Marc Marquez has won at COTA seven times. This weekend, he called it "survival mode." He crashed in FP1, crashed in the sprint, wiped out the polesitter, got a long lap penalty, and finished fifth. On his favourite track in the world.

While the reigning champion was unravelling, a man who broke every single rib in his body twelve months ago was quietly taking the championship lead. Jorge Martin — not yet fully fit, at the most physically demanding circuit on the calendar — made the boldest tyre call of the sprint, hunted down Francesco Bagnaia on the final lap, and won. Then crashed doing a celebration wheelie. He's fine. He leads the world championship.

Dave and Nicky break down everything from a chaotic US Grand Prix weekend at COTA, Austin:

• Why Marquez looked more flustered than we have ever seen him, and whether it's hi ...