MotoGP Austin qualifying
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By: Mitchell Adam
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Here's our qualifying report, thanks for tuning in: 
Will be interesting to hear what Vinales and Rossi have to say about that a little later this afternoon. We'll bring you that, of course, with the press conference coming up in about two hours.
Lorenzo looks pretty stoked as he gets back to the Ducati garage. It's been a tough start to life in red for the three-time world champion.
Then it's Redding, Iannone and Miller, completing the runners in Q2, and the first four rows of the grid.
Dovizioso is seventh, ahead of Folger and Crutchlow, who crashed late in the piece and dropped several places.
Rossi turned a 2m03.673s. He'll round out the front row, even if he has finished qualifying 0.932s slower than Marquez.
That a fifth pole in a row for Marquez at Austin. Vinales will start second with Rossi jumping up to third after the chequered flag was shown.
Vinales finds a big chunk of time, to turn a 2m03.125s. That's still second, but within 0.083s of Marquez.
Crutchlow also sets a fastest outright first sector. Marquez was slow through the first sector, he won't improve this lap.
Vinaled gets on with it, though, setting the fastest time we've had in the first sector so far, as we enter the final 100 seconds.
Lorenzo has headed out again, he's currently ninth and 1.905s off top spot. But, then again, even Vinales in P2 is 0.870s slower than Marquez.
Riders are back in pitlane with five minutes to go, other than Miller who is back out on his second Marc VDS Honda.
Pedrosa has slotted into third, ahead of Zarco, Dovizioso, Folger, Crutchlow, Rossi, Lorenzo, Redding, Miller and Iannone.
Vinales and Rossi nearly get tangled up at Turn 18, then Vinales slows to find some space and backs into Redding.
Zarco slots into second and Lorenzo third, just within one second and just over one second slower than Marquez respectively.
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