Marquez Wins America Four Years Straight

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Marquez Wins America Four Years Straight

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What was the strategy for the Americas race?

For Marc, it was trying to create a gap in the first part of the race, making the most of his soft front tire, and then managing the race until the end. He did it perfectly! For Dani, it was to try to get a good start from the third row and keep in contact with the front group, and he was doing this very well, lapping very quickly and fighting for second position until unfortunately a small mistake in braking caused his crash and as a result the contact with Andrea Dovizioso, who crashed without any fault.

Positive and negative points after the race?

The positive was the perfect weekend for Marc, leading every session except the warm-up, getting the pole position, setting the fastest lap of the race and of course earning the win, his fourth in a row here in Austin. Also positive was Dani's start and his competitive pace, especially considering how difficult the weekend was for him. The negative was Dani crashing out on lap 7 and at the same time knocking down Andrea. We’re very sorry for him and Ducati and pleased to see that after the crash, Dani immediately went to apologize to Andrea, and moreover, when back in the garage, the first thing he did was to go visit him again in the Ducati garage. We think this kind of behavior shows the fans that Dani is not only a great champion, but also a great man.

The view from pit wall during the race?

It was difficult to understand whether Marc would be able to manage the tires, but when we saw that the gap with Jorge was remaining constant with a few laps to go, we started to relax. We were so pleased to see Dani competitive, and we couldn’t believe it when his on-board camera showed the contact with Dovi live!

Inside story apart from official comments?

On Saturday afternoon, American Honda organized a meet-and-greet with Marc and Dani and the fans in the public area, and it’s always very pleasant to see many Honda fans happy to speak with our Champions, including the movie star Keanu Reeves, who always comes here to Austin to watch the race.

Marquez has won all the American round since 2011, twice in Moto2, 8 times in MotoGP since 2013, what do you think is the reason that he is good in the US?

It's very difficult to say why Marc is so strong at American circuits, also because he won not only here in Austin but even at Indy and Laguna Seca, which have very different layouts. He loves this country and maybe this is an extra motivation for him!
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