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Full Qualifying results and grid line-up for the British MotoGP at Silverstone, round 12 (of 20) in the 2022 world championship.

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Pramac Ducati rider Johann Zarco says he has “more chances than usual to think about victory” starting from pole for Sunday's MotoGP British Grand Prix.

“Then in the afternoon during FP4, it was a good lap time with the hard rear tyre. Pecco we know that sometimes he can be very strong. “We have to use this advantage of the pole position, Aprilia in time attack have good feeling on the hard rear tyre, but tomorrow should be a bit warmer temperature so even more possibility to use this hard rear. “Really happy that just on the first lap of the tyre, that I think is the moment for the tyre, was the best performance I could do.” “On the second tyre, the good lap, Jack [Miller] and Fabio was a bit in front, so it was a great reference to have this motivation. “I hope I can get this advantage on the hard rear to get a nice present at the end.”

MotoGP title hopeful Aleix Espargaro led the way in the third practice session of the British GP weekend at Silverstone.

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Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro led the final 45-minute practice for the MotoGP British Grand Prix as he edged ahead of Pramac Ducati rider Jorge Martin by 0.028 ...

It’s not yet clear if this was a mechanical issue or simply he ran out of fuel. Pramac’s Martin threatened Espargaro’s time on his final flying lap at the end of the session, but came up just short with a 1m58.282s to safely see himself into Q2 later this afternoon. He was immediately bettered by teammate Maverick Vinales, who fired in a 1m58.599s, before Espargaro on his second effort came within touching distance of the all-time Silverstone lap record with a 1m58.254s to return to the top of the order. Espargaro failed to make any further gains on his 1m58.254s lap as the clock counted down, though did catch the ire of Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia at Village corner in the closing stages after the latter felt he’d been disturbed on his flying lap. Espargaro would be the first major improver on the combined standings as the session neared its end and would remain fastest of all heading into qualifying with a 1m58.254s come the chequered flag. Only Tech 3 KTM rookie Raul Fernandez after 15 minutes of running had found time on his Friday best, albeit remaining in 23rd as Johann Zarco on the Pramac Ducati led the individual timesheet with a 1m59.476s.

Miller: It was a red-hot session and I'm up for the battle! The Aussie was beyond satisfied with his qualifying form after securing a front row start and ...

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Free Practice (4) results from the British MotoGP at Silverstone, round 12 (of 20) in the 2022 world championship.

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Prima Pramac Racing Ducati's Johan Zarco broke the lap record and earned pole position during MotoGP qualifying at Silverstone.

I think we are in a good way, we trained a lot for the first day here and I hope tomorrow stays the same. It was Fernandez vs Jake Dixon (GASGAS Aspar Team) for much of practice but that duel couldn’t quite materialise in qualifying as the Brit took a tumble – rider perfectly ok and rejoining – but not then able to push for pole. So the rookie keeps pole ahead of Championship challenger Guevara, with Yamanaka on the heels of the Leopard train and coming through to take third. I got good confidence in FP4 with the hard rear, and on the first lap on the soft rear in qualifying, I felt this 58.4 was coming with good control. Diogo Moreira: “For sure, we are happy – my first time here in Silverstone and my first pole position. Dixon completes Row 2, well in the right postcode to push for a home podium. Yeah, it was flying this morning and we wanted to do a good lap. Top Gun’s 1:57.865 was enough to shoot him up to second place, earning the Spaniard his best qualifying result with Aprilia and his first front row since claiming pole at the 2021 Dutch TT. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) will start from Row 2 after a 1:57 and a stunning salvage job. New tyres were fitted and the number 41 was back out to see how far up the grid he could get. It wasn’t going to be enough for pole position, however, as a flurry of rapid times were about to come in. The front two rows all went under the 1:57 barrier and eight riders beat the 2019 lap record.

MotoGP: "In the morning I was closer, but in the afternoon Fabio made another step, or rather a 'big step' in braking. And I was already at the limit.

But I can't take advantage of this phase and go beyond the limit that Fabio seems to manage to do. If I brake I don't make the corner, and vice versa." And I was already at the limit - confessed the Roman from Tavullia - so I was unable to take another step forward.

Qualifying (1) results from the British MotoGP at Silverstone, round 12 (of 20) in the 2022 world championship.

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The doctors at the circuit considered him fit, and no additional tests are expected, so the decision will be up to Aleix alone. How he gets through the night will be essential in deciding whether or not he’ll participate in the race. Aleix Espargarò fell at the worst possible moment during the FP4, about an hour before the Q2 started.

WATCH: Concern for A. Espargaro after major highside. A big Turn 12 crash saw the Aprilia rider stretchered off track and brought to the medical centre ...

