British GP: Quartararo bounces back after crash to dominate Day 1 at Silverstone

Jack
Miller
(Ducati
Lenovo
Team)
was
second
quickest,
with
Jorge
Martin
(Pramac
Racing)
also
bouncing
back,
in
his
case
from
an
FP1
tumble,
to
take
third
on
first
contact
with
Silverstone
on
MotoGP
machinery.

A
frantic
MotoGP
FP3
is
coming
up
at
9:55
local
time
(1.25pm
IST)
on
Saturday
morning
whie
the
grid
gets
decided
from
2.10
pm
(5.40pm
IST).

British
GP:
Silverstone
beckons
as
riders
step
into
the
unknown
territory

Marc
Marquez
(Repsol
Honda
Team)
stole
all
the
headlines
in
the
morning.
The
eight-time
World
Champion
was
the
fastest,
and
the
only
rider
under
the
2-minute
barrier,
but
he
also
brought
out
the
Red
Flag
for
a
fast
crash
through
Maggots
and
Becketts.
It
was
a
lowside
but
a
270km/h
lowside,
leaving
rider
and
bike
sliding
over
the
grass
and
gravel.
The
result
was
rider
ok,
bike
not
so
much,
and
the
Red
Flag
came
out.

0.250
behind
Marc
Marquez
was
Aleix
Espargaro
(Aprilia
Racing
Team
Gresini)
as
the
Spaniard
slotted
into
second,
pipping
Quartararo
by
0.110.
Pol
Espargaro
(Repsol
Honda
Team),
who
had
a
grandstand
seat
for
teammate
Marquez’ slide
in
the
closing
stages,
took
fourth
by
just
0.035,
with
Miller
closing
out
the
top
five
within
less
than
a
tenth.

Jake
Dixon
(Petronas
Yamaha
SRT)
made
a
solid
first
impression,
ending
FP1
on
a
2:03.939
and
only
seven
tenths
off
Luca
Marini
(Avintia
VR46).

Top
10:

1.
Fabio
Quartararo
(Monster
Energy
Yamaha
MotoGP)
–
1:59.317
2.
Jack
Miller
(Ducati
Lenovo
Team)
+
0.512
3.
Jorge
Martin
(Pramac
Racing)
+
0.622
4.
Pol
Espargaro
(Repsol
Honda
Team)
+
0.718
5.
Marc
Marquez
(Repsol
Honda
Team)
+
0.734
6.
Francesco
Bagnaia
(Ducati
Lenovo
Team)
+
0.785
7.
Aleix
Espargaro
(Aprilia
Racing
Team
Gresini)
+
0.902
8.
Brad
Binder
(Red
Bull
KTM
Factory
Racing)
+
0.998
9.
Alex
Rins
(Team
Suzuki
Ecstar)
+
1.075
10.
Valentino
Rossi
(Petronas
Yamaha
SRT)
+
1.083