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United States  2017 Grand Prix of the Americas
Race details
Race 3 of 18 races in the
2017 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
DateApril 23, 2017
Official name Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas [1] [2] [3]
Location Circuit of the Americas
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.513 km (3.426 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Time 2:02.741
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Time 2:04.899 on lap 15
Podium
First Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Second Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Third Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Italy Franco Morbidelli Kalex
Time 2:09.379
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Franco Morbidelli Kalex
Time 2:09.948 on lap 7
Podium
First Italy Franco Morbidelli Kalex
Second Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex
Third Japan Takaaki Nakagami Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Spain Arón Canet Honda
Time 2:14.644
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Arón Canet Honda
Time 2:15.583 on lap 2
Podium
First Italy Romano Fenati Honda
Second Spain Jorge Martín Honda
Third Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda

The 2017 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas was the third round of the 2017 MotoGP season. It was held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin on April 23, 2017.

Classification

MotoGP

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 93 Spain Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 43:58.770 1 25
2 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 21 +3.069 [N 1] 3 20
3 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 +5.112 4 16
4 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Honda 21 +7.638 9 13
5 5 France Johann Zarco Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 21 +7.957 5 11
6 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 21 +14.058 7 10
7 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 21 +15.491 11 9
8 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 21 +16.772 13 8
9 99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Ducati Team Ducati 21 +17.979 6 7
10 43 Australia Jack Miller EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 21 +18.494 12 6
11 94 Germany Jonas Folger Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 21 +18.903 8 5
12 45 United Kingdom Scott Redding Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 21 +28.735 10 4
13 53 Spain Tito Rabat EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 21 +30.041 16 3
14 8 Spain Héctor Barberá Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 21 +31.364 15 2
15 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 21 +1:06.547 19 1
16 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 21 +1:22.090 18
17 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 19 +2 laps 22
Ret 22 United Kingdom Sam Lowes Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 11 Accident 20
Ret 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 9 Clutch 21
Ret 76 France Loris Baz Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 8 Accident 14
Ret 25 Spain Maverick Viñales Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 1 Accident 2
Ret 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 1 Accident 17
DNS 42 Spain Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki Did not start
Sources: [4] [5] [6]
  • Álex Rins suffered a broken forearm in a crash during Saturday practice and withdrew from the event.
Marc Márquez, holding his first place trophy on the podium after winning the MotoGP race.

Moto2

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli Kalex 19 41:20.078 1 25
2 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex 19 +2.633 5 20
3 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 19 +6.809 4 16
4 73 Spain Álex Márquez Kalex 19 +9.852 3 13
5 77 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter Suter 19 +10.927 6 11
6 44 Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM 19 +13.029 7 10
7 24 Italy Simone Corsi Speed Up 19 +13.335 17 9
8 23 Germany Marcel Schrötter Suter 19 +13.754 11 8
9 97 Spain Xavi Vierge Tech 3 19 +18.079 12 7
10 10 Italy Luca Marini Kalex 19 +21.418 23 6
11 55 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 19 +21.430 19 5
12 40 France Fabio Quartararo Kalex 19 +21.736 16 4
13 19 Belgium Xavier Siméon Kalex 19 +21.974 8 3
14 88 Spain Ricard Cardús KTM 19 +24.245 10 2
15 9 Spain Jorge Navarro Kalex 19 +24.863 13 1
16 42 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Kalex 19 +28.226 15
17 32 Spain Isaac Viñales Kalex 19 +28.443 22
18 49 Spain Axel Pons Kalex 19 +34.767 20
19 45 Japan Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 19 +37.279 26
20 5 Italy Andrea Locatelli Kalex 19 +37.530 28
21 2 Switzerland Jesko Raffin Kalex 19 +38.953 24
22 54 Italy Mattia Pasini Kalex 19 +43.720 2
23 11 Germany Sandro Cortese Suter 19 +51.515 9
24 47 Italy Axel Bassani Speed Up 19 +1:07.841 30
25 89 Malaysia Khairul Idham Pawi Kalex 19 +1:08.137 27
Ret 57 Spain Edgar Pons Kalex 2 Accident 25
Ret 7 Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 0 Accident 14
Ret 68 Colombia Yonny Hernández Kalex 0 Accident 18
Ret 60 Spain Julián Simón Tech 3 0 Accident 21
Ret 62 Italy Stefano Manzi Kalex 0 Accident 29
DNS 52 United Kingdom Danny Kent Suter Did not start
DNS 27 Spain Iker Lecuona Kalex Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT
  • Lecuona pulled out of the race due to pain in the arm he'd broken during pre-season testing. Kent cited a pinched nerve in his back but later quit the team.

