Austin MotoGP race day

22:57 Here's the full report from that incredible race. Thanks for your company in our Live coverage, we'll be back with live updates from the F1 weekend in Azerbaijan in a fortnight, with the next MotoGP action coming from Jerez a week later.

Austin MotoGP: Alex Rins beats Valentino Rossi after Marc Marquez crash

Suzuki rider Alex Rins beat Valentino Rossi to score his first MotoGP win, after Marc Marquez's unbeaten Austin run ended with a crash while holding a healthy lead

22:48 Rins has now made it back to parc ferme and is disappearing into a wild heap of ecstatic Suzuki people.

22:48 Mir had a miserable race after his ridethrough penalty, but he parks on the slowing down lap to join team-mate Rins in going mad with celebrations.

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22:47

22:45 Retirements: Lorenzo, Marquez, Crutchlow, A Espargaro

22:45 Outside the points: 16 Abraham; 17 Mir; 18 Syahrin

22:45 Result: 1 Rins; 2 Rossi; 3 Miller; 4 Dovizioso; 5 Morbidelli; 6 Petrucci; 7 Quartararo; 8 P Espargaro; 9 Bagnaia; 10 Nakagami; 11 Vinales; 12 Iannone; 13 Zarco; 14 Oliveira; 15 Rabat

22:44 Vinales got past a fading Iannone at the end and made it back to 11th despite his penalty.

22:44 Miller just stays ahead of Dovizioso to claim the final podium place.

22:43 Rins does it! He defeats Rossi and wins the Grand Prix of the Americas by 0.462s!!

22:43 Rins is looking a tiny, tiny bit more comfortable as they go into the final turns.

22:43 The tension is incredible in the Suzuki pit, former Yamaha man Davide Brivio pretty much covers his eyes...

22:42 Now the gap is 0.3s...

22:42 Rossi is looming, he's back to within 0.4s of Rins with half a lap left...

22:41 Highly-rated but ultimately a nearly man in Moto3 and Moto2, Rins made up for an inconclusive first MotoGP season with five podiums last year. Now he's three quarters of a lap away from a first MotoGP victory - and if he achieves it he'll do it by beating Rossi...

22:40 They're onto the final lap, Rins 0.665s ahead of Rossi...

22:40 Rins is looking good, he's got the lead back up to 0.7s now.

22:39 Dovizioso might actually yet make it onto the podium - Miller's pace is fading and the gap between the Ducatis is down to 2s with two laps to go.

22:38 Rins managed to get his lead up to 0.7s for a spell but Rossi is fighting back and is within 0.4s of the Suzuki now.

22:38 Most of the rest of the field is spread out now - bar Nakagami and Iannone tussling over 10th and Vinales catching them, and Rabat and Abraham having a tussle for 15th.

This race is all about Rins versus Rossi for an incredible victory.

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22:36 Rins is going for it - three laps left and he's pulled 0.6s clear of Rossi.

22:36 Rossi attacks and shoots down the inside of Rins at the end of the back straight, but he's carrying too much speed and slides wide. Rins is back ahead.

22:36 Rins nearly outbrakes himself just after taking the lead, but he keeps momentum and first place.

22:36 It was a slick outbraking slice down the inside from Rins. Can he escape from Rossi or will the MotoGP legend retaliate?

22:35 Rins makes his move and snatches the lead from Rossi!

22:35 Vinales is past the two KTMs he was chasing and up to 12th.

22:35 Miller looks assured of third - he's fallen 6s away from Rossi up front but is lapping faster than factory counterpart Dovizioso behind and has a 4s margin.

22:34 Rins is relentlessly tracking Rossi. He's not trying any big dives and probes as Crutchlow was, but with five laps left is the young Suzuki rider saving himself for a late surge?

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22:33 Vinales looks like he'll be able to get back up to 12th - he's now with the KTMs of Zarco and Oliveira. After Zarco, though, there's an 8s gap to Iannone and Nakagami's battle for 10th.

22:32 The majority of the crowd, our Live coverage readers, the wider world, probably want to see Rossi end his win drought here. Rins hasn't won a MotoGP race yet. Suzuki hasn't won one since Vinales' breakthrough triumph at Silverstone in summer 2016. Rins and Suzuki would very much like to spoil the Rossi fairytale here...

22:30 Rins isn't letting Rossi get away - he's gained a little on the race-leading Yamaha and is now under two tenths of a second behind with six laps left.

22:30 Vinales now overcomes Tito Rabat, who hasn't made this too easy for the works Yamaha, and takes 14th, with Abraham demoting Rabat out of the points at the same time.

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22:28 Vinales is back up into the points after winning a dice with Karel Abraham.

22:28 This is also turning out to be a great day for Dovizioso. He expected to lose a heap of points to Marquez having qualified 13th, but instead he's now back ahead of Morbidelli and into fourth on a day his title rival is going to score zero.

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22:27 Rossi hasn't won a race since Assen 2017 in June that year, nearly two full seasons ago.

And if he does win this, he will most likely take the championship lead...