Fabio Quartararo has qualified on pole position for three consecutive GPs for the first time since 2021 (five in a row from Portugal to Catalonia). He is the seventh different pole-sitter in the last seven Grands Prix at Silverstone. Along with Quartararo, Jack Miller, and Alex Rins, this is the first time there have been three Yamaha riders in Q2 since Valencia in 2021.
Alex Marquez qualified second for his sixth top-three finish in qualifying so far this season. He claimed his first sprint win since Malaysia 2023 on Saturday and his second at Silverstone in 2023. He will attempt to claim his second MotoGP victory on Sunday with Spain earlier this year.
Pecco Bagnaia qualified third, matching his best qualifying result so far this season with Thailand and Spain, when he finished P3 in both the Sprint and GP races. He finished P6 for his second worst Sprint result so far this year, after Qatar where he was P8. He remains third in the championship with 124 points. He will be aiming to win for the second time so far this year with Austin.
Ducati is on the front row for the 87rd consecutive GP, a streak that began in Valencia in 2020. Ducati is on his 21st consecutive Sprint victory and will be aiming to win for the sixth time so far this season.
Marc Marquez qualified fourth, the first time he has failed to qualify in the top three since finishing fifth in Malaysia last year. He finished second, ending a run of six successive Sprint wins. He still leads the world championship, but with 2 points, 180 points ahead of his brother. Alex. With 3,511 seconds between Alex et Marc, this is the second largest 1-2 margin in a Sprint after Austria 2024 (4,673). He will now aim for his second MotoGP victory at Silverstone after 2014.
Fermin Aldeguer qualified fourth. Jack Miller qualified sixth, his second best qualifying result since joining Yamaha This year. Johann zarco finished P5 for his second best Sprint result since the beginning of the year after Argentina, where he was P4. He will aim with his Honda to claim his first victories in two consecutive MotoGP races.
What will this have in store for us? British Grand Prix at Silverstone ? Before you know it, here is the table that summarizes the facts known so far.
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MotoGP™ Silverstone, Great Britain |
2024 |
2025 |
| FP1 | 1'59.383 Jorge Martin (See here) | 1'58.702 Marc Marquez (See here) |
| Practice | 1'57.911 Jorge Martin (See here) | 1'57.295 Alex Marquez (See here) |
| FP2 | 1'59.039 Jorge Martin (See here) | 1'59.032 Fabio Quartararo (See here) |
| Q1 | 1'58.373 Alex Marquez (See here) | 1'58.209s Marini, Morbidelli (See here) |
| Q2 | 1'57.309 Aleix Espargaro (See here) | 1'57.233 Fabio Quartararo (See here) |
| Sprint | Bastianini, Martin, Espargaro (See here) | Alex Marquez, Marc Marquez, Fabio Di Giannantonio (See here) |
| Warm Up | 1'59.155 Brad Binder (See here) | (See here) |
| Course | Bastianini, Martin, Bagnaia (See here) | Bezzecchi, Zarco, MMarquez |
| All time lap record | 1'57.309 Aleix Espargaro 2024 (See here) | 1'57.233s Fabio Quartararo |
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MotoGP, Silverstone, Race: classification
