2018 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas

  2018 Grand Prix of the Americas

Race details
Race 3 of 19 races in the 2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	April 22, 2018
Official name	Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas [1]
Location	Circuit of the Americas, Austin, United States
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.513 km (3.426 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Marc Márquez [N 1] Honda Time 2:03.658 Fastest lap Rider Marc Márquez Honda Time 2:04.605 on lap 5 Podium First Marc Márquez Honda Second Maverick Viñales Yamaha Third Andrea Iannone Suzuki
Moto2
Pole position Rider Álex Márquez Kalex Time 2:10.588 Fastest lap Rider Francesco Bagnaia Kalex Time 2:11.020 on lap 6 Podium First Francesco Bagnaia Kalex Second Álex Márquez Kalex Third Miguel Oliveira KTM
Moto3
Pole position Rider Jorge Martín Honda Time 2:18.629 Fastest lap Rider Enea Bastianini Honda Time 2:17.496 on lap 14 Podium First Jorge Martín Honda Second Enea Bastianini Honda Third 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 April 22, 2018.

Classification

MotoGP

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

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

Moto3

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

Championship standings after the race

MotoGP Pos. Rider Points 1 Andrea Dovizioso 46 2 Marc Márquez 45 3 Maverick Viñales 41 4 Cal Crutchlow 38 5 Johann Zarco 38 6 Andrea Iannone 31 7 Valentino Rossi 29 8 Jack Miller 26 9 Tito Rabat 22 10 Danilo Petrucci 21

Moto2 Pos. Rider Points 1 Francesco Bagnaia 57 2 Mattia Pasini 47 3 Álex Márquez 47 4 Miguel Oliveira 43 5 Lorenzo Baldassarri 39 6 Xavi Vierge 28 7 Joan Mir 27 8 Brad Binder 20 9 Iker Lecuona 16 10 Dominique Aegerter 16

Moto3 Pos. Rider Points 1 Jorge Martín 55 2 Arón Canet 48 3 Marco Bezzecchi 43 4 Fabio Di Giannantonio 37 5 Enea Bastianini 33 6 Lorenzo Dalla Porta 25 7 Andrea Migno 22 8 Gabriel Rodrigo 22 9 Niccolò Antonelli 21 10 Jakub Kornfeil 18

Notes

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. 3-place grid penalty.
3. 2.7-second penalty.

References

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

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