British MotoGP: Johann Zarco grabs pole position with a new lap record at Silverstone circuit

Vinales
is
back

The
last
rider
to
cross
the
line
on
a
flying
lap
was
Vinales
–
and
it
was
a
belter.

Top
Gun’s
1:57.865
was
enough
to
shoot
him
up
to
second
place,
earning
the
Spaniard
his
best
qualifying
result
with
Aprilia
and
his
first
front
row
since
claiming
pole
at
the
2021
Dutch
TT.

Miller
in
front
row

Miller
claimed
a
front
row
in
P3
after
a
stellar
show.
In
the
battle
to
make
it
into
the
pole
position
fight,
early
drama
unfolded
for
Alex
Marquez
(LCR
Honda
Castrol)
as
the
Spaniard
crashed
down
at
the
Vale
chicane.

Enea
Bastianini
(Gresini
Racing
MotoGP)
went
fastest
and
went
faster
again
on
his
final
flying
lap
to
cement
P1,
as
Ducati
counterpart
Marco
Bezzecchi
(Mooney
VR46
Racing
Team)
snatched
P2
away
from
Brad
Binder
(Red
Bull
KTM
Factory
Racing)
on
his
last
lap
to
sail
into
Q2.

Quartararo
fourth

In
the
end
though,
Zarco’s
new
all-time
lap
record
gives
the
man
third
in
the
2022
FIM
MotoGP
World
Championship
chase
his
second
pole
position
of
the
season.

Quartararo
will
be
praying
for
a
great
getaway
from
P4
as
he
faces
the
much-talked-about
the
long-lap
penalty
on
Sunday
afternoon.

Bagnaia
in
the
mix

Three
main
title
contenders
line
up
on
the
second
row.
—
Francesco
Bagnaia
starts
P5
and
Aleix
Espargaro
starts
P6.
After
coming
through
Q1,
Marco
Bezzecchi
starts
seventh
ahead
of
fellow
Q1
graduate
Enea
Bastianini
–
amazingly,
both
of
the
Ducati
riders
were
under
Marc
Marquez’s
(Repsol
Honda
Team)
old
lap
record
at
Silverstone.

That
is
just
how
competitive
MotoGP
is
in
2022.
Jorge
Martin
has
to
settle
for
P9
despite
being
less
than
half
a
second
away
from
pole
position,
as
Luca
Marini
(Mooney
VR46
Racing
Team),
Rins
and
Joan
Mir
(Team
Suzuki
Ecstar)
round
out
the
Q2
places
in
P10,
P11
and
P12
respectively.
All
this
means
we
are
set
up
for
a
spell-binding
Sunday
at
Silverstone.