Race day at the Circuit of the Americas started off with one of the weirdest (aborted) start sequences MotoGP has ever seen.
Following a rain shower minutes before race start, it was Marc Marquez that kicked off what can only be described as a total mess.
Having stayed on wet tyres for the proposed start, the Spaniard started sprinting off the grid to make the switch to the second bike.
Looking back at this moment 👀 @marcmarquez93 wasn't sat on the bike and decided to bolt back to the pits #AmericasGP 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/1SxFj03R5u
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) March 30, 2025
With the time limit for legal tyre changes passed, several riders tried to join the Spaniard on what would have been a pitlane start before race control pulled the plug and issued a delayed start.
With everyone calmed down from all the running up and down pitlane and the race restarted under a quick restart procedure, it was polesitter Marc Marquez that defended his lead into Turn 1.
The Spaniard quickly established a two second lead over teammate Pecco Bagnaia when disaster struck.
Taking the kerb on the inside of Turn 4, Marquez lost control over the front and saw his hopes of a third race win in a row end up in the gravel trap promoting Bagnaia into the lead.
With Alex Marquez looming behind him, the Italian nursed the gap to the Spaniard to a healthy two seconds and took home his first race win of the season.
Fabio di Giannantonio completed the podium with VR46 teammate Franco Morbidelli securing a Top 4 lockout for Ducati.
Jack Miller led the charge for the Japanese manufacturers in P5 fending off the late-chargin Marco Bezzecchi and Enea Bastianini in the late stages of the race.
Luca Marini took home his best-ever Honda result in 8th with Ai Ogura and Fabio Quartararo rounding out the top 10.
Despite a solid top 10 finish, the Yamaha star can’t be happy as he inherited six positions when Pedro Acosta, Fermin Aldeguer, Johann Zarco and Joan Mir, all in separate incidents, crashed out of the race and Brad Binder, best-running KTM at the time suffered a tech issue.
