2024 Americas MotoGP, COTA - Full Qualifying Results

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Americas MotoGP, COTA - Full Qualifying ResultsPosRiderNatTeamTime/DiffLapMax1Maverick ViñalesSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP24)2'0.864s5/6345k2Pedro AcostaSPARed Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16)*+0.328s6/7347k3Marc MarquezSPAGresini Ducati (GP23)+0.402s2/6347k4Francesco BagnaiaITADucati Lenovo (GP24)+0.488s5/7345k5Enea BastianiniITADucati Lenovo (GP24)+0.575s2/5344k6Jorge MartinSPAPramac Ducati (GP24)+0.647s4/5347k7Aleix EspargaroSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP24)+0.698s2/4346k8Fabio Di GiannantonioITAVR46 Ducati (GP23)+0.803s5/6343k9Franco MorbidelliITAPramac Ducati (GP24)+0.873s6/7343k10Marco BezzecchiITAVR46 Ducati (GP23)+1.415s3/6347k11Jack MillerAUSRed Bull KTM (RC16)+1.433s6/7344k12Alex MarquezSPAGresini Ducati (GP23)No Time5/6341k Qualifying 1: 13Alex RinsSPAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)2'1.893s5/6343k14Fabio QuartararoFRAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)2'2.089s6/6341k15Brad BinderRSARed Bull KTM (RC16)2'2.14s4/5345k16Augusto FernandezSPARed Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16)2'2.223s5/6341k17Johann ZarcoFRALCR Honda (RC213V)2'2.38s5/6342k18Joan MirSPARepsol Honda (RC213V)2'2.829s5/6347k19Takaaki NakagamiJPNLCR Honda (RC213V)2'3.114s6/6339k20Luca MariniITARepsol Honda (RC213V)2'3.249s5/6338k

*Rookie.

Official COTA MotoGP records
Best lap: Jorge Martin 2m 1.397s (2024)
Fastest race lap: Jorge Martin 2m 1.397s (2023)

Maverick Vinales rockets to a record pole position in qualifying for the 2024 Americas MotoGP, which also saw a debut front row for Pedro Acosta and first on a Ducati for Marc Marquez.

Meanwhile, world championship leader Jorge Martin crashed twice in the space of several minutes.

Aprilia star Vinales, fast throughout practice, held pole after his opening run, then delivered the first 2m 0s lap of the Austin track at the start of his second and final run.

Rookie Acosta, quickest in final practice, continued his top KTM status with a brilliant second on the grid.

Marc Marquez will launch his quest for an eighth COTA victory, or at least his public goal of a podium, from the outside of the front row in third.

Reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia leads row two ahead of factory Ducati team-mate Enea Bastianini and Martin.

The Pramac rider endured a dramatic session, losing the front at the tight Turn 11 on his first flying lap, then remounting only to crash again, this time spinning out after the rear let go through the fast Turn 18.

After sprinting back to the pits, Martin returned on his spare bike to take part in the final run and salvage a second row.

Aleix Espargaro and Marco Bezzecchi also crashed during the 15-minute shootout.

Jack Miller and Alex Marquez reached Qualifying 2 after progressing through a star-studded Qualifying 1 - while the likes of Brad Binder, Fabio Quartararo and defending winner Alex Rins were left deep on the grid.

Binder, currently second in the world championship, fell on his first flying lap while Quartararo tumbled on his last Q1 lap.

The four Hondas will start at the back of the grid as their miserable weekend continues.

The COTA Sprint race takes place this afternoon.

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The unstable COTA subsoil means there has again been a partial resurfacing ahead of this year’s MotoGP event, with new asphalt at turns 2, 9-11, 12 and 16-19.