Grand Prix of The Americas

Round 2 - Sunday, April 13th 2014

Americas - Race Report

Weather conditions

Overcast

26°C
Air temp

32°C
Track temp

71%
Humidity

Repsol Honda dominate in Texas with perfect weekend for Marquez

Marc Marquez has completed the perfect weekend in Austin, having led every session, taken pole (with a new lap record), recorded a new fastest race lap and crowned it with a victory this afternoon. His teammate, Dani Pedrosa, also contributed to the fantastic Repsol Honda spectacle with a strong second place 16.8 seconds ahead of third place finisher Dovizioso.

Starting on pole for the 11th time in just 20 MotoGP starts Marc, as last season, was once again the only rider to choose the hard rear Bridgestone tyre. He had his best start in the premier class, only beaten in the first corner by Lorenzo who made an uncharacteristic jump start – forcing him into the pit lane for a drive through penalty – and promoting Marc back up to first by the end of the first lap.

Once out in front, he never looked back. He set a new race lap record on lap three with a time of 2’03.575 (beating his time of 2’04.242 in 2013) and went on to win the race comfortably, apart from a final corner scare on the last lap when he briefly lost concentration, and finished four seconds in front of his teammate. Dani, starting from second on the grid, was also unfazed by Lorenzo’s mistake and slipped in behind Marc as the Repsol Honda duo ran away from the race leaving them untouchable.

With this result, Marc has become the first rider to win the first two races of the year from pole in the premier-class since Repsol Honda’s Mick Doohan in 1995. Repsol Honda riders have now won the last nine MotoGP races in the USA. The last non-Honda MotoGP winner in the USA was Jorge Lorenzo, at Laguna Seca in 2010.

Team Quotes

1st - Championship Standing: 1st - 50 points

"I'm very happy! I got a really good start, but when I saw Jorge overtake me off the line at first I was a little worried, but then I saw that he had jumped the start. It was a different race to previous ones because I led from start to finish; although it might seem easier that way, it is tough because you have to maintain concentration. It was a perfect weekend and gives us plenty of confidence, although we are aware that the coming races will be different. I know that the race was a little boring for the fans, but sometimes these types of races are good for a rider. Let's hope that the next one is more exciting!”

2nd - Championship Standing: 2nd - 36 points

"It was a tough race as Marc was that little faster than me and although I tried to improve with every corner, it was too difficult to gain ground on him and the distance between us increased with every lap. In the end, he was too far away from me. I didn't have anyone behind me either, so I just kept up my pace as best I could. I learnt a few things in this race and we will try to apply them and make the maximum improvement possible, in order to be able to put up more of a fight next time”

