A test rider’s job is to push the bike to the limit and find out what’s working and what’s not. That process usually takes place in private, but with Pramac Racing’s Miguel Oliveira sidelined with an injury, factory Yamaha test rider Augusto Fernandez was pressed into racing mode with the Pramac squad at the Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas.
It had been a hectic few weeks for Fernandez, who was dropped into the factory Yamaha Superbike World Championship team after Jonathan Rea suffered a brutal foot injury and was out of action. Then, after testing the YZF-R1 Superbike in Portugal, Oliveira was injured and Fernandez was pulled from the Superbike team and slotted into the Pramac MotoGP team.
Fernandez put in lap after lap in the wet on Friday while others sat in the garage and pushed hard enough for his YZR-M1 to throw him out of the saddle on Saturday morning. In a media appearance later, Fernandez said he was still adapting from the KTM RC16 that he rode for Tech3 last season, which could take a lot of throttle early in corner exit, to the Yamaha, which responded better to pushing the front more.
Marc Marquez (93). Photo by Michael Gougis.
Marc Marquez was quickest in the cold morning sessions on Saturday, but by the time the MotoGP Sprint race started, the temperature had soared, grip levels dropped, and the eight-time World Champion nearly threw his factory Desmosedici to the ground on the first lap. He dropped two places into third, with brother Alex Marquez and factory teammate Francesco Bagnaia sweeping past, but two turns later, Marc had shoved his way back to the front for good.
Alex Marquez (73) and Gresini Racing teammate Fermin Aldeguer (54). Photo by Michael Gougis.
Alex Marquez finished second in the sprint, his fifth second-place finish in five starts in 2025, and is second in the Championship and leading the Independent Rider standings by a full Grand Prix race win’s worth of points over Franco Morbidelli. With Ducati parking its Desmosedici GP25 and racing in 2025 on updated GP24s, Alex, on a year-old but Championship-winning Desmosedici GP24, is finally on truly front-running machinery in MotoGP. Racing his entire career in the shadow of brother Marc, Alex is taking the opportunity to demonstrate exactly how talented he actually is.
Jake Dixon (96). Photo by Michael Gougis.
Jake Dixon, on a roll from his Moto2 win in Argentina, has led every session at Circuit of The Americas, in the cold and wet and in the dry and hot, and in Austin took pole for the first time in 2025.
David Munoz (64). Photo by Michael Gougis.
David Munoz was fast but crashed in Thailand and retired after leading a practice session in Argentina, but showed that his speed at both events was no fluke by taking the Moto3 pole in Austin. Munoz led a KTM 1-2-3-4-5, with Luca Lunetta the fastest rider on a Honda.
Ella Dreher (22). Photo by Michael Gougis.
The Kramer APX-350 MA racebike used in the MotoAmerica Talent Cup is designed to “provide Grand Prix performance for a fraction of the cost,” according to the company’s website. In its first race outing, the Kramer, with Ella Dreher aboard, was clocked at 124.4 miles per hour in Race Two at Circuit of The Americas. That compares to an average top speed of about 142 mph for the front-running Moto3 competitors on Saturday at COTA. The lap time for pole for the Moto3 class was a 2:14.422, while pole for the Talent Cup was a 2:29.199.
The Kramer, powered by a 55-horsepower KTM EXC-F 350cc single-cylinder engine, costs $22,485. A 250cc single-cylinder Moto3 machine’s cost is capped by the regulations at approximately $194,000 (depending on the exchange rate between the Euro and the U.S. dollar), which includes a single chassis (approximately $108,000) and a six-engine package at approximately $86,000 that includes two throttle bodies and three transmissions for a two-rider team. Individual engines can be purchased for just shy of $13,000 each, throttle body and transmission included.
Bodie Paige led every lap and won the second MotoAmerica Talent Cup race on Saturday at the Circuit of The Americas.
Alessandro Di Mario, the winner of Race One earlier in the day, moved from third to second at the halfway point but could only close the gap to Bodie to 1.312 seconds at the end of the eight-lap sprint.
Sam Drane finished third, taking his second podium of the day. Julian Correa was fourth, ahead of Ella Dreher in fifth.
Just when it seemed as though Warhorse Ducati/American Racing’s Alessandro Di Mario was going to dominate the all-new Parts Unlimited Talent Cup By Motul Championship after a crushing victory in Saturday morning’s race one, a 14-year-old Australian by the name of Bodie Paige put the skids on that with an equally impressive win in race two.
And the 2025 Parts Unlimited Talent Cup By Motul is off and running, with lots of promise with youngsters battling throughout the field in both races from start to finish.
Di Mario stormed to victory in race one, winning by over nine seconds after leading from start to finish in the eight-lap race. In race two, however, the 16-year-old botched the start and didn’t get to fourth place until the pack hit the back straight for the first time. Di Mario started to move forward and slipped into second place with a handful of laps remaining, but he couldn’t make a dent in Paige’s advantage.
At the finish line, it was CTR/D&D Cycles-backed Paige by 1.3 seconds over Di Mario, with the two leaving Texas and heading to round two at Barber Motorsports Park next weekend tied at the top of the championship point standings with 45 points apiece.
Third place in both races went to a second 14-year-old Australian in the form of Estenson Racing’s Sam Drane.
Race One – Di Mario Domination
Di Mario didn’t nail the holeshot in race one, but he led by the time they exited from the first corner. From there, he never put a wheel wrong in storming to a 9.442-second win.
With Di Mario disappearing into the distance, it was Paige emerging from the pack and racing to a rather lonely second place with almost 5.5 seconds over third place.
That spot ultimately fell to Paige’s fellow Australian Drane, who was just .169 of a second ahead of Tytlers Cycle Racing’s Hank Vossberg.
Drane and Vossberg ended up pulling a gap to what was once a six-rider battle for third, with Jones Honda’s Julian Correa besting San Marcos Iron Doors 316 Rossi Motorsports’ Rossi Garcia by a scant .200 of a second. MP13 Racing’s Ella Dreher crossed the line in seventh, just .202 of a second behind Garcia.
Envy Powered By Warhorse’s Derek Sanchez, Chase Black Racing’s Chase Black, and Ice Barn Racing’s Solly Mervis rounded out the top 10.
Race Two – Paige Flips The Order
Paige led from start to finish in race two on Saturday afternoon, ultimately beating Di Mario by 1.3 seconds to win his first career MotoAmerica race. Judging by his performance and the ability to hold off a charging Di Mario, it won’t be Paige’s last MotoAmerica victory.
Di Mario missed a little bit on setup for race two and said he had front-end chatter that forced him to run wide in several spots on the track. The defending MotoAmerica SC-Project Twins Cup Champion tried but couldn’t match Paige. Next week at Barber, Di Mario will be pulling double duty with both Talent Cup and Twins Cup on his plate.
While Drane had a battle on his hands in race one with Vossberg, the Estenson Racing rider was mostly alone in race two until Di Mario showed up. Once Di Mario made his pass, Drane had a lonely race and finished almost two seconds ahead of Jones Honda’s Julian Correa, who improved one spot from his fifth place in race one.
MP13 Racing’s Dreher showed her mettle in race two, finishing fifth after improving from her seventh-place finish in race one.
Sanchez also improved in race two, moving from eighth to sixth.
Three-time AFT Singles Champion Kody Kopp bounced back from his crash in race one to finish seventh in what was just his first day of road racing. Kopp was in a heated battle throughout, with just .266 of a second covering Sanchez in sixth to Garcia in ninth. King, meanwhile, was also in that pack and finished eighth.
Black rounded out the top 10, dropping a spot from his race-one ninth.
Vossberg, who was a fighting fourth in race one, was knocked out of the battle by a mechanical failure.
The Parts Unlimited Talent Cup By Motul has just a few days off before the series resumes with the opening round of the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship at Barber Motorsports Park, April 4-6.
