Despite a small crash in this morning’s FP3 session, reigning World Champion Marc Marquez, thundered to his tenth pole – from twelve this season – for tomorrow’s Great Britain GP. 
His Repsol Honda teammate, Dani Pedrosa, will start from the second row in 5th place. Another cool and windy day at the Silverstone track, with track temperatures 13ºC lower than in 2013 (22º compared to 35º), meant that the pole position record was never in jeopardy, however, Marc came very close. His pole time of 2’00.829 on his final flying lap (6 of 7) was just 0.138s off his record lap here last year (2’00.691). Dani missed out on a front start by just 0.289s with his best lap of 2’01.464 also on his final flying lap of 7. Today’s Grand Prix will commences at 13h00 local time.
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1st – 2’00.829 |
“It was a difficult qualifying session, because it was hard to get heat into the front tyre. However, I am happy with pole position – more than anything because of how comfortable I am feeling this weekend. I am finding it easy to set a fast pace, and this is important at this track, which is bumpy and long. Let’s hope that we have a sunny day tomorrow, or at least that it doesn’t rain, and we will try to fight for the win right from the first lap.”
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5th – 2’01.464 |
“Today was a positive day and we have taken a step forward from yesterday with the setup. The tyres also performed better today than in the previous practice sessions. However, I think that we still need to fine-tune the setup to get the tyres performing even better. Qualifying didn’t go completely smoothly, but we were able to put in a good lap. It will be important to get a good start tomorrow and find a strong pace in the race.”
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Qualifying Results
Hertz British Grand Prix – Round 12
Pos. |
Rider |
Num. |
Nation |
Team |
Constructor |
Time/Gap |
1 |
Marc Marquez |
93 |
ESP |
Repsol Honda Team |
HONDA |
2’00.829 |
2 |
Andrea Dovizioso |
4 |
ITA |
Ducati Team |
DUCATI |
2’01.140 |
3 |
Jorge Lorenzo |
99 |
ESP |
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP |
YAMAHA |
2’01.175 |
4 |
Aleix Espargaro |
41 |
ESP |
NGM Mobile Forward Racing |
YAMAHA |
2’01.448 |
5 |
Dani Pedrosa |
26 |
ESP |
Repsol Honda Team |
HONDA |
2’01.464 |
6 |
Valentino Rossi |
46 |
ITA |
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP |
YAMAHA |
2’01.550 |
7 |
Bradley Smith |
38 |
GBR |
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 |
YAMAHA |
2’01.593 |
8 |
Pol Espargaro |
44 |
ESP |
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 |
YAMAHA |
2’01.747 |
9 |
Stefan Bradl |
6 |
GER |
LCR Honda MotoGP |
HONDA |
2’01.973 |
10 |
Andrea Iannone |
29 |
ITA |
Pramac Racing |
DUCATI |
2’02.064 |
11 |
Scott Redding |
45 |
GBR |
Go & Fun Honda Gresini |
HONDA |
2’02.116 |
12 |
Alvaro Bautista |
19 |
ESP |
Go & Fun Honda Gresini |
HONDA |
2’03.618 |
13 |
Yonny Hernandez |
68 |
COL |
Pramac Racing |
DUCATI |
2’03.046 |
14 |
Karel Abraham |
17 |
CZE |
Cardion AB Motoracing |
HONDA |
2’03.206 |
15 |
Cal Crutchlow |
35 |
GBR |
Ducati Team |
DUCATI |
2’03.407 |
16 |
Hiroshi Aoyama |
7 |
JPN |
Drive M7 Aspar |
HONDA |
2’03.563 |
17 |
Alex De Angelis |
15 |
RSM |
NGM Mobile Forward Racing |
YAMAHA |
2’03.686 |
18 |
Leon Camier |
2 |
GBR |
Drive M7 Aspar |
HONDA |
2’03.696 |
19 |
Danilo Petrucci |
9 |
ITA |
IodaRacing Project |
IODA-SUTER |
2’04.755 |
20 |
Michael Laverty |
70 |
GBR |
Paul Bird Motorsport |
ART & PBM |
2’04.836 |
21 |
Hector Barbera |
8 |
ESP |
Avintia Racing MotoGP |
FTR-KAWASAKI |
2’04.957 |
22 |
Mike Di Meglio |
63 |
FRA |
Avintia Racing MotoGP |
FTR-KAWASAKI |
2’05.451 |
23 |
Broc Parkes |
23 |
AUS |
Paul Bird Motorsport |
PBM |
2’06.106 |
Circuit Information
Length |
5.900 m / 3.666 miles |
Width |
17m |
Left corners |
8 |
Right corners |
10 |
Longest straight |
770 m / 0.478 miles |
Constructed |
1948 |
Modified |
2011 |
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Silverstone Circuit
Towcester
Northamptonshire
NN12 8TN |
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Pole position |
2m 00.691s (175.9 km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2013) |
Race lap |
2m 01.941s (174.1 km/h) Dani Pedrosa (Honda, 2013) |
Race time |
40m 52.515s (173.2 km/h) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha, 2013) |
2012 Race Winner |
Jorge Lorenzo, Yamaha |
2013 Race Winner |
Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) |
(Repsol Honda Team)