Source: MotoGP.

Marc Marquez has stamped his authority on the MotoGP World Championship by winning in Austin by more than 2.3 seconds.

The reigning MotoGP World Champion Marquez sent a message out to the rest of the paddock that he was back after his mishap in Qatar, as he dominated the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas, at one point leading by over five seconds.

Marquez took the lead on lap five and didn’t look back as he went on to leave the rest of the field behind to maintain his 100 percent record at CoTA, before relaxing towards the end of the race.

Andrea Dovizioso made it another podium for the resurgent Ducati Team, as he won the fight for second ahead of the Movistar Yamaha of Valentino Rossi, who leads the championship standings.

Rossi’s teammate Jorge Lorenzo left it late, overtaking the Ducati GP15 of Andrea Iannone with only three laps to go to snatch fourth place from the Italian, with Monster Tech3 Yamaha’s Bradley Smith rounding out the top six.

Marc Marquez showed just how good he is by remaining unbeaten at the Circuit of The Americas, as he cruised to victory in Austin.

Andrea Dovizioso led the field into turn one, with Marquez happy to let the Ducati GP15 open up a 0.5s lead during the opening couple of laps. Marquez waited until the 5th lap to make his move, and he went on to open up a five-second lead, before relaxing towards the end of the race to take a commanding win.

No one had an answer to the young Spaniards pace as he controlled the race expertly from the front: “I decided to keep calm in the early laps to try to understand the situation well, and when I started to find a feeling similar to practice, I decided to push the pace a bit. That was when I was able to open up a gap.”

A brilliant battle for second then ensued between the Italians Valentino Rossi and Dovizioso, with the riders almost colliding through turn 12. The Doctor had to use all of his skill and experience to hold off the charge of the Ducati as Dovizioso tried to make his power advantage count down the 1.2 km straight at CoTA.

He would eventually lose out to Dovizioso due to a tyre issue, although maintained his lead in the championship standings as he finished third.

“I’m happy about the weekend, because getting onto the podium is a good objective when coming here,” Rossi said. “On paper this track is the worst for our bike. I am satisfied about the weekend as a whole because we were always in the top 4-5 and we also weren‘t so bad on the wet.

“For it to be perfect I would have had to beat Dovizioso, but unfortunately he was a bit faster. I didn‘t have a chance to try, also because after six or seven laps of pushing a lot, I had to ride very smooth. For some reason our bike destroyed the front tyre.”

Dovizioso made it two podiums in a row at CoTA, and is showing the true potential of the Ducati GP15 to snatch second from Rossi’s grasp, but was unable to challenge the dominance of Marquez.

Rossi’s teammate Jorge Lorenzo left it late, overtaking the Ducati GP15 of Andrea Iannone with only three laps to go to snatch fourth place from the Italian. Monster Tech 3 Yamaha’s Bradley Smith was the leading Satellite rider as he ended up in sixth after battling at the front during the early part of the race.

CWM LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow recovered from a poor start that saw him down in 10th after an incident on the opening lap to finish in seventh, six seconds behind his compatriot Smith.

Aleix Espargaro was a further two seconds back in eighth, as he finished 19 seconds ahead of his rookie teammate Maverick Viñales on the second Team Suzuki Ecstar GSX-RR in ninth.

Pramac Racing’s Danilo Petrucci completed the top 10, ahead of the Repsol Honda of Hiroshi Aoyama and the leading Open class bike of Hector Barbera on the Avintia Ducati.

Nicky Hayden won the battle of the Open class Honda’s in front of his home crowd, claiming 13th place in his 200th MotoGP race after an exciting fight with the CWM LCR RC213V-RS of Australia’s Jack Miller (14th) and Alvaro Bautista (15th) on the Factory Aprilia Racing Team Gresini.

Scott Redding earlier crashed on the very first lap after out-braking himself into turn 11, taking out Pol Espargaro in the process, much to the chagrin of the Spanish rider, with Abraham, Melandri, Hernandez, Di Meglio and Bradl also failing to finish the race.

Speed Up Racing’s Sam Lowes rode through the pain to take his first ever Moto2 win at the Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas. British rider Lowes bided his time throughout the race, overtaking Ajo Motorsport’s Johann Zarco to lead with just six laps remaining.

As Zarco and Xavier Simeon tried to reel him back in, they made contact, with the latter crashing out in an incident that is being investigated by Race Direction.

