British MotoGP: Johann Zarco grabs pole with a new lap record

Aprillia
Racing’s
Maverick
Vinales
is
back
in
the
front
row
after
a
while
while
Ducati’s
Jack
Miller
will
start
third
on
the
grid.

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

Defending
champion
Fabio
Quartararo
will
be
praying
for
a
great
getaway
from
P4
as
he
faces
the
much-talked-about
Long
Lap
penalty
on
Sunday
afternoon,
as
three
main
title
contenders
line
up
on
the
second
row.

Francesco
Bagnaia
starts
P5,
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
the
2022
FIM
MotoGP
World
Championship
is.

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),
Alex
Rins
and
Joan
Mir
(Team
Suzuki
Ecstar)
round
out
the
Q2
places
in
P10,
P11
and
P12
respectively.

After
seven
different
winners
on
the
last
seven
visits,
the
race
is
on
to
see
if
there
will
be
a
magic
number
eight.

Find
out
when
the
lights
go
out
for
the
premier
class
at
1pm
local
time
(5.30pm
IST)
on
Sunday!

THE
GRID
(TOP
10)

1.
Johann
Zarco
(Prima
Pramac
Racing)
–
1:57.767
2.
Maverick
Vinales
(Aprilia
Racing)
+
0.098
3.
Jack
Miller
(Ducati
Lenovo
Team)
+
0.164
4.
Fabio
Quartararo
(Monster
Energy
Yamaha
MotoGP)
+
0.171
5.
Francesco
Bagnaia
(Ducati
Lenovo
Team)
+
0.194
6.
Aleix
Espargaro
(Aprilia
Racing)
+
0.199
7.
Marco
Bezzecchi
(Mooney
VR46
Racing
Team)
+
0.334
8.
Enea
Bastianini
(Gresini
Racing
MotoGP^TM)
+
0.339
9.
Jorge
Martin
(Prima
Pramac
Racing)
+
0.407
10.
Luca
Marini
(Mooney
VR46
Racing
Team)
+
0.550