‘Captain America’ Marquez sets the pace in Austin : Rashtra News
It’s a familiar story for a Friday at the Circuit of he Americas (COTA,) but the lead up to the event has been anything but for the number 93.
Still his speed at the venue impresses, but Ducati Lenovo Team’s Jack Miller was a very close second and Marquez’ 2-04.164 only gave him an advantage of 0.015 over the Australian’s effort.
Miller was within just over a tenth and a half in the wet too.
2021 FIM MotoGP World Championship leader Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) claimed third, a little further back, but a lone star for Yamaha in a top eight populated by Ducati and Honda.
It’s now time to saddle up for Saturday and look to the skies. Rain or no rain? We’ll find out soon enough in FP3.
Can Marquez keep his incredible pole record rolling? Or will there be a shuffle with the weather threatening overhead?
It looks like rain is on the way ahead of FP3 in Austin, so that top 10 could be the automatic Q2 qualifiers. Marquez is fastest in both the wet and the dry, however, Miller is on the Sheriff’s case.
Top 10:
1. Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) – 2-04.164
2. Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) + 0.015
3. Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) + 0.202
4. Pol Espargaro (Repsol Honda Team) + 0.388
5. Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu) + 0.448
6. Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) + 0.499
7. Jorge Martin (Pramac Racing) + 0.513
8. Johann Zarco (Pramac Racing) + 0.559
9. Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) + 0.638
10. Enea Bastianini (Avintia Esponsorama) + 0.672
(By a special arrangement with Dorna Sports)
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