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Austin MotoGP: Marquez romps to sixth COTA victory

Marc Marquez overcame a grid penalty to score a sixth straight MotoGP race victory at the Circuit of the Americas in typically dominant fashion. Having been demoted to fourth place on the grid from pole for blocking Maverick Vinales in qualifying, Marquez leapt to second into Turn 1 as Andrea Iannone scorched into an early lead. The Suzuki man's time in the lead proved short-lived however, as Marquez got by at Turn 12 on the opening lap. Iannone was able to stick close enough to Marquez to have a go at the Honda rider at Turn 11 on the third lap, but he ran wide and was repassed by the reigning champion on the exit of the corner. Marquez proved unstoppable from that point on, the Spaniard...
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