MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 3 / APRIL 22-23, 2017
CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS / AUSTIN, TEXAS
P66
for a tire change on the Aprilia.
Teammate Sam Lowes crashed
out, as did Loris Baz and Karel
Abraham. Pol Espargaro retired,
his KTM smoking after an engine
failure.
Rossi took over the points
lead after three of 18 rounds
from teammate Vinales, 56
points to 50; Marquez made
a significant lunge up to third
on 38. Dovizioso has 30, and
Crutchlow 29.
Scott Redding (Pramac Duca-
ti) had dropped back in 12th; Tito
Rabat (VDS Honda) closing at
the end after outpacing Hector
Barbera (Avintia Ducati). Alvaro
Bautista (Pull&Bear Ducati) took
the last point after falling and
remounting, and re-passing
Bradley Smith's KTM with four
laps to go.
Aleix Espargaro capped off
a dire weekend finishing 17th
and two laps down, after pitting
clear by the flag.
The Spaniard managed to
save ninth from Miller by half a
second; the Australian in turn
fending off Jonas Folger's Mon-
ster Yamaha by a similar amount,
retaining his three-race top-10
record.
Maverick Vinales saw his two-
race win streak come to an
end with a simple front-end
washout early in the race.
