MotoGP Austin Warm Up LIVE: Hondas eclipse Ducatis

At the end of the first three free practice sessions for the Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, Jack Miller, Takaaki Nakagami, alex rins, Marc Marquez, Johann zarco, fabio quartararo, Espargaro Pol, Brad Binder, Francis Bagnaia et George Martin ensured their direct passage into qualification 2. Saturday afternoon, Luca marini et Joan mir were drafted during the qualification 1, after what Francis Bagnaia, fabio quartararo, and Marc Marquez qualified on the front row of the very bumpy Circuit of the Americas, ahead of Jorge Martin, Takaaki Nakagami et John Zarco:  we can well imagine that Jack Miller, who dominated FP3 and Fp4 like Marc Marquez had dominated FP1 and FP2, does not intend to stay in the modest 10th position acquired on the grid!

Weird tire explained the Australian, weird sector 2 replied Michelin. We’ll come back to that…

While waiting to see, this evening at 21 p.m., how the Australian will manage to not lose contact with his little comrades, this 20-minute warm-up will allow the 21 drivers present to finalize their tire choices and their trajectories on the bumps…

As the 21 drivers prepare to battle it out on a dry track with morning temperatures of 24° in the air and 28° on the ground, let's take advantage of these few live moments thanks to the official website MotoGP.com :

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MotoGP ™	2019	2021
FP1	2'05.311 Marc Márquez (See here)	2'15.872 Marc Márquez (See here)
FP2	2'03.857 Maverick Viñales (See here)	2'04.164 Marc Márquez (See here)
FP3	Canceled due to storms (See here)	2'02.923 Jack Miller (See here)
FP4	2'05.478 Marc Márquez (See here)	2'04.028 Jack Miller (See here)
Q1	2'05.855 Jorge Lorenzo (See here)	2'03.410 Luca Marini (See here)
Q2	2'03.787 Marc Márquez (See here)	2'02.781 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)
Warm up	2'04.573 Marc Marquez (See here)	2'04.074 Takaaki Nakagami (See here)
Course	Rins, Rossi, Miller (See here)
All time lap record	2'02.135 Marc Márquez 2015

When the red lights go out... Valentino Rossi rushes first, fabio quartararo the last while George Martin stays in his box.

Like yesterday, absolutely all the tires are out...

After a round, Joan Mir, Alex Rins and Alex Marquez immediately return to the pit lane to change motorcycles for a possible flag to flag race.

At the end of the first round, Fabio Quartararo wins in 2'05.711 after Marc Marquez entered the first reference.

In the next passage, Marc Márquez regains the advantage in 2'04.537, this time in front Takaaki Nakagami, Aleix Espargaro, Iker Lecuona, Johann Zarco and Fabio Quartararo. 

One more lap and it's the Honda Takaaki Nakagami who takes the lead thanks to a time of 2'04.258, ahead of Marc Marquez, Fabio Quartararo, Aleix Espargaro, Iker Lecuona and Johann Zarco.

Seven minutes from the checkered flag, alex rins, the latest winner in the USA, places his Suzuki in second position.

In the wake, Jack Miller minor fall at turn #1.

Before the final rush, the hierarchy is made up of Takaaki Nakagami, Alex Rins, Marc Márquez, Fabio Quartararo, Aleix Espargaro, Johann Zarco Jack Miller, Enea Bastianini, Luca Marini, Iker Lecuona, Jorge Martin, Franco Morbidelli, Alex Márquez, Francesco Bagnaia, Brad Binder, Pol Espargaro, Joan Mir, Andrea Dovizioso, Miguel Oliveira, Danilo Petrucci and Valentino Rossi.

Johann zarco then breaks the record for maximum speed in 351,7 km/h.

In his last turn, Takaaki Nakagami drives the point home in 2'04.074 before Marc Márquez finally places his RC213V in second position by 48 thousandths, sending the first Ducati back almost 7 tenths…

MotoGP Americas Grand Prix warm up results:

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