race results

Grand Prix of The Americas - Round 2

Pos.	Rider	Num.	Nation	Points	Team	Constructor	Time/Gap
1	Marc Marquez	93	ESP	25	Repsol Honda Team	HONDA	43'33.430
2	Dani Pedrosa	26	ESP	20	Repsol Honda Team	HONDA	+4.124
3	Andrea Dovizioso	4	ITA	16	Ducati Team	DUCATI	+20.976
4	Stefan Bradl	6	GER	13	LCR Honda MotoGP	HONDA	+22.790
5	Bradley Smith	38	GBR	11	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	YAMAHA	+22.963
6	Pol Espargaro	44	ESP	10	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	YAMAHA	+26.567
7	Andrea Iannone	29	ITA	9	Pramac Racing	DUCATI	+28.257
8	Valentino Rossi	46	ITA	8	Yamaha Factory	YAMAHA	+45.519
9	Aleix Espargaro	41	ESP	7	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	YAMAHA	+47.605
10	Jorge Lorenzo	99	ESP	6	Yamaha Factory Racing	YAMAHA	+49.111
11	Nicky Hayden	69	USA	5	Drive M7 Aspar	HONDA	+1'00.735
12	Hiroshi Aoyama	7	JPN	4	Drive M7 Aspar	HONDA	+1'03.954
13	Yonny Hernandez	68	COL	3	Pramac Racing	DUCATI	+1'07.333
14	Karel Abraham	17	CZE	2	Cardion AB Motoracing	HONDA	+1'27.972
15	Hector Barbera	8	ESP	1	Avintia Racing MotoGP	FTR-KAWASAKI	+1'32.376
16	Michael Laverty	70	GBR		Paul Bird Motorsport	ART & PBM	+1'32.543
17	Danilo Petrucci	9	ITA		IodaRacing Project	IODA-SUTER	+1'39.176
18	Mike Di Meglio	63	FRA		Avintia Racing MotoGP	FTR-KAWASAKI	+1'51.962
19	Scott Redding	45	GBR		Go & Fun Honda Gresini	HONDA	DNF
20	Colin Edwards	5	USA		NGM Mobile Forward Racing	YAMAHA	DNF
21	Cal Crutchlow	35	GBR		Ducati Team	DUCATI	DNF
22	Alvaro Bautista	19	ESP		Go & Fun Honda Gresini	HONDA	DNF
23	Broc Parkes	23	AUS		Paul Bird Motorsport	PBM	DNF

Rider standings

Sunday, April 13th 2014

Pos.	Rider	Num.	Nation	Points	Team	Constructor
1	Marc Marquez	93	ESP	50	Repsol Honda Team	HONDA
2	Dani Pedrosa	26	ESP	36	Repsol Honda Team	HONDA
3	Valentino Rossi	46	ITA	28	Yamaha Factory	YAMAHA
4	Andrea Dovizioso	4	ITA	27	Ducati Team	DUCATI
5	Aleix Espargaro	41	ESP	20	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	YAMAHA
6	Andrea Iannone	29	ITA	15	Pramac Racing	DUCATI
7	Stefan Bradl	6	GER	13	LCR Honda MotoGP	HONDA
8	Nicky Hayden	69	USA	13	Drive M7 Aspar	HONDA
9	Bradley Smith	38	GBR	11	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	YAMAHA
10	Cal Crutchlow	35	GBR	10	Ducati Team	DUCATI
11	Pol Espargaro	44	ESP	10	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	YAMAHA
12	Scott Redding	45	GBR	9	Go & Fun Honda Gresini	HONDA
13	Hiroshi Aoyama	7	JPN	9	Drive M7 Aspar	HONDA
14	Yonny Hernandez	68	COL	7	Pramac Racing	DUCATI
15	Colin Edwards	5	USA	7	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	YAMAHA
16	Jorge Lorenzo	99	ESP	6	Yamaha Factory Racing	YAMAHA
17	Karel Abraham	17	CZE	5	Cardion AB Motoracing	HONDA
18	Danilo Petrucci	9	ITA	2	IodaRacing Project	IODA-SUTER
19	Hector Barbera	8	ESP	1	Avintia Racing MotoGP	FTR-KAWASAKI
20	Broc Parkes	23	AUS	1	Paul Bird Motorsport	PBM
21	Alvaro Bautista	19	ESP	0	Go & Fun Honda Gresini	HONDA
22	Mike Di Meglio	63	FRA	0	Avintia Racing MotoGP	FTR-KAWASAKI
23	Michael Laverty	70	GBR	0	Paul Bird Motorsport	ART & PBM

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Circuit Information

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Length	5.513 m / 3.426 miles
Width	15m
Left corners	11
Right corners	9
Longest straight	1.200 m / 0.746 miles
Constructed	2012
Modified

9201 Circuit of the Americas Blvd
Austin, TX 78617

www.circuitoftheamericas.com

Pole Position	2m 02.773s (161.6 km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2014)
Race Lap	2m 03.575s (160.6 km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2014)
Race Time	43m 33.430s (159.4 km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2014)
2013 Race Winner	Marc Marquez (Honda)