Alex Rins received Sunday’s attritional Grand Prix of the Americas following a blunder from Ducati’s MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia.
Rins capitalised on a fall from chief and pole-sitter Bagnaia to say the third leg of the season and finish Honda’s lengthy winless run.
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Luca Marini (Ducati-VR46) took second with Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) in third. Bagnaia received Saturday’s dash however left the showpiece race in Austin pointless as Marco Bezzecchi who completed sixth prolonged his lead on the prime of the rider’s standings.
Aussie Jack Miller had surged by the sector to place himself in third place from tenth on the grid earlier than a devastating fall ended his race.
Rins, a winner for Suzuki on the circuit in 2019, was gifted the lead earlier than the midway stage of the 20-lap race when Bagnaia’s bike hit the Texan tarmac.
Second to Bagnaia within the dash 24 hours earlier Rins managed the race completely from that second on for his sixth win in motorcycling’s premier class.
“I was trying to push ‘Percco’ (Bagnaia), in the chicanes pushing so much, so I’m very happy, and so proud of the team,” mentioned Rins, beaming from beneath a standard Texan cowboy hat.
Marini crossed the road nearly three and a half seconds again for his greatest lead to MotoGP.
“I was careful at the beginning, I didn’t want to make a mistake,” he mentioned, “I had good pace. After Pecco’s crash I tried to overtake Fabio and catch Alex, but he was so strong and Honda had the best bike, they were impossible to beat but I’m really satisfied with my result.” Bezzechi, who received the primary occasion in Argentina, takes an 11
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level lead over Bagnaia to the fourth race of the season in Spain on the finish of the month.
Rins strikes as much as third, six factors behind Bagnaia for whom this blunder adopted the one he made when nailed on for second in Argentina.
“I don’t understand, I’m so disappointed and quite nervous as it wasn’t my fault,” mentioned a dejected Bagnaia, who was inside one level of Bezzechi within the rider’s standings going into the race.
Bagnaia was removed from the one faller, with Alex Marquez, Jorge Martin and Aleix Espargaro crashing within the opening lap as solely 13 riders accomplished the race.
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