2021 British MotoGP, Silverstone - Warm-up Results

Warm-up results from the British MotoGP at Silverstone, round 12 of the 2021 world championship.
Aleix Espargaro, MotoGP, British MotoGP 28 August 2021
Aleix Espargaro, MotoGP, British MotoGP 28 August 2021
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Aleix Espargaro fuels Aprilia's podium hopes by leading morning warm-up for the 2021 British MotoGP at Silverstone, ahead of LCR Honda's Takaaki Nakagami and this afternoon's pole starter Pol Espargaro (Repsol Honda).

Pol's team-mate Marc Marquez, already battered and bruised from Friday's 270km/h fall, suffered a much slower lowside in the closing stages of warm-up and swiftly reached for his recovering right shoulder. The Spaniard was unable to restart the bike.

Rookie Enea Bastianini walked away from a Turn 12 fall midway through the session.

With Maverick Vinales splitting from Yamaha after Austria, test rider Cal Crutchlow has been moved from Petronas Yamaha to the Monster Yamaha team at Silverstone. As a result of Crutchlow's move, SRT has called-up Moto2 rider Jake Dixon to make a MotoGP debut in front of his home fans this weekend, riding in place of the injured Franco Morbidelli on the team's 2019-based A-Spec bike.

Dixon was holding 19th, and ahead of team-mate Rossi, when he fell without harm in the final minute of warm-up having got a closest yet 1.622s from the top.

Aprilia's Lorenzo Savadori abandoned his return from ankle injuries due to pain during Friday practice.

This weekend's event marks MotoGP's first visit to Silverstone since before the Covid pandemic, in 2019.

British MotoGP, Silverstone - Warm-up Results
PosRiderNatTeamTime/DiffLapMax (km/h)
1Aleix EspargaroSPAAprilia Gresini (RS-GP)2'0.325s7/10333k
2Takaaki NakagamiJPNLCR Honda (RC213V)+0.026s6/8327k
3Pol EspargaroSPARepsol Honda (RC213V)+0.135s7/10334k
4Jorge MartinSPAPramac Ducati (GP21)*+0.229s8/9333k
5Iker LecuonaSPAKTM Tech3 (RC16)+0.259s7/10325k
6Fabio QuartararoFRAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)+0.287s4/10329k
7Joan MirSPASuzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)+0.367s5/9329k
8Alex RinsSPASuzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)+0.372s8/9330k
9Jack MillerAUSDucati Team (GP21)+0.387s9/10336k
10Marc MarquezSPARepsol Honda (RC213V)+0.526s5/6334k
11Alex MarquezSPALCR Honda (RC213V)+0.929s9/10334k
12Danilo PetrucciITAKTM Tech3 (RC16)+0.932s7/10331k
13Luca MariniITASky VR46 Avintia Ducati (GP19)*+0.933s4/10333k
14Brad BinderRSARed Bull KTM (RC16)+0.999s9/10331k
15Johann ZarcoFRAPramac Ducati (GP21)+1.000s7/9336k
16Cal CrutchlowGBRMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)+1.026s9/10329k
17Francesco BagnaiaITADucati Team (GP21)+1.041s8/9336k
18Miguel OliveiraPORRed Bull KTM (RC16)+1.187s7/10329k
19Valentino RossiITAPetronas Yamaha (YZR-M1)+1.476s9/10329k
20Jake DixonGBRPetronas Yamaha (YZR-M1)+1.622s7/7324k
21Enea BastianiniITAAvintia Ducati (GP19)*+1.670s4/6331k

* Rookie

Pole position time:
Pol Espargaro SPA Honda 1m 58.889s

Official Silverstone MotoGP records:
Best lap:
Marc Marquez SPA Honda 1m 58.168s (2019)
Fastest race lap:
Marc Marquez SPA Honda 1m 59.936s(2019)

By Peter McLaren

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