At Silverstone, for a few minutes that seemed eternal, it was not clear who had made pole position. Jorge Martin was at the top of the standings, but with a lap so fast it seemed fake. In fact, after the appropriate checks, the Spaniard’s time was canceled (he had completely cut a corner) and Pol Espargaró was celebrating, for the first time he flies in front of everyone on the Honda. «I still don’t believe it – his words at the Parc Ferme – It was hard, because this circuit is very long and fast and a small mistake is enough to lose everything. I pushed, the lap came out well and starting first is already good ».
If the Spaniard’s pole was a surprise, the same cannot be said for the other two riders who will share the front row with him. For 22 thousandths, in 2nd place there is Bagnaia, another 14 and we find Quartararo in 3rd. Pecco managed to progressively grow over the shifts and is satisfied: «We are doing a good job and I’m ready for the race». On Fabio’s face, however, there is a bit of disappointment because he had made a big difference in the tests. “I’m not happy with how qualifying went, with the soft tires I don’t have much confidence,” said the Frenchman.
After seeing his best time canceled due to the cut, Martin can still celebrate 4th place ahead of Marc Marquez and Aleix Espargaró, who are very convincing on this track. The third row is instead opened by Miller, in front of a Valentino Rossi who seems to have found himself. He likes Silverstone, his Yamaha is fine and the Doctor has always been in the top 10 in all rounds. Tomorrow, Zarco, the two Suzuki-riders of Rins and Mir and Binder, with Ktm, will start behind him.
Enea Bastianini did not enter Q2 by a whisker, crashed when he was improving. So he had to settle for 13th time ahead of Luca Marini, while Petrucci is 16th. Lorenzo Savadori, on the other hand, this morning decided to retire from the grand prix due to pain in his right ankle, operated on a couple of weeks ago.