Aprilia and Ducati continued their Silverstone domination by claiming five of the top six positions, but here’s why some of the biggest names still managed to shock us during qualifying for the British MotoGP.
Augusto Fernandez secured pole position, his first of the season, as Celestino Vietti slipped out of contention in qualifying for the Moto2 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
Andrea Dovizioso may have decided there is no chance of a breakthrough in adapting to the 2022 Yamaha during the second half of the season, but Franco Morbidelli has pledged to ‘keep grinding, keep working, keep searching’.
Johann Zarco will start the British MotoGP from pole after setting a new all-time lap record at Silverstone. Aleix Espargaro sixth after heroic effort.
Fabio Quartararo gets the better of his main title rivals after setting the only sub 1m 59s lap of the day during FP2 for the British MotoGP at Silverstone.
Johann Zarco bounced back from an early crash at turn seven to top the opening British MotoGP practice session ahead of Francesco Bagnaia, who also crashed at turn four.