After Friday’s practices, many expressed concern about the pace of the Ducatis over a single lap around the Circuit of the Americas.
After the opening flurry of laps, it was the Italian manufacturer who annexed the provisional front row of the grid.
Miller shot to the top of the order with a 2m03.327s, 0.008s clear of factory team-mate Francesco Bagnaia, while Pramac’s Martin slotted into third.
Reigning world champion Quartararo had been sat in fourth in the early stages and was on a good lap when he slid off his Yamaha at the penultimate corner.
At the same time, Gresini’s Enea Bastianini – who tumbled at the start of Q2 at Turn 11 – moved up to fourth, with Q1 pacesetter Alex Rins on the Suzuki and COTA king Marc Marquez on the Honda shuffling Quartararo down to seventh.
Quartararo – who admitted on Friday that he was strong under braking at COTA but on the limit – was able to get back out on his second YZR-M1 for the final five minutes of Q2.
But the Frenchman…
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