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.

Another bad start ‘potentially’ denied Maverick Vinales of a debut Aprilia victory in Sunday’s Americas MotoGP.

After three rounds and six races, it is VR46 Ducati’s Marco Bezzecchi who still leads the MotoGP World Championship standings on its return to Europe.

After celebrating his best COTA MotoGP result with fourth in the Sprint, Aleix Espargaro’s Sunday race was over on the opening lap.

Jack Miller was left wondering what might have been after falling from a close third place just before the midway stage of Sunday’s Americas MotoGP.

Race results from the Americas MotoGP at COTA in Austin, Texas, round 3 of 21 in the 2023 world championship.

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.

A punishing pair of COTA races ended with Alex Marquez being taken out after just a few corners of Sunday’s Americas MotoGP.

New World Championship standings after Sunday's Americas MotoGP at COTA in Austin, Texas, round 3 of 21.

MotoGP of the Americas, Austin - Race Res

Pedro Acosta and Tony Arbolino took their race long battle all the way to the line, with the Red Bull rider just ahead for Moto2 victory in the Americas Grand Prix.

Race results from the 2023 Americas Moto2 Grand Prix at COTA in Austin, Texas.

Race results from the 2023 Americas Moto3 Grand Prix at COTA in Austin, Texas.

Warm-up results from the Americas MotoGP at COTA in Austin, Texas, round 3 of 21 in the 2023 world championship.

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.

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.

Sprint race results from the Americas MotoGP at COTA in Austin, Texas, round 3 of 21 in the 2023 world championship.

New World Championship standings after Saturday's Americas MotoGP Sprint race at COTA in Austin, Texas, round 3 of 21.

Francesco Bagnaia denied Alex Rins pole position with a new lap record which also included a first-ever sub 2m 2s lap at COTA. There were various crashes in qualifying as Jack Miller took his tally for the weekend up to five, while Jorge Martin also crashed twice in Q2.

Celestino Vietti looked to be back in strong form as he powered to pole position in qualifying for the Moto2 Americas Grand Prix in Austin, Texas

Qualifying results from the 2023 Americas Moto2 Grand Prix at COTA in Austin, Texas.

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.

Jaume Masia missed all the crashes and yellow flags to claim pole position ahead of the Moto3 Americas Grand Prix in Austin.