Talent Cup Race One
Alessandro Di Mario
Bodie Paige
Sam Drane
Hank Vossberg
Julian Correa
Rossi Garcia
Ella Dreher
Derek Sanchez
Chase Black
Solly Mervis
Talent Cup Race Two
Bodie Paige
Alessandro Di Mario
Sam Drane
Julian Correa
Ella Dreher
Derek Sanchez
Kody Kopp
Carson King
Rossi Garcia
Chase Black
Alessandro Di Mario – First/Second
“They went a lot faster. The pace was insane that second race. We made some bike changes, and apparently it wasn’t really too good. Every time I would lean the bike over and then get on the gas, it was kind of chattering a lot. So, I didn’t really have much confidence. I couldn’t lean it a lot. But the pace was also higher, too. So that made the issue even bigger. Obviously, I got a really bad start. I’ve got to learn how to start these things better. I was fifth or sixth, I think, at turn one. I had to make my way up. So, I got to about third place and then at that point, I just tried to control my pace and finish the race and get as many points as possible. I could tell the pace was a lot higher, so I knew it was going to be hard. But I just wanted to get up to the front as quick as possible. I lost three or four seconds just in the pack the first couple laps. So, it made it a lot harder. I feel like if I had gotten a good start I could have been up there battling. But we just have to work on that.”
Bodie Paige – Second/First
“We had it planned earlier in the year, and we were all set. We just had to pay off the bike, but we came up late on that. We pulled the pin on it for this year, and we were maybe going to do it next year. But we got a ride from Wayne Rainey, and we said ‘yeah.’ It was on the way home from dirt track. So, it was late. We got all the stuff that we needed for the test, but it wasn’t quite everything we needed. So, we just focused on bike setup at the test and just trying to get me comfortable with it, then focus on getting all the stuff for this round. It’s been a good weekend for the start of the championship, so hopefully we can keep going.”
Sam Drane – Third/Third
“I did a lot of different riding (from race one to race two). I tried to lean off it more. It worked out better. I just had some struggles with the front end in race two that I dropped off a bit and slowed the pace down. Race one, we just didn’t really have the pace for the two in front of me. They were both good races, and it set me up nicely for the championship. “From about December last year. (Tim) Estenson (the team owner) really decided he wanted to do it and got all the stuff for it, and that’s about where we started. Yeah, we’re all in it together now because Tommy (his brother) is racing flat track and I’ll be doing that too this year. They built a house (in Kentucky) and we’re just going to be living there for most of the year now.”
Marc Marquez won the MotoGP Tissot Sprint race Saturday afternoon at Circuit of The Americas (COTA), in Austin, Texas. Riding his Lenovo Team Ducati Desmosedici GP25 on Michelin control tires, the six-time MotoGP World Champion won the 10-lap race by 0.795 seconds.
Alex Marquez was the runner-up on his BK8 Gresini Racing Ducati Desmosedici GP24.
Marquez’s teammate and two-time World Champion, Francesco Bagnaia finished third.
Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Ducati’s, Fabio Di Giannantonio and Franco Morbidelli got fourth and fifth, making it five Ducatis in the top five.
French sensation, Fabio Quartararo crossed the finish line 6th on his Monster Energy Yamaha YZR-M1.
For the championship, A.Marquez is 19 points behind his principal rival M.Marquez who has 86 points. Bagnaia is third with 50 points.
Marc Marquez clinches gold in blockbuster Austin Sprint. The #93’s 100% win record remains intact, but it didn’t come easy as a brilliant Tissot Sprint unfolds in Texas.
Stateside Tissot Sprint glory went the way of Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) – but not without a decent slice of drama thrown in along the way. The #93 eventually beat Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) by less than a second in Austin to keep up his 100% victory record in 2025, as Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) – after leading on the first lap – brought home a bronze medal to set us up beautifully for Sunday.
AN OPENING LAP SHOWDOWN: Marquez vs Bagnaia vs Marquez
Without any shadow of a doubt, the opening lap of the Sprint was the best lap of the season – and it’ll take some beating too. Bagnaia, from P6, launched away superbly to grab the holeshot up the hill into Turn 1. Marc Marquez bit straight back at Turn 2 to retake the lead from his teammate, but at Turn 3, it was Pecco doing the overtaking again. It didn’t take long before Marquez decided to pounce back though, Turn 7 his chosen spot.
So it was Marc Marquez leading Bagnaia and Alex Marquez. But at Turn 17, the #93’s Sprint very nearly came to a premature end. An almighty rear-end slide led to the six-time MotoGP Champion getting thrown out of the saddle, which cost the Championship leader P1 and P2. Thought we were done? Nope. Bagnaia and the Marquez brothers were locked together on the exit of Turn 19 and into Turn 20, the final corner, Marc Marquez passed both to retake the lead, with Alex Marquez slotting into P2. That’s worth several rewatches.
HOW THE SPRINT WAS WON
That was some opening lap. But after hitting the front again and getting into a rhythm, Marc Marquez started to build a gap to Alex Marquez. It was 0.6s on Lap 3, as Bagnaia lost touch with the top two. The Italian had Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) swarming all over his rear tyre before the Frenchman had a huge moment on entry to Turn 15, which allowed Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) to slide through. Now, Quartararo was in a VR46 sandwich, with Fabio Di Giannantonio sitting in P6.
On Lap 5 of 10, Marc Marquez’s advantage had shrunk from just under a second to 0.4s. That did rise back up to 0.6s on the next lap though, as Pecco found pace. But was it too late to lock onto the rear end of Alex Marquez?
Meanwhile, a ferocious battle was unfolding between the two VR46 Ducatis and Quartararo. The trio exchanged fourth with four laps to go as the Yamaha star dug deep to try and cling onto a chance of finishing P4 – and what a job he was doing.
With two laps to go, Marc Marquez’s lead was up to 1.4s, while Alex Marquez was still holding Bagnaia at bay by just over a second. However, heading onto the last lap, Alex had reeled in Marc. It was 0.7s over the line, so could anything be done by the younger Marquez to end his brother’s early season momentum?
The answer was no. Marc Marquez held firm to pick up his third Tissot Sprint win on the bounce, with Alex Marquez continuing his P2 streak. Bagnaia claimed an important P3, just under two seconds away from his teammate, but the 2022 and 2023 MotoGP World Champion will be wanting more in Sunday’s Grand Prix despite being pleased with the result.
YOUR SATURDAY POINTS SCORERS IN AUSTIN
After a phenomenal mid-race scrap, Di Giannantonio won the fight for fourth, with Morbidelli keeping Quartararo behind him as the former teammates clinch P5 and P6 respectively – a top effort from the Yamaha star. Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) collected seventh and acted as the lead KTM on Saturday, as Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol) earned two Sprint points with a hard-earned P8. That was a great ride from the Italian who flew the HRC flag in the points after teammate Joan Mir crashed out from the top nine early doors, with Honda again showing progress – and that was Marini’s first Sprint points with Honda too.
Meanwhile, the final Sprint point went the way of rookie Ai Ogura (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) after a great late battle with Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) and Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing).
If that first lap and subsequent battles didn’t get the juices flowing for Sunday in Austin, then we’re not sure what will. Tune into the MotoGP Americas Grand Prix at 14:00 local time (UTC -5) to see who will collect COTA’s 2025 crown.
Jake Dixon was the man to beat during Moto2 World Championship qualifying Saturday Circuit of The Americas (COTA), in Austin, Texas. Riding his Pirelli-shod ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Boscoscuro, Dixon navigated the 3.43-mile (5.51 km) course in 2:07.432 to top the field of 28 riders.
Manuel Gonzalez was second-best with a 2:07.682 on his LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex. During Q1, Gonzalez navigated the 3.43-mile track in 2:07.355, breaking Fermin Aldeguer’s 2024 All-Time Lap Record of 2:07.543.
Surprisingly, Barry Baltus claimed the third and final spot on the front row with a 2:07.727 on his Fantic Racing LINO SONEGO Kalex.
American Joe Roberts finished Saturday afternoon’s qualifying session 19th with a best time of 2:08.421 on his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex.