Moto3

The race, scheduled to be run for 18 laps, was red-flagged due to Kaito Toba's crash in Turn 14 and was later restarted over 12 laps.

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 Italy Romano Fenati Honda 12 27:15.841 3 25
2 88 Spain Jorge Martín Honda 12 +4.504 5 20
3 21 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 12 +4.527 6 16
4 33 Italy Enea Bastianini Honda 12 +4.673 7 13
5 8 Italy Nicolò Bulega KTM 12 +4.968 4 11
6 58 Spain Juan Francisco Guevara KTM 12 +5.618 13 10
7 17 United Kingdom John McPhee Honda 12 +5.687 9 9
8 36 Spain Joan Mir Honda 12 +5.852 2 8
9 65 Germany Philipp Öttl KTM 12 +6.594 15 7
10 40 South Africa Darryn Binder KTM 12 +12.709 11 6
11 19 Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 12 +13.240 14 5
12 16 Italy Andrea Migno KTM 12 +13.285 19 4
13 95 France Jules Danilo Honda 12 +13.290 21 3
14 23 Italy Niccolò Antonelli KTM 12 +13.412 8 2
15 11 Belgium Livio Loi Honda 12 +13.491 16 1
16 42 Spain Marcos Ramírez KTM 12 +23.922 20
17 12 Italy Marco Bezzecchi Mahindra 12 +24.347 26
18 71 Japan Ayumu Sasaki Honda 12 +24.650 17
19 7 Malaysia Adam Norrodin Honda 12 +24.795 25
20 14 Italy Tony Arbolino Honda 12 +25.166 24
21 75 Spain Albert Arenas Mahindra 12 +26.811 22
22 6 Spain María Herrera KTM 12 +27.431 24
23 84 Czech Republic Jakub Kornfeil Peugeot 12 +37.960 23
24 41 Thailand Nakarin Atiratphuvapat Honda 12 +41.408 32
25 96 Italy Manuel Pagliani Mahindra 12 +43.789 29
26 48 Italy Lorenzo Dalla Porta Mahindra 12 +44.004 28
27 4 Finland Patrik Pulkkinen Peugeot 12 +51.071 30
28 18 Mexico Gabriel Martínez-Ábrego KTM 12 +51.438 31
Ret 24 Japan Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 9 Out Of Fuel 18
Ret 44 Spain Arón Canet Honda 3 Accident 1
Ret 27 Japan Kaito Toba Honda 3 Accident 27
DNS 64 Netherlands Bo Bendsneyder KTM 0 Did not start 10
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race

MotoGP

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded. [7]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Moto2

Pos. Rider Points
1 Italy Franco Morbidelli 75
2 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi 56
3 Portugal Miguel Oliveira 43
4 Japan Takaaki Nakagami 32
5 Spain Xavi Vierge 25
6 Spain Álex Márquez 24
7 Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri 21
8 Italy Luca Marini 20
9 Italy Simone Corsi 19
10 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter 18

Moto3

Pos. Rider Points
1 Spain Joan Mir 58
2 Spain Jorge Martín 52
3 United Kingdom John McPhee 49
4 Italy Romano Fenati 45
5 Italy Andrea Migno 25
6 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio 24
7 Germany Philipp Öttl 20
8 Spain Arón Canet 18
9 Spain Juan Francisco Guevara 17
10 Belgium Livio Loi 15

Notes

  1. ^ 0.3 second penalty.

References

  1. ^ "2017 Americas MotoGP". 13 June 2017.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2017 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Circuit of the Americas - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  4. ^ "2017 Americas MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  5. ^ "motogp.com · RED BULL GRAND PRIX OF THE AMERICAS · MotoGP Race Classification 2017". www.motogp.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  6. ^ "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2015.
  7. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2017. Retrieved 2019-08-25.


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