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2024 MotoGP Season
2024 Americas Motorcycle Grand Prix
Round 3
Circuit of the Americas
Austin, Texas, USA
Sunday, 14 April 2024
Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia will be hoping to win the
Americas MotoGP which has so far proved to be elusive for him.
Most recent race
Bagnaia was just unlucky at the most recent race on the 2024 MotoGP calendar which was the Portuguese MotoGP on 24 March.
The Lenovo Team member started on the fourth grid, but he was forced to retire after colliding with Marc Marquez of Ducati (Gresini Racing) on lap 23 of 25.
MotoGP title ambitions
The reigning MotoGP world champion is now placed fourth on the MotoGP Riders' standings having accumulated 37 points from two races.
Bagnaia has some catching up to do as he is 23 points behind leader, Jorge Martin of Ducati ahead of the Americas MotoGP.
Why Bagnaia could win the 2024 Americas MotoGP
The Italian star got off to the perfect start in the current season as he won the Qatar MotoGP - sending a strong warning to his rivals.
Bagnaia, who finished third at the 2021 Americas MotoGP, will be determined to bounce back to winning ways by clinching this weekend's race.
What did he say?
“I was confident before the start because yesterday and this morning my feeling was good,” Bagnaia said after the 2024 Portuguese MotoGP.
“I was feeling better with the grip and everything was better and better. So, I was thinking about a race of attacking and trying to have a good control of the tyres. But as soon as I started I was more in trouble,
"I expected to be faster and the guys at the front were too fast for me. “So, I just tried to avoid everything, I was just trying to manage the tyres but [it] was difficult. “It makes me angry because I finished with zero points."
2023 Americas MotoGP results
Winner: Alex Rins - Honda
Runner-Up: Luca Marini - Ducati
Third-Place: Fabio Quartararo - Yamaha
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