Spanish rookie sensation Marc Marquez outclassed pole sitter Stefan Bradl to win the US Grand Prix for Repsol Honda last Sunday, stretching his lead at the top of the MotoGP championship table to 16 points after back to back wins in his last two outings. The Factory Honda rider also became the youngest to record back to back victories and the first rookie to win at California’s Laguna Seca circuit, with its famed ‘Corkscrew’ twisting turn.
Bradl, the first German to start a premier class race on pole in the modern era of Grand Prix racing (since 1974), settled for second and his first podium in MotoGP. Italy’s seven time world champion Valentino Rossi completed the podium places after holding off Spain’s Alvaro Bautista to take third for Yamaha.
