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 Vinales on Saturday.

The gutsy and in-form Acosta was handed his first major lesson in MotoGP from experienced rivals when he w൲as forced to settle for P4.

Kevin Schwantz, the 1993 world champion from T☂exas, was i♎n the paddock at the Circuit of the Americas to watch the exciting tussle.

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

“Pedro w🌟as catching him on🅠 the brakes. Then Marquez had a moment in the S’s.

“They bo💮t💝h seemed to settle. And it went from there…”

Michael Laverty analysed: “It seemed like Pedro had speed, with the move down the ins🐽ide of Turn 7. Quite aggressive.

“But Marc laid it back𝕴 over🐻 the top of him, as he does.

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

“But he knew that he h𒉰ad a little more whenꦿ Pedro attacked him. He put his head down, and got a little bit of a comfort zone.”

Marquez finished second behind Vinales. Martin secured third, ahead♍ of Acosta.

Teenage rookie Acosta later admitted that Marquez and Martin had been “cleverer” and vowed ℱto 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 when Pedro attacked me I sa🐻id ‘now is the time’.”

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

Aprilia’s Vinales has now won consecutive sprint races, in Porಌtimao 🌼and Texas.

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

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

“The battl🌱e 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 Sunday in the grand prix, starts from pole position an𝐆d has a great chance to become the first-ever rider to win in MotoGP with three different manufacturers.

﷽His sprint victories do not officially count towards this record.

'Big day' for Jorge Martin despite crashes

Perha🧸ps the under-th🍷e-radar winner from Saturday’s sprint was Pramac rider Martin.

Despite crashing twice in qua🃏lifying and starting from a lowly sixth, he fi♏nished third.

It was enough to extend the championship lead, which he entered the Americas MotoGP with, 🤡two 25 points.

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

“When he crashed twice♚ in qualꦚifying, he probably expected worse than that.”