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Sunday at Austin with Tony Goldsmith

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Two races into the start of the 2015 season and The Doctor leads the championship after a win and a third.

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25 MotoGP bikes safely make their way through one of the tightest first turns on the MotoGP calendar.

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A great day for British fans as they watched Sam Lowes back up Danny Kent’s win in Moto3 with a win of his own. It was also Sam’s first grand prix victory. I have a feeling he’ll have a few more before the season is finished.

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Andrea Dovizioso again showed that Ducati are back with another 2nd place finish.

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Another dominant display by Marc Marquez on US soil. The four-time world champion has still to be beaten in the USA, in eight, races since his move to MotoGP.

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Having been fast all weekend Cal Crutchlow had a disappointing race finishing: a distant 7th.

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Two races and two 4th places finishes for Jorge Lorenzo. Not the results he would have hoped for but much better than in 2014.

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Could Valentino Rossi do the unthinkable and claim a 10th world championship crown. This fan thinks so.

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This was the last the Moto3 pack saw of Danny Kent. He cleared off soon after to win by 8.5 seconds.

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Todays podium men lined up in their finishing positions.

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The threat of rain had the riders practicing bike changes during warm up. Thankfully it stayed dry.

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Valentino rossi eventually lost out in the battle for 2nd place to Andrea Dovizioso.

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Another grid and Jorge Lorenzo is listening to music again. I still haven’t found out what he listens to.

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After a great qualifying, the race sadly didn’t work out for Scott Redding. He crashed on Lap 1 taking out Pol Espargaro in the process. He re-mounted but retired a few laps later.

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Pole position and a win for Marc Marquez. Not quite the perfect weekend though as Andrea Iannone set the fastest lap of the race on Lap 4. I don’t think Marc will be bothered though.

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Another bottle of champagne for The Doctor.

Photos: © 2015 Tony Goldsmith / www.tonygoldsmith.net – All Rights Reserved

Tony Goldsmith is an Isle of Man based freelance motorcycle racing photographer specialising in MotoGP and the Isle of Man TT races. His website can be found at www.tonygoldsmith.net. He can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.

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