Qualifying is complete at the Circuit of the Americas and the intense battle between Ducati and Aprilia is certainly heating up.
Fabvio Di Giannantonio secured his second pole position in a row ahead of Marco Bezzecchi and Pedro Acosta.
The Ducati duo of Marc marquez and Pecco Bagnaia will be disappointed to start from the second row after facing trouble with traffic throughout the session. The incidents are currently under investigation involving several riders including Marco Bezzecchi and Ai Ogura.
Marquez managed to recover to a sixth place start after his scary crash in practice yesterday, but Bagnaia will be the happier of the pair in P4.
It was a decent showing for Honda, in particular Joan Mir, who held the top spot for a large part of the session. Ironically, it would have been the first pole position in the 2020 world champion's MotoGP career, but ultimately it wasnt't to be today.
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Raul Fernandez and Franco Morbidelli will be disappointed after their Q1 eliminations, starting in 13th and 20th respectively. All four Yamaha riders were also out in Q1.
MotoGP Qualifying Results
| Position | Rider (Team) | Fastest Lap |
| 1. | Fabio Di Giannantonio (VR46) | 02:00.136 |
| 2. | Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia Racing) | +0.193 |
| 3. | Pedro Acosta (KTM Factory Racing) | +0.349 |
| 4. | Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo) | +0.427 |
| 5. | Joan Mir (Honda HRC) | +0.455 |
| 6. | Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo) | +0.501 |
| 7. | Jorge Martin (Aprilia Racing) | +0.560 |
| 8. | Alex Marquez (Gresini Racing) | +0.629 |
| 9. | Luca Marini (Honda HRC) | +0.755 |
| 10. | Fermin Aldeguer (Gresini Racing) | +0.878 |
| 11. | Ai Ogura (Trackhouse Racing) | +1.283 |
| 12. | Enea Bastianini (KTM Tech3) | +1.341 |
| 13. | Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse Racing) | 02:01.228 |
| 14. | Diogo Moreira (LCR Honda) | +0.329 |
| 15. | Johann Zarco (Castrol Honda) | +0.468 |
| 16. | Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha) | +0.576 |
| 17. | Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pramac Yamaha) | +0.768 |
| 18. | Brad Binder (KTM Factory Racing) | +0.888 |
| 19. | Jack Miller (Pramac Yamaha) | +0.916 |
| 20. | Franco Morbidelli (VR46) | +1.140 |
| 21. | Alex Rins (Monster Energy Yamaha) | +1.389 |
| DNS | Maverick Vinales (KTM Tech3) | - |
Moto2 Qualifying Results
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Moto3 Qualifying Results
(In Progress)
| Position | Q1 | Q2 (In Progress) | Lap Time |
| 1. | Eddie O'Shea | TBA | |
| 2. | Alvaro Carpe | TBA | |
| 3. | Adrian Fernandez | TBA | |
| 4. | Maximo Quiles | TBA | |
| 5. | Veda Pratama | TBA | |
| 6. | David Munoz | TBA | |
| 7. | Matteo Bertelle | TBA | |
| 8. | Scott Ogden | TBA | |
| 9. | Guido Pini | TBA | |
| 10. | Casey O'Gorman | TBA | |
| 11. | Marco Morelli | TBA | |
| 12. | Adrian Cruces | TBA | |
| 13. | Rico Salmela | TBA | |
| 14. | Valentin Perrone | TBA | |
| 15. | Nicola Carraro | TBA | |
| 16. | Joel Kelso | TBA | |
| 17. | Zen Mitani | TBA | |
| 18. | Joel Esteban | TBA | |
| 19. | Ryusei Yamanaka | +0.472 | |
| 20. | Jesus Rios | +0.474 | |
| 21. | Brian Uriate | +0.586 | |
| 22. | Cormac Buchanan | +0.813 | |
| 23. | Ruche Moodley | +0.943 | |
| 24. | Leo Rammerstorfer | +1.458 | |
| 25. | Hakim Danish | - | |
| DNS | David Almansa | - |
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