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The Silverstone Circuit plays host to the 12th round of the 2022 MotoGP season. Here's how and when you can watch the British Grand Prix on Sunday, ...

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Warm-up results from the British MotoGP at Silverstone, round 12 (of 20) in the 2022 world championship .

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Ducati's French rider Johann Zarco clocked a new track record to grab pole for the British MotoGP in qualifying at Silverstone on Saturday as Aleix ...

In FP4, we showed that we have a great race pace, and now we will work on trying to make up a few tenths more, but overall we are ready to fight for the win. But in spite of being visibly stunned by the impact, Espargaro was able to walk to the medical centre, albeit with support on either side. “I was feeling good on the bike, pushing hard, and the highside was rather violent. Miller said: “I’m happy with the result today in qualifying, especially because we managed to set an incredibly fast time. I’m in a lot of pain and it is getting worse, so along with the team and the docs, we decided it would be best for me to rest until tomorrow and then evaluate the situation after the warm-up. Zarco claimed his second prime grid position of the season and eighth in MotoGP in style with a lap of 1min 57.767sec to smash the former track record of 1min 58.168sec set by the absent Marc Marquez.

Race results from the British MotoGP at Silverstone, round 12 (of 20) in the 2022 world championship.

Rins, the 2019 Silverstone winner, was unable to break clear and his decline all the way down to seventh place began when he lost the lead to Bagnaia with nine laps to go. Alex Rins passed Jack Miller for the lead shortly after Zarco's downfall, with Francesco Bagnaia up to third and Quartararo - after briefly moving to fourth when Zarco fell - was demoted back to fifth when he was passed along the Hangar straight by Jorge Martin. In front of 41,000 fans, pole man Johann Zarco took the holeshot with Quartararo muscling his way up to second ahead of Jack Miller, Francesco Bagnaia, Alex Rins and Maverick Vinales with Aleix Espargaro in seventh.

Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia took victory in a tense MotoGP British Grand Prix from Maverick Vinales to reignite his title charge as Fabio Quartararo and an ...

Rins would quickly fade down the order to seventh as a surging Vinales, who dropped to sixth on the opening lap having started second, picked his way through to the podium places by lap 17. Taking to the penalty loop situated on the outside of the track on the fourth tour dropped Quartararo from second to fifth as Bagnaia and Suzuki’s Alex Rins were released ahead of him. At one stage briefly opening up a gap of four tenths to the chasing factory Ducati of Jack Miller, but that gap was quickly eroded and Quartararo had to serve his long penalty for his collision with Espargaro at Assen without a clean gap to drop into.

Silverstone was a prime MotoGP victory opportunity for Johann Zarco - and he's clearly trying his best not to dwell on missing out.

“The warm temperature pushed me to take this medium front – that was a good tyre anyway because Pecco won on it, but it seemed for me it was the reason of the crash, because there’s always a bit less grip with this tyre. There is, therefore, every reason to think Zarco was in a choice position to finally get that first win under his best. I cannot stay on it, that’s why I look forward to be in Austria.”

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Jack Miller says he “appreciates” Ducati's “unusual” decision to continue giving him development parts despite his impending move to KTM in MotoGP next ...

“In my honest opinion I can’t feel anything, except I just got to watch my leg when I put my leg on the bike,” he noted. “I mean, at the end of the day they were straight up with me,” he said when asked by Motorsport.com how valued Ducati’s decision to continue giving him updates despite his impeding exit made him feel. This is despite Miller leaving for rival marque KTM at the end of the year, though the Australian says Ducati has been “100% honest” with him in what its plans are since he made the decision on his future.

Fabio Quartararo says he is disappointed with his race because he thought he'd “lose more” with his MotoGP British Grand Prix penalty than he did, ...

“We made a mistake but that’s the problem. “But just when we are behind some riders, my rear tyre got super-hot and we don’t understand why… “It’s just a nightmare.

The Italian is back in the title hunt as Quartararo & A. Espargaro finish P8 and P9 at Silverstone – see how the world is reacting here.

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Francesco Bagnaia won a thrilling British MotoGP at Silverstone in a race where the lead was exchanged on multiple occasions.

