British MotoGP, Silverstone - Full Qualifying Results

Full Qualifying results and grid line-up for the British MotoGP at Silverstone, round 12 of the 2021 world championship.
Pol Espargaro, MotoGP, British MotoGP 28 August 2021
Pol Espargaro, MotoGP, British MotoGP 28 August 2021
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MotoGP qualifying at Silverstone came to a confusing conclusion as timing screens credited rookie Jorge Martin with going 1.5s quicker than anyone through sector 2 on the way to pole position by a huge 0.881s, a margin so big that even his Pramac team were refusing to celebrate.

Replays later showed Martin completely missed Turn 8 and the lap time was finally cancelled, handing a delighted Pol Espargaro his first pole position in Repsol Honda colours ahead of Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia and Yamaha's world championship leader Fabio Quartararo.

Martin was demoted to fourth and will be joined on row two by Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) and the Aprilia of Aleix Espargaro.

With Maverick Vinales splitting from Yamaha after Austria, test rider Cal Crutchlow has been moved from Petronas Yamaha to the Monster Yamaha team at Silverstone.

As a result of Crutchlow's move, SRT has called-up Moto2 rider Jake Dixon to make a MotoGP debut in front of his home fans this weekend, riding in place of the injured Franco Morbidelli on the team's 2019-based A-Spec bike.

Aprilia's Lorenzo Savadori abandoned his return from ankle injuries due to pain during Friday practice.

This weekend's event marks MotoGP's first visit to Silverstone since before the Covid pandemic, in 2019.

British MotoGP, Silverstone - Full Qualifying Results
PosRiderNatTeamTime/DiffLapMax
1Pol EspargaroSPARepsol Honda (RC213V)1'58.889s6/7336k
2Francesco BagnaiaITADucati Team (GP21)+0.022s6/7338k
3Fabio QuartararoFRAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)+0.036s6/6332k
4Jorge MartinSPAPramac Ducati (GP21)*+0.185s7/7339k
5Marc MarquezSPARepsol Honda (RC213V)+0.197s6/7335k
6Aleix EspargaroSPAAprilia Gresini (RS-GP)+0.384s7/7334k
7Jack MillerAUSDucati Team (GP21)+0.479s5/6338k
8Valentino RossiITAPetronas Yamaha (YZR-M1)+0.642s7/7332k
9Johann ZarcoFRAPramac Ducati (GP21)+0.690s6/6339k
10Alex RinsSPASuzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)+0.750s6/7331k
11Joan MirSPASuzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)+0.874s7/7329k
12Brad BinderRSARed Bull KTM (RC16)+1.088s6/7332k
 Qualifying 1:     
13Enea BastianiniITAAvintia Ducati (GP19)*1'59.553s3/5338k
14Luca MariniITASky VR46 Avintia Ducati (GP19)*1'59.764s7/7334k
15Takaaki NakagamiJPNLCR Honda (RC213V)1'59.881s5/7331k
16Danilo PetrucciITAKTM Tech3 (RC16)1'59.997s7/7334k
17Alex MarquezSPALCR Honda (RC213V)2'0.117s7/7333k
18Iker LecuonaSPAKTM Tech3 (RC16)2'0.131s5/7330k
19Cal CrutchlowGBRMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)2'0.217s7/7333k
20Miguel OliveiraPORRed Bull KTM (RC16)2'0.391s2/7331k
21Jake DixonGBRPetronas Yamaha (YZR-M1)2'0.869s3/7325k

* Rookie

Fastest Practice time:
Jack Miller
AUS Ducati 1m 59.288s

Official Silverstone MotoGP records:
Best lap:
Marc Marquez SPA Honda 1m 58.168s (2019)
Fastest race lap:
Marc Marquez SPA Honda 1m 59.936s(2019)

By Peter McLaren

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