Italian Pertamina Enduro VR46 rider Fabio Di Giannantonio secured the pole position for the second consecutive weekend, this time at the United States MotoGP Grand Prix, and will start the main race from this position on Sunday. At the Circuit of the Americas in the city of Austin, as reported by the Argentine News Agency, the second day of the third round of the MotoGP World Championship took place. In the qualifying session, the Italian Di Giannantonio once again stood out by securing the pole position, followed by his compatriot Marco Bezzecchi from Aprilia Racing and the Spanish rider Pedro Acosta from KTM. The Italian, who was on the podium at the Brazilian Grand Prix, set a time of 2m00s136. Bezzecchi finished 193 thousandths behind Di Giannantonio, while Acosta was 349 thousandths behind. Meanwhile, defending Spanish champion for Ducati Lenovo Team, Marc Márquez, finished in sixth place, 501 thousandths of a second behind the leader Di Giannantonio. The seven-time world champion was cited by the FIM's race stewards for an incident with Italian Enea Bastianini of Red Bull KTM as the qualifying session was closing. The main race will take place this Sunday at 5 PM at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin. Italian Bagnaia wins the sprint race at the US GP Italian Ducati Lenovo Team rider Francesco Bagnaia won the sprint race at the United States MotoGP Grand Prix and adds 12 points to the riders' championship. In this 10-lap race, the Italian quickly took the lead, surpassing the main protagonists of the qualifying: Di Giannantonio, Bezzecchi, and Acosta. Thus, Bagnaia adds 12 important points to the riders' championship and gets closer to the top positions ahead of the main race on Sunday. Precisely, in the main race on Sunday, Italians Bezzecchi and Luca Marini were penalized with three grid positions because the stewards considered that “they obstructed Marc Márquez in turn 12 as they were seen moving slowly and bothering him”.
