Fresh from Aprilia's debut MotoGP victory at the hands of Aleix Espargaro in Argentina, team-mate Maverick Vinales took over the RS-GP baton during Friday practice in Austin.
With his Argentine MotoGP hopes over after leaving his front holeshot switch in the wrong position at the start, Andrea Dovizioso re-joined the race several laps down.
Already a nine-time race winner on Yamaha and Suzuki machinery, many predicted Maverick Vinales would be the rider to hand Aprilia its long-awaited debut MotoGP victory.
Given his stunning end to last season, Francesco Bagnaia is the most surprising absence from MotoGP's list of nine podium finishers from the opening three rounds.
Joan Mir may have lost out to team-mate Alex Rins for Suzuki's first podium of the MotoGP season in Argentina, but he rediscovered some of the strengths from his 2020 title season.
Esteban Ocon says Alpine’s consistency in 2021 is the reason it is ahead of AlphaTauri in the race for fifth in the Formula 1 constructors’ championship.
Formula 1 managing director Ross Brawn has suggested that a third race in the United States could be a possibility after seeing record levels of attendance at the Circuit of the Americas last weekend.
Crash.net MotoGP podcast guest Michael Laverty shares his opinions on the two most dominant riders of the MotoGP era; Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez.