RESULTS ROUND 3/19, AUSTIN (USA), 14 APRIL (20 LAPS – 68.512 MILES)WEEKEND
WINNERSL to r: Rossi, Rins and
Miller made for an
unlikely podiumDovizioso charged on
race day and narrowly
missed podium
Marquez retired aft er
uncharacteristic crash18 APRIL 2019 AUTOSPORT.COM 41POWERED BYhis wont – but his lunge under braking at
Turn 12 was overambitious. Rossi sailed
wide on the exit, and Rins reclaimed a
more substantial lead.
Rossi pushed again, running wide
again at Turn 11, which extended the gap
to 0.7s. Undeterred he pushed Rins all the
way to the fi nish, but Rossi’s MotoGP win
number 90 will have to wait, as Rins scored
his maiden victory by just under half a
second – putting Suzuki back on the top
step for the fi rst time since Silverstone
2016, and ending that incredible
Marquez streak in America.
Marquez wasn’t the only Honda faller,
as Crutchlow slid out of third place on
lap six while hounding Rossi. His bike
had looked sketchy under braking since
the start, and it bit him with zero warning
at Turn 11 – like Marquez, he lost the
front end beyond the point of return.
Miller fi nished third, but admitted his
heart rate went through the roof when
he saw Dovizioso on a late-race charge.
Miller had opted for soft tyres, and his
front was feeling the strain of the hot
pace set in the early stages. Miller had
to push hard on the fi nal lap to claim
his fi rst MotoGP podium fi nish since
his sensational Assen victory of 2016.
Thanks to Marquez’s exit and Rossi not
winning, fourth-placed Dovizioso came
away from Austin with the championship
lead on a day he should have lost ground.
It was one of those days where the race
just didn’t follow the script.
CHARLES BRADLEYPOS RIDER TEAM TIME
1 Alex Rins (ESP) Suzuki 41m45.499s
2 Valentino Rossi (ITA) Yamaha +0.462s
3 Jack Miller (AUS) Pramac Ducati +8.454s
4 Andrea Dovizioso (ITA) Ducati +9.420s
5 Franco Morbidelli (ITA) Petronas Yamaha +18.021s
6 Danilo Petrucci (ITA) Ducati +21.476s
7 Fabio Quartararo (FRA) Petronas Yamaha +26.111s
8 Pol Espargaro (ESP) KTM +29.743s
9 Francesco Bagnaia (ITA) Pramac Ducati +30.608s
10 Takaaki Nakagami (JPN) LCR Honda +31.011s
11 Maverick Vinales (ESP) Yamaha +34.077s
12 Andrea Iannone (ITA) Aprilia +34.779s
13 Johann Zarco (FRA) KTM +42.458s
14 Miguel Oliveira (PRT) Tech3 KTM +44.272s
15 Tito Rabat (ESP) Avintia Ducati +44.623s
16 Karel Abraham (CZE) Avintia Ducati +44.740s
17 Joan Mir (ESP) Suzuki +48.063s
18 Hafizh Syahrin (MYS) Tech3 KTM +1m07.683s
R Jorge Lorenzo (ESP) Honda 10 laps-retired
R Marc Marquez (ESP) Honda 8 laps-accident
R Cal Crutchlow (GBR) LCR Honda 5 laps-accident
R Aleix Espargaro (ESP) Aprilia 5 laps-accidentWinner’s average speed 98.441mph. Fastest lap Marquez 2m04.277s, 99.231mph.QUALIFYING 2 1 Marquez 2m03.787s; 2 Rossi 2m04.060s; 3 Crutchlow 2m04.147s; 4 Miller 2m04.416s;
5 P Espargaro 2m04.472s; 6 Vinales 2m04.489s; 7 Rins 2m04.534s; 8 Petrucci 2m04.696s; 9 Quartararo 2m04.941s;
10 Morbidelli 2m05.278s; 11 Lorenzo 2m05.383s; 12 Bagnaia 2m05.887s.QUALIFYING 1 1 Lorenzo 2m05.855s; 2 Petrucci 2m05.891s; 3 Dovizioso 2m05.907s; 4 Mir 2m06.147s; 5 Nakagami
2m06.324s; 6 A Espargaro 2m06.464s; 7 Iannone 2m06.527s; 8 Oliveira 2m06.543s; 9 Zarco 2m06.824s; 10 Abraham
2m07.129s; 11 Syahrin 2m07.308s; 12 Rabat 2m07.417s.RIDERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP 1 Dovizioso 54; 2 Rossi 51; 3 Rins 49; 4 Marquez 45; 5 Petrucci 30; 6 Miller 29; 7 Nakagami
22; 8 Crutchlow 19; 9 P Espargaro 18; 10 Quartararo 17; 11 Morbidelli 16; 12 Vinales 14; 13 A Espargaro 13;
14 Bagnaia 9; 15 Mir 8; 16 Oliveira 7; 17 Lorenzo 7; 18 Iannone 6; 19 Zarco 5; 20 Rabat 1; 21 Syahrin 0; 22 Abraham 0.MANUFACTURERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP 1 Ducati 57; 2 Honda 51; 3 Yamaha 51; 4 Suzuki 49; 5 KTM 18; 6 Aprilia 17.MOTO2
AUSTIN (USA)
Thomas Luthi (below)
Kalex
Intact GPMOTO 3
AUSTIN (USA)
Aron Canet
KTM
Max Racing TeamNEXT REPORTSPANISH GP
9 MAY ISSUE
At a venue where he
grabbed the spoils
last year, can Marc
Marquez bounce
back to winning
ways straight away
at Jerez, or will
Andrea Dovizioso
be able to stretch
his slender points
advantage?