ReVideOn: MotoGP 2017: Austin Americas Full Race Video Replay [HD]

The 2017 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season is the 69th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Marc Márquez started the season as defending World Champion, having secured his fifth overall title at the 2016 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix with three races remaining.

2017 MotoGP™ calendar schedule

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	26/03	Qatar	Losail International Circuit
2	09/04	Republica Argentina	Termas de Río Hondo
3	23/04	Americas	Circuit of The Americas
4	07/05	Spain	Circuito de Jerez
5	21/05	France	Le Mans
6	04/06	Italy	Autodromo del Mugello
7	11/06	Catalunya	Barcelona-Catalunya
8	25/06	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen
9	02/07	Germany	Sachsenring
10	06/08	Czech Republic	Automotodrom Brno
11	13/08	Austria	Red Bull Ring - Spielberg
12	27/08	Great Britain	Silverstone
13	10/09	San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli
14	24/09	Aragon	MotorLand Aragon
15	15/10	Japan	Twin Ring Motegi
16	22/10	Australia	Phillip Island
17	29/10	Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit
18	12/11	Comunitat Valenciana	Comunitat Valenciana - Ricardo Tormo

Team changes:
KTM will join the series with a factory-supported team for the first time.

Rider changes:

• Jorge Lorenzo joined Ducati, after leaving Movistar Yamaha MotoGP. Lorenzo's move to Ducati ends his nine-year relationship with Yamaha.
• Maverick Viñales joined Yamaha, after leaving Team Suzuki Ecstar.
• Andrea Iannone joined Team Suzuki Ecstar, after leaving Ducati. He will be partnered by Álex Rins who moved up to the premier class.
• Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaró left Tech 3 Yamaha to join the newly formed KTM factory team for the 2017 season.
• Sam Lowes moved up to the premier class, making his MotoGP début with Aprilia Racing Team Gresini. He will be partnered by Aleix Espargaró, who left Suzuki to join the team.
• Jonas Folger and Johann Zarco, the 2015 and 2016 Moto2 World Champion, moved up to the premier class, with both riders making their MotoGP début with Monster Yamaha Tech 3.
• Stefan Bradl and Eugene Laverty left MotoGP for the Superbike World Championship.
• Álvaro Bautista left Aprilia Racing Team Gresini to return to Aspar Team. Bautista previously competed with Aspar Team between the 2006 125cc and the 2009 250cc seasons.
• Karel Abraham returned to MotoGP with Aspar Team after previously competing in the Superbike World Championship in the 2016 season.
• Yonny Hernández returned to Moto2, after having being left without a ride in MotoGP.

MotoGP 2017: Austin Americas

Marc Marquez made it a famous five wins in a row at the Grand Prix of the Americas in Texas as a dramatic third round of the MotoGP World Championship saw Maverick Vinales slide out. The race had been billed as a battle between Repsol Honda's Marquez and fellow Spaniard Vinales on the Movistar Yamaha after the pair locked horns throughout practice and qualifying, with Marquez narrowly clinching pole. However, Vinales dramatically fell at Turn 18 while holding fourth place, ending his perfect start to 2017 and ruling out the prospect of a third victory in succession. He also relinquished his lead in the MotoGP World Championship, with team-mate Valentino Rossi moving to the top of the standings courtesy of a hard-earned second place. Rossi now leads the series by six points from Vinales, with Marquez 18 points behind Rossi in third. Movistar Yamaha rider Rossi swooped in the closing laps to pick off Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa, who had earlier pressured team-mate Marquez for the lead. The Doctor put the hammer down to try and open a gap over Pedrosa after he was hit with a time penalty of 0.3 seconds buy Race Direction. The Italian was deemed to have gained the advantage after running off the track when rookie Johann Zarco went up his inside on the Monster Tech 3 Yamaha machine. Replays of the incident seemed to confirm that Rossi was left with little choice other than to pick his M1 up and run wide, but in the end it mattered little as he sealed second place by 2.1 seconds from Pedrosa. Marquez, who won by three seconds at the flag, was celebrating his first win of the season as he maintained his incredible unbeaten streak at the Circuit of the Americas on the factory Honda. He chased after Pedrosa at the beginning of the race, who set a hot pace at the front. When Marquez did make a pass to take the lead, Pedrosa hit back straight away and he refused to allow Marquez to dictate matters at the front. Pedrosa refused to bow out without a fight and caused more than a few problems for Marquez, who eventually managed to make a break for it. Rossi remained poised in third place and began a late charge, quickly reeling in Pedrosa and making his move before opening up an immediate gap as he closed out second place. Frenchman Zarco faded into fifth place as he fell into the clutches of LCR Honda rider Cal Crutchlow, who grabbed fourth place by three tenths. Andrea Dovizioso completed the top six on the factory Ducati GP17, more than seven seconds behind Crutchlow and Zarco, with Andrea Iannone taking seventh place on the Ecstar Suzuki, 1.4 seconds behind former team-mate Dovizioso. Danilo Petrucci slotted into eighth place on the Pramac Ducati ahead of factory rider Jorge Lorenzo, who showed early promise in the race, briefly taking fourth from Vinales before dropping backwards on the GP17. Aussie Jack Miller was tenth on the EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda ahead of rookie Jonas Folger (Monster Tech 3 Yamaha), and Britain's Scott Redding in 12th on the second of the Pramac Ducati machines. A host of fallers included Loris Baz, and Sam Lowes, whose Aprilia team-mate Aleix Espargaro pitted with tyre issues. Alvaro Bautista also fell but re-joined the race on his Aspar Ducati and claimed a point in 15th place. Pol Espargaro pitted on his smoking KTM, with team-mate Bradley Smith crossing the line in 16th place, 1, 22.090s behind race winner Marquez.