This left Lowes to take the win, despite having to ride through the pain barrier after a number of huge crashes in Practice and Qualifying. Zarco regained his composure to finish in second, ahead of the rookie Alex Rins on the Paginas Amarillas HP40 Kalex, who now leads the world championship standings.

The reigning Moto2 champion Tito Rabat finished in fourth on the Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Racing machine, ahead of the Italtrans Racing Team Kalex of Franco Morbidelli and Hafizh Syarin, who claimed a fantastic sixth place for his Petronas Raceline Malaysia Team.

Anthony West, another rider known for his wet weather skills, was just behind in seventh. The Australian receiving upgrades for his Speed Up this weekend.

Danny Kent took his first win of the 2015 Moto3 season and third in his career as he left the rest of the field for dead in Austin. A drying track led to an incident packed Moto3 race, as Leopard Racing’s Kent went on to take a faultless win at the Circuit of The Americas.

The British rider, who was over half a second quicker than the rest of the field in Qualifying, got swallowed up by the pack at the start and dropped back to fifth. He then set about making his way to the front, taking the lead on the 4th lap, before breaking away unchallenged for the rest of the race to win by over 8.5 seconds.

15-year-old Frenchman Fabio Quartararo (+8.532s) on the Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda won the battle for second as Alexis Masbou fell at the last corner. Kent’s teammate Efren Vazquez took third ahead of the Gresini Racing Team Moto3 bike of Enea Bastianini, with Honda securing a lock out of the top four places.

Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Brad Binder finished in fifth, with Scotsman John McPhee on the SAXOPRINT RTG Honda rounding out the top six. A number of riders crashed as they appeared to be caught out by track conditions, with Bagnaia, Loi, Oliveira, Ono, Antonelli and Navarro amongst those hitting the deck.

Remy Gardner reached the end in the 18th, but as it happened in Qatar, an early incident forced him to recover positions from the first lap of the race.

2015 MotoGP World Championship
Round two – Circuit of the Americas, USA

MotoGP results:
1. Marc Marquez
2. Andrea Dovizioso
3. Valentino Rossi
4. Jorge Lorenzo
5. Andrea Iannone
6. Bradley Smith
7. Cal Crutchlow
8. Aleix Espargaro
9. Maverick Viñales
10. Danilo Petrucci
11. Hiroshi Aoyama
12. Hector Barbera
13. Nicky Hayden
14. Jack Miller (AUS)
15. Alvaro Bautista
16. Eugene Laverty
17. Loris Baz
18. Alex De Angelis

MotoGP championship standings:
1. Valentino Rossi 41
2. Andrea Dovizioso 40
3. Marc Marquez 36
4. Andrea Iannone 27
5. Jorge Lorenzo 26
6. Bradley Smith 18
7. Cal Crutchlow 18
8. Aleix Espargaro 13
9. Dani Pedrosa 10
10. Danilo Petrucci 10
11. Maverick Vinales 9
12. Pol Espargaro 7
13. Yonny Hernandez 6
14. Hiroshi Aoyama 5
15. Hector Barbera 5
16. Nicky Hayden 3
17. Scott Redding 3
18. Jack Miller (AUS) 2
19. Alvaro Bautista 1

Moto2 results:
1. Sam Lowes
2. Johann Zarco
3. Alex Rins
4. Tito Rabat
5. Franco Morbidelli
6. Hafizh Syahrin
7. Anthony West (AUS)
8. Mika Kallio
9. Julian Simon
10. Takaaki Nakagami

Moto2 championship standings:
1. Alex Rins 29
2. Johann Zarco 28
3. Jonas Folger 25
4. Sam Lowes 25
5. Franco Morbidelli 22
6. Xavier Simeon 20
7. Thomas Luthi 20
8. Mika Kallio 18
9. Hafizh Syahrin 14
10. Tito Rabat 13
13. Anthony West (AUS) 9

Moto3 results:
1. Danny Kent
2. Fabio Quartararo
3. Efren Vazquez
4. Enea Bastianini
5. Brad Binder
6. John Mcphee
7. Andrea Locatelli
8. Romano Fenati
9. Isaac Viñales
10. Karel Hanika
18. Remy Gardner (AUS)

Moto3 championship standings:
1. Danny Kent 41
2. Enea Bastianini 33
3. Fabio Quartararo 29
4. Efren Vazquez 29
5. Alexis Masbou 25
6. John Mcphee 21
7. Brad Binder 17
8. Isaac Viñales 17
9. Andrea Locatelli 14
10. Karel Hanika 9

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