The Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team sent their bikes and garage from Argentina to Austin, Texas, USA, and are setting up to be ready for Round 3 on the 2025 MotoGP calendar.

After a one-week break following the Argentina GP, the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team have made their way to Austin, Texas for the Grand Prix of The Americas. Fabio Quartararo and Álex Rins both like the COTA track and the atmosphere in Austin and are starting the weekend in a positive mood.

Quartararo arrives at the Circuit of The Americas (COTA) holding 15th place in the championship standings. El Diablo has good memories of this track: in 2015, his very first year of visiting COTA, he immediately scored a second place in the Moto3 class. In 2021, the Frenchman equalled this feat on a MotoGP bike in only his second premier class race in Austin. In 2023, he again stood on the rostrum, having finished the Race in third place.

Though the Austin circuit is known as quite tricky, Rins has taken a liking to its unique characteristics. He returns in high spirits to the scene where in 2023 he won the Americas GP Race and took second place in the Sprint. He also graced the premier class podium in 2022 with a second place and in 2019 with a first place. He stood on the Moto2 class rostrum in 2016 and 2015 for a win and third place respectively, and in 2013 he secured a Moto3 victory on American soil. Rins hopes to score solid points again this weekend to climb up from 16th in the overall rankings.

Completed in 2012, The Circuit of The Americas (COTA) is one of the newer venues on the calendar, having been added to the Grand Prix schedule the following year. Its length of 5,513m and mixture of fast straights and tight hairpins make the track both challenging and exciting to master for teams and riders. They need to find exactly the right balance for their bike's set-up that suits the 11 left and 9 right turns and the 1,200m straight in order to snatch a place on the podium. The especially sharp Turn 1 will be a place where the fans can expect a lot of overtaking action.

The Grand Prix of The Americas is held in the GMT-5 time zone. FP1 will take place on Friday from 10:45-11:30 local track time, followed by the Practice from 15:00-16:00. On Saturday, FP2 will be held from 10:10-10:40, the qualifying sessions from 10:50-11:30, and the 10-lap Sprint starts at 15:00. On Sunday*, Warm Up is held from 09:40-09:50, and the 20-lap Race starts at 14:00.

*On Sunday, March 30th, Daylight Saving Time will start in Europe (at 2am the clocks go forward to 3am). The clocks in the US do not change (as their Daylight Saving Time has already started on March 9th), therefore the time difference between the US and Europe will increase by an hour on the Sunday.