British Grand Prix Silverstone MotoGP Q1: Dovizioso and Rins pass the KTMs

Rins, Oliveira, Pol Espargaró and especially Dovizioso will be the most prominent drivers of this repechage session which will allow two protagonists to join the qualifying final which will determine the best places on the starting grid. We will also observe the outfit of Johann Zarco and that of Jorge Lorenzo who physically seems so far from the mark.

Who, among the first mentioned, will save the day to relaunch in this British Grand Prix? Dovizioso plays big after his victory in Austria. Before launching into hostilities, here is the table which summarizes the facts.

Silverstone MotoGP™	2018	2019
FP1	2'02.073 Maverick Viñales (See here)	1'59.952 Fabio Quartararo (See here)
FP2	2'01.385 Andrea Dovizioso (See here)	1'59.476 Marc Márquez (See here) 1'59.225 Fabio Quartararo (See here)
FP3	2'01.866 Cal Crutchlow (See here)	1'58.547 Fabio Quartararo
FP4	2'01.571 Maverick Viñales (See here)	1'59.327 Marc Márquez
Q1	2'13.340 Bradley Smith (See here)	1'59.944 Andrea Dovizioso
Q2	2'10.155 Jorge Lorenzo (See here)
warm up	2'01.980 Maverick Viñales (See here)
Course	XXX (See here)
All time lap record	1'58.547 Fabio Quartararo 2019

Dovizioso is all the less serene as he had to abandon his GP19 on the Silverstone track at the end of FP4 at turn 7. It will be recalled that Jack Miller, also on a Ducati, experienced two technical problems this Saturday... 29° in the air and 42° on the track, a radiant sun, are the conditions offered to the pilots for fifteen minutes of exercise.

But the double vice-world champion and current second in the championship is part of this Q1. John Zarco The session got off to a bad start, we saw him pushed by a marshal at turn 14. In 1'59.436, Kidneys signs the first reference in front Pol Espargaró. Dovizioso, on his second bike, is only seventh, behind Guintoli... The Ducati official ranks second after his second attack.

Johann zarco returned to the pit and he is in his box, without his helmet. Will he be in the last part of this Q1? For the moment, he is last without the slightest time… The answer is affirmative: he is leaving on his KTM.

Under the checkered flag, Dovizioso slams a 1'58.944 in front Kidneys. The first to be eliminated is Pol Espargaro which is just one tenth ahead Johann zarco who will start 14th in this British Grand Prix. He is ahead Olive tree. Guintoli is ninth of the session. Lorenzo, before last.

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