168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez has been handed due credit for the way he fended off 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pedro Acosta in the sprint race at the Americas MotoGP.

Acosta was the loser of a three-rideꦛr fight, involving Marquez and 𒁏Jorge Martin, for the two podium positions behind winner Maverick Vinales on Saturday.

The gutsy 🥂and in-form Acosta was handed his first major lesson in MotoGP from experienced rivals when he was forced to settle for P4.

Kevin Schwantz, the 1993 world champion from Texas, was in the paddock at the Circu🍰it of the Americas to watch the exciting tussle.

“🐽It sure looked like [Marquez] was struggling with Pedro behind him. When he was tight behind him,” Schwantz told TNT Sport.

“Pedro was🙈 catching him on the brakes. Then Marquez had a moment in the S’s.

“They both seemed to settl✤e. And it went🥃 from there…”

Michael Laverty analysed: “It seemed like Pedro had spe﷽ed, with the move downဣ the inside of Turn 7. Quite aggressive.

“But Mar🎀c laid it back over the top of him, 🐼as he does.

“Marc said himself that he didn’t have🐲 anything for Maverick, especially in S꧋ector 1.

“But he knew that he had a little more when Pedro attacked him. 𓂃He put his head down, and got a little bit of a comfort zone.♛”

Maဣrquez finished second behind Vinales. Marti𝔉n secured third, ahead of Acosta.

Teenage rookie Acosta later admitted that Marquez and Martin had been “cleverer” an🌺d vowed to learn from their tricks of the trade, namely the specific moments to push their machine.

Marquez said himself: “I decided to wait for 🔥my moment at the front of the group, bu♔t when Pedro attacked me I said ‘now is the time’.”

'They let Maverick Vinales get a gap, it was over...'

Aprilia’s Vinales has now won cꦛonsecutive sprint races, i💮n Portimao and Texas.

“I didn’t expect Maverick - who has struggled w💖ith his starts - to get such a fire of a start,” Schwantz said.

“Then, Pedro, Marc and Martin battling it out for second and third. They let him getᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ a gap, and it was all over, at that point.

“The battle for second, third and fourth was tou🐠gh for a few laps a🎀nd it let Maverick get a better gap. Game over, in a 10-lapper.”

Vinales, on Sunday in the grand prix, starts from pole position and has a great chance꧒ to become the first-ever rider to win in MotoGP with three different manufacturers.

His sprint victories do not officially count towards this record♑.

'Big day' for Jorge Martin despite crashes

Perhaps the under-the-ra❀dar winner from Saturday’s sprint was Pramac ride🎃r Martin.

Despite crashi🐠ng twice ✱in qualifying and starting from a lowly sixth, he finished third.

It was enough to extend the꧑ championship lead, which he entered the Americas MotoGP with, two 25 points.

“Coming from sixth on the grid to actually build on his championship lead wasꦬ a big day🐲 for him,” Schwantz said.

“When he crashed twice in qualifying, he probably expected worse than🉐 that.”