Johann Zarco (Prima Pramac Racing) will start from pole position at the Monster Energy British Grand Prix after producing a new all-time lap record at Silverstone.
A magnificent 1:57.767 saw the Frenchman beat second place Maverick Viñales (Aprilia Racing) by 0.098s as Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) claimed a front row in P3.
And after huge crash in FP4, Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) rescued a heroic P6 and finished just 0.199s away from pole – sensational from the Spaniard.
Zarco’s new all-time lap record gives the man third in the 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 Long Lap penalty on Sunday afternoon, as three main title contenders line up on the second row. Bagnaia starts P5, Aleix Espargaro starts P6.
Moto2, Fernandez pips Roberts
For the first time since the 2019 Catalan GP, Augusto Fernandez (Red Bull KTM Ajo) starts on pole for a Moto2™ race thanks to 2:04.103 in qualifying at the Monster Energy British Grand Prix. Second place in Q2 went the way of Joe Roberts (Italtrans Racing Team) as the American finishes just 0.034s off Fernandez, with Ai Ogura (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) rounding out the front row.
Arenas spearheads the second row of the grid ahead of the disappointed Vietti and Dixon, as Bendsneyder claims a solid P7 starting slot at Silverstone. Alonso Lopez (CAG Speed Up), Marcel Schrötter (Liqui Moly Intact GP) and Aron Canet (Flexbox HP40) round out the top 10.
Moto3, Moreira gets his first pole position
Diogo Moreira has scored a first grand prix pole position in qualifying for Round 12 of the Moto3™ World Championship at the Monster Energy British Grand Prix. It was also a maiden pole for MT Helmets - MSI, and Ryusei Yamanaka even gave the new-for-2022 team a double front row result by qualifying third. Splitting them at the head of the starting grid at Silverstone will be the Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team’s Izan Guevara, who was 0.068 seconds off the pace, with his World Championship-leading team-mate Sergio Garcia managing 11th-fastest in Q2.
Moreira set his pole time of 2:10.951 early in Q2 – on his initial flying lap, to be precise. Izan Guevara (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team) then slotted into second position with just under five minutes to go by clocking a 2:11.019 on what was his own first crack. With a minute left, Yamanaka used a tow from both of the Leopard Racing Hondas to help himself set a 2:11.029 which put him into third position, and that would be the front row – marking a first ever Brazilian pole position in the lightweight class.