The Repsol Honda Team rider claims his eighth pole position of the season at Silverstone -his fourth in succession. Jorge Lorenzo will start from the seventh row of the grid.
Marc Márquez clocked the third fastest time in FP3 and was fastest in FP4.
In Q2, using his second tyre and on his last lap, the reigning World Champion set the best time of the day, earning pole position.
Jorge Lorenzo continued to lower his times from yesterday and in Q1 he went eleventh fastest. He will take off from 21st on the grid on raceday.
Marc Márquez | 1st 1’58.168
“With the first tyre I felt really, really good and I just tried to find a good lap and I did my first lap alone. When we went out with the second tyre there was a fair bit of traffic, I was on top in the results so I did not want to push first. We were then waiting a bit and playing with our strategy and then on the last lap the tyres were ready and we made a really good lap. Valentino was ahead, maybe a little too far because I couldn’t profit fully from the slipstream. I think we can be strong in the race tomorrow, but for sure there are many rivals for tomorrow.”
Jorge Lorenzo | 21st 2’01.562
“I am still limited a lot by my physical condition, tomorrow will be a difficult day but I want to race to test myself. I’m realistic about what to expect from the race, it’s not something I have experienced before in my career but I am the only rider on track with this kind of injury. It’s important to finish this weekend because it means I can be physically and mentally more prepared for the next test and races. We will try our hardest tomorrow and avoid any unnecessary risks.”