Dixon pips Gonzalez in last dash pole shootout in Texas. The Argentina winner denies the Championship leader as the duel continues.
It’s one win apiece in Moto2 this season for Championship leader Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Intact GP) and key rival Jake Dixon (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team), but the former had made a clean sweep of qualifying so far. Dixon turned the tables in Texas to take his first pole of the year though and it’s Gonzalez he denied to set up another showdown – the #18 even heading through Q1 too.
Third goes to Barry Baltus (Fantic Racing LINO SONEGO) as he took his first front row, and he was on provisional pole until late on too before a crash at the end of the session.
Q1 It was mission accomplished for Gonzalez and by a monumental margin as he headed through with a gap of eight tenths in hand. David Alonso (CFMoto Power Electronics Aspar Team) was next up as he continues making steps in Moto2, and Filip Salač (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) and Deniz Öncu (Red Bull KTM Ajo) completed the graduates to Q2.
That left home hero Joe Roberts (OnlyFans American Racing) losing out, just missing the cut.
Q2
Baltus was leading the way until the very end, with Zonta Van den Goorbergh (RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP) in provisional second too. They both got shuffled back by that last dash launch at glory from Dixon and Gonzalez, but the Belgian and Dutch riders take P3 and P4 respectively.
Aron Canet (Fantic Racing LINO SONEGO) slots into fifth ahead of a huge step forward in Moto2 qualifying for Alonso, who takes P6 to lock out the second row as top rookie too.
Toy Arbolino (BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2), Marcos Ramirez (OnlyFans American Racing), Salač and Öncu complete the top ten, with full results HERE.
Tune in for Moto2 from 12:15 local time on Sunday to see if we get another twist in the tale!
David Muñoz earned pole position during Moto3 World Championship qualifying Saturday at Circuit of The Americas (COTA), in Austin, Texas. Riding his LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP KTM on Pirelli control tires, Muñoz topped the 26-rider field with a lap time of 2:14.422.
Maximo Quiles was the best of the rest with a 2:14.532 on his CFMOTO Valresa Aspar Team KTM, and Joel Kelso claimed the third and final spot on the front row with a 2:14.546 on his LEVELUP-MTA KTM.
Muñoz denies Quiles fairytale debut Moto3™ pole. The rookie sensation just loses out late on as experience takes to the top in Texas.
David Muñoz (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) put in a late charge to pole position at the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas, denying rookie sensation Maximo Quiles (CFMoto Valresa Aspar Team) an unbelievable debut pole by just 0.110. Joel Kelso (LEVELUP – MTA) completes the front row, having come from Q1.
Muñoz started from pitlane last time out after a penalty so flips his fortunes 180. Quiles, meanwhile, has one single FP2 session in the dry at COTA – and actually, one single session of dry World Championship action – before nearly taking his first pole position. He was too young to be allowed to race in the first two GPs of the year.
Q1
Kelso headed rookie Guido Pini (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP), Dennis Foggia (CFMoto Valresa Aspar Team) and Stefano Nepa (SIC58 Squadra Corse) in the graduation zone, with one surprising name not making it through being that of Ryusei Yamanaka (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSi), who’ll have some work to do on Sunday.
Q2
The fairytale was alive for Quiles until right at the end of the session, when pretty much the last fast lap on track was that of Muñoz – and the red sectors kept coming. The #64 crossed the line to take that pole position from the rookie, hoping to use it to bounce back from that pitlane start in Argentina as he looks to gain some traction.
Given Quiles’ form so far – having never raced at COTA before and making his Moto3 outright debut here after missing Thailand and Argentina due to being too young – maybe the more veteran riders will need to find that traction pretty quick…
Podium picture. From left to right, Quiles, Munoz and Kelso. Photo courtesy Dorna.
Championship leader Jose Antonio Rueda (Red Bull KTM Ajo) slots into a solid fourth ahead of Foggia and Luca Lunetta (SIC58 Squadra Corse). Rookie Alvaro Carpe (Red Bull KTM Ajo) impressed again in P7, ahead of Nepa, Adrian Fernandez (Leopard Racing) and Matteo Bertelle (LEVELUP – MTA), whose pole run comes to an end in P10 after two crashes.
Find full results HERE and get ready for lights out on Sunday at 11am local time!
Alessandro Di Mario (27). Photo by Michael Gougis.
Alessandro Di Mario led from nearly lights to flag and won the first-ever MotoAmerica Talent Cup race, held as part of the Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas at Circuit of The Americas in Austin.
Di Mario crossed the line nearly 10 seconds ahead of Bodie Paige, who was five seconds ahead of Sam Drane and Hank Vossberg, who battled for the final podium spot until Drane crossed the line 0.169 seconds ahead of Vossberg.
Julian Correa led another tight group across the line and took fifth, ahead of Rossi Garcia and Ella Dreher.
Kody Kopp crashed while running at the tail end of a group battling for fifth, ran to his bike, picked it up and restarted, finishing 14th.
Derek Sanchez was 8th with Chase Black 9th, Solly Mervis 10th, Carson King 11th, Nathan Bettencourt 12th, and Ian Fraley 13th.
Marc Marquez claimed pole position during MotoGP qualifying Saturday at Circuit of The Americas (COTA), in Austin, Texas. Riding his Lenovo Team Ducati Desmosedici GP25 on the dry 3.43-mile (5.51 km) track, Marquez turned a 2:01.088. Not only was that good enough to top the 22-rider field, Marquez got three consecutive poles for the first time since the 2019 Czech, Austrian and British Grands Prix.
Fabio Di Giannantonio was the best of the rest with a 2:01.189 on his Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Ducati Desmosedici GP25, and Alex Marquez claimed the third and final spot on the front row with a 2:01.448 on his BK8 Gresini Ducati Desmosedici GP24.
Row-two qualifiers included Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Pedro Acosta (2:01.504), Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Ducati’s Franco Morbidelli (2:01.529) and M.Marquez’s teammate Francesco Bagnaia (2:01.611).
Qualifying for MotoGP™ at the Circuit of the Americas was a belter with pole position being decided for the Sprint and the Grand Prix on Sunday. Going into it as favourite, having topped Friday afternoon and Saturday morning action, COTA master Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) remains the rider to beat with his eighth pole at the circuit where he chases an eighth Grand Prix win.
PRESSURE ON: the battle to ascend into Q2
First up though, Q1 and the dogfight to get into the shootout of Q2; big names in abundance, there were always going to be headlining acts sidelined from a shot at pole. On his first flying lap, yellow flags were out due to a highside on the exit of Turn 9 for Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) after running marginally off the kerb. He was perfectly OK and after grabbing the nearest scooter, he rushed back to pitlane and hopped on his spare bike. Due to the yellow flags, the first laps were largely cancelled. After that, a red flag due to the air-fence needing to be re-deployed.
Following a brief stoppage, 08:36 remained on the clock, making for a second half of the session full of activity, including Fernandez’s return to the track. Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol) was the first rider to set a lap time, with the benchmark of 2:02.001 for everyone else to beat but after the first runs, nobody was able to; Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) found time and went up to P2 before making an impressive save at Turn 1. Despite other efforts, Marini and Quartararo sailed into Q2, leaving Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) as one of the big disappointments, rooted to P13 with Aprilia out of Q2 for the first time since Thailand in 2022.
POLE BATTLE: Q2 ignites in the USA
First laps in, Marc Marquez set the benchmark of a 2:01.522, the fastest time of the weekend but on the second flying lap, plenty of riders were on course to better it. At Turn 11, the #93 had a big moment but escaped a fall, although the lap had now gone. With the first half of the session done, Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) had moved into P2 ahead of Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team), whilst in P5, Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) had saved a crash on his elbow at Turn 19 but a forced to be reckoned with inside the top five. He was just behind Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini MotoGP Team) who was up in P4.
Fabio Di Giannantonio in Parc fermé. Photo courtesy Dorna.
