168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez took a comfortable sprint podium as he beat championship leader 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jorge Martin to second at the Americas MotoGP at COTA.

But the seven-time winner at the Texan ciཧrcuit had no answer for Maverick Vinales, who led every lap♔ of the sprint. 

• Maverick 🍎Vinales wins the A⛄mericas MotoGP sprint, Francesco Bagnaia eighth 

• 168澳洲5最新开💜奖结果:2024 Americas MotoGP, COTA - Sprint Race Results

Finding it hard to match Vinales earlier on i💜n qualifying, Marquez admitted prior to the sprint that his performance was very important.

“The qualifying pr♔actice is one of the most important moments of the weekend and starting on the front row will make it a bit easier to have the chance at fighting with the top guys,” said Marquez after finishing third in Q2.

“But, yesterday was far away and today we were a bit closer. Stiꦑll we need to understand some things that I tried in FP2 and let’s see if it’s be🤡tter for the rhythm, for the race pace.

“For the momen✱t I feel better and better and during the weekend I am improving.”

Fast forward to the sprint rac🙈e, and Marquez managed to stay with Vinales initially before a new fastest lap of the race on lap three saw the Aprilia man drop Marquez.

The former Honda rider instead fell into the clutches of Pedro Acosta and Martin, so much so th💦at Acosta attempted to come through on lap six.

But Marquez resisted that attack and th🐟en showed impressive speed to drop Martin who forced his way through on Acosta on the ꦅsame lap.

Discussing the battle wit✃h Acosta and Martin, Marquez added: “It was a bit harder than I expected. The fౠirst lap I was quite strong and the second lap, but then I started to feel not so good.

“Then I decided to wait for my moment at the 𝓰front of t▨he group, but when Pedro attacked me I said ‘now is the time’.

“That’s where I was half a second faster in𒀰 the next lap and was able to open the gap.

“But we𝄹 need to understand for tomorrow where we can improve to be with Vinales.”