Marquez nips Rossi for pole at Silverstone

Marquez by a tenth

Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) took a record-breaking pole and got down into the 1:59s for the first ever lap of Silverstone under the two minute marker, in qualifying for the British GP, but it was far from easy as the reigning Champion just beat Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) to the top by less than a tenth and the two key rivals painted the timesheets red in the final minutes of the session.

For incredibly close company in third there’s home hero Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) – fastest on Friday and on pole last year – with the whole front row covered by a tenth and a half.

Maverick Vinales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) heads up the second row a further two tenths back on Crutchlow, just ahead of the fastest man in FP4, Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team). As on Friday, the number 99 was top Ducati at Silverstone in qualifying – just ahead of teammate Andrea Dovizioso in P6, 0.173 back.

Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) made the biggest leap forward on Saturday afternoon after a tough Friday and FP3, coming through Q1 to move up into seventh – and by only 0.006.

Just behind Pedrosa in the middle of the third row is Johann Zarco (Monster Yamaha Tech 3), with Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) completing Row 3 as he rides through the pain barrier.

Jonas Folger (Monster Yamaha Tech 3), the second graduate from Q1, also managed to make some progress on Saturday afternoon and will start from tenth – just ahead of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider Pol Espargaro.

Through directly to Q2 after a stunning Friday, Espargaro suffered a crash in qualifying but nevertheless took eleventh for the British GP as KTM continue to impress. Scott Redding (Octo Pramac Racing) took P12 at a venue that has been a happy hunting ground for the Brit.

Thirteenth on the grid belongs to Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) as the rookie shows some good pace at Silverstone, just ahead of Pull&Bear Aspar Team’s Alvaro Bautista, who begins his 250th race from P14. Andrea Iannone (Team Suzuki Ecstar) locked out the fastest fifteen.

Qualifying Results

Pos	No.	Rider	Nat	Bike	Session	Time	Behind	Gap
1	93	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	HONDA	Q2	1'59.941	0.000s	0.000s
2	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	YAMAHA	Q2	2'00.025	0.084	0.084
3	35	Cal CRUTCHLOW	GBR	HONDA	Q2	2'00.106	0.165	0.081
4	25	Maverick VIÃ'ALES	SPA	YAMAHA	Q2	2'00.341	0.400	0.235
5	99	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	DUCATI	Q2	2'00.399	0.458	0.058
6	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	DUCATI	Q2	2'00.572	0.631	0.173
7	26	Dani PEDROSA	SPA	HONDA	Q2	2'00.578	0.637	0.006
8	5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	YAMAHA	Q2	2'00.622	0.681	0.044
9	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	APRILIA	Q2	2'00.764	0.823	0.142
10	94	Jonas FOLGER	GER	YAMAHA	Q2	2'00.829	0.888	0.065
11	44	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	KTM	Q2	2'01.378	1.437	0.549
12	45	Scott REDDING	GBR	DUCATI	Q2	2'01.994	2.053	0.616
13	42	Alex RINS	SPA	SUZUKI	Q1	2'01.285	(*) 0.455
14	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	SPA	DUCATI	Q1	2'01.340	(*) 0.510	0.055
15	29	Andrea IANNONE	ITA	SUZUKI	Q1	2'01.567	(*) 0.737	0.227
16	8	Hector BARBERA	SPA	DUCATI	Q1	2'01.669	(*) 0.839	0.102
17	43	Jack MILLER	AUS	HONDA	Q1	2'01.672	(*) 0.842	0.003
18	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	DUCATI	Q1	2'01.770	(*) 0.940	0.098
19	38	Bradley SMITH	GBR	KTM	Q1	2'02.017	(*) 1.187	0.247
20	17	Karel ABRAHAM	CZE	DUCATI	Q1	2'02.037	(*) 1.207	0.020
21	76	Loris BAZ	FRA	DUCATI	Q1	2'02.185	(*) 1.355	0.148
22	53	Tito RABAT	SPA	HONDA	Q1	2'02.211	(*) 1.381	0.026
23	22	Sam LOWES	GBR	APRILIA	Q1	2'02.787	(*) 1.957	0.576

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