Marc Marquez fifth win in a row in the Grand Prix of the Americas

Spaniard Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) initially fought it out with teammate and Compatriot Dani Pedrosa for victory in the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas, before being able to break clear in the latter laps of the race to take his stunning fifth win in a row in Austin Texas – his 11th straight win on US soil in an incredible statistic.

Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) then put on a late charge to take second, with Pedrosa completing the podium.

Valentino Rossi was penalised with 0.3 seconds in final results. Being aware of this imposition The Doctor started pulling his M1 to the limit. During this time few other riders were crashed and the world champion started showing his colors and lead the race from Dani. Last 3 laps remaining when Rossi pullled his ride and build a gap of 2 seconds which nullified the application of penalty and also gave him a second position finish in the GP of the Americas race.



In the meantime Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team) got a great launch from P6 to overtake Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP), and the two men dueled before the drama struckformer Championship leader Maverick flipped his cards to play his tricks on him.


After two wins from two in the first races of the season, Marc Viñales then suddenly slid out of contention at Turn 18 – lowsiding
safely, but out of the fight for victory and taking home a 0 for the first time since Argentina 2016.
After the Grand Prix of the Americas 2017 race. Valentino Rossi leads the world championship with 56 points followed by Maverick Viñales at 50, and third Marc Márquez with 38 points.

2017 MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas» Full Race Results

Till then keep waiting for another round of MotoGP on 05 May - 07 May at Gran Premio Red Bull De España.