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I’ve always liked Austin.<\/p>\n

A tough track, technical, full of bumps and direction changes that never give you a moment’s rest. It’s not a track where you can hide \u2014 either you’re there or you’re not. And for years I couldn’t finish the way I wanted.<\/p>\n

Friday was decent \u2014 fourth in pre-qualifying, good pace, but on the soft the bike was still nervous and in time attack I was struggling to keep it together. Nothing dramatic, but there was still something to find.<\/p>\n

Saturday started well and ended badly. P2 in qualifying, then the Sprint. Bad start but I’d managed to recover positions with some good overtakes. I was second, got carried away and fell. My mistake.<\/p>\n

I was pretty down after. Not physically \u2014 thankfully. But when you make a mistake like that, in a race you were controlling, it stings. The team was right there with me, and that means a lot.<\/p>\n

Sunday is a different day, though.<\/p>\n

Good warm-up. Starting from fourth. On lap one I attacked Acosta at Turn 11, there was contact on the exit \u2014 the wind was pushing hard, I saw him go wide, I tried to get through and we touched. I broke something on the rear of the bike, I didn’t know it at the time, but it was still running. Luckily.<\/p>\n

From that moment on: head down and push.<\/p>\n

Every lap, the same rhythm. Manage when it was time to manage, attack when it was time to attack. Jorge closed in at the end, I felt him, but I had something left and pulled away a bit.<\/p>\n

Chequered flag. First. With Martin second, another Aprilia one-two.<\/p>\n

When they told me about the record \u2014 121 consecutive laps in the lead, more than Lorenzo \u2014 I didn’t even know what to say. I wasn’t thinking about it. I never think about those things when I’m racing. I think about the next corner.<\/p>\n

I’d been dreaming for a long time of a proper race here in Austin. It took a while, but it finally came.<\/p>\n

Now a long break \u2014 Qatar has been postponed. We restart in Jerez.<\/p>\n

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