2024 – MotoGP™ – Rd 3 – Race – USA – Austin – 14th April

Race Summary:

  • Maverick Vinales became only the fifth rider in history to win premier-class Grand Prix races on three different brands of bike: Suzuki, Yamaha, and Aprilia
  • This victory was Vinales’ 10th MotoGP win and his first since Qatar 2021 on a Yamaha
  • Pedro Acosta finished second after leading for much of the race: his best-ever MotoGP result
  • Marc Marquez crashed out when battling with Jorge Martin
  • Enea Bastianini secured 3rd place, edging out championship leader Jorge Martin
  • Pecco Bagnaia was initially a contender but slipped to finish 5th
  • Early laps were frantic, with Acosta taking the holeshot while Vinales was relegated to 11th after contact at Turn 1 with Bagnaia
  • Vinales passed Acosta with 8 laps remaining to take the lead
  • The race took place on a resurfaced track, with new asphalt at many of the corners

Comments:

  • Vinales becomes first to win for three different manufacturers in the MotoGP era
  • At the age of  19 years 325 days, rookie Pedro Acosta finished P2, scoring his best MotoGP™️ result on his third race in the class, and becoming the youngest rider to take back-to-back premier-class podiums, taking the record from Marc Marquez, in Austin 2013 (20 years and 63 days old)
  • Aprilia’s win for the fourth time in the premier-class win, adding to the three wins scored by Aleix Espargaro and the first since Espargaro in Catalunya in 2023.
  • Viñales ended a sequence of 11 successive GP wins for Ducati
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