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 Jorge Martin, for the two podium positions behind winner Maverick ಞVinales on Satu💞rday.

The gutsy and in-form Acos🎀ta was handed his first major lesson in MotoGP from experienced rival🍃s when he was forced to settle for P4.

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

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

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

“They both seemed to settle. And it went from there🐈…”

Michael Laverty analysed: “It seemed like Pedro h🌳ad speed, with the move down theꦗ inside of Turn 7. Quite aggressive.

“But Marc laid it back over the🐈 top of h🥀im, as he does.

“Marc said 𓆏himself that he didn’t have anything for Maverick,ꦓ especially in Sector 1.

“But he knew that he had a little more when Pedro attacked hi♏m. He put his head down, and got a little bit of a comfort zone.”

Marquez finishe꧂d second behind Vinales. Martin secured third, ahead of Aco🎀sta.

Teenage rookie Acosta later admitted that Marquez and Marꦏtin 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 wait for my moment at the front of the group, but whe💜n Pedro attacked me I said ‘now is the time’.”

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

Aꦗprilia’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 and Martin battling itꩲ out for second and third. They let him get a꧒ gap, and it was all over, at that point.

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

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

His sprint ꦏvictories do not officially count towards this recorꦗd.

'Big day' for Jorge Martin despite crashes

Perhaps the under-the-radar winner from Saturday’s sprint w𒈔as Pramac rider Martin.

Despite crashing twice in 🍎quali🅺fying and starting from a lowly sixth, he finished third.

It was enough to extend the championship lead, which he entered the America♛s MotoGP with, two 25 points.

“Coming from sixth on the grid to actually build on his championship lead was a💞 big day for him,” Sch💖wantz said.

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