MotoGP: Honda’s Marc Marquez wins American Grand Prix
Texas, October 4th (IANS) Eight-time world champion and Honda rider Marc Marquez won his second race of the 2021 season with his seventh win at the Grand Prix of the Americas.
French and Yamaha rider Fabio Quartararo finished second, while Italian Francesco Bagnaia finished third in Sunday’s 20-lap MotoGP race.
Starting from third on the grid in Texas, Marquez and his Repsol Honda Team RC213V shot forward and led the field from the first corner. From here there was no turning back; In the following 20 laps he set an unsurpassed pace.
From the fifth to the 15th lap, Marquez never drove slower than 2’04.9 to make a gap of over four seconds on Fabio Quartararo. Marquez was unstoppable in Austin on Sunday as he celebrated his seventh win on the track.
Marquez’s second win in 2021 also brings the Repsol Honda Team’s 450th podium in the premier class since 1995. With 98 podium finishes in the legendary Repsol Honda Team colors, Marquez is the second most successful driver in terms of podium finishes for the team behind Dani Pedrosa with 112 top 3 finishes.
“The plan was to do exactly what we did today: start well and fight right into the first corner, take the first few laps a little lightly and then, when the tires wear out a little – then I would start pushing. That’s exactly what I did and I saw how the gap increased with my lap times in 2’04 heights, very consistently and comfortably, ”said Marc Marquez after the victory.
“In the last few laps I was very tired and it wasn’t easy to keep my concentration, but Fabio was way behind and my instincts told me that he wouldn’t risk anything in the fight for the championship. It was a difficult season to understand everything, I really waited for this win because we know we had a good chance here, ”he added.
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