168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez has been handed due credit for the way he fended off 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pedro Acosta in the sprint race at the Americas MotoGP.

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

The gu꧂tsy and in-form Acosta was handed his first major lesson in MotoGP from experienced rivals when he was forced to settle for P𒆙4.

Kevin Schwantz, the 1993 world champion from Texas, was in the pa🔯ddock at the Circuit of the Americas to watch the exciting tu♐ssle.

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

“Pedro was catching him on the brakes. Then Marquez had ꦏa moment i𒈔n the S’s.

“They both seemed to settle. And it we🌼nt froꦦm there…”

Miꦚchael Laverty analysed: “It seemed like Pedro had speed, with the move down the inside of Turn 7. Qui✱te aggressive.

“But Marc laid it back over the top ofܫ him, a💎s he does.

“Marc said himself that he didn’t have anything for Maverick, especially in S𒁃ector 1.

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

Marquez finisꦆhed seco🌠nd behind Vinales. Martin secured third, ahead of Acosta.

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

Marquez said himself: “I decided to w🌟ait for my moment at the front of the group, but when Pedro attacked me I said ‘💦now is the time’.”

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

Aprili🍌a’s Vinales has now won consecutive sprint❀ races, in Portimao and Texas.

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

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

“The battle for second, third and fourth was tough for a few laps and it let Maverick get a better gap. Game over, in a 10-lapper🐻.”

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

His sprint victories do not offici𒐪ally count towards this record.

'Big day' for Jorge Martin despite crashes

Perhaps the under-the-radar w🐼iꦉnner from Saturday’s sprint was Pramac rider Martin.

Despite craౠshing twice in q🐈ualifying and starting from a lowly sixth, he finished third.

It was enough to extend the championship lead, which he entered the Americas MotoG💝P with, two 25 points.

“Coming from si✤xth on the grid to actually 🎃build on his championship lead was a big day for him,” Schwantz said.

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