Round four of the 2022 MotoGP W💛orld Championship continues with race day from Austin, Texa🐻s. 

Jorge Martin led the first-ev🌳er Ducati quintet in Moto🤡GP qualifying, while world champion Fabio Quartararo could only manage sixth after a turn 19 fall.

Martin's pole was enough to set a new all-time MotoGP Lap ✅Record around the Circuit of the Americas, 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 woᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚrld champion wanted to keep his cards close to his chest.

Marquez, who was now behind Bastianini, was setting an unbelievable time as Bagnaia provisionally went top, but just as Marquez looked like smashing the Italian’s lap time, the Honไda rider abandoned his effort due to Bastianini crashing right in front of h♛im. 

Miller then replaced Bag🦩naia at the front by just +0.008s. 

More drama then followed as reigning world champion Quartararo crashed at turn 19 after looking set to break Ducati hearts with provi🎉sional pole. 

The Frenchman was back on his feet 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 bac꧅k of a scooter by a marshal, before heading out for his second run. 

First out of the pits for the fina🔴l run wa🌸s Bagnaia as the Italian went quickest by nearly two tenths, however, 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 be😼fore qualifying specialist Jorge Martin gained close to two tenths in the final sector 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 qualifying results ever at the Circuit of the Americas.

Behind the top three of Martin🧸, Miller and Bagnaia was t𓆏he second Pramac bike of Zarco and Bastianini. 

Quartararo recovered well from his 🅘fall to claim sixth ahead of Alex Rins.

Surprisingly Q1 was 🎃made up of Rins, Maverick Vinales, Jorge Martin and Aleix Espargaro, despite all four showing mu𝐆ch better potential at times in practice.

Following his brother Brad, RNF Yamaha rider Darryn Bin♐der crashed at turn three on what waღs his first flying lap. 

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

Martin, who had not been off the front row soᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ far this season, tꦿhen went quickest with a stunning time of 2:02.487s. 

Joining Binder in the crash column was fello𒀰w rookie Remy Gardner after the Australian suffered a front-end washout. 

While ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚthe 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 that to go fourth, Espargaro suffered a crash at turn📖 eight, thu🙈s eliminating himself from contention for Q2. 

Heading the start of row five will be 🐟Espargaro and Vinales, while Andrea Dovizioso had to settle for fifth (15th for the race).

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

Advancing to Q2 were Mar🌄tin and Rins, two rid💟ers who could be major players for the podium.