FIGHT UNTIL THE END: Marquez brothers in pole scrap
The final five minutes were the deciding moments, with Marc leading Mir and thus giving his ex-teammate a good look at a fast lap at COTA. Just behind, Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) was trying to latch on but fell at Turn 1; he soon remounted whilst teammate Alex Marquez was on a storming lap and went provisional pole ahead of his brother but the timing screens were alive with red sectors. Marc responded to grab pole but behind, Di Giannantonio, who originally had his lap cancelled for yellow flags, had it reinstated for P2. Alex Marquez rounded out the front row whilst Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), Franco Morbidelli and Pecco completed the second row.
Top Honda honours were swept away by Marini who heads up the third row ahead of teammate Mir and Jack Miller (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP), with the latter two setting identical lap times. Maverick Viñales (Red Bull KTM Tech 3) took his first top ten with KTM, ahead of 2021 World Champion Fabio Quartararo and late crasher Aldeguer.
Marc Marquez led MotoGP World Championship practice Saturday morning at Circuit Of The Americas (COTA), in Austin, Texas. Riding his Lenovo Ducati Desmosedici GP25 on spec Michelin tires, the six-time MotoGP World Champion turned a lap time of 2:02.113.
His brother, Alex Marquez was the best of the rest with a 2:02.553 on his BK8 Gresini Ducati Desmosedici.
Maverick Viñales was third at 2:02.656 on his Red Bull KTM Tech3 RC16.
Joan Mir finished the session fourth with a 2:02.690 on his Honda Castrol RC213V.
Marc Marquez’s teammate and two-time MotoGP World Champion, Francesco Bagnaia got fifth with a lap time of 2:02.860.
Jake Dixon was quickest during Moto2 World Championship practice Saturday morning at Circuit of The Americas (COTA), in Austin, Texas. Riding his Pirelli-shod ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Boscoscuro on the 3.43-mile (5.51 km) track, the Brit recorded a 2:08.216 to lead the field of 28 riders.
His teammate, Filip Salac was the best of the rest with a 2:08.545.
Aron Canet was third-fastest with a 2:08.588 on his Fantic Racing LINO SONEGO Kalex.
American Joe Roberts finished Saturday morning’s practice session 17th with a best time of 2:10.021 on his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex.
2024 WorldSuperbike Champion, Toprak Razgatlioglu won FIM Superbike World Championship Race One Saturday at Autodromo Internacional do Algarve, in Portugal. Razgatlioglu started from pole position rode his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR. to just 0.067- second margin of victory in the 20-lap race.
Rookie sensation, Nicolo Bulega was the runner-up on his Aruba.It Racing – Ducati Panigale V4R and just held off Andrea Locatelli, who rode his Pata Maxus Yamaha YZF R1 to third.
Danilo Petrucci crossed the finish line fourth on hisBarni Spark Racing Ducati Ducati Panigale V4R.
American Garrett Gerloff went from 16th on the grid to 12th at the finish on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR.
Toprak takes victory holding off Bulega as the rivals lock horns in all-time battle at Portimao. Razgatlioglu and Bulega were feeling nostalgic as they reenacted last year’s Championship duel in a dramatic Race 1 in Portimao
MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship action burst back onto the track on Saturday, Race 1 bringing with it the possibility of claiming the first points of the Pirelli Portuguese Round. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) claimed the holeshot, however after Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) recuperated his positions from his poor start to the race; what followed was the best duel between the two since the Italian rider joined WorldSBK last year. Bulega and Razgatlioglu clashed head-to-head for P1 across most of the race; changing positions nine times. The dogfight culminated with Bulega overtaking Toprak in the straight of Lap 19, before Toprak slipped back in front at Turn 3. From there, Toprak held on to finish P1 by a mere 0.067s over the Italian sophomore.
TOPRAK VS BULEGA IN RACE 1: Title rivals duel it out from Lap 7 to the chequered flag, nine overtakes in the battle
Polesitter Razgatlioglu bundled his start to the race, falling back several positions to P7, however he quickly found himself back behind Bulega by Lap 4. What followed was the most sustained battle yet seen between the two in WorldSBK. Neither rider backed down as they stayed close behind one another from Lap 4 until Toprak claimed P1 in Lap 19, where he was able to hold off Bulega’s final assaults. The defending Riders’ Champion now sits behind Buelga in second in the Championship standings, Bulega’s 82 points to Toprak’s 45. Toprak’s 58th win puts him just one win behind four-time World Champion Carl Fogarty; the sixth win for BMW at Portimao, the first time the German manufacturer has hit that number of wins on any track.
LOCATELLI P3, VIERGE P5: Strong results for Yamaha and Honda
Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) secured a podium finish by holding off Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) for P3. For his part, Petrucci was once again metronomically consistent, finishing the race where he started in P4 after regaining the position from Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) on Lap 9, with ‘Petrux’ finishing as top Independent rider. Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) started from P6 on the grid, doing well to hold off other riders, finishing P5, securing the best result for Honda of the season so far. Michael van der Mark’s (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) P6 finish is a step in the right direction after a wayward weekend in Australia, a testament to the progress he and his BMW team seem to have made with their new BMW M1000 RR.
IANNONE RECOVERS TO P7 FROM P16 START: Bassani P9, lone Bimota to finish
Andrea Iannone (Team Pata Go Eleven) was able to cobble together a P7 finish, the product of a tough climb up the grid after his disappointing Tissot Superpole session result which saw him start back in P16 after three-place grid penalty. Dominique Aegerter (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) finished P8, as he and his team will have much to be proud of in Race 1. Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) who finished P9, was the only Bimota rider to see the chequered flag after teammate Alex Lowes crashed out of the race on Lap 10 after a high-speed crash at Turn 1.
TAKING HOME POINTS: Lecuona returns with P11, Sofuoglu best rookie
Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) tied his best result of the season so far as he finished P10 in Race 1. Xavi Lecuona’s (Honda HRC) first point-scoring race of the season was a solid return to action in P11 after missing time with injury in the offseason then later the Australian Round. Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) continues to adapt to his new green machine and finished P12. Bahattin Sofuoglu (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) finished P13 to score points for the second time in his WorldSBK rookie season, with Tarran Mackenzie finishing P14, just 0.729s behind Sofuoglu. Tito Rabat (Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) claimed the final point-scoring position, finishing P15 just over half a second behind Mackenzie. Ryan Vickers was racing through an elbow injury he picked up in FP3, narrowly missing out on points as he finished P16. Bringing up the rear of the riders who finished the race, Yamaha replacement rider Jason O’Halloran (Pata Maxus Yamaha) finished in P17.
BAUTISTA AND REDDING CRASH OUT IN LAP 1: Lowes brothers DNF
Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) and Scott Redding (MGM BONOVO Racing) collided at Turn 4 on the opening lap, as the incident ended the day for both riders and is being investigated by the FIM WorldSBK Stewards. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) followed Locatelli’s trailblazing start at lights out, clinging to his tail to take an early P3, however the British rider saw his race end prematurely after a Turn 11 crash during Lap 8. WorldSBK Rookies Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) and Zaqhwan Zaidi (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) both crashed out of the race. Montella’s strong string of performances were abruptly ended by his Lap 3, Turn 5 crash, and Zaidi’s Lap 11, Turn 8 crash prevented him from being able to fight for his first career WorldSBK points.
1. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team)
2. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +0.067s
3. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) +7.855s
4. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) +8.991s
5. Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) +15.475s
6. Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) +17.830s Fastest lap: Toprak Razgatlioglu, BMW – 1’40.351s
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A test rider’s job is to push the bike to the limit and find out what’s working and what’s not. That process usually takes place in private, but with Pramac Racing’s Miguel Oliveira sidelined with an injury, factory Yamaha test rider Augusto Fernandez was pressed into racing mode with the Pramac squad at the Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas.
It had been a hectic few weeks for Fernandez, who was dropped into the factory Yamaha Superbike World Championship team after Jonathan Rea suffered a brutal foot injury and was out of action. Then, after testing the YZF-R1 Superbike in Portugal, Oliveira was injured and Fernandez was pulled from the Superbike team and slotted into the Pramac MotoGP team.
