Two laps in full tussle, an unarmed avoided by a miracle and then away with the usual domain. TONCC in the Sprint race of the Americas GP, in Austin, Marc Marquez made his law, obtaining the third victory over three Saturday races and promising to complete the en plein tomorrow in the long test after also taking pole position. Also this time to act as a squire to the multiple champion of the world riding Ducati Lenovo was the brother Alexbearers of the Ducati Gresini, while a Francesco Bagnaia That with an excellent departure and a positive race he showed that he began to find himself with the official desmosici. Against the current Marc there was little to do for everyone, especially in Austin, given the Texana track is one of his favorites as the many victories show, but it cannot be said that the rivals have not tried. Bagnaia was very well taken from the second row and brought behind the teammate, burning Alex and putting Fabio Di Giannantonio in difficulty, who was next to the world leader but found himself closed and immediately lost contact with the first positions. However, at the finish, the Roman took a good fourth place in front of the Duvati Vr46 Scuderia partner, Franco Morbidelli, even if with a clear detachment from the first three.
In Marquez Senior the worst afternoon fright caused him, however, his bike, which tried to unpack him on the first lap and only a little luck allowed the Spaniard to continue. “I suddenly realized that the track conditions had changed and I was really too close to falling – commented Marquez -. Fortunately, I managed to save myself and made a good battle with Alex and Pecco, then when I found my pace I managed to stretch and in the end everything went well ». The detachment from the other two occupants of the podium was not great, eight tenths on Alex, two seconds scarce on Bagnaia, but today’s success makes the Cervera champion still lengthened in the standings, which went up to 86 points, 19 more than his brother. Bagnaia, third in the general classification with 50 points, said he was happy with the result. «I made a beautiful departure and the first good laps. Tomorrow in the race we will try to shoot well and improve the result ». The conditions are there, for Piedmontese. But that everything was set for another success of Marquez had already been understood from the qualifications, which for the third time on three 2025 events saw him dominate. Marquez has so far put together 69 pole in MotoGP, the eighth in Austin, and is only three out of hundredths in his career, considering all the classes. This time the most determined to undermine him was by Giannantonio, approaching up to a tenth since his time, while a little more distant remained his brother Alex. The Roman had belliginal intentions for the sprint, but a non -perfect departure penalized it. Tomorrow will have an opportunity to make up for it.