Fabio
Quartararo
(Monster
Energy
Yamaha
MotoGP)
extended
his
Championship
lead
with
a
second
place
at
the
Red
Bull
Grand
Prix
of
The
Americas,
with
third
place
finisher
Francesco
Bagnaia
(Ducati
Lenovo
Team)
now
52
points
shy
of
the
Frenchman
with
three
races
to
go.

Alex
Rins
was
able
to
finish
P4
after
profiting
from
Jorge
Martin’s
Long
Lap
Penalty,
the
latter
unlucky
to
finish
5th
after
another
fantastic
ride.

Americas
GP:
Bagnaia
grabs
pole
hat-trick

Sixth
place
went
the
way
of
Enea
Bastianini
(Avintia
Esponsorama)
who
benefited
from
a
clash
between
Joan
Mir
and
Jack
Miller
on
the
final
lap,
with
the
Rookie
of
the
Year
battle
close
between
Martin
and
Bastianini
heading
into
the
final
three
races.

Mir’s
move
on
Miller
at
Turn
15
saw
the
reigning
world
champion
receive
a
one
place
penalty,
contact
was
made
with
Miller
coming
worse
off.

Mir
crossed
the
line
in
P7
with
Miller
P8,
that
result
is
switched
after
the
penalty,
as
Brad
Binder
and
Pol
Espargaro
(Repsol
Honda
Team)
completed
the
top
10.

Miguel
Oliveira
(Red
Bull
KTM
Factory
Racing)
took
home
a
lonely
P11
with
Alex
Marquez
(LCR
Honda
Castrol),
Andrea
Dovizioso
(Petronas
Yamaha
SRT),
Luca
Marini
(SKY
VR46
Avintia)
and
Valentino
Rossi
(Petronas
Yamaha
SRT),

The
Doctor
securing
a
point
in
his
final
Grand
Prix
appearance
in
America.

Top
10
Results:

1.
Marc
Marquez
(Repsol
Honda
Team)
2.
Fabio
Quartararo
(Monster
Energy
Yamaha
MotoGP)
+
4.679
3.
Francesco
Bagnaia
(Ducati
Lenovo
Team)
+
8.547
4.
Alex
Rins
(Team
Suzuki
Ecstar)
+
11.098
5.
Jorge
Martin
(Pramac
Racing)
+
11.752
6.
Enea
Bastianini
(Avintia
Esponsorama)
+
13.269
7.
Jack
Miller
(Ducati
Lenovo
Team)
+
14.722
8.
Joan
Mir
(Team
Suzuki
Ecstar)
+
13.406*
9.
Brad
Binder
(Red
Bull
KTM
Factory
Racing)
+
15.832
10.
Pol
Espargaro
(Repsol
Honda
Team)
+
20.265

Perfect
Plan
A

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.

The
latter
then
lost
another
place
to
the
fast-starting
Rins
(Team
Suzuki
Ecstar)
on
the
opening
lap,
with
Pecco
then
demoted
to
P5
as
Martin
(Pramac
Racing)
carved
his
way
past
on
Lap
2
too.

Pecco
finds
rhythm

Lap
8
of
20
ticked
by
and
Marquez
slammed
in
a
2-04.368,
his
lead
was
now
up
to
a
second
and
a
half
over
Quartararo.
By
11
to
go,
that
gap
had
been
stretched
to
2.3,
with
Quartararo,
in
turn,
a
second
clear
of
Martin.

Miller
was
only
half
a
second
down
on
his
fellow
Ducati
rider
and
1.3
behind
came
Pecco,
who
had
started
to
find
some
rhythm
–
the
Italian
soon
passing
Rins.

Championship
duel
rolls
on

In
the
end
though,
Captain
America
returned
to
reign
once
again
in
Austin.
Marquez
gave
Repsol
Honda
Team
their
450th
premier
class
podium
with
a
classy
ride
at
COTA,
as
Quartararo
takes
a
second
place
that
gives
him
his
first
match
point
of
the
season
next
time
out
at
Misano.

Bagnaia
recovered
well
to
claim
P3,
but
its
ground
lost
in
the
Championship
chase.

King
of
COTA
is
back

A
dream
return
to
COTA
for
Marquez
sees
the
King
reclaim
his
Austin
crown.

And
equally
as
happy
is
Quartararo,
with
that
52-point
advantage
meaning
he
could
now
win
the
2021
title
next
time
out
at
Misano!

(By
a
special
arrangement
with
Dorna
Sports)