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2018 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas

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United States  2018 Grand Prix of the Americas
Race details
Race 3 of 19 races in the
2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date22 April 2018
Official nameRed Bull Grand Prix of the Americas[1]
LocationCircuit of the Americas, Austin, United States
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.513 km (3.426 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Marc Márquez[N 1] Honda
Time 2:03.658
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Time 2:04.605 on lap 5
Podium
First Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Second Spain Maverick Viñales Yamaha
Third Italy Andrea Iannone Suzuki
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Spain Álex Márquez Kalex
Time 2:10.588
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Francesco Bagnaia Kalex
Time 2:11.020 on lap 6
Podium
First Italy Francesco Bagnaia Kalex
Second Spain Álex Márquez Kalex
Third Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Spain Jorge Martín Honda
Time 2:18.629
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Enea Bastianini Honda
Time 2:17.496 on lap 14
Podium
First Spain Jorge Martín Honda
Second Italy Enea Bastianini Honda
Third Italy Marco Bezzecchi KTM

The 2018 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas was the third round of the 2018 MotoGP season. It was held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin on 22 April 2018.

Classification

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MotoGP

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Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 93 Spain Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 20 41:52.002 4[N 2] 25
2 25 Spain Maverick Viñales Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 20 +3.560 1 20
3 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 20 +6.704 2 16
4 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 20 +9.587 5 13
5 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 20 +13.570 8 11
6 5 France Johann Zarco Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 20 +14.231 3 10
7 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 20 +18.201 9 9
8 53 Spain Tito Rabat Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 20 +28.537 13 8
9 43 Australia Jack Miller Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 20 +28.671 18 7
10 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 20 +28.875 19 6
11 99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Ducati Team Ducati 20 +31.355 6 5
12 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 20 +34.993 10 4
13 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 20 +37.264 15[N 2] 3
14 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 20 +39.335 12 2
15 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Ángel Nieto Team Ducati 20 +40.887 21 1
16 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 20 +48.475 14
17 45 United Kingdom Scott Redding Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 20 +49.995 22
18 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 20 +51.115 20
19 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Castrol Honda 20 +59.055[N 3] 7
20 10 Belgium Xavier Siméon Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 20 +59.747 24
21 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 20 +1:00.513 17
Ret 42 Spain Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 10 Accident 11
Ret 55 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 8 Accident 16
Ret 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Ángel Nieto Team Ducati 8 Rider In Pain 23
Sources: [1][2][3]
Marc Márquez, spraying the champagne on the podium after winning the MotoGP race.

Moto2

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 42 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Kalex 18 39:30.016 4 25
2 73 Spain Álex Márquez Kalex 18 +2.464 1 20
3 44 Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM 18 +3.704 12 16
4 36 Spain Joan Mir Kalex 18 +5.376 5 13
5 27 Spain Iker Lecuona KTM 18 +6.867 13 11
6 41 South Africa Brad Binder KTM 18 +6.876 16 10
7 54 Italy Mattia Pasini Kalex 18 +9.308 3 9
8 9 Spain Jorge Navarro Kalex 18 +10.510 19 8
9 77 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter KTM 18 +10.595 11 7
10 7 Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 18 +11.497 17 6
11 32 Spain Isaac Viñales Kalex 18 +12.339 10 5
12 24 Italy Simone Corsi Kalex 18 +13.458 14 4
13 10 Italy Luca Marini Kalex 18 +14.282 6 3
14 5 Italy Andrea Locatelli Kalex 18 +14.548 21 2
15 20 France Fabio Quartararo Speed Up 18 +17.169 9 1
16 13 Italy Romano Fenati Kalex 18 +20.609 15
17 87 Australia Remy Gardner Tech 3 18 +20.821 18
18 40 Spain Héctor Barberá Kalex 18 +27.068 20
19 45 Japan Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 18 +27.245 26
20 64 Netherlands Bo Bendsneyder Tech 3 18 +32.144 23
21 4 South Africa Steven Odendaal NTS 18 +38.350 29
22 51 Brazil Eric Granado Suter 18 +38.579 24
23 16 United States Joe Roberts NTS 18 +44.257 27
24 22 United Kingdom Sam Lowes KTM 18 +45.289 2
25 89 Malaysia Khairul Idham Pawi Kalex 18 +46.966 25
26 95 France Jules Danilo Kalex 18 +1:10.364 30
27 63 Malaysia Zulfahmi Khairuddin Kalex 18 +1:27.099 31
28 21 Italy Federico Fuligni Kalex 18 +1:27.257 32
Ret 97 Spain Xavi Vierge Kalex 13 Accident 7
Ret 62 Italy Stefano Manzi Suter 11 Accident Damage 28
Ret 23 Germany Marcel Schrötter Kalex 6 Accident 8
Ret 52 United Kingdom Danny Kent Speed Up 3 Accident 22
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 88 Spain Jorge Martín Honda 17 39:12.869 1 25
2 33 Italy Enea Bastianini Honda 17 +1.451 6 20
3 12 Italy Marco Bezzecchi KTM 17 +4.112 9 16
4 16 Italy Andrea Migno KTM 17 +4.172 16 13
5 21 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 17 +4.186 5 11
6 65 Germany Philipp Öttl KTM 17 +4.374 11 10
7 84 Czech Republic Jakub Kornfeil KTM 17 +5.452 21 9
8 44 Spain Arón Canet Honda 17 +7.971 2 8
9 24 Japan Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 17 +8.287 4 7
10 11 Belgium Livio Loi KTM 17 +8.711 26 6
11 71 Japan Ayumu Sasaki Honda 17 +10.909 8 5
12 19 Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 17 +13.745 12 4
13 40 South Africa Darryn Binder KTM 17 +14.532 15 3
14 17 United Kingdom John McPhee KTM 17 +16.071 3 2
15 75 Spain Albert Arenas KTM 17 +16.181 24 1
16 10 Italy Dennis Foggia KTM 17 +19.895 7
17 72 Spain Alonso López Honda 17 +23.516 22
18 48 Italy Lorenzo Dalla Porta Honda 17 +23.757 17
19 76 Kazakhstan Makar Yurchenko KTM 17 +25.424 18
20 14 Italy Tony Arbolino Honda 17 +25.439 20
21 5 Spain Jaume Masiá KTM 17 +33.897 10
22 22 Japan Kazuki Masaki KTM 17 +38.352 27
23 41 Thailand Nakarin Atiratphuvapat Honda 17 +38.362 13
24 23 Italy Niccolò Antonelli Honda 17 +59.078 19
Ret 42 Spain Marcos Ramírez KTM 12 Handling 14
Ret 8 Italy Nicolò Bulega KTM 5 Accident 23
Ret 7 Malaysia Adam Norrodin Honda 2 Accident Damage 25
Ret 27 Japan Kaito Toba Honda 1 Accident Damage 28
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race

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Notes

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  1. ^ Marc Márquez, who set the fastest time in qualifying, received a grid penalty which promoted Maverick Viñales to the pole position grid slot.
  2. ^ a b 3-place grid penalty.
  3. ^ 2.7-second penalty.

References

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  1. ^ a b "2018 Americas MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  2. ^ "RED BULL GRAND PRIX OF THE AMERICAS · MotoGP Race Classification 2018". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 19 June 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  3. ^ "RED BULL GRAND PRIX OF THE AMERICAS · MotoGP Race Classification 2018" (PDF). Motogp.com. Retrieved 19 November 2018.


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