MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 3 / APRIL 20-22, 2018
CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS / AUSTIN, TEXAS
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ing fifth, only losing touch in the
closing stages.
By then, with four laps left,
the ever-patient Dovizioso (rid-
ing with the full aero bodywork
for the first time this year) had
used his Ducati horsepower to
get ahead of Zarco, and stayed
there by just over half a second.
Fifth place gave Dovi a narrow
championship lead.
His teammate Jorge Lorenzo
had yet another dismal day. He'd
been holding a distant eighth
for most of the race, but gradu-
ally came under pressure from a
three-bike scrap between inde-
pendent teamsters Jack Miller
(Alma Pramac Ducati) and Tito
Rabat (Reale Avintia Ducati), and
(Above) Marquez (center) now sits just one point behind Andrea Dovizioso
in the title standings as the series heads back to Europe. (Below) Johann
Zarco (5) went on to finish fifth while Cal Crutchlow (35) went into the
gravel trap. He remounted to finish 19th.
