Maverick Vinales continues its flawless performance at Yamaha and it is already starting to hurt the competition. Especially since she gets tripped up. It was thought that Márquez would put pressure on the newcomer next to Rossi, but it seems that the effect was the opposite. The two falls at HRC were echoed by a double from Iwata. Here are the two pilots with three tuning forks head to head.
Casa Particular in Viñales leads the way with 50 points and his runner-up is now a certain Valentino Rossi which has 14 fewer. Not bad for a driver who suffers so much and more during free practice sessions to save the essentials during qualifying. We look forward to the sequel when everything goes well from start to finish.
Despite his setbacks, Dovizioso is third but already 30 lengths away while Redding invites itself to the big table by finishing in fourth place. Crutchlow made up for his blunder at Losail and closes the top 5 with 16 points from his third place, ahead of Folger et Miller.
Marc Márquez remains with its 13 units from Qatar which brings it down to eighth overall but above all with a liability of 37 points. Which is already a lot in just two meetings. John Zarco is eleventh and Loris Baz fourteenth.
Next meeting in Austin, a circuit where no one has ever won Márquez in MotoGP. Already one of the turning points in this title race?
MotoGP championship ranking after two Grands Prix :
1.
Maverick Vinales SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 50 points
2. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 36 point (-14)
3. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17) 20 point (-30)
4. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP16) 17 point (-33)
5. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 16 point (-34)
6. Jonas Folger GER Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)* 16 point (-34)
7. Jack Miller AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 15 point (-35)
8. Marc Marquez SPA Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 13 point (-37)
9. Alvaro Bautista SPA Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP16) 13 point (-37)
10. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 11 point (-39)
11. Johann zarco ENG Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)* 11 point (-39)
12. Alex Espargaro SPA Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 10 point (-40)
13. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP17) 9 point (-41)
14. Loris Baz FRA Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP15) 9 point (-41)
15. Karel Abraham CZE Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP15) 8 point (-42)
16. alex rins SPA Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)* 7 point (-43)
17. Hector Barbera SPA Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP16) 6 point (-44)
18. Jorge Lorenzo SPA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17) 5 point (-45)
19. Tito Rabat SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 5 point (-45)
20. Espargaro Pol SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 2 point (-48)
21. Bradley Smith GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 1 point (-49)
