INTERNATIONAL: Gresini Racing's Enea Bastianini claimed his second MotoGP win of the season at the Grand Prix of the Americas on Sunday 10 th April to move top of the championship, while the returning Marc Marquez stormed back to finish sixth after dropping to last place.

Bastianini, 24, breezed past long-time race leader and fellow Ducati rider Jack Miller with five laps remaining at the Circuit of the Americas to add victory on the Texas track to his maiden triumph at the season-opener in Qatar.

Miller claimed his first podium of the year with a third-place finish after Suzuki rider Alex Rins, who won in Austin three years ago, battled through to second on the final lap.

Marquez, who had previously won seven times in eight visits to Texas, had missed the last two races after being diagnosed with double vision following a crash in Indonesia in February.

Rins' team mate Joan Mir took fourth while polesitter Jorge Martin, who led a Ducati quintet in qualifying, lost out to Miller at turn one and the two traded places but the Spaniard faded later in the race and had to settle for eighth.

In Moto2, VDS Racing's Italian rider Tony Arbolino claimed victory ahead of Japan's Ai Ogura for a first win of the season, while KTM Ajo's Jaume Masia bagged a first victory since Qatar 2021 in the Moto3 race.

The MotoGP season resumes with the European leg, starting at the Algarve Grand Prix in Portugal on April 24.

“Yeah, it’s fantastic for me, for the guys of the team, for my friend, for everybody, no.” Enea Bastianini, Said.

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