Fernandez put in lap after lap in the wet on Friday while others sat in the garage and pushed hard enough for his YZR-M1 to throw him out of the saddle on Saturday morning. In a media appearance later, Fernandez said he was still adapting from the KTM RC16 that he rode for Tech3 last season, which could take a lot of throttle early in corner exit, to the Yamaha, which responded better to pushing the front more.
Marc Marquez (93). Photo by Michael Gougis.
Marc Marquez was quickest in the cold morning sessions on Saturday, but by the time the MotoGP Sprint race started, the temperature had soared, grip levels dropped, and the eight-time World Champion nearly threw his factory Desmosedici to the ground on the first lap. He dropped two places into third, with brother Alex Marquez and factory teammate Francesco Bagnaia sweeping past, but two turns later, Marc had shoved his way back to the front for good.
Alex Marquez (73) and Gresini Racing teammate Fermin Aldeguer (54). Photo by Michael Gougis.
Alex Marquez finished second in the sprint, his fifth second-place finish in five starts in 2025, and is second in the Championship and leading the Independent Rider standings by a full Grand Prix race win’s worth of points over Franco Morbidelli. With Ducati parking its Desmosedici GP25 and racing in 2025 on updated GP24s, Alex, on a year-old but Championship-winning Desmosedici GP24, is finally on truly front-running machinery in MotoGP. Racing his entire career in the shadow of brother Marc, Alex is taking the opportunity to demonstrate exactly how talented he actually is.
Jake Dixon (96). Photo by Michael Gougis.
Jake Dixon, on a roll from his Moto2 win in Argentina, has led every session at Circuit of The Americas, in the cold and wet and in the dry and hot, and in Austin took pole for the first time in 2025.
David Munoz (64). Photo by Michael Gougis.
David Munoz was fast but crashed in Thailand and retired after leading a practice session in Argentina, but showed that his speed at both events was no fluke by taking the Moto3 pole in Austin. Munoz led a KTM 1-2-3-4-5, with Luca Lunetta the fastest rider on a Honda.
Ella Dreher (22). Photo by Michael Gougis.
The Kramer APX-350 MA racebike used in the MotoAmerica Talent Cup is designed to “provide Grand Prix performance for a fraction of the cost,” according to the company’s website. In its first race outing, the Kramer, with Ella Dreher aboard, was clocked at 124.4 miles per hour in Race Two at Circuit of The Americas. That compares to an average top speed of about 142 mph for the front-running Moto3 competitors on Saturday at COTA. The lap time for pole for the Moto3 class was a 2:14.422, while pole for the Talent Cup was a 2:29.199.
The Kramer, powered by a 55-horsepower KTM EXC-F 350cc single-cylinder engine, costs $22,485. A 250cc single-cylinder Moto3 machine’s cost is capped by the regulations at approximately $194,000 (depending on the exchange rate between the Euro and the U.S. dollar), which includes a single chassis (approximately $108,000) and a six-engine package at approximately $86,000 that includes two throttle bodies and three transmissions for a two-rider team. Individual engines can be purchased for just shy of $13,000 each, throttle body and transmission included.
Bodie Paige led every lap and won the second MotoAmerica Talent Cup race on Saturday at the Circuit of The Americas.
Alessandro Di Mario, the winner of Race One earlier in the day, moved from third to second at the halfway point but could only close the gap to Bodie to 1.312 seconds at the end of the eight-lap sprint.
Sam Drane finished third, taking his second podium of the day. Julian Correa was fourth, ahead of Ella Dreher in fifth.
Just when it seemed as though Warhorse Ducati/American Racing’s Alessandro Di Mario was going to dominate the all-new Parts Unlimited Talent Cup By Motul Championship after a crushing victory in Saturday morning’s race one, a 14-year-old Australian by the name of Bodie Paige put the skids on that with an equally impressive win in race two.
And the 2025 Parts Unlimited Talent Cup By Motul is off and running, with lots of promise with youngsters battling throughout the field in both races from start to finish.
Di Mario stormed to victory in race one, winning by over nine seconds after leading from start to finish in the eight-lap race. In race two, however, the 16-year-old botched the start and didn’t get to fourth place until the pack hit the back straight for the first time. Di Mario started to move forward and slipped into second place with a handful of laps remaining, but he couldn’t make a dent in Paige’s advantage.
At the finish line, it was CTR/D&D Cycles-backed Paige by 1.3 seconds over Di Mario, with the two leaving Texas and heading to round two at Barber Motorsports Park next weekend tied at the top of the championship point standings with 45 points apiece.
Third place in both races went to a second 14-year-old Australian in the form of Estenson Racing’s Sam Drane.
Race One – Di Mario Domination
Di Mario didn’t nail the holeshot in race one, but he led by the time they exited from the first corner. From there, he never put a wheel wrong in storming to a 9.442-second win.
With Di Mario disappearing into the distance, it was Paige emerging from the pack and racing to a rather lonely second place with almost 5.5 seconds over third place.
That spot ultimately fell to Paige’s fellow Australian Drane, who was just .169 of a second ahead of Tytlers Cycle Racing’s Hank Vossberg.
Drane and Vossberg ended up pulling a gap to what was once a six-rider battle for third, with Jones Honda’s Julian Correa besting San Marcos Iron Doors 316 Rossi Motorsports’ Rossi Garcia by a scant .200 of a second. MP13 Racing’s Ella Dreher crossed the line in seventh, just .202 of a second behind Garcia.
Envy Powered By Warhorse’s Derek Sanchez, Chase Black Racing’s Chase Black, and Ice Barn Racing’s Solly Mervis rounded out the top 10.
Race Two – Paige Flips The Order
Paige led from start to finish in race two on Saturday afternoon, ultimately beating Di Mario by 1.3 seconds to win his first career MotoAmerica race. Judging by his performance and the ability to hold off a charging Di Mario, it won’t be Paige’s last MotoAmerica victory.
Di Mario missed a little bit on setup for race two and said he had front-end chatter that forced him to run wide in several spots on the track. The defending MotoAmerica SC-Project Twins Cup Champion tried but couldn’t match Paige. Next week at Barber, Di Mario will be pulling double duty with both Talent Cup and Twins Cup on his plate.
While Drane had a battle on his hands in race one with Vossberg, the Estenson Racing rider was mostly alone in race two until Di Mario showed up. Once Di Mario made his pass, Drane had a lonely race and finished almost two seconds ahead of Jones Honda’s Julian Correa, who improved one spot from his fifth place in race one.
MP13 Racing’s Dreher showed her mettle in race two, finishing fifth after improving from her seventh-place finish in race one.
Sanchez also improved in race two, moving from eighth to sixth.
Three-time AFT Singles Champion Kody Kopp bounced back from his crash in race one to finish seventh in what was just his first day of road racing. Kopp was in a heated battle throughout, with just .266 of a second covering Sanchez in sixth to Garcia in ninth. King, meanwhile, was also in that pack and finished eighth.
Black rounded out the top 10, dropping a spot from his race-one ninth.
Vossberg, who was a fighting fourth in race one, was knocked out of the battle by a mechanical failure.
The Parts Unlimited Talent Cup By Motul has just a few days off before the series resumes with the opening round of the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship at Barber Motorsports Park, April 4-6.
