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Alex Ri꧟ns ends Honda’s MotoGP v🔯ictory drought in style at the 2023 Americas MotoGP in Austin, Texas.

The new LCR rider took the lead when Ducati’s reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia crashed out just before 🍎the halfway stage.

But the victory battle wasn’t over, with VR46 Ducati's&n🔥bsp;Luca Marini later blasting past Fabio Quartararo's Yamaha for second and facing only a twꦺo-second gap to Rins.

Rins responded, managing his advantage for Hond🥃a’s first win since the absent Marc Marquez at Misano in ꦑ2021.

Rins🍰’ sixth premier-class victory, after five for Suzuki, was also LCR’s first since Cal Crutchlow in 2018.

Meanwhile, Marini celebrated his first ever (Sunday) M♕otoGP podium and Quartararo a first rostrum of the season.

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In a replica of the Saturday Sprint, Bagnaia and Rins battled for the lead on the opening lap. But ꦫthis time there was no shaking off the Spaniard, who sunk his teeth into the factory Ducati.

The pressure paid o♑ff when Bagnaia crashed out of the lead, at Turn 2, on lap 8 🎃of 20.

The reigning champion’s second fall in as many MotoGP races left the Italian visibly shocked but Bagnaia’s downfall was one of no less than ten race accidents, three of them on the opening lap.

Sprint podium finisher Jorge Martin lost the front of his Pramac Ducati at Turn 3, wiping🦄 out an unlucky Alex Marquez. Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro was down soon after, falling from his Aprilia at Turn 12.

KTM's Jack Mi🔯ller, who had jumped from tenth to third, was leading the pursuit of the top two when he suffered his sixth and final accident of tಌhe weekend.

Repsol Honda’s Joan Mir, Miller’s team-mate Brad Bind💟er, Rins’ team-mate Takaaki Nakagami and Honda stand-in Stefan Bradl then fell after Bagnaia, mean𒉰ing just 13 riders reached the finish.

High front-tyre p♈ressure, also an issue in the ten-lap Sprint, could again have been behind many of the falls.

Espargaro’s team-mate Maverick Vinales got another poor start before recovering to fourth ahe👍ad of RNF Aprilia’s Miguel Oliveira and title lead🍃er Marco Bezzecchi (VR46).

As in the Sprint, all riders chose t🍬he hard front and soft rear tyres.

While Miguel Oliveira and Joan Mir returned to action this 𒁃weekend, three riders remained absenꦅt due to injuries at last month’s Portimao season opener:

Pol Espargaro was replaced at Tech3 by KTM test rider Jonas Folger, with last year’s COTA winner Enea Bastianini replaced by Ducati test rider Michele Pirro and Repsol Honda's Marc Marquez (a seven-ꦛtime COTA winner) by HRC test rider Stefa💮n Bradl.

The MotoGP Court of Appeal is yet to decide if Marquꦯez's double long-lap penalty will be carried over from Argentina to his next event, which is expected to be the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez later this month.