Monstrous time for the Italian from the VR46 Ducati team, who puts everyone in line. Marc Marquez disappoints, achieving only the sixth fastest time
While waiting to understand who will be the sheriff of Austin, the Circuit of the Americas has a new track record. Fabio Di Giannantonio signed it thanks to a monstrous 2’00″136. The Italian rider of the VR46 Ducati team won his second consecutive pole after his exploit in Brazil, seven days ago. Pedro Acosta will start next to him, given that the world leader Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia) was penalized for having hindered Marc Marquez with “slow riding” and will thus go from second to fourth position.
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Francesco Bagnaia thus comes in third place. The Ducati rider shows an excellent feeling and perhaps he could have even obtained a better result if he hadn’t had to cancel a lap with decent partials. Fifth was Joan Mir (Honda), the best of the drivers promoted from Q1. And Marc Marquez? The world champion, seven times winner in Texas, finishes sixth. The Spaniard on the Ducati struggled to set an excellent time and showed some signs of nervousness at the end, when he argued with Enea Bastianini. The Italian complains about having been hindered, but the Spaniard is acquitted by the Race Direction. On the third row is Jorge Martin, followed by Alex Marquez and Fermin Aldeguer, who takes advantage of the penalty given to Marini, who thus slips from 9th to 11th place on the grid. Ai Ogura follows him. Bastianini twelfth.