Talent Cup Race One
Alessandro Di Mario
Bodie Paige
Sam Drane
Hank Vossberg
Julian Correa
Rossi Garcia
Ella Dreher
Derek Sanchez
Chase Black
Solly Mervis
Talent Cup Race Two
Bodie Paige
Alessandro Di Mario
Sam Drane
Julian Correa
Ella Dreher
Derek Sanchez
Kody Kopp
Carson King
Rossi Garcia
Chase Black
Alessandro Di Mario – First/Second
“They went a lot faster. The pace was insane that second race. We made some bike changes, and apparently it wasn’t really too good. Every time I would lean the bike over and then get on the gas, it was kind of chattering a lot. So, I didn’t really have much confidence. I couldn’t lean it a lot. But the pace was also higher, too. So that made the issue even bigger. Obviously, I got a really bad start. I’ve got to learn how to start these things better. I was fifth or sixth, I think, at turn one. I had to make my way up. So, I got to about third place and then at that point, I just tried to control my pace and finish the race and get as many points as possible. I could tell the pace was a lot higher, so I knew it was going to be hard. But I just wanted to get up to the front as quick as possible. I lost three or four seconds just in the pack the first couple laps. So, it made it a lot harder. I feel like if I had gotten a good start I could have been up there battling. But we just have to work on that.”
Bodie Paige – Second/First
“We had it planned earlier in the year, and we were all set. We just had to pay off the bike, but we came up late on that. We pulled the pin on it for this year, and we were maybe going to do it next year. But we got a ride from Wayne Rainey, and we said ‘yeah.’ It was on the way home from dirt track. So, it was late. We got all the stuff that we needed for the test, but it wasn’t quite everything we needed. So, we just focused on bike setup at the test and just trying to get me comfortable with it, then focus on getting all the stuff for this round. It’s been a good weekend for the start of the championship, so hopefully we can keep going.”
Sam Drane – Third/Third
“I did a lot of different riding (from race one to race two). I tried to lean off it more. It worked out better. I just had some struggles with the front end in race two that I dropped off a bit and slowed the pace down. Race one, we just didn’t really have the pace for the two in front of me. They were both good races, and it set me up nicely for the championship. “From about December last year. (Tim) Estenson (the team owner) really decided he wanted to do it and got all the stuff for it, and that’s about where we started. Yeah, we’re all in it together now because Tommy (his brother) is racing flat track and I’ll be doing that too this year. They built a house (in Kentucky) and we’re just going to be living there for most of the year now.”
Marc Marquez won the MotoGP Tissot Sprint race Saturday afternoon at Circuit of The Americas (COTA), in Austin, Texas. Riding his Lenovo Team Ducati Desmosedici GP25 on Michelin control tires, the six-time MotoGP World Champion won the 10-lap race by 0.795 seconds.
Alex Marquez was the runner-up on his BK8 Gresini Racing Ducati Desmosedici GP24.
Marquez’s teammate and two-time World Champion, Francesco Bagnaia finished third.
Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Ducati’s, Fabio Di Giannantonio and Franco Morbidelli got fourth and fifth, making it five Ducatis in the top five.
French sensation, Fabio Quartararo crossed the finish line 6th on his Monster Energy Yamaha YZR-M1.
For the championship, A.Marquez is 19 points behind his principal rival M.Marquez who has 86 points. Bagnaia is third with 50 points.
Marc Marquez clinches gold in blockbuster Austin Sprint. The #93’s 100% win record remains intact, but it didn’t come easy as a brilliant Tissot Sprint unfolds in Texas.
Stateside Tissot Sprint glory went the way of Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) – but not without a decent slice of drama thrown in along the way. The #93 eventually beat Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) by less than a second in Austin to keep up his 100% victory record in 2025, as Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) – after leading on the first lap – brought home a bronze medal to set us up beautifully for Sunday.
AN OPENING LAP SHOWDOWN: Marquez vs Bagnaia vs Marquez
Without any shadow of a doubt, the opening lap of the Sprint was the best lap of the season – and it’ll take some beating too. Bagnaia, from P6, launched away superbly to grab the holeshot up the hill into Turn 1. Marc Marquez bit straight back at Turn 2 to retake the lead from his teammate, but at Turn 3, it was Pecco doing the overtaking again. It didn’t take long before Marquez decided to pounce back though, Turn 7 his chosen spot.
So it was Marc Marquez leading Bagnaia and Alex Marquez. But at Turn 17, the #93’s Sprint very nearly came to a premature end. An almighty rear-end slide led to the six-time MotoGP Champion getting thrown out of the saddle, which cost the Championship leader P1 and P2. Thought we were done? Nope. Bagnaia and the Marquez brothers were locked together on the exit of Turn 19 and into Turn 20, the final corner, Marc Marquez passed both to retake the lead, with Alex Marquez slotting into P2. That’s worth several rewatches.
HOW THE SPRINT WAS WON
That was some opening lap. But after hitting the front again and getting into a rhythm, Marc Marquez started to build a gap to Alex Marquez. It was 0.6s on Lap 3, as Bagnaia lost touch with the top two. The Italian had Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) swarming all over his rear tyre before the Frenchman had a huge moment on entry to Turn 15, which allowed Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) to slide through. Now, Quartararo was in a VR46 sandwich, with Fabio Di Giannantonio sitting in P6.
On Lap 5 of 10, Marc Marquez’s advantage had shrunk from just under a second to 0.4s. That did rise back up to 0.6s on the next lap though, as Pecco found pace. But was it too late to lock onto the rear end of Alex Marquez?
Meanwhile, a ferocious battle was unfolding between the two VR46 Ducatis and Quartararo. The trio exchanged fourth with four laps to go as the Yamaha star dug deep to try and cling onto a chance of finishing P4 – and what a job he was doing.
With two laps to go, Marc Marquez’s lead was up to 1.4s, while Alex Marquez was still holding Bagnaia at bay by just over a second. However, heading onto the last lap, Alex had reeled in Marc. It was 0.7s over the line, so could anything be done by the younger Marquez to end his brother’s early season momentum?
The answer was no. Marc Marquez held firm to pick up his third Tissot Sprint win on the bounce, with Alex Marquez continuing his P2 streak. Bagnaia claimed an important P3, just under two seconds away from his teammate, but the 2022 and 2023 MotoGP World Champion will be wanting more in Sunday’s Grand Prix despite being pleased with the result.
YOUR SATURDAY POINTS SCORERS IN AUSTIN
After a phenomenal mid-race scrap, Di Giannantonio won the fight for fourth, with Morbidelli keeping Quartararo behind him as the former teammates clinch P5 and P6 respectively – a top effort from the Yamaha star. Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) collected seventh and acted as the lead KTM on Saturday, as Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol) earned two Sprint points with a hard-earned P8. That was a great ride from the Italian who flew the HRC flag in the points after teammate Joan Mir crashed out from the top nine early doors, with Honda again showing progress – and that was Marini’s first Sprint points with Honda too.
Meanwhile, the final Sprint point went the way of rookie Ai Ogura (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) after a great late battle with Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) and Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing).
If that first lap and subsequent battles didn’t get the juices flowing for Sunday in Austin, then we’re not sure what will. Tune into the MotoGP Americas Grand Prix at 14:00 local time (UTC -5) to see who will collect COTA’s 2025 crown.
Jake Dixon earned pole position in Texas. Photo courtesy Marc VDS Racing Team.
Jake Dixon was the man to beat during Moto2 World Championship qualifying Saturday Circuit of The Americas (COTA), in Austin, Texas. Riding his Pirelli-shod ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Boscoscuro, Dixon navigated the 3.43-mile (5.51 km) course in 2:07.432 to top the field of 28 riders.
Manuel Gonzalez was second-best with a 2:07.682 on his LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex. During Q1, Gonzalez navigated the 3.43-mile track in 2:07.355, breaking Fermin Aldeguer’s 2024 All-Time Lap Record of 2:07.543.
Surprisingly, Barry Baltus claimed the third and final spot on the front row with a 2:07.727 on his Fantic Racing LINO SONEGO Kalex.
American Joe Roberts finished Saturday afternoon’s qualifying session 19th with a best time of 2:08.421 on his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex.
Dixon pips Gonzalez in last dash pole shootout in Texas. The Argentina winner denies the Championship leader as the duel continues.
It’s one win apiece in Moto2 this season for Championship leader Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Intact GP) and key rival Jake Dixon (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team), but the former had made a clean sweep of qualifying so far. Dixon turned the tables in Texas to take his first pole of the year though and it’s Gonzalez he denied to set up another showdown – the #18 even heading through Q1 too.
