Marquez quickest but crashes in second COTA MotoGP practice - MotorSportsTalk

Marc Marquez continued his excellent record at the Circuit of The Americas by topping second practice for the MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas on Friday afternoon.

Marquez is a three-time winner at the circuit in Austin, Texas, and followed his impressive victory in Argentina last weekend by topping first practice on Friday afternoon.

Marquez followed this up with another charge to P1 in FP2, setting a fastest lap time of 2:04.034 with five minutes remaining in the session.

Despite finishing seven-tenths clear at the top of the timesheets, Marquez suffered a crash with 25 minutes remaining in the session when on a fast lap time, sliding off the track at the final corner.

Marquez got up quickly and recovered his bike before pushing it back into the pit lane on foot, which may attract the interest of the MotoGP race stewards later today.

Ducati rider Andrea Iannone finished the session in second place ahead of Suzuki rider Maverick Vinales as both of the youngsters put in impressive displays. British rider Scott Redding jumped up to fourth place late on despite battling illness ahead of the weekend.

Yamaha riders Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi struggled to match the pace of Marquez, both having off-track excursions during the session.

Rossi had been poised to improve his time on his final lap, only for a mistake in the third sector to leave him sixth-fastest behind teammate Lorenzo.

Loris Baz ended the session seventh ahead of Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso, while Cal Crutchlow rounded out the top 10 for LCR Honda.

Final practice and qualifying in Austin takes place on Saturday ahead of Sunday’s race.

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With three multiple winners now vying for the championship, the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series heads to Round 11 at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington.

Chase Sexton earned his second victory of the season in Detroit when Aaron Plessinger fell on the final lap. Though he was penalized seven points for disobeying a flag, Sexton is third in the championship race. The Honda rider trails leader Cooper Webb (two victories) by 17 points, and defending series champion Eli Tomac (five wins) is three points behind Webb in second with seven races remaining.

Tomac won last year in Seattle on the way to his second season title.

Honda riders have a Supercross-leading 20 victories in the Seattle event but none at Lumen Field since Justin Barcia in 2013. Tomac and Barcia are the only past 450 Seattke winners entered in Saturday’s event.

Here are the pertinent details for watching Round 11 of the 2023 Supercross season in Seattle:

(All times are ET)

BROADCAST/STREAMING SCHEDULE: TV coverage of Round 11 will begin Saturday at 10 p.m. ET streaming on Peacock with a re-air Monday at 1 a.m. ET on CNBC. The Race Day Live show (including qualifying) will begin on Peacock at 4:30 p.m. ET Saturday.

NBC Sports will have exclusive live coverage of races, qualifiers and heats for the record 31 events in SuperMotocross. The main events will be presented on Peacock, NBC, USA Network, CNBC, and NBC Sports digital platforms.

Peacock will become the home of the SuperMotocross World Championship series in 2023 with live coverage of all races, qualifying, and heats from January to October. There will be 23 races livestreamed exclusively on Peacock, including a SuperMotocross World Championship Playoff event. The platform also will provide on-demand replays of every race. Click here for the full schedule.

POINTS STANDINGS: 450 division l 250 division

ENTRY LISTS: 450 division l 250 division

EVENT SCHEDULE (all times ET):

Here are the start times for Saturday’s Supercross Round 11 in Seattle, according to the Monster Energy Supercross schedule from the AMA:

4:50 p.m.: 250SX Group B Qualifying 1
5:05 p.m.: 250SX Group A Qualifying 1
5:20 p.m.: 450SX Group A Qualifying 1
5:35 p.m.: 450SX Group B Qualifying 1
6:25 p.m.: 250SX Group B Qualifying 2
6:40 p.m.: 250SX Group A Qualifying 2
7:55 p.m.: 450SX Group A Qualifying 2
8:10 p.m.: 450SX Group B Qualifying 2
10:06 p.m.: 250SX Heat 1
10:20 p.m.: 250SX Heat 2
10:34 p.m.: 450SX Heat 1
10:48 p.m.: 450SX Heat 2
11:22 p.m.: 250SX Last Chance Qualifier
11:34 p.m.: 450SX Last Chance Qualifier
11:54 p.m.: 250SX Main Event
12:28 a.m.: 450SX Main Event