Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu) ended MotoGP™ Warm Up quickest at the Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas after setting a 2:04.074 on Sunday morning. Six-time COTA winner Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) got his race day off to a solid start with a P2, Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Alex Rins picked up P3 as a huge day in the 2021 title race awaits.
Honda riders first and second in warm-up! ????@takanakagami30 tops the session ahead of @marcmarquez93 and @Rins42! ????#AmericasGP ???????? pic.twitter.com/rGgFUkzK6T
— MotoGP™???? (@MotoGP) October 3, 2021
World Championship leader Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) was P4 in Warm Up ahead of fourth on the grid Jorge Martin (Pramac Racing), with polesitter and second in the Championship Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) finishing 18th. Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) has work to do from P10 on the grid this afternoon, and the Australian’s Warm Up session was hampered by a Turn 1 crash – rider ok.
So then, who comes out on top in the 2021 Texas tussle? Do not miss a single second of the action that gets under at 14:00 local time (GMT-5), today’s encounter looks set to have big implications on where the title goes this year.
Top 10:
1. Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu) – 2:04.074
2. Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) + 0.048
3. Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) + 0.449
4. Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) + 0.457
5. Jorge Martin (Pramac Racing) + 0.694
6. Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar) + 0.729
7. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) + 0.752
8. Johann Zarco (Pramac Racing) + 0.783
9. Pol Espargaro (Repsol Honda Team) + 0.836
10. Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) + 0.947