Third goes to Barry Baltus (Fantic Racing LINO SONEGO) as he took his first front row, and he was on provisional pole until late on too before a crash at the end of the session.
Q1 It was mission accomplished for Gonzalez and by a monumental margin as he headed through with a gap of eight tenths in hand. David Alonso (CFMoto Power Electronics Aspar Team) was next up as he continues making steps in Moto2, and Filip Salač (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) and Deniz Öncu (Red Bull KTM Ajo) completed the graduates to Q2.
That left home hero Joe Roberts (OnlyFans American Racing) losing out, just missing the cut.
Q2
Baltus was leading the way until the very end, with Zonta Van den Goorbergh (RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP) in provisional second too. They both got shuffled back by that last dash launch at glory from Dixon and Gonzalez, but the Belgian and Dutch riders take P3 and P4 respectively.
Aron Canet (Fantic Racing LINO SONEGO) slots into fifth ahead of a huge step forward in Moto2 qualifying for Alonso, who takes P6 to lock out the second row as top rookie too.
Toy Arbolino (BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2), Marcos Ramirez (OnlyFans American Racing), Salač and Öncu complete the top ten, with full results HERE.
Tune in for Moto2 from 12:15 local time on Sunday to see if we get another twist in the tale!
David Muñoz earned pole position in Texas. Photo courtesy Dynavolt Intact GP Team. .
David Muñoz earned pole position during Moto3 World Championship qualifying Saturday at Circuit of The Americas (COTA), in Austin, Texas. Riding his LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP KTM on Pirelli control tires, Muñoz topped the 26-rider field with a lap time of 2:14.422.
Maximo Quiles was the best of the rest with a 2:14.532 on his CFMOTO Valresa Aspar Team KTM, and Joel Kelso claimed the third and final spot on the front row with a 2:14.546 on his LEVELUP-MTA KTM.
Muñoz denies Quiles fairytale debut Moto3™ pole. The rookie sensation just loses out late on as experience takes to the top in Texas.
David Muñoz (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP) put in a late charge to pole position at the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas, denying rookie sensation Maximo Quiles (CFMoto Valresa Aspar Team) an unbelievable debut pole by just 0.110. Joel Kelso (LEVELUP – MTA) completes the front row, having come from Q1.
Muñoz started from pitlane last time out after a penalty so flips his fortunes 180. Quiles, meanwhile, has one single FP2 session in the dry at COTA – and actually, one single session of dry World Championship action – before nearly taking his first pole position. He was too young to be allowed to race in the first two GPs of the year.
Q1
Kelso headed rookie Guido Pini (LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP), Dennis Foggia (CFMoto Valresa Aspar Team) and Stefano Nepa (SIC58 Squadra Corse) in the graduation zone, with one surprising name not making it through being that of Ryusei Yamanaka (FRINSA – MT Helmets – MSi), who’ll have some work to do on Sunday.
Q2
The fairytale was alive for Quiles until right at the end of the session, when pretty much the last fast lap on track was that of Muñoz – and the red sectors kept coming. The #64 crossed the line to take that pole position from the rookie, hoping to use it to bounce back from that pitlane start in Argentina as he looks to gain some traction.
Given Quiles’ form so far – having never raced at COTA before and making his Moto3 outright debut here after missing Thailand and Argentina due to being too young – maybe the more veteran riders will need to find that traction pretty quick…
Podium picture. From left to right, Quiles, Munoz and Kelso. Photo courtesy Dorna.
Championship leader Jose Antonio Rueda (Red Bull KTM Ajo) slots into a solid fourth ahead of Foggia and Luca Lunetta (SIC58 Squadra Corse). Rookie Alvaro Carpe (Red Bull KTM Ajo) impressed again in P7, ahead of Nepa, Adrian Fernandez (Leopard Racing) and Matteo Bertelle (LEVELUP – MTA), whose pole run comes to an end in P10 after two crashes.
Find full results HERE and get ready for lights out on Sunday at 11am local time!
Alessandro Di Mario (27). Photo by Michael Gougis.
Alessandro Di Mario led from nearly lights to flag and won the first-ever MotoAmerica Talent Cup race, held as part of the Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas at Circuit of The Americas in Austin.
Di Mario crossed the line nearly 10 seconds ahead of Bodie Paige, who was five seconds ahead of Sam Drane and Hank Vossberg, who battled for the final podium spot until Drane crossed the line 0.169 seconds ahead of Vossberg.
Julian Correa led another tight group across the line and took fifth, ahead of Rossi Garcia and Ella Dreher.
Kody Kopp crashed while running at the tail end of a group battling for fifth, ran to his bike, picked it up and restarted, finishing 14th.
Derek Sanchez was 8th with Chase Black 9th, Solly Mervis 10th, Carson King 11th, Nathan Bettencourt 12th, and Ian Fraley 13th.
Marc Marquez earned pole position at COTA in Texas. Photo courtesy Ducati Corse.
Marc Marquez claimed pole position during MotoGP qualifying Saturday at Circuit of The Americas (COTA), in Austin, Texas. Riding his Lenovo Team Ducati Desmosedici GP25 on the dry 3.43-mile (5.51 km) track, Marquez turned a 2:01.088. Not only was that good enough to top the 22-rider field, Marquez got three consecutive poles for the first time since the 2019 Czech, Austrian and British Grands Prix.
Fabio Di Giannantonio was the best of the rest with a 2:01.189 on his Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Ducati Desmosedici GP25, and Alex Marquez claimed the third and final spot on the front row with a 2:01.448 on his BK8 Gresini Ducati Desmosedici GP24.
Row-two qualifiers included Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Pedro Acosta (2:01.504), Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Ducati’s Franco Morbidelli (2:01.529) and M.Marquez’s teammate Francesco Bagnaia (2:01.611).
Qualifying for MotoGP™ at the Circuit of the Americas was a belter with pole position being decided for the Sprint and the Grand Prix on Sunday. Going into it as favourite, having topped Friday afternoon and Saturday morning action, COTA master Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team) remains the rider to beat with his eighth pole at the circuit where he chases an eighth Grand Prix win.
PRESSURE ON: the battle to ascend into Q2
First up though, Q1 and the dogfight to get into the shootout of Q2; big names in abundance, there were always going to be headlining acts sidelined from a shot at pole. On his first flying lap, yellow flags were out due to a highside on the exit of Turn 9 for Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse MotoGP Team) after running marginally off the kerb. He was perfectly OK and after grabbing the nearest scooter, he rushed back to pitlane and hopped on his spare bike. Due to the yellow flags, the first laps were largely cancelled. After that, a red flag due to the air-fence needing to be re-deployed.
Following a brief stoppage, 08:36 remained on the clock, making for a second half of the session full of activity, including Fernandez’s return to the track. Luca Marini (Honda HRC Castrol) was the first rider to set a lap time, with the benchmark of 2:02.001 for everyone else to beat but after the first runs, nobody was able to; Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) found time and went up to P2 before making an impressive save at Turn 1. Despite other efforts, Marini and Quartararo sailed into Q2, leaving Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) as one of the big disappointments, rooted to P13 with Aprilia out of Q2 for the first time since Thailand in 2022.
POLE BATTLE: Q2 ignites in the USA
First laps in, Marc Marquez set the benchmark of a 2:01.522, the fastest time of the weekend but on the second flying lap, plenty of riders were on course to better it. At Turn 11, the #93 had a big moment but escaped a fall, although the lap had now gone. With the first half of the session done, Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) had moved into P2 ahead of Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team), whilst in P5, Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) had saved a crash on his elbow at Turn 19 but a forced to be reckoned with inside the top five. He was just behind Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini MotoGP Team) who was up in P4.
Fabio Di Giannantonio in Parc fermé. Photo courtesy Dorna.
