While Alex Rins qualified on the COTA front row, finished second in the Sprint and then broke HRC’s 18-month MotoGP victory drought in the main race, it was a very different story for his fellow Honda riders.
Alex Rins’ superb COTA win, the first Honda victory by a rider other than Marc Marquez since 2018, headlines this week’s Crash.net MotoGP podcast featuring Keith Huewen.
Francesco Bagnaia suspects the stability of his 'incredible' Ducati is masking his ability to feel when the tyres are on the limit, after crashing from the lead of Sunday’s Americas MotoGP in Austin, Texas.
Aleix Espargaro may have lost out on third after a last lap battle with Jorge Martin, but the Aprilia rider still claimed his best COTA result in Saturday’s MotoGP Sprint race.
Fabio Quartararo made clear that radical technical changes are needed for the Yamaha MotoGP project after another frustrating experience in Saturday’s COTA Sprint race.
Full Qualifying results and grid line-up for the Saturday Sprint and main Sunday race at the Americas MotoGP at COTA in Austin, Texas, round 3 of 21 in the 2023 world championship.
Fabio Quartararo secured direct access to Qualifying 2 for the Americas MotoGP in Austin, Texas but still felt far from comfortable with his Yamaha during time attacks.