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'Unexpected brake problem' caused Marquez’s crash from COTA MotoGP leadQualifying third on the grid, Marquez was tipped by many coming into Sunday’s grand prix to add an eighth Americas GP win to his tally.A factor in that victory battle, Marquez took the lead of a race for the first time as a Ducati rider on lap 11 when he carved past Tech3 rookie Pedro Acosta at Turn 1.But Marquez crashed out going into Turn 11 just moments later, which he said was down to an ... Keep readingSource: 'Unexpected brake problem' caused Marquez’s crash from COTA MotoGP lead
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MotoGP Americas GP: Vinales recovers from 11th to win, Marquez crashes from leadGoing without a grand prix win since the start of the 2021 season prior to his acrimonious split with Yamaha, Vinales won the sprints in Portugal and Austin.Despite being dropped to 11th from pole on the opening lap of Sunday’s 20-lap Americas GP, Vinales fought his way back to take victory by 1.728s to become the first rider in the modern MotoGP era to take grand prix victories for three ... Keep readingSource: MotoGP Americas GP: Vinales recovers from 11th to win, Marquez crashes from lead
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Quartararo: Yamaha made ‘more bike changes than all of 2023’ at COTA MotoGPThe 2021 world champion scored one of his three grand prix podiums of the 2023 season at the Circuit of the Americas last year, but has been far off repeating that this season.Qualifying 16th, Quartararo could only go one place better in Saturday’s 10-lap sprint, as he beat Yamaha team-mate and 2023 Americas GP winner Alex Rins.As it tries to develop its way to the front of the grid again ... Keep readingSource: Quartararo: Yamaha made ‘more bike changes than all of 2023’ at COTA MotoGP
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Martin ‘wouldn’t be here’ if COTA MotoGP qualifying crash was a highsideHaving smashed the lap record in Friday practice, Pramac’s Martin was expected to challenge for pole at the Circuit of the Americas on Saturday.But two crashes left him sixth on the grid, with the latter a fast rear-end off going through Turn 18 on his second flying lap after his first fall.Explaining his qualifying crashes after the sprint, in which he was third, Martin admitted he was ... Keep readingSource: Martin ‘wouldn’t be here’ if COTA MotoGP qualifying crash was a highside
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Bagnaia fumes over “impossible” COTA MotoGP sprint woesThe factory Ducati rider was amongst the list of favourites to challenge for victory in Saturday’s 10-lap sprint at the Circuit of the Americas after qualifying fourth.But from the off Bagnaia’s pace was nowhere near the leaders’, as he plummeted to 10th off the line and could only fight back to score two points in eighth – 9.349 seconds behind race winner Maverick Vinales.He blamed a lack ... Keep readingSource: Bagnaia fumes over “impossible” COTA MotoGP sprint woes
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Marquez COTA MotoGP sprint podium was “unexpected” as “feeling was terrible”Marquez qualified his 2023-spec Ducati third on the grid and leaped up to second off the line behind eventual winner Maverick Vinales.Seeing off an early threat from Tech3 rookie Pedro Acosta, Marquez stormed away to a second successive runner-up result in the sprints.But Marquez says this result was better than expected as he battled problems on the bike that “took time to resolve” with his ... Keep readingSource: Marquez COTA MotoGP sprint podium was “unexpected” as “feeling was terrible”
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Hamilton: MotoGP and F1 shared events would be “epic”Liberty, which has owned F1’s commercial rights since 2017, announced at the start of April that it had acquired an 86% ownership stake of Dorna Sports and MotoGP in a deal valued at €4.2 billion.Following this, MotoGP Dorna sporting director Carlos Ezpeleta said his organisation was “not ruling out” the possibly of subsequent future shared race weekends with F1.At the recent Japanese ... Keep readingSource: Hamilton: MotoGP and F1 shared events would be “epic”
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Vinales ‘did something magic’ with Aprilia on COTA MotoGP SaturdayThe Spaniard blitzed the existing lap record at the Circuit of the Americas to score his first pole of the year, which he then converted into a dominant sprint victory.Vinales grabbed the holeshot off the line and beat the field by 2.294 seconds to claim back-to-back sprint victories in 2024.While pleased with his sprint win, Vinales felt his qualifying was more enjoyable but ‘doesn’t know’ ... Keep readingSource: Vinales ‘did something magic’ with Aprilia on COTA MotoGP Saturday
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MotoGP Americas GP: Vinales dominant to beat Marquez in Austin sprintHaving gone without a victory for three years before his triumph in the Portuguese GP sprint, Vinales made it back-to-back wins in the half-distance races as he streaked away from the field.Securing the holeshot from pole, Vinales came under no trouble as he moved over two seconds clear of the pack over the 10 laps before eventually taking the chequered flag 2.294 seconds in front.Marquez scored ... Keep readingSource: MotoGP Americas GP: Vinales dominant to beat Marquez in Austin sprint
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MotoGP Americas GP: Vinales beats Acosta to pole as Martin crashesIn a dramatic Q2 session, Vinales dominated on his factory Aprilia with the first ever sub-2m01s lap of the Circuit of the Americas to score his first pole since Valencia last year with a 2m00.864s.Vinales set the initial pace in the first half of the 15-minute Q2 session, doing so as pole favourite Martin suffered two falls.Martin could do no more than sixth on his Pramac Ducati, while Tech3 ... Keep readingSource: MotoGP Americas GP: Vinales beats Acosta to pole as Martin crashes
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