge Lorenzo

1st Open
9- Aleix Espargaro SPA Yamaha +47.605

Moto2™: Viñales charges to win at round two

The Moto2™ race at the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas brought victory for Maverick Viñales (Pons HP 40) in just his second appearance in the intermediate class, with Esteve Rabat (Marc VDS Racing Team) second and Dominique Aegerter (Technomag carXpert) third

Moto3™ World Champion Viñales rode brilliantly from sixth on the grid, holding his nerve in an incident-packed 'dry race' which was slightly delayed by rain in Texas, the Spaniard eventually crossing the line four seconds ahead of Rabat.

Aegerter took the final podium spot a further three seconds back with Xavier Simeon (Federal Oil Gresini Moto2) crashing out of the rostrum hunt at the end of the penultimate lap having earlier led the race.

There was chaos at the first corner when the race got underway as a crash hindered the race of many riders, with Josh Herrin (AirAsia Caterham Moto Racing), Mattia Pasini (NGM Forward Racing), Axel Pons (AGR Team), Nico Terol (Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2), Sam Lowes (Speed Up) and Luis Salom (Pons HP 40) all involved. Of that group only Herrin, Terol and Salom were unable to finish the race and all riders were ok.

Johann Zarco (AirAsia Caterham Moto Racing) crashed out on lap two taking Julian Simon (Italtrans Racing Team) with him, though the latter remounted to finish 23rd. There were crashes too for Louis Rossi (SAG Team), Lorenzo Baldassarri (Gresini Moto2) and Jonas Folger (AGR Team), though they too escaped injury.

Behind the front three Mika Kallio Marc (VDS Racing Team) missed the podium by just over a second, whilst Simone Corsi (NGM Forward Racing) also made the top five.

Thomas Luthi (Interwetten Paddock Moto2), Anthony West (QMMF Racing Team), Alex De Angelis (Tasca Racing Moto2) and Tech 3 pair Marcel Schrotter and Ricard Cardus completed the top ten.

Moto2â„¢ Race Results

Moto2â„¢ Race Results
1- Maverick Viñales SPA Kalex 41’31.520
2- Tito Rabat SPA Kalex +4.009
3- Dominique Aegerter SWI Suter +7.323

Moto3â„¢: Miller takes second victory of the season
The Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas brought victory in the Moto3â„¢ race for Jack Miller, with the Red Bull KTM Ajo rider being joined on the podium by Romano Fenati and Efren Vazquez

The Grand Prix of the Americas brought victory in the Moto3â„¢ race for Jack Miller, with the Red Bull KTM Ajo rider being joined on the podium by Romano Fenati and Efren Vazquez.

A crash for Alex Marquez (Estrella Galicia 0,0) on the final lap ruined his day when he was in the hunt for the podium, leaving Fenati (SKY Racing Team VR46) and Vazquez (SAXOPRINT RTG) to chase the rampant Miller to the finish line, with the Australian ultimately outpacing his rivals.

After winning at Qatar Miller now has maximum points from the first two rounds and he deservedly won from pole after leading for most of the race.

Behind the podium finishers an off colour Alex Rins (Estrella Galicia 0,0) finished fourth by a seven second margin from the front, with Jakub Kornfeil (Calvo Team) following the Spaniard across the line in fifth.

The experienced Alexis Masbou (Ongetta-Rivacold) was sixth, with Francesco Bagnaia (SKY Racing Team VR46), Danny Kent (Red Bull Husqvarna Ajo), John McPhee (SAXOPRINT RTG) and Karel Hanika (Red Bull KTM Ajo) all in the top ten.

There were early crashes for Arthur Sissis (Mahindra Racing), Andrea Locatelli (San Carlo Team Italia) and Matteo Ferrari (San Carlo Team Italia), with Locatelli rejoining to finish 25th.

Hafiq Azmi (SIC-Ajo KTM) crashed and rejoined for 24th, whilst Isaac Viñales (Calvo Team) crashed out at turn 19 on lap 8 with Niccolo Antonelli (Junior Team GO&FUN) going down at the same corner a lap later. Antonelli was taken to the medical centre by ambulance to be checked over after the race.

Luca Grünwald (Kiefer Racing) jump started and faced a penalty, riding through pit lane to rejoin but finishing 23rd. There were late retirements meanwhile for Brad Binder (Ambrogio Racing) and Gabriel Ramos (Kiefer Racing. **
Moto3â„¢ Race Results

Moto3â„¢ Race
1- Jack Miller AUS KTM 41’06:659
2- Romano Fenati ITA KTM +0.069
3- Efren Vazquez SPA Honda +0.172

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