Statistics Ahead Of The American MotoGP: Awaiting The Action Of Marc Marquez "The King Of COTA"

Repsol Honda rider, Marc Marquez, will take part in the 2022 MotoGP. (Doc. MotoGP)

JAKARTA - The 2022 MotoGP race has entered its fourth series. This time, the racers will compete at the Austin Circuit, United States, April 8-10.

In the American MotoGP race, Repsol Honda racer, Marc Marquez, will take part. He was declared fit to return to racing after missing two races due to a terrible accident at the Mandalika Circuit, on 20 March.

The presence of Marc Marquez is certainly highly anticipated. The reason is that the Spaniard is known as "The King of COTA". This can not be separated from his achievements while appearing at the Austin Circuit.

This weekend Marquez and MotoGP returned to COTA for the ninth time in 2020 the race there was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honda topped COTA with seven victories all to Marquez, while Alex Rins' 2019 success marked Suzuki's first win in the premier class in the US.

Marquez won seven times at Austin from 2013 to 2018. But crashed in 2019 while leading the race, before returning to the top of the podium in 2021.

So far, Marquez has won 11 of the 12 MotoGP races in the United States, namely seven in Austin, three in Indianapolis, and one at Laguna Seca in 2013.

Only twice of his 12 appearances in the American MotoGP race did Marquez fail to take pole position, namely when at Laguna Seca in 2013 when starting from P2 behind Stefan Bradl and in 2021 when starting from P3.

In 2018 at COTA, Marquez finished first in the qualifying round but had to start from P4 due to a penalty for the incident in Q2.

Marquez has secured pole position seven times at COTA from eight United States Grand Prix races that have been held in Austin, Texas. Meanwhile, the only rider other than Marquez who took pole at COTA was Pecco Bagnaia last year.

MotoGP statistics note that Honda riders have won 16 of the last 17 races held in the US.

The non-Honda rider who felt the top podium in the US was Alex Rins who performed sensationally in Austin in 2019. Meanwhile, in 2010, Jorge Lorenzo won the race at Laguna Seca for Yamaha.

Honda is also listed as the most successful manufacturer to beat the race at Uncle Sam with 19 wins from 25 premier class races in the MotoGP era (since 2002).

Of the 24 riders who have finished on the podium in the last eight races at Austin, all are from Spain or Italy, except for Jack Miller, who finished P3 in 2019, and Fabio Quartararo, who finished P2 in 2021.

Meanwhile, Yamaha's best result in Austin was the second finish achieved by four different riders, namely Fabio Quartararo (2021), Valentino Rossi (2017 and 2019), Maverick Vinales (2018), and Jorge Lorenzo (2016).

Ducati has five MotoGP podiums in Austin through Andrea Dovizioso (P3,2014 and P2,2015), Andrea Iannone (W3, 2016), Jack Miller (P3,2019) and Francesco Bagnaia (P3,2021).

Pol Espargaro finished P8 at Austin 2019, being KTM's best result at the circuit.

Aleix Espargaro's P10 in 2018 matched Aprilia's best result at COTA set by Stefan Bradl in 2016.