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Austin: Rossi: Electronics, balance… 'The bike works better'
Valentino Rossi didn't take a single podium during the final nine rounds of last season, albeit sometimes falling while on course to do so, but has started this season with two rostrums in three races.
Austin: Miller: Main goal is factory seat
It's no secret that Jack Miller has his sights set on securing a factory Ducati team ride for the 2020 MotoGP season.
Austin: Rins, Suzuki victory 'natural evolution'
Alex Rins and Suzuki have been consistent podium contenders since the tail end of last season, but some careful selection of new parts over the winter put the final pieces of the victory 'puzzle' into place.
Austin: 'My feet came off' - riders ask for COTA changes
The bumpy COTA surface came in for extensive criticism from MotoGP riders during the Americas Grand Prix weekend. The Austin track is aware of the problem and, for the past two years, has made attempts to treat the bumps, alongside a recent resurfacing of Turn 10.
Austin: Quartararo builds Rookie lead, learns from Petrucci
A best yet seventh place at COTA on Sunday has propelled Fabio Quartararo into an early lead in the 2019 MotoGP Rookie of the Year standings.
Austin: Zarco: No surprise to struggle in race
A 'low pace' weekend for Johann Zarco ended with the new Red Bull KTM MotoGP rider salvaging two points at COTA.
Austin: Morbidelli ‘very, very happy’ with MotoGP best
Franco Morbidelli confirmed Sunday’s impressive run to fifth place was his best performance in 21 races as a MotoGP rider, but demanded the Petronas Sepang Racing Team must continue working to achieve a podium finish.
Austin: Petrucci ‘happy with points, unhappy with distance’
Danilo Petrucci admitted to feeling mixed emotions in the wake of the Grand Prix of the Americas in Texas, where he scored a third consecutive top six finish in the opening to his first season with the factory Ducati squad.
Crutchlow ‘pissed’ at losing ‘easy podium’
Cal Crutchlow felt the outcome of Sunday’s MotoGP outing in Austin was “a big missed opportunity,” one in which he spurned the chance of a podium finish due to a costly fall on lap five.
Austin: Lorenzo: It wasn't the chain…
A Honda MotoGP machine stopping out on track three times in two grand prix weekends is a highly unusual occurrence. But that's exactly what has now happened to Marc Marquez and luckless Repsol Honda team-mate Jorge Lorenzo.
Dovizioso: I was ready to fight
Andrea Dovizioso has stated he and Ducati “have to be happy” with the outcome of Sunday’s MotoGP encounter in Austin, which resulted in the Italian leaving the USA at the head of what he believes will be a four-way fight for the 2019 title.
Austin: Pol 'super-proud' of KTM progression
Pol Espargaro and KTM will start the European leg of the MotoGP season having more than doubled their previous best points haul from the opening three rounds.
Austin: Rins, Rossi 'will fight for title'
This year's MotoGP title fight will be different to the Marc Marquez vs Andrea Dovizioso duel that has developed during the past two seasons.
Puig: Marquez crash part of racing, Lorenzo issue unclear
Repsol Honda team manager Alberto Puig has digested a tough end to the Americas MotoGP having seen both Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo fail to finish due to a fall and a mechanical issue respectively.
Austin: Vinales, Mir jump-starts reignite penalty debate
Hot on the heels of a controversial jump-start penalty for Cal Crutchlow in Argentina, Maverick Vinales and Joan Mir suffered the same fate in Sunday's COTA race.
Austin: Rossi 'very sorry' as COTA win slips away
Valentino Rossi came within 0.462s of claiming what would have been his 90th MotoGP victory at COTA on Sunday. The Italian was handed the lead when Marc Marquez made his shock mistake on lap 9 and remained in front until four laps to go.
Austin: 'Big mistake' ends Marquez unbeaten run
Marc Marquez's hopes of extending his unbeaten COTA MotoGP run to seven in a row came crashing down when the world champion made a shock mistake while holding a comfortable lead in Sunday's race.
Austin: 'Incredible' debut victory for Rins
Alex Rins became MotoGP's newest winner courtesy of a tense victory over Valentino Rossi in Austin, Texas.
Austin: Miller: 'Long time between drinks!'
Jack Miller returned to the MotoGP podium for the first time since his wet 2016 Assen victory, courtesy of third place in Sunday's Austin round at COTA. The result marked the Australian's debut rostrum for Pramac Ducati and first in the dry since Valencia 2014 in the Moto3 class.
Pole-sitter Marquez leads Dovizioso in warm-up
Full warm-up results at the Americas MotoGP Marc Marquez has retained his place at the top of the times during the warm-up session ahead of the Americas MotoGP, while chief title rival Andrea Dovizios
Miller: I tend to shut eyes, hang on pretty good
Jack Miller was satisfied with a fine MotoGP qualifying performance at the Circuit of the Americas, where he kept “taking it to those factory boys”, and placed himself well for another podium charge.
Austin: Rossi second, feeling 'strong' after 'strange day'
A storm-shortened day at COTA ended with Valentino Rossi claiming his best qualifying position in America since Laguna Seca back in 2009.
Dovizioso: 13th really bad, pace for second group
Andrea Dovizioso believes his qualifying performance has hindered chances of a third consecutive MotoGP finish in 2019 after a strategy error was responsible for his absence in the afternoon’s Q2 shootout.
Austin: Marquez talks pole, shaking, strain and chain
Marc Marquez remains on course to extend his perfect Austin MotoGP victory record to seven in a row, after claiming a seventh successive pole position at COTA on Saturday.