The 2017 American Grand Prix was more parade than firefight. The factory Hondas and Yamahas emerged from the early chaos to form up the leading group, with Dani Pedrosa front and center. Cal Crutchlow got clear of The Great Unwashed, and there was even a Jorge Lorenzo sighting around fifth place on the first lap. The usual suspects quickly found themselves strung out along the bumps and potholes littering the Circuit of the Americas, which stands in need of a paving crew. Although it took 21 laps and 45 minutes to confirm it, the race basically came down to four moves. 1) Viñales crashed late on Lap 2, leaving Pedrosa, Marquez, Rossi and Johann Zarco in the lead group. 2) Marquez took the lead from Pedrosa on Lap 9. 3) Rossi and Zarco came together a few minutes later, the Frenchman pushing Rossi wide to the right where he could cut back and increase his lead, incurring a hypothetical .3 second penalty that amounted to nothing but had the announcers, fully recovered from Viñales’ crash, happy to find something new to go mental over. 4) Rossi went through on Pedrosa on Lap 19. With Viñales’ feet replanted in terra firma after an otherworldly start to his Yamaha career, we can now have a straightforward, adult conversation about the state of the MotoGP championship after three rounds. The factory Yamahas and Hondas appear significantly ahead of everyone else early in the season. Rossi and Viñales are frightening, Viñales for his sheer speed, Rossi for his strategic brilliance. Marquez has atoned for his crash in Argentina and will push The Boys in Blue for the entire season. The factory Ducati program is in deep yogurt, Dovizioso hanging onto fourth place by his fingernails while grasping bad luck with both hands. LCR Honda stud Cal Crutchlow continues to nose around the top of the standings, his crash at Losail all that stands between him and a top three ranking. So, order has been restored at the top of the MotoGP food chain just in time to return to racing in Europe. Aliens occupy the top three spots in the standings. Near-Aliens (semi-Aliens?) sit fourth and fifth, while the Alien Emeritus stands sixth. The apparently brilliant Johann Zarco has seventh place all to himself, while teammate Jonas Folger is tied for eighth place with Pramac Ducati pilot Scot Redding and Jack Miller. My boy Alex Rins, previously nursing a bad ankle, suffered a compound fracture of his wrist during practice this weekend and is out until further notice. And Jorge Lorenzo, who sold his Alien Card for filthy lucre, sits counting his money in 13th place, with 12 points to show for his first three acts with Ducati. Two weeks from now MotoGP blasts into the Spanish Riviera. The racing will be at Jerez, while the action in the evening will be on The Strip in Cadiz. Maverick Viñales, despite the good vibes associated with a return to home soil, probably will not be in the gift-giving mood in which he found himself today. Excuse me while I butcher the old Smith Barney one-liner. If they want spots on the podium next time out, Rossi and Marquez will probably have to do it the old-fashioned way.

2017 MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas Race Results

Pos.	Points	Rider	Time/Gap
1	25	Marc MARQUEZ	43'58.770
2	20	Valentino ROSSI	+3.069
3	16	Dani PEDROSA	+5.112
4	13	Cal CRUTCHLOW	+7.638
5	11	Johann ZARCO	+7.957
6	10	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	+14.058
7	9	Andrea IANNONE	+15.491
8	8	Danilo PETRUCCI	+16.772
9	7	Jorge LORENZO	+17.979
10	6	Jack MILLER	+18.494
11	5	Jonas FOLGER	+18.903
12	4	Scott REDDING	+28.735
13	3	Tito RABAT	+30.041
14	2	Hector BARBERA	+31.364
15	1	Alvaro BAUTISTA	+1'06.547
16		Bradley SMITH	+1'22.090
17		Aleix ESPARGARO	2 Laps

Not Classified

-		Sam LOWES	10 Laps
-		Pol ESPARGARO	12 Laps
-		Loris BAZ	13 Laps
--		Maverick VIÑALES	20 Laps
-		Karel ABRAHAM	20 Laps

2017 MotoGP Top 10 Standings After 3 Rounds

1	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	56
2	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	50	-6
3	Marc Marquez	Honda	38	-18
4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	30	-26
5	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	29	-27
6	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	27	-29
7	Johann Zarco	Yamaha	22	-34
8	Jonas Folger	Yamaha	21	-35
9	Scott Redding	Ducati	21	-35
10	Jack Miller	Honda	21	-35
11	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	17	-39
12	Alvaro Bautista	Ducati	14	-42
13	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati	12	-44
14	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	10	-46
15	Andrea Iannone	Suzuki	9	-47
16	Loris Baz	Ducati	9	-47
17	Karel Abraham	Ducati	8	-48
18	Tito Rabat	Honda	8	-48
19	Hector Barbera	Ducati	8	-48
20	Alex Rins	Suzuki	7	-49
21	Pol Espargaro	KTM	2	-54
22	Bradley Smith	KTM	1	-55
23	Sam Lowes	Aprilia		-56

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