MotoGP™- 3 races, 3 different winners, 1 colossal Championship

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The horsepower rodeo at the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas produced a stunner: the King of COTA Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) lost his crown, it was picked up by a first time premier class winner in the form of Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar), Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) secured a second consecutive P2, Pramac Racing’s Jack Miller earned his first Ducati podium and the Ducati of Andrea Dovizioso (Mission Winnow Ducati) leaves Texas as the title leader.

All this, combined with what we saw in Qatar and Argentina, has made the start to the 2019 season an absolute belter. We’ve seen three different winners on three different manufacturers: Dovizioso and Ducati in Qatar, Marquez and Honda in Argentina and Rins on board the Suzuki in America – the Hamamatsu factory’s first win since the 2016 British GP.

The Qatar GP produced the closest ever top 15 premier class finish, with just 0.6 splitting the top five. And on Sunday in Texas, we saw a rider secure a maiden MotoGP™ win for the first time since the aforementioned 2016 Silverstone race. Not to mention Pol Espargaro (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) securing the Austrian factory’s best ever qualifying result with a P5 in Texas, backing it up with their best dry race finish of eighth, and rookies like Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha SRT) getting stuck in it to MotoGP™’s top dogs from the off.

So as the dust settles on the Americas GP, we have four riders separated by nine points heading into the European leg of the season. Dovizioso (1st, 3rd, 4th) leads the way on 54 points, Rossi (5th, 2nd, 2nd) sits seconds on 51, Rins (4th, 5th, 1st) is third on 49and Marquez (2nd, 1st, DNF) holds fourth on 45.

It’s been a colossal start to the 2019 Championship, and it only looks to be getting better. The historical Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto plays host next – will it be four winners in four down in the south of Spain?

RED BULL GRAND PRIX OF THE AMERICAS

MotoGP Race Classification 2019.

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	42	Alex RINS	SPA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	158.4	41’45.499
2	20	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	158.3	+0.462
3	16	43	Jack MILLER	AUS	Pramac Racing	Ducati	157.8	+8.454
4	13	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Mission Winnow Ducati	Ducati	157.8	+9.420
5	11	21	Franco MORBIDELLI	ITA	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	157.2	+18.021
6	10	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	Mission Winnow Ducati	Ducati	157.0	+21.476
7	9	20	Fabio QUARTARARO	FRA	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	156.7	+26.111
8	8	44	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	156.5	+29.743
9	7	63	Francesco BAGNAIA	ITA	Pramac Racing	Ducati	156.5	+30.608
10	6	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	LCR Honda IDEMITSU	Honda	156.4	+31.011
11	5	12	Maverick VIÑALES	SPA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	156.3	+34.077
12	4	29	Andrea IANNONE	ITA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	156.2	+34.779
13	3	5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	155.7	+42.458
14	2	88	Miguel OLIVEIRA	POR	Red Bull KTM Tech 3	KTM	155.6	+44.272
15	1	53	Tito RABAT	SPA	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	155.6	+44.623
16		17	Karel ABRAHAM	CZE	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	155.6	+44.740
17		36	Joan MIR	SPA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	155.4	+48.063
18		55	Hafizh SYAHRIN	MAL	Red Bull KTM Tech 3	KTM	154.2	+1’07.683
Not Classified
		99	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	156.3	10 Laps
		93	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	159.3	12 Laps
		35	Cal CRUTCHLOW	GBR	LCR Honda CASTROL	Honda	158.6	15 Laps
		41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	143.3	15 Laps

MotoGP World Standing 2019.

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	Ducati	ITA	54
2	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	ITA	51
3	Alex RINS	Suzuki	SPA	49
4	Marc MARQUEZ	Honda	SPA	45
5	Danilo PETRUCCI	Ducati	ITA	30
6	Jack MILLER	Ducati	AUS	29
7	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Honda	JPN	22
8	Cal CRUTCHLOW	Honda	GBR	19
9	Pol ESPARGARO	KTM	SPA	18
10	Fabio QUARTARARO	Yamaha	FRA	17
11	Franco MORBIDELLI	Yamaha	ITA	16
12	Maverick VIÑALES	Yamaha	SPA	14
13	Aleix ESPARGARO	Aprilia	SPA	13
14	Francesco BAGNAIA	Ducati	ITA	9
15	Joan MIR	Suzuki	SPA	8
16	Miguel OLIVEIRA	KTM	POR	7
17	Jorge LORENZO	Honda	SPA	7
18	Andrea IANNONE	Aprilia	ITA	6
19	Johann ZARCO	KTM	FRA	5
20	Tito RABAT	Ducati	SPA	1
21	Hafizh SYAHRIN	KTM	MAL
22	Karel ABRAHAM	Ducati	CZE

Credits : Photos and content courtesy of MotoGP.com

MotoGP™- 3 races, 3 different winners, 1 colossal Championship

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RED BULL GRAND PRIX OF THE AMERICAS

MotoGP World Standing 2019.

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