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Marc Marquez dominates the field in Texas | EVENTS

The reigning MotoGP World Champion Marquez sent a message out to the rest of the paddock that he was back after his mishap in Qatar.

As he dominated the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas, at one point leading by over 5 seconds.

Marquez took the lead on lap 5, and didn’t look back as he went on to leave the rest of the field behind to maintain his 100% record at CoTA, before relaxing towards the end of the race.

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Andrea Dovizioso made it another podium for the resurgent Ducati Team, as he won the fight for 2nd ahead of the Movistar Yamaha of Valentino Rossi, who leads the Championship standings.

Rossi’s teammate Jorge Lorenzo left it late, overtaking the Ducati GP15 of Andrea Iannone with only 3 laps to go to snatch 4th place from the Italian, with Monster Tech 3 Yamaha’s Bradley Smith rounding out the top 6.

Click here for the full race report.

Here’s some pictorial highlights from MotoGP Rd2 at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.

Miller on track and in pits
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Miller flipping the bird with Moto3 mates, Hanika & Binder
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Ant West crash, despite 7th overall
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Quatararo, Moto3 winner
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Marquez scales the wall and makes a quick dash in Q2 to change bikes…and later win!
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