Honda’s Marc Marquez stormed to his first win of the season after an early battle with team-mare Dani Pedrosa, whilst Maverick Vinales crashed out. Marquez and Vinales had been a cut above the rest of the field in terms of pace all weekend, and it was expected the pair would lock horns over a crucial […]
Monster Tech 3 Yamaha’s Johann Zarco will start Sunday’s 21-lap Grand Prix of the Americas from the middle of the second row in fifth, after the Frenchman put in yet another stellar qualifying performance. Zarco has been quick all weekend on his YZR-M1, the Tech 3 rider coming into Saturday’s running second overall and confident […]
Marc Marquez stormed to his fifth successive pole at the Circuit of the Americas in a thrilling shootout with Maverick Vinales, but admits he did not expect to do so having struggled with his RC213V throughout practice. Marquez suffered a confidence-bashing third free practice on Saturday morning, the Spaniard crashing twice in the cooler conditions. […]
Franco Morbidelli notched up his second pole of the season after edging compatriot Mattia Pasini to top spot at the Circuit of the Americas. The Italian got down to business early in the session, trading first place with Marc VDS team-mate Alex Marquez. The Spaniard’s hit a bump when he fell off at the final […]
Honda’s Marc Marquez pipped Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales to pole position in a thrilling qualifying session, with Valentino Rossi completing the front row. Marquez has never been beaten in Texas on a Saturday, but that record looked seriously under threat as Vinales set the timing screens ablaze in practice. Wasting no time, Marquez made his intentions plain from the […]
Team Suzuki Ecstar rider Alex Rins will miss the rest of the Grand Prix of the Americas and the Spanish Grand Prix at minimum, after the Spaniard suffered a fractured right left wrist in a crash during FP3. Rins had been enduring a tough weekend already, an engine blow-up at the start of second practice on […]
The Reale Avintia Team will once again field Ducati machinery next season, the Spanish outfit re-signing their contract with the Italian manufacturer today at the Circuit of the Americas. Avintia has been a customer of Ducati since the Aragon round of the 2014 season, when Hector Barbera switched to a Desmosedici GP14. The team has […]
Marc VDS rider Alex Marquez continued to set the pace in Austin after topping the final practice session ahead of Miguel Oliveira. The Marc VDS team have been on supreme form all weekend, Marquez and team-mate Franco Morbidelli leading the charge at the end of Friday’s running. For much of FP2, it was double race […]
Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales topped a chaotic third practice session, which saw seven riders hit the deck and a total of 10 crashes. The 23-strong MotoGP field was met with much cooler track conditions than experienced yesterday, with the ground temperature 20 degrees colder in FP3 than it was during second practice on Friday. The caused […]
Ongetta Rivacold’s Romano Fenati shot to the top of the FP3 timesheets in Austin with a last-gasp effort of 2m16.273s to go two tenths clear of the pack heading into qualifying. Coming into today’s session, Aron Canet was looking almost unbeatable having dominated proceedings on Friday. And indeed, early in this morning’s running, the EG […]
Jorge Lorenzo says a new seating position, trialled in Argentina two weeks ago, is allowing him to ride his Desmosedici with much more confidence and his happy with performance despite finishing the day outside of the top 10. The Spaniard made a revelation during practice in Argentina when he opted to run a higher seating […]
Karel Abraham will have to undergo an x-ray on his ankle after colliding with his Aspar Ducati team-mate Alvaro Bautista towards the end of the second free practice session. The Czech rider had just exited pit lane for the final seven minutes of FP2 with the soft tyre fitted for a time attack. Gingerly making […]