Austin MotoGP race

23:03 That's a wrap for our live coverage today, as the race winner is introduced on the podium as "the marvellous Marc Marquez".

Marquez hasn't exactly maximised his points haul in his first three races, but he could not have done much more here - and looks in a good place heading into the first European races.

Then again, you can bet his rivals will put up a bigger fight there than they had done today.

MotoGP Austin: Marc Marquez keeps Americas winning streak going

Marc Marquez overcame a grid penalty to score his sixth straight MotoGP victory at Austin in typically dominant fashion

22:58

22:58 The "quite noisy" quip is probably referring to a chorus of half-cheers, half-boos that preceded Marquez's media interview.

Whoever was booing probably had a pretty miserable time today, because it was an absolute whipping from MotoGP's resident villain.

22:56 Marquez: "It's quite noisy, eh? But it's funny, don't worry.

"For me, you know, was my strategy - start, push, and that's it. The rhythm was okay. Today I was not able - I didn't have confidence to battle, so I was pushing from the beginning to just go away, open the gap.

"I did a great race, 25 points. Next race in Spain, will be happy."

22:54 Vinales: "I enjoyed so much the race, even if I suffer a little bit with the front tyre - I was really happy, honestly I enjoyed so much, all the crowd, all the Austin layout - so I'm really happy.

"For sure I want to dedicate this race to Nicky [Hayden]."

22:53 Iannone: "Amazing feeling, I'm really happy about this podium. This is the result when the man never give up - always I believe, I work a lot, really strong. I've heard many things, many things about me - but in the end I come back.

"I'm really happy, thanks Suzuki, thanks to all the team, all the people who continued to believe me and support me in this difficult period, but so - now we come back, and step by step I think we arrive always very close."

22:51

22:49 Andrea Dovizioso is leaving Austin as the championship leader - one point ahead of Marquez, five ahead of Vinales, eight ahead of Crutchlow. It's very much game on in the title fight, even though you couldn't tell that from today's race.

22:47

22:47 Finishing order: 1 Marquez; 2 Vinales; 3 Iannone; 4 Rossi; 5 Dovizioso; 6 Zarco; 7 Pedrosa; 8 Rabat; 9 Miller; 10 A Espargaro; 11 Lorenzo; 12 Petrucci; 13 P Espargaro; 14 Nakagami; 15 Bautista; 16 Smith; 17 Redding; 18 Luthi; 19 Crutchlow; 20 Simeon; 21 Morbidelli.

22:45 Rossi, Dovizioso, Zarco, Pedrosa, Rabat, Miller and Aleix Espargaro make up the top 10. Lorenzo only 11th.

22:44 Iannone completes the podium in third place - it's his first podium since Valencia 2016, which was his final race for Ducati.

22:43 The gap to Vinales just 3.56s in the end, but that's only because Marquez completely stopped riding in the final sector.

22:43 Marc Marquez wins his sixth consecutive GP of the Americas.

22:42 Crutchlow's got a penalty for cutting Turn 4, it will make absolutely no difference to his race.

22:42 Vinales received a "rider behind #29, gap 1.4" message on his dashboard, and he's seriously upped his pace through the first two sectors in response.

22:41 Iannone's taken a second out of Vinales that time by! He has another second to make up with one left remaining, surely not possible?

22:39 Only one rider in the 2m05s range that time around, and that was, of course, Marc Marquez. Two laps to go now, but, honestly, this race could've used a mercy rule.

22:38 A big shout-out to Dani Pedrosa, who wasn't sure whether he'd be able to last the race distance but is doing a thoroughly fine job. His seventh place looks under no threat whatsoever at the moment.

22:37

22:36 Dovizioso finally takes care of Zarco, passing the Frenchman on the long back straight.

22:35 Dovizioso is giving it a good go in the battle against Zarco, but can't find a way past for P5 just yet.

22:34

22:34 There was a bit of a moment between Miller and Lorenzo into Turn 1 there, and it's dropped the latter behind Aleix Espargaro as well.

22:33 Current order: 1 Marquez; 2 Vinales; 3 Iannone; 4 Rossi; 5 Zarco; 6 Dovizioso; 7 Pedrosa; 8 Rabat; 9 Miller; 10 A Espargaro; 11 Lorenzo; 12 Petrucci; 13 P Espargaro; 14 Nakagami; 15 Bautista; 16 Smith; 17 Redding; 18 Luthi; 19 Simeon; 20 Morbidelli; 21 Crutchlow.

22:32 Five laps left to run, Iannone could still theoretically mount a challenge for second here, while Rossi has faded behind him.

22:31 Avintia rider Rabat has overtaken Miller and Lorenzo to move up to eighth place.

22:31 Dovizioso and Marquez are currently poised to go level on points at the top of the riders' standings - although Dovizioso could still find a way past Zarco and depart COTA with the championship lead.

22:29 Six seconds now between Marquez and Vinales, with the two Yamahas two seconds either side of Iannone. Not much of a podium battle at the moment.

22:28 Lorenzo is having a pretty rubbish race, it must be said. He's seven seconds down on Dovizioso and counting, and you wouldn't bet against the satellite Ducatis of Miller and Rabat making their way past.

22:27 There's no intrigue in the top four right now, but some intrigue further down in the top 10. Zarco is holding up Dovizioso and Pedrosa, while Lorenzo is leading a train of Miller, Rabat and Aleix Espargaro.

22:26

22:25 A clarification of Karel Abraham's retirement - it was due to wrist pain, which is a consequence of his crash yesterday.

22:24 Alex Rins has gone down. He doesn't have that contract extension sewn up yet, so should really cool it for a bit.

22:23 The race has passed its halfway point, and Vinales seems to have stabilised the gap to Marquez. So there's that.

22:21 Marquez's lead over Vinales is approaching the five-second mark. The Yamaha man is now a second clear of Iannone, who has another second in hand over the other works Yamaha of Rossi.

22:19 We're down to 22 riders - Abraham has called it a day in the pits, and Syahrin has crashed out somewhere.

22:19 Crutchlow, who went down while chasing Zarco for fifth, has now rejoined the race in 22nd.

22:18 Championship leader Cal Crutchlow has crashed at Turn 20!

22:18 Iannone has managed to halt the freefall for now, keeping Rossi behind and staying in touch with Vinales. Might be worth pretending this is the actual battle for victory, because Marquez is running a completely different race up ahead.