FIGHT UNTIL THE END: Marquez brothers in pole scrap
The final five minutes were the deciding moments, with Marc leading Mir and thus giving his ex-teammate a good look at a fast lap at COTA. Just behind, Fermin Aldeguer (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) was trying to latch on but fell at Turn 1; he soon remounted whilst teammate Alex Marquez was on a storming lap and went provisional pole ahead of his brother but the timing screens were alive with red sectors. Marc responded to grab pole but behind, Di Giannantonio, who originally had his lap cancelled for yellow flags, had it reinstated for P2. Alex Marquez rounded out the front row whilst Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), Franco Morbidelli and Pecco completed the second row.
Top Honda honours were swept away by Marini who heads up the third row ahead of teammate Mir and Jack Miller (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP), with the latter two setting identical lap times. Maverick Viñales (Red Bull KTM Tech 3) took his first top ten with KTM, ahead of 2021 World Champion Fabio Quartararo and late crasher Aldeguer.
Marc Marquez heads FP2 in Texas. Photo courtesy Ducati Corse Team.
Marc Marquez led MotoGP World Championship practice Saturday morning at Circuit Of The Americas (COTA), in Austin, Texas. Riding his Lenovo Ducati Desmosedici GP25 on spec Michelin tires, the six-time MotoGP World Champion turned a lap time of 2:02.113.
His brother, Alex Marquez was the best of the rest with a 2:02.553 on his BK8 Gresini Ducati Desmosedici.
Maverick Viñales was third at 2:02.656 on his Red Bull KTM Tech3 RC16.
Joan Mir finished the session fourth with a 2:02.690 on his Honda Castrol RC213V.
Marc Marquez’s teammate and two-time MotoGP World Champion, Francesco Bagnaia got fifth with a lap time of 2:02.860.
Jake Dixon quickest this morning in Texas. Photo courtesy Marc VDS Racing Team.
Jake Dixon was quickest during Moto2 World Championship practice Saturday morning at Circuit of The Americas (COTA), in Austin, Texas. Riding his Pirelli-shod ELF Marc VDS Racing Team Boscoscuro on the 3.43-mile (5.51 km) track, the Brit recorded a 2:08.216 to lead the field of 28 riders.
His teammate, Filip Salac was the best of the rest with a 2:08.545.
Aron Canet was third-fastest with a 2:08.588 on his Fantic Racing LINO SONEGO Kalex.
American Joe Roberts finished Saturday morning’s practice session 17th with a best time of 2:10.021 on his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex.
2024 WorldSuperbike Champion, Toprak Razgatlioglu won FIM Superbike World Championship Race One Saturday at Autodromo Internacional do Algarve, in Portugal. Razgatlioglu started from pole position rode his ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team M1000RR. to just 0.067- second margin of victory in the 20-lap race.
Rookie sensation, Nicolo Bulega was the runner-up on his Aruba.It Racing – Ducati Panigale V4R and just held off Andrea Locatelli, who rode his Pata Maxus Yamaha YZF R1 to third.
Danilo Petrucci crossed the finish line fourth on hisBarni Spark Racing Ducati Ducati Panigale V4R.
American Garrett Gerloff went from 16th on the grid to 12th at the finish on his Kawasaki ZX-10RR.
Toprak takes victory holding off Bulega as the rivals lock horns in all-time battle at Portimao. Razgatlioglu and Bulega were feeling nostalgic as they reenacted last year’s Championship duel in a dramatic Race 1 in Portimao
MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship action burst back onto the track on Saturday, Race 1 bringing with it the possibility of claiming the first points of the Pirelli Portuguese Round. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) claimed the holeshot, however after Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) recuperated his positions from his poor start to the race; what followed was the best duel between the two since the Italian rider joined WorldSBK last year. Bulega and Razgatlioglu clashed head-to-head for P1 across most of the race; changing positions nine times. The dogfight culminated with Bulega overtaking Toprak in the straight of Lap 19, before Toprak slipped back in front at Turn 3. From there, Toprak held on to finish P1 by a mere 0.067s over the Italian sophomore.
TOPRAK VS BULEGA IN RACE 1: Title rivals duel it out from Lap 7 to the chequered flag, nine overtakes in the battle
Polesitter Razgatlioglu bundled his start to the race, falling back several positions to P7, however he quickly found himself back behind Bulega by Lap 4. What followed was the most sustained battle yet seen between the two in WorldSBK. Neither rider backed down as they stayed close behind one another from Lap 4 until Toprak claimed P1 in Lap 19, where he was able to hold off Bulega’s final assaults. The defending Riders’ Champion now sits behind Buelga in second in the Championship standings, Bulega’s 82 points to Toprak’s 45. Toprak’s 58th win puts him just one win behind four-time World Champion Carl Fogarty; the sixth win for BMW at Portimao, the first time the German manufacturer has hit that number of wins on any track.
LOCATELLI P3, VIERGE P5: Strong results for Yamaha and Honda
Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) secured a podium finish by holding off Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) for P3. For his part, Petrucci was once again metronomically consistent, finishing the race where he started in P4 after regaining the position from Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) on Lap 9, with ‘Petrux’ finishing as top Independent rider. Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) started from P6 on the grid, doing well to hold off other riders, finishing P5, securing the best result for Honda of the season so far. Michael van der Mark’s (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) P6 finish is a step in the right direction after a wayward weekend in Australia, a testament to the progress he and his BMW team seem to have made with their new BMW M1000 RR.
IANNONE RECOVERS TO P7 FROM P16 START: Bassani P9, lone Bimota to finish
Andrea Iannone (Team Pata Go Eleven) was able to cobble together a P7 finish, the product of a tough climb up the grid after his disappointing Tissot Superpole session result which saw him start back in P16 after three-place grid penalty. Dominique Aegerter (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) finished P8, as he and his team will have much to be proud of in Race 1. Axel Bassani (bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team) who finished P9, was the only Bimota rider to see the chequered flag after teammate Alex Lowes crashed out of the race on Lap 10 after a high-speed crash at Turn 1.
TAKING HOME POINTS: Lecuona returns with P11, Sofuoglu best rookie
Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team) tied his best result of the season so far as he finished P10 in Race 1. Xavi Lecuona’s (Honda HRC) first point-scoring race of the season was a solid return to action in P11 after missing time with injury in the offseason then later the Australian Round. Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) continues to adapt to his new green machine and finished P12. Bahattin Sofuoglu (Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) finished P13 to score points for the second time in his WorldSBK rookie season, with Tarran Mackenzie finishing P14, just 0.729s behind Sofuoglu. Tito Rabat (Motoxracing WorldSBK Team) claimed the final point-scoring position, finishing P15 just over half a second behind Mackenzie. Ryan Vickers was racing through an elbow injury he picked up in FP3, narrowly missing out on points as he finished P16. Bringing up the rear of the riders who finished the race, Yamaha replacement rider Jason O’Halloran (Pata Maxus Yamaha) finished in P17.
BAUTISTA AND REDDING CRASH OUT IN LAP 1: Lowes brothers DNF
Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) and Scott Redding (MGM BONOVO Racing) collided at Turn 4 on the opening lap, as the incident ended the day for both riders and is being investigated by the FIM WorldSBK Stewards. Sam Lowes (ELF Marc VDS Racing Team) followed Locatelli’s trailblazing start at lights out, clinging to his tail to take an early P3, however the British rider saw his race end prematurely after a Turn 11 crash during Lap 8. WorldSBK Rookies Yari Montella (Barni Spark Racing Team) and Zaqhwan Zaidi (PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing Team) both crashed out of the race. Montella’s strong string of performances were abruptly ended by his Lap 3, Turn 5 crash, and Zaidi’s Lap 11, Turn 8 crash prevented him from being able to fight for his first career WorldSBK points.
1. Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team)
2. Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) +0.067s
3. Andrea Locatelli (Pata Maxus Yamaha) +7.855s
4. Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) +8.991s
5. Xavi Vierge (Honda HRC) +15.475s
6. Michael van der Mark (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) +17.830s Fastest lap: Toprak Razgatlioglu, BMW – 1’40.351s
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