The starting grid for the GP of the Americas MotoGP

Marc Márquez has once again claimed pole position, this time at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. The Spanish driver has secured three consecutive poles for the first time since 2019, and he hopes to continue his unbeaten race record this season, having won the first two Grands Prix and the first two Sprints of the year. Fabio di Giannantonio qualified second, becoming the first to break the Márquez brothers' dominance this year, with Álex starting third.

Pedro Acosta is the first non-Ducati on the grid, fourth with his KTM, ahead of Morbidelli and Bagnaia. The third row is that of the brands that struggled last year, with the factory Hondas of Luca Marini and Joan Mir, accompanied by the Pramac Yamaha of Jack Miller. Maverick Viñales, last year's winner for Aprilia, will start tenth with his KTM Tech3, ahead of fabio quartararo and Fermín Aldeguer, on the last Ducati. Marco Bezzecchi is thirteenth and first Aprilia rider, ahead of Rins and Zarco. Binder, Bastianini and Ogura complete the sixth line.

The Fernandez brothers will start nineteenth and twentieth, with Raúl ahead of Augusto, who is returning to replace the injured Miguel Oliveira. Somkiat Chantra will start second to last, ahead of Lorenzo Savadori, still replacing Jorge Martín. Lights out at 21 p.m. Saturday and Sunday for the Sprint and Grand Prix.

MotoGP Americas GP
The starting grid

1) Marc Marquez (Ducati)
2) Fabio di Giannantonio (VR46 Ducati)
3) Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati)
4) Pedro Acosta (KTM)
5) Franco Morbidelli (VR46 Ducati)
6) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati)
7) Luca Marini (Honda)
8) Joan Mir (Honda)
9) Jack Miller (Pramac Yamaha)
10) Maverick Vinales (Tech3 KTM)
11) Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha)
12) Fermin Aldeguer (Gresini Ducati)
13) Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia)
14) Alex Rins (Yamaha)
15) Johann Zarco (LCR Honda)
16) Brad Binder K(TM)
17) Enea Bastianini (Tech3 KTM)
18) Ai Ogura (Trackhouse Aprilia)
19) Raúl Fernández (Trackhouse Aprilia)
20) Augusto Fernandez (Pramac Yamaha)
21) Somkiat Chantra (LCR Honda)
22) Lorenzo Savadori (Aprilia)

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