The Circuit of the Americas, in its abbreviation COTA, had always been territory Marc Márquez. There he had won six of the seven times the MotoGP World Championship had visited Austin, non-stop from 2013 to 2018. He only got off the top rung in 2019, after suffering a fall when leading the race. The victory was then taken by Álex Rins. Last year there was no romance either: Marc was not in a position to compete due to his bad injury, nor could the American Grand Prix be held because of the pandemic. The GP of the Americas returned in 2021. And also Marc Márquez. They both have ailments. The circuit has been highly criticized in this edition for the potholes and the pilot is convalescing on the arm, but neither one thing nor the other have prevented the return of the idyll. Márquez did lose his polemic streak in Texas, that galactic record of seven in a row that failed to become eight. Still, Marc was third in the standings, his best starting position of the year. And he also led the first two free practice sessions. Victory was a credible hypothesis.
Márquez aspired to everything in United States. And he proved it with a spectacular outing, in which he took the first position to keep it until the end. The six-time MotoGP champion it breached his talisman circuit, with more rhythm than anyone. The great unknown, perhaps the only one, was whether his physique was going to withstand the challenge. Did. The last three laps were very tiring, but he kept up. From behind came Fabio Quartararo, although it was not a threat, his fight was another: thanks to his second place he could already be proclaimed world champion in Misano on October 24. Marc arrived in Austin wearing a cap bearing six stars in reference to his victories there. You can now embroider the seventh. The sheriff is back. Marc Márquez is here again.
