Motorsport: Liberty Media has taken over ownership of MotoGP for a reported price tag of $7 billion.
F1 owners take over Moto GP | 00:25Maverick Vinales obliterated the lap record at the Circuit of the Americas in qualifying on Sunday to take pole position for the United States MotoGP.
The Spanish Aprilia rider broke the record twice in the session as he secured first place on the grid for the sprint race later in the day and Sunday’s main event. Every MotoGP qualifying, practice and race LIVE and ad-break free from lights out to the chequered flag. He trimmed the record on his opening lap where he was chased across the line by compatriot Marc Marquez on a Gresini Ducati, in what would have been a lap record a few seconds earlier.“Right now the combination I have with the bike is fantastic and I am able to push over the limit every time. I feel incredible,” said Vinales.As the session wound down, Pedro Acosta, a 19-year-old Spaniard on a GasGas in just his third MotoGP weekend, edged past Marquez to take second on the grid.
Maverick Linales will begin the MotoGP Of The Americas in pole position. “Super happy!”“I didn’t expect that front row,” said Marquez.Championship leader Jorge Martin, who had been fastest in practice, crashed on the first lap of the session, climbed back on his scuffed Pramac Ducati and set off in desperate pursuit only to crash again.He squeezed onto the second row of the grid with the sixth fastest time alongside two Italians on factory Ducatis.
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