ROUND 3 / MARCH 28-30, 2025
CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS / AUSTIN, TEXAS
ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P92
every Moto2 session through
the weekend.
The Englishman made light
of what was a tricky situation.
A surprise rain shower arrived
as the grid formed, meaning
most of the grid, Dixon included,
opted for wets. Six names,
including championship leader
Manuel Gonzalez (IntactGP
Kalex) gambled on slicks.
Yet it soon became clear
wet tires were the only option
as Dixon sped into an early
lead from Barry Baltus (Fantic
Kalex), Alonso Lopez (Speed Up
Boscoscuro) and Tony Arbolino
(Pramac Boscoscuro). Gonza
-
lez, and the other slick-shod
runners, were over
20 seconds
slower per lap. Only in the clos
-
ond, with Bagnaia 1.9 seconds
off
in third.
The fight for fourth was much
enlivened by the inter-team fight-
ing between Di Giannantonio
and
Morbidelli, with Quartararo
working heroics on the brakes to
put his M1 among them. Ulti-
mately, Di Giannantonio, who felt
he
had a podium pace, won out
with Quartararo unable to match
Ducati's might, a place back of
his ex-teammate.
Moto2
Jake Dixon (Marc VDS Bos-
coscuro) made Austin his terrain
as
he scored a lights-to-flag
victory for the second race in
succession, ensuring he topped
barge at turn three, with Mar
-
quez returning the favor at turn
seven.
Then, the big moment.
Track temperatures had risen
10 degrees from qualifying,
making the surface slippery.
Marquez nearly found that to
his detriment as he so nearly
lost the rear through turn 17,
with Bagnaia and Alex Marquez
coming through.
Amazingly, he was back in the
lead by the close of the lap, ben
-
efiting from Alex Marquez's own
lunge at
Bagnaia at turn 19.
It was enough action for a full
race. Unfortunately, the action
then petered out. Marc could
control the gap to Alex behind to
win his fifth contest in succes
-
sion by seven-tenths of a sec-
Jack Miller put the
Yamaha inside the top
five in Sunday's GP.
