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april 22, 2018 - Honda Racing
Motogp - Marquez takes pole position at Austin, but will start from fourth on the grid, Pedrosa grabs a third-row start
Today #marcmarquez took his sixth pole out of six GPs held at the Circuit of the Americas, and his first this season, but tomorrow he will start from fourth place on the grid after being sanctioned and given a three-place grid penalty.
A turn 13 crash from his second flying lap forced Marquez to rush back to the pit and jump on his second bike to defend his provisional pole. He managed that but didn’t realize that Maverick Vinales was coming fast behind him and found himself in the way. This was the reason for the penalty.
After fighting hard in this morning’s FP3 to keep a top-10 position in order to gain direct access to QP2, a recovering #danipedrosa pushed himself to the limit to grab an impressive third-row start, with the ninth-fastest lap time.
Tomorrow’s 2:00pm race will be the first of the seven rounds in the 2018 calendar that will be shortened in distance. The Americas GP will be reduced by one lap, from 21 to 20.
Further information in the press release to download
Dani Pedrosa – Americas GP 2
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Dani Pedrosa – Americas GP 3
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Dani Pedrosa – Americas GP 4
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Dani Pedrosa – Americas GP
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