Martin's pole was enough to set a new all-time MotoGP Lap Record around the Circuit of thꦇe Ameri𝔉cas, while also keeping his 100% front row start in 2022 alive.

After exiting pit lane with Enea Bastianini right behind him, Marc Marquez elected to let the Italian through before starting his first flying lap, clearly the eight-time world champion wanted to keep his꧋ cards close to his chest. 

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Marquez, who was now behind Bastianini, was setting an unbe🧜lievable time as Bagnaia provisionally went top, but just as Marquez looked like smashing the Italian’s lap time, the Honda rider abandoned his effort due to Bastianinജi crashing right in front of him. 

Mil♍ler then replaced Bagnaia at the front by just +0.008s. 

MotoGP champion Fabio Quartararo crashes

More dඣrama then followed as reigning world champion Quartararo crashed at turn 19 after looking set to break Ducati hearts with provisional pole.&nཧbsp;

The Frenchman was back on his fe🅠et with immediate effect as he did his best Usain Bolt impression through the gravel. Determined to find his way back to pit lane, Quartararo was dropped off on the back of a 🤪scooter by a marshal, before heading out for his second run. 

First out of the pits for th🌼e final run was Bagnaia as the Italian went quickest by nearly two tenths, ho๊wever, Miller produced a new lap record to move ahead of his team-mate. 

A sure-fire pole position, his first of 2022 - that’s the line we expected to bring you before qualifying specialist Jorge Martin gained close to two tenths in the final se🦩ctor as he set a new all-time lap record by just +0.003s.

Expected to go much better, Marquez made an error on his final lap which meant a starting position of ninth - his worst qual꧃ifying results ever at the Circuit of the Americas. 

Behind the top🧔 three of Martin, Miller and Bagnaia was the s🉐econd Pramac bike of Zarco and Bastianini. 

Quartarar🐽o recovered well from his fall to claim sixth aheadಞ of Alex Rins.

Disaster for Aprilia as Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales eliminated in Q1

Surprisingly Q1 was made up of Rins, Maverick Vinales, Jorge Martin and Alei🐬x Espargaro, despite all four showing much better potential at times in practice.

Following his brother Brad, RNF Yamaha rider Darryn Binder crashed at turn three on what was his first flying lap.&n💛bsp;

Rins immediately got down to ไa searing pace as the Suzuki rider set a 2:02.723s - a lap time that would have been good enough for a top six in FP3. 

Martin, who had ꦕnot been off the front row so far this season, then went q๊uickest with a stunning time of 2:02.487s. 

Joining Binder in the crash column wa💧s fellow rookie Remy Gardner after the Australian suffered a front-end washout. 

While the other three⛄ pre-session favourites were occupying the top three places in Q1, Vinales was down in 22nd and in need of serious improvements.

While Vinales did just thaꩲt to go fourth, Espargaro suffered a crash at turn eight, thus eliminating himself from contention for Q2. 

Heading the star💎t of row five will be Espargaro and Vinales, while Andrea Dovizioso had to settle for ꦛfifth (15th for the race).

After finishin༒g inside the top four in FP4, race pace looks strong for both Vinales and Espargaro, however, winning Sunday’s race will now be close to impossible. 

Advancing to Q2 were Martin and❀ Rins, two riders who could be major players for the podium.