Ducati power on top Friday at Silverstone

Andrea Dovizioso
Andrea Dovizioso

After Yamaha dominated FP1 at the GoPro British Grand Prix, Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) came out firing on all cylinders in FP2 to go fastest overall on day one, with home hero Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) just 0.005 off the Italian’s 2:01.358 in second. Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) had a very strong opening day as he got within 0.061 of Dovizioso in FP2 to end the day third quickest after topping FP1.

The threat of rain was in the air but it held off as the premier class got an all-important dry Friday Free Practice under their belts on a newly surfaced Silverstone. Behind the front three was Championship leader Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team), no drama in FP2 for the Spaniard after his FP1 crash as he ended the opening day 0.144 from the top. Rounding out the top five was Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team), squeezing into an automatic Q2 spot on his final lap as the Austrian GP winner lingered down in P17 with the clock ticking.

After finishing FP1 in fifth, Jack Miller (Alma Pramac Racing) continued to rediscover his early season speed to end Friday sixth fastest overall, less than half a second behind fellow Ducati man Dovizioso. Johann Zarco (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) managed to grab a top ten position in seventh at the end of FP2, the Frenchman jumping up two positions from his P9 in the morning, with Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) eighth quickest overall after finishing FP1 in second – the ‘Doctor’ looking like he can have a very positive weekend after topping the session at times.

Fellow Italian Andrea Iannone (Team Suzuki Ecstar) consolidated at top ten in FP2 to finish ninth quickest, with Alvaro Bautista (Angel Nieto Team) sitting in the final provisional automatic Q2 spot in tenth, improving from P11 in FP1.

Results

Pos. Rider Num Nation Team Constructor Time/Gap
1 Dovizioso Andrea 4 ITA Ducati Team Ducati 2'01.385
2 Crutchlow Cal 35 GBR LCR Honda Honda 2'01.390 / 0.005
3 Vinales Maverick 25 SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 2'01.446 / 0.061
4 Marquez Marc 93 SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 2'01.529 / 0.144
5 Lorenzo Jorge 99 SPA Ducati Team Ducati 2'01.782 / 0.397
6 Miller Jack 43 AUS Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 2'01.819 / 0.434
7 Zarco Johann 5 FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 2'01.962 / 0.577
8 Rossi Valentino 46 ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 2'02.152 / 0.767
9 Iannone Andrea 29 ITA Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 2'02.231 / 0.846
10 Bautista Alvaro 19 SPA Angel Nieto Team Ducati 2'02.448 / 1.063
11 Nakagami Takaaki 30 JPN LCR Honda Honda 2'02.515 / 1.130
12 Petrucci Danilo 9 ITA Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 2'02.616 / 1.231
13 Rabat Tito 53 SPA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 2'02.704 / 1.319
14 Morbidelli Franco 21 ITA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 2'02.759 / 1.374
15 Pedrosa Dani 26 SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 2'02.864 / 1.479
16 Espargaro Aleix 41 SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 2'02.938 / 1.553
17 Smith Bradley 38 GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 2'02.974 / 1.589
18 Syahrin Hafizh 55 MAL Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 2'03.293 / 1.908
19 Rins Alex 42 SPA Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 2'03.591 / 2.206
20 Redding Scott 45 GBR Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 2'03.810 / 2.425
21 Luthi Tom 12 SWI EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 2'04.178 / 2.793
22 Abraham Karel 17 CZE Angel Nieto Team Ducati 2'04.223 / 2.838
23 Baz Loris 76 FRA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 2'04.773 / 3.388
24 Simeon Xavier 10 BEL Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 2'05.212 / 3.827