Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas 2018-04-22

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Event
Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas

Date
Sun 22nd April 2018 (UTC)

Timestamp

Time

14:00:00 UTC

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League
MotoGP

Season
2018

Round
3

Status

Location
Circuit of the Americas

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Description

Grand Prix racing in the US has a long history at legendary tracks such as Daytona, Laguna Seca and Indianapolis. In 2013, the impressive new Hermann Tilke-designed 5.513km 'Circuit of The Americas' in Austin, Texas, joined the MotoGP™ calendar and become an instant hit - with its cutting edge facilities and a capacity for 120,000 fans.
The US has a fantastic motorcycling heritage - with great champions such as Kenny Roberts, Freddie Spencer, Eddie Lawson, Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwantz being amongst the best riders to have ever competed in Grand Prix racing.

Marquez wins but five riders leave Austin within eight points at the top of the standings - and it's 'DesmoDovi' in P1.
It’s closer than ever as the flag falls at the end of the Americas GP, with Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) taking the win and Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) taking the Championship lead as Texas shook up the standings. There are now five riders within eight points at the top of the title fight – with Marquez a point off the top after his win, and Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) moving up to third after a second place finish at COTA.
The Americas GP also made it back-to-back podium finishes for Suzuki, with Andrea Iannone (Team Suzuki Ecstar) putting in an impressive push from the front row to take third and his first rostrum finish of the season – and first rostrum with the Hamamatsu factory.

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Result List

Result Description
Pos.//Rider/Nation/Team/Bike/Time/Gap/Points

1/Marc MARQUEZ/SPA/Repsol Honda Team/Honda/41'52.002/25
2/Maverick VIÑALES/SPA/Movistar Yamaha MotoGP/Yamaha /+3.560/20
3/Andrea IANNONE/ITA/Team SUZUKI ECSTAR/Suzuki/+6.704/16
4/Valentino ROSSI/ITA/Movistar Yamaha MotoGP/Yamaha/+9.587/13
5/Andrea DOVIZIOSO/ITA/Ducati Team/Ducati/+13.570/11
6/Johann ZARCO/FRA/Monster Yamaha Tech 3/Yamaha/+14.231/10
7/Dani PEDROSA/SPA/Repsol Honda Team/Honda/+18.201/9
8/Tito RABAT/SPA/Reale Avintia Racing/Ducati /+28.537/8
9/Jack MILLER/AUS/Alma Pramac Racing/Ducati/+28.671/7
10/Aleix ESPARGARO/SPA/Aprilia Racing Team Gresini/Aprilia/+28.875/6
11/Jorge LORENZO /SPA/Ducati Team/Ducati/+31.355/5
12/Danilo PETRUCCI/ITA/Alma Pramac Racing/Ducati/+34.993/4
13/Pol ESPARGARO/SPA/Red Bull KTM Factory Racing/KTM/+37.264/3
14/Takaaki NAKAGAMI/JPN/LCR Honda IDEMITSU/Honda/+39.335/2
15/Alvaro BAUTISTA/SPA/Angel Nieto Team/Ducati/+40.887/1
16/Bradley SMITH/GBR/Red Bull KTM Factory Racing/KTM/+48.475
17/Scott REDDING/GBR/Aprilia Racing/Team Gresini/Aprilia/+49.995
18/Thomas LUTHI/SWI/EG 0,0 Marc VDS/Honda/+51.115
19/Cal CRUTCHLOW/GBR/LCR Honda CASTROL/Honda/+59.055
20/Xavier SIMEON/BEL/Reale Avintia Racing/Ducati/+59.747
21/Franco MORBIDELLI/ITA/EG 0,0 Marc VDS/Honda/+1'00.513
Not Classified
Alex RINS/SPA/Team SUZUKI ECSTAR/10 Laps
Hafizh SYAHRIN/MAL/Monster Yamaha Tech 3/12 Laps
Karel ABRAHAM/CZE/Angel Nieto Team Ducati/12 Laps

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