MotoGP Grand Prix of Americas 2016 Results: Winner, Standings and Reaction

Marc Marquez maintained his 100 percent record at the Grand Prix of the Americas on Sunday, winning in Austin for the fourth year in succession and retaining his spot atop the 2016 MotoGP standings as a result. 

Marquez completed his race in a time of 43:57.945, while Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Iannone finished second and third, respectively, with the runner-up ending just over six seconds after his compatriot.

The race was rocked by a slew of casualties, however, after Valentino Rossi, Dani Pedrosa, Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow were just some of the higher-profile names who failed to finish.

Here's a look at the finishing times from Sunday's Grand Prix, where Marquez's taste for success in the United States was once again on full display:

Position	Rider	Team	Bike	Time
Not Classified
1	Marc MARQUEZ	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	43'57.945
2	Jorge LORENZO	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	+6.107
3	Andrea IANNONE	Ducati Team	Ducati	+10.947
4	Maverick VINALES	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	+18.422
5	Aleix ESPARGARO	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	+20.711
6	Scott REDDING	OCTO Pramac Yakhnich	Ducati	+28.961
7	Pol ESPARGARO	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	+32.112
8	Michele PIRRO	OCTO Pramac Yakhnich	Ducati	+32.757
9	Hector BARBERA	Avintia Racing	Ducati	+34.592
10	Stefan BRADL	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	+40.211
11	Alvaro BAUTISTA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	+45.423
12	Eugene LAVERTY	Aspar Team MotoGP	Ducati	+47.127
13	Tito RABAT	Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	+47.426
14	Yonny HERNANDEZ	Aspar Team MotoGP	Ducati	+51.190
15	Loris BAZ	Avintia Racing	Ducati	+1'12.929
16	Cal CRUTCHLOW	LCR Honda	Honda	+1'19.252
17	Bradley SMITH	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	+1'28.036
Dani PEDROSA	Repsol Honda Team	10 Laps
Andrea DOVIZIOSO	Ducati Team	15 Laps
Valentino ROSSI	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	19 Laps

And here are the updated 2016 MotoGP standings:

Position	Rider	Team	Points
1	Marc MARQUEZ	Honda	66
2	Jorge LORENZO	Yamaha	45
3	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	33
4	Pol ESPARGARO	Yamaha	28
5	Dani PEDROSA	Honda	27
6	Hector BARBERA	Ducati	25
7	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	Ducati	23
8	Maverick VINALES	Suzuki	23
9	Eugene LAVERTY	Ducati	21
10	Aleix ESPARGARO	Suzuki	21
11	Andrea IANNONE	Ducati	16
12	Scott REDDING	Ducati	16
13	Bradley SMITH	Yamaha	16
14	Stefan BRADL	Aprilia	15
15	Alvaro BAUTISTA	Aprilia	14
16	Michele PIRRO	Ducati	12
17	Tito RABAT	Honda	11
18	Jack MILLER	Honda	2
19	Yonny HERNANDEZ	Ducati	2
20	Loris BAZ	Ducati	1
21	Cal CRUTCHLOW	Honda

Marquez started Sunday's race in pole position after winning last Sunday's Argentina Grand Prix, and the Spaniard looked to have finally found his groove after enduring a difficult campaign in 2015.

The Repsol Honda rider also came to the Circuit of the Americas in Texas as the only rider to have managed two podium finishes in the 2016 campaign already, boasting an eight-point lead at the summit.

Way down in the order, Frenchman Loris Baz saw his efforts to pick up his first points of the season dented after slipping off the track at Turn 1, but he was quick to recover and get back in the action.

However, Rossi wasn't as fortunate at Turn 2 and skidded off the track after kneeling onto his right side, an early bath completely of his own fault, as shown by BT Sport MotoGP:

With The Doctor no longer in the mix, the likes of Lorenzo and Iannone were free to duel for the top spots, especially after Pedrosa and Dovizioso ran into one another at Turn 1.

MotoGP writer Simon Patterson highlighted the sense of deja vu after the exact same pairing made contact in Argentina last time out:

The collisions didn't end there, though, and British duo Crutchlow and Bradley Smith made contact before getting back into the race, per MotoGP, with neither rider injured by the incident:

Behind Marquez, Lorenzo and Iannone, Suzuki team-mates Maverick Vinales and Aleix Espargaro duked it out in their hopes to crack the top places, making for a fascinating personal battle of its own.

It was around that point Pedrosa decided to call it quits attempting to make his way back through the order following his earlier run-in with Dovizioso:

Patterson noted the Spaniard immediately made his way over to Ducati to apologise to Dovizioso in person, but while that pair shared their consolatory messages, Marquez's rampage was in full flow.

The 2013 and 2014 champion looked back to his best in Argentina and was once again irrepressible from the front on Sunday, with Lorenzo, Iannone & Co. always struggling to hound down his lead.

With three laps to go, Marquez had built up a lead of almost eight seconds, a cushion he kept hold of until the chequered flag to seal back-to-back MotoGP victories for the first time since August 2015.

The 23-year-old will enjoy a deserved fortnight's rest before returning to his native land for the Spanish Grand Prix later this month, where he'll look to increase his lead at the table's summit once again.