Repsol Honda, MotoGP - Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas - Marquez win in Austin

Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas MotoGP 2015 Round 2 Marquez continues perfect record in USA with emphatic win in Austin Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez has returned to winning form in the Red Bull GP of The Americas with teammate Hiroshi Aoyama – replacing Dani Pedrosa – fighting to the last lap to take 11th place. Pole man Marc dropped back briefly from the start to 2nd place behind Dovizioso whilst Hiroshi got caught up and found himself 20th, from 16th on the grid. By lap five, Hiro had climbed to 13th and after a brief battle with Dovizioso, Marc took first place. With Rossi and Iannone fighting with Dovizioso, Marc never looked back and led from the front for the remainder of the race – taking his 20th victory in the MotoGP class. Hiroshi progressed further and reached 11th place, which he briefly lost on the final lap, but showed a fighting spirit and re-passed Barbera taking 11th. Marc has won on all six occasions that he has raced in the MotoGP class in the USA, and Honda celebrate their 11th consecutive win on American soil. The last non-Honda MotoGP winner in the USA was Jorge Lorenzo, at Laguna Seca in 2010. Now the team must pack up and head straight to Argentina for the third round of 2015.

Marc Marquez

1st Championship Standing: 3rd - 36 points

"I am very happy with this victory! After yesterday, things looked positive for us, but the only doubt was about the weather. In the end, it turned out stranger than it had seemed. When I saw that it was going to be a dry race, I started out very focused - because I knew it was important to try to win today. However, right from the first lap I saw that the track was not like it had been before the rain of last night. There was less grip and it was harder to ride comfortably. I decided to keep calm in the early laps to try to understand the situation well, and when I started to find a feeling similar to practice, I decided to push the pace a bit. That was when I was able to open up a gap."

Hiroshi Aoyama

11th Championship Standing: 14th - 5 points

“It was an exciting race! It hasn’t been an easy week with the weather so unstable and the race was the first time we’ve had 100% dry conditions. I tried my best, the bike worked well and Dani’s team really helped me. I pushed to the last lap for the best position and I have learned a lot this weekend! Now I will try to build on this experience and improve in Argentina next week.”

Results Session

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	Points	Team	Time/Gap
1	MARQUEZ Marc	93	SPA	25	Repsol Honda Team	43'47.150
2	DOVIZIOSO Andrea	4	ITA	20	Ducati Team	+2.354
3	ROSSI Valentino	46	ITA	16	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	+3.120
4	LORENZO Jorge	99	SPA	13	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	+6.682
5	IANNONE Andrea	29	ITA	11	Ducati Team	+7.584
6	SMITH Bradley	38	GBR	10	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	+10.557
7	CRUTCHLOW Cal	35	GBR	9	CWM LCR Honda	+16.967
8	ESPARGARO Aleix	41	SPA	8	Team Suzuki Ecstar	+19.025
9	VINALES Maverick	25	SPA	7	Team Suzuki Ecstar	+38.570
10	PETRUCCI Danilo	9	ITA	6	Pramac Racing	+41.796
11	AOYAMA Hiroshi	7	JPN	5	Repsol Honda Team	+47.199
12	BARBERA Hector	8	SPA	4	Avintia Racing	+47.339
13	HAYDEN Nicky	69	USA	3	Aspar MotoGP Team	+56.484
14	MILLER Jack	43	AUS	2	CWM LCR Honda	+56.731
15	BAUTISTA Alvaro	19	SPA	1	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	+57.372
16	LAVERTY Eugene	50	IRE	0	Aspar MotoGP Team	+58.898
17	BAZ Loris	76	FRA	0	Athina Forward Racing	+1'08.787
18	DE ANGELIS Alex	15	RSM	0	Athina Forward Racing	+1'22.236
19	ABRAHAM Karel	17	CZE	0	AB Motoracing	DNF
20	MELANDRI Marco	33	ITA	0	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	DNF
21	HERNANDEZ Yonny	68	COL	0	Pramac Racing	DNF
22	DI MEGLIO Mike	63	FRA	0	Avintia Racing	DNF
23	REDDING Scott	45	GBR	0	Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS	DNF
24	BRADL Stefan	6	GER	0	Athina Forward Racing	DNF
25	ESPARGARO Pol	44	SPA	0	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	DNF

Rider Standings

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	Points	Team
1	ROSSI Valentino	46	ITA	41	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP
2	DOVIZIOSO Andrea	4	ITA	40	Ducati Team
3	MARQUEZ Marc	93	SPA	36	Repsol Honda Team
4	IANNONE Andrea	29	ITA	27	Ducati Team
5	LORENZO Jorge	99	SPA	26	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP
6	SMITH Bradley	38	GBR	18	Monster Yamaha Tech 3
7	CRUTCHLOW Cal	35	GBR	18	CWM LCR Honda
8	ESPARGARO Aleix	41	SPA	13	Team Suzuki Ecstar
9	PEDROSA Dani	26	SPA	10	Repsol Honda Team
10	PETRUCCI Danilo	9	ITA	10	Pramac Racing
11	VINALES Maverick	25	SPA	9	Team Suzuki Ecstar
12	ESPARGARO Pol	44	SPA	7	Monster Yamaha Tech 3
13	HERNANDEZ Yonny	68	COL	6	Pramac Racing
14	AOYAMA Hiroshi	7	JPN	5	Repsol Honda Team
15	BARBERA Hector	8	SPA	5	Avintia Racing
16	HAYDEN Nicky	69	USA	3	Aspar MotoGP Team
17	REDDING Scott	45	GBR	3	Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS
18	MILLER Jack	43	AUS	2	CWM LCR Honda
19	BAUTISTA Alvaro	19	SPA	1	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini