Marc Marquez has completed the perfect weekend in Austin, having led every session, taken pole (with a new lap record), recorded a new fastest race lap and crowned it with a victory this afternoon. His teammate, Dani Pedrosa, also contributed to the fantastic Repsol Honda spectacle with a strong second place 16.8 seconds ahead of third place finisher Dovizioso.

Starting on pole for the 11th time in just 20 MotoGP starts Marc, as last season, was once again the only rider to choose the hard rear Bridgestone tyre. He had his best start in the premier class, only beaten in the first corner by Lorenzo who made an uncharacteristic jump start – forcing him into the pit lane for a drive through penalty – and promoting Marc back up to first by the end of the first lap.

Once out in front, he never looked back. He set a new race lap record on lap three with a time of 2’03.575 (beating his time of 2’04.242 in 2013) and went on to win the race comfortably, apart from a final corner scare on the last lap when he briefly lost concentration, and finished four seconds in front of his teammate. Dani, starting from second on the grid, was also unfazed by Lorenzo’s mistake and slipped in behind Marc as the Repsol Honda duo ran away from the race leaving them untouchable.

With this result, Marc has become the first rider to win the first two races of the year from pole in the premier-class since Repsol Honda’s Mick Doohan in 1995. Repsol Honda riders have now won the last nine MotoGP races in the USA. The last non-Honda MotoGP winner in the USA was Jorge Lorenzo, at Laguna Seca in 2010.



Marc Marquez - 1st - Championship Standing: 1st - 50 points

"I'm very happy! I got a really good start, but when I saw Jorge overtake me off the line at first I was a little worried, but then I saw that he had jumped the start. It was a different race to previous ones because I led from start to finish; although it might seem easier that way, it is tough because you have to maintain concentration. It was a perfect weekend and gives us plenty of confidence, although we are aware that the coming races will be different. I know that the race was a little boring for the fans, but sometimes these types of races are good for a rider. Let's hope that the next one is more exciting!”

Dani Pedrosa - 2nd - Championship Standing: 2nd - 36 points

"It was a tough race as Marc was that little faster than me and although I tried to improve with every corner, it was too difficult to gain ground on him and the distance between us increased with every lap. In the end, he was too far away from me. I didn't have anyone behind me either, so I just kept up my pace as best I could. I learnt a few things in this race and we will try to apply them and make the maximum improvement possible, in order to be able to put up more of a fight next time”

Event results - Round 2 - Race 1

1 Marc Marquez 43m33.430s ESP HONDA Repsol Honda Team
2 Dani Pedrosa 4.124 ESP HONDA Repsol Honda Team
3 Andrea Dovizioso 20.976 ITA DUCATI Ducati Team
4 Stefan Bradl 22.790 GER HONDA LCR Honda MotoGP
5 Bradley Smith 22.963 GBR YAMAHA Monster Yamaha Tech 3
6 Pol Espargaro 26.567 ESP YAMAHA Monster Yamaha Tech 3
7 Andrea Iannone 28.257 ITA DUCATI Pramac Racing
8 Valentino Rossi 45.519 ITA YAMAHA Yamaha Factory Racing
9 Aleix Espargaro 47.605 ESP FORWARD YAMAHA NGM Forward Racing
10 Jorge Lorenzo 49.111 ESP YAMAHA Yamaha Factory Racing
11 Nicky Hayden 1'00.735 USA HONDA Drive M7 Aspar
12 Hiroshi Aoyama 1'03.954 JPN HONDA Drive M7 Aspar
13 Yonny Hernandez 1'07.333 COL DUCATI Pramac Racing
14 Karel Abraham 1'27.972 CZE HONDA Cardion AB Motoracing
15 Hector Barbera 1'32.376 ESP AVINTIA Avintia Racing
16 Michael Laverty 1'32.543 WAL PBM Paul Bird Motorsport
17 Danilo Petrucci 1'39.176 ITA ART IodaRacing Project
18 Mike De Meglio 1'51.962 FRA AVINTIA Avintia Racing
19 Scott Redding DNF GBR HONDA GO&FUN Honda Gresini
20 Colin Edwards DNF USA FORWARD YAMAHA NGM Forward Racing
21 Cal Crutchlow DNF GBR DUCATI Ducati Team
22 Alvaro Bautista DNF ESP HONDA GO&FUN Honda Gresini
23 Broc Parkes DNF AUS PBM Paul Bird Motorsport


Championship standings

1 Marc Marquez 50 pts ESP HONDA Repsol Honda Team
2 Dani Pedrosa 36 pts ESP HONDA Repsol Honda Team
3 Valentino Rossi 28 pts ITA YAMAHA Yamaha Factory Racing
4 Andrea Dovizioso 27 pts ITA DUCATI Ducati Team
5 Aleix Espargaro 20 pts ESP FORWARD YAMAHA NGM Forward Racing
6 Andrea Iannone 15 pts ITA DUCATI Pramac Racing
7 Stefan Bradl 13 pts GER HONDA LCR Honda MotoGP
8 Nicky Hayden 13 pts USA HONDA Drive M7 Aspar
9 Bradley Smith 11 pts GBR YAMAHA Monster Yamaha Tech 3
10 Pol Espargaro 10 pts ESP YAMAHA Monster Yamaha Tech 3
11 Cal Crutchlow 10 pts GBR DUCATI Ducati Team
12 Scott Redding 9 pts GBR HONDA GO&FUN Honda Gresini
13 Hiroshi Aoyama 9 pts JPN HONDA Drive M7 Aspar
14 Yonny Hernandez 7 pts COL DUCATI Pramac Racing
15 Colin Edwards 7 pts USA FORWARD YAMAHA NGM Forward Racing
16 Jorge Lorenzo 6 pts ESP YAMAHA Yamaha Factory Racing
17 Karel Abraham 5 pts CZE HONDA Cardion AB Motoracing
18 Danilo Petrucci 2 pts ITA ART IodaRacing Project
19 Hector Barbera 1 pts ESP AVINTIA Avintia Racing
20 Broc Parkes 1 pts AUS PBM Paul Bird Motorsport
21 Mike De Meglio 0 pts FRA AVINTIA Avintia Racing
22 Michael Laverty 0 pts WAL PBM Paul Bird Motorsport

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