MotoGP, Bastianini challenges Marquez and Rins in GP of the Americas in Texas

MotoGP returns to the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) for the 11th time. The circuit had hosted the GP of the Americas annually for 7  consecutive years, from 2013 to 2019. After a hiatus in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the MotoGP then returned to the curcuit in 2021.

In total, there have been 35 previous Grand Prix events hosted in the USA: Laguna Seca (15), COTA (10), Indianapolis (8), and Daytona (2). A total of 84 Grand Prix races for solo motorcycles have been held in the USA since 1949: 500cc/MotoGP (35), 250cc/Moto2 (25), 125cc/Moto3 (22), 50cc (2).

RIDERS WITH MORE THAN ONE WIN AT COTA

Marc Marquez 7 x MotoGP - Alex Rins 4 (2 x MotoGP, 1 x Moto2, 1 x Moto3) - Romano Fenati 2 x Moto3

RACES AT COTA  (30): 10 MotoGP, 10 Moto2, 10 Moto3

CONSTRUCTORS AT COTA: BEST RESULTS

Most wins: Honda (8) - Ducati (1) - Suzuki (1)

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Honda: Eight wins in the MotoGP at COTA since 2013, 7 with Marc Marquez (2013 to 2018 and 2021), and one with Alex Rins (2023). Marc Marquez qualified with a pole here 7 times. Honda riders have won 17 of the last 19 MotoGP races in the USA.

Prior to Rins (2019, Suzuki) and Bastianini (2022, Ducati), the last non-Honda winner in America was Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) at Laguna Seca in 2010. Since 2002, Honda has won 20 of the 27 premier class Grand Prix races that have taken place in the USA in the MotoGP era.

Ducati: Enea Bastianini won in the 2022 GP of the Americas, starting fifth on the grid. He also set the fastest lap. This was only the second win for Ducati on US soil, along with Casey Stoner at Laguna Seca back in 2007.

Yamaha: Best MotoGP result in Austin was a second place with four different riders: Fabio Quartararo (2021), Valentino Rossi (2017, 2019), Maverick Viñales (2018), and Jorge Lorenzo (2016).

Aprilia: Best MotoGP result in Austin was the P4 with Maverick Viñales (2023).

KTM: Pol Espargaro reached the P8 in Austin in 2019, which is the best result on the track for a KTM rider.

Eight riders on the grid have been on MotoGP podiums: M. Marquez (7), Rins (3), Quartararo (2), Jack Miller (2), Bastianini (1), Francesco Bagnaia (1), Viñales (1), and Luca Marini (1).

Three riders have gotten a pole: M. Marquez (7, even if he had started the P4 in 2018 due to a penalty), Bagnaia (2) and, Jorge Martin (1).