The third race of the MotoGP 2025 championship is lined up to take place at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, on Sunday. After taking victories in the first two races of the calendar, which took place in Thailand and Argentina, eight-time world champion Marc Marquez is very likely to continue his win streak in Austin with the Ducati Lenovo Team.
COTA is a counter-clockwise track with a 41-meter elevation change and sharp left-hand corners that challenge riders to race to the best of their ability. Weather predictions for Austin promise little chance of rain and some wind for race day, neither of which presents complications.
- Marquez holds the record for most wins and pole positions at COTA, with seven each. After crashing out of the race in 2024, the championship leader will be looking to reclaim his title as the King of COTA.
He is likely to be joined on the podium by his younger brother, Alex Marquez, who finished second in the first two races of the season. A. Marquez has two championship titles to his brother’s eight and is chasing a first in the premier class, of which, M. Marquez has six. He races for the BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP Team, a Ducati satellite team and M. Marquez’s old team.
If M. Marquez makes no mistakes, he is bound to expand his championship lead in COTA. The only other COTA winners currently on the grid are Alex Rins and Maverick Vinales, but both of them have started their season on the back foot, which makes them unlikely contenders for a podium-finish this weekend. They finished 16 and 17 in Thailand, with Vinales ahead, and 11 and 12 in Argentina, with Rins ahead.
At the moment, M. Marquez’s only clear competition is his brother, with the third place on the podium up for grabs. M. Marquez’s teammate at Ducati Lenovo Team, Francesco Bagnaia, is a possible contender. He finished third in Thailand and fourth in Argentina, so a return to the podium should not be too difficult for him.
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