US EditionDucati's Bagnaia wins Americas GP after Marc Marquez crashes out
- Francesco Bagnaia, Marc Marquez's Ducati factory teammate, won the Grand Prix of the Americas on Sunday at the Circuit of the Americas.
- The race was marked by pre-race chaos due to changing weather conditions, causing riders to switch to bikes with slick tires, delaying the start, and reducing the race by one lap.
- Six-Time elite class world champion Marc Marquez, who had a strong start to the race and led early on, crashed on lap nine after touching a kerb, ending his hopes for a sixth win in Texas and a perfect start to the MotoGP season.
- Bagnaia said, "It's a fantastic feeling to be back on the top step of the podium after a difficult period," after his first win of the year.
- Alex Marquez finished second, followed by Fabio Di Giannantonio in third, resulting in a Ducati podium sweep, and Alex Marquez now leads the championship standings by one point over his brother Marc.
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Bagnaia took advantage of Marquez's mistake and celebrated his first victory this year
Italian motorcyclist Francesco Bagnaia took his first victory of the year at Sunday's Grand Prix of the Americas. The race started according to the wishes of the first favorite Marc Marquez, who led Bagnaia until the ninth lap, but then made a mistake and ended up on the ground. The Italian grabbed the opportunity for victory with both hands and until the end of the race he only controlled the advantage over the second Alex Marquez, while Fabio …
Marc Marquez falls, Bagnaia wins and Alex leads the World Cup
It seemed that nothing was going to stop a Marc Marquez determined to complete his six-win plenum at the start of the MotoGP World Championship. “The only person who can stop Marc at this moment is himself,” former American driver Kevin Schwantz, who was 500cc champion in 1993, had warned during his visit to Austin. A fall when he was shooting with more than two seconds of lead in the race, in the ninth round, cut off the magnificent streak of t…
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