Marc Marquez’s struggles at Qatar two weeks ago were a thing of the past at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, where the two-time, defending MotoGP world champion reasserted his dominance to vault himself back to the world title picture. In doing so, the reigning world champion sent a clear message to the rest of paddock: the road to the MotoGP title still goes through him.
It didn’t take Marquez long to vault ahead of the race, doing so on lap 5 after starting the race in seventh position. From there, it was a picture-perfect race for the 22-year old, even leading the race at one point by over five second before finishing 2.354 seconds ahead of Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso for the win.
Meanwhile, Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi took the last step of the podium, 3.120 seconds behind Marquez with his teammate, Jorge Lorenzo, crossing the line in fourth place, 6.682 seconds behind the race winner. Ducati’s Andrea Iannone finished in fifth place, 7.584 seconds off of Marquez’s pace.
Conspicuous by his absence in the race was Marquez’s teammate Dani Pedrosa, who is still recovering from arm surgery. His replacement, Hiroshi Aoyama, struggled with his pace throughout the race, finishing in 11th place, 47.199 seconds off of his teammate’s pace.
In the end, it was Marquez who showed everyone why he is a two-time, defending world champion, winning at the Circuit of the Americas for the third straight year extending his unblemished run at the circuit since it became part of the MotoGP calendar in 2013.
Continue reading to read more about Marc Marquez’s dominant victory at the Red Bull Circuit of the Americas Grand Prix.
2015 MotoGP Austin: Marquez Fights Back At Circuit Of The Americas originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 13 April 2015 12:00 EST.
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