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But I saw that other riders came in stronger and I told him to try because we couldn't do more, he had to be the one to make the difference. At the second race, in Australia, there was a problem that had affected that race weekend and a bit throughout the whole season: before Superpole the gear lever had broken, so he started 16th. He knows that if he puts in a harder spring he brakes harder but the wheel in front of him locks up, it's a matter of feeling, he stays focused on certain aspects and reports other information, so I always try to avoid that ”. He was not the rider they had told me about, the one who threw a moped against the hospitality, he was another person. He entered the track, he crashed in that corner and when he returned to the pits he told me: 'I told you I was at the limit'. This episode demonstrates that he is a rider who always tries to put in his own. “I never tell him what I have done on the bike, I just tell him I made a change in front or behind. To try to find grip or improve the feeling in front. The search for the set-up automatically moves to the rear ". “At Ducati we call him the traction king, he knows how to use the rear tire very well, he always finds a lot of grip. Seeing what he is like in life, instead of taking a longer step, he takes a shorter one. Today Johann, third in the world championship and best Ducati rider, will start from pole and has promised a backflip "even if I am no longer trained to do so". Then there was the unfortunate move to KTM - Honda wanted him, his manager almost forced him to Mattighofen - the brief experience with Cecchinello's RC213V and finally the move to Ducati in 2020 thanks to the direct involvement of Gigi Dall'Igna.

Off the line, polesitter Johann Zarco (Prima Pramac Racing) got the holeshot as he headed Quartararo early on, with the factory Ducati duo of Miller and Bagnaia ...

With nine to go, Lopez’s lead was up to 0.8s. That was up to a second by the end of the lap as Fernandez moved up to P2 ahead of Canet, as Arenas then crashed at Turn 4. I never won at this track, last year I was third and on the last lap I gave my best, like Jorge Lorenzo por fuera! After a dramatic few laps of Silverstone there has been a serious shift in the lightweight class standings, with Dennis Foggia (Leopard Racing) emerging victorious from the drama as both Championship leader Sergio Garcia (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team) and closest challenger and teammate Izan Guevara crashed, separately, through no fault of their own. The conditions changed a little bit with these temperatures, and we had to read the race lap-by-lap, and also the pace. With seven to go, both Canet and Ogura had a scare heading into Turn 13 and half a lap later, Dixon was past the pair of them. Canet and Dixon exchanged P3, Ogura made slight contact with Canet’s rear wheel and it was as close as it gets between Lopez and Fernandez at the front, too. Fernandez set the fastest lap of the race on Lap 13 and was hunting down Lopez. With four to go, the gap was nothing as Dixon, Ogura and Canet battled away for the final podium spot behind them. The Spaniard went down the inside of Miller at Copse at the start of Lap 8 but ran wide on exit and had to get back into file behind the Ducati Lenovo Team rider. World Championship leader Celestino Vietti (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) didn’t get the start he would have wanted from the second row and was outside the top six. I tried the hard rear and I found a better feeling, but I was still missing something that we found for the race. Meanwhile, Viñales and Martin had been chopping and changing in the battle for fourth position until the former completed a decisive move on Lap 16 at Village. He wasted no time dealing with Rins, however, overtaking the Suzuki for third place exactly a lap later. Off the line, polesitter Johann Zarco (Prima Pramac Racing) got the holeshot as he headed Quartararo early on, with the factory Ducati duo of Miller and Bagnaia taking up third and fourth respectively.

Pramac's Johann Zarco's decision to change to a medium front tyre before the start of the MotoGP British Grand Prix led to his “hero or zero” crash from the ...

“So even this has been a surprise to stay first at the first corner. “But I could feel well the things and find my pace. That’s kind of hard.”

MotoGP: "It was our mistake, we used the medium because we didn't try the hard. The Yamaha is missing top speed, acceleration and rear grip "

He has a lot of experience, moreover Ducati has more bikes on the track than us and this involves a greater comparison of data. The chicane of the long lap penalty? Then we will have Japan and Thailand, where we did not race last year, but the situation will be the same there too ”. We didn’t try the hard rear tyre, so we made the mistake of not trying the hard rear tyre. We didn’t try the hard tyre and this condition was super important to use this tyre. However, I don't know the method of our opponents ”.

MotoGP: The Australian rider managed the race intelligently by facing several rivals, a third place, and a Ducati duo on the British circuit.

I believe we’ve taken an important step forward from the Barcelona tests, so I’m certainly looking forward to seeing what other results we’ll be able to achieve by the end of the season." I personally tend to improve my performance in the second half of the championship and, this year, I already achieved excellent results in recent races. A picture perfect day for Ducati that was able to place both riders of the factory team on the Silverstone podium.

SILVERSTONE: Italian rider Francesco Bagnaia won the British MotoGP on Sunday with championship leader Fabio Quartararo finishing eighth.

On his first attempt, the Italian was able to overtake Suzuki rider Rins and took off. Pole-sitter Johann Zarco was the big loser as the French rider crashed on the fifth lap while leading as he chased his first victory in the top category. Ducati rider Bagnaia moves up to third in the world championship after his second Grand Prix victory in a row following the Dutch MotoGP.

A bittersweet British MotoGP ended with injured title contender Aleix Espargaro crossing the Silverstone finish in ninth place, but losing just one.

But they have a lot of bikes, they can do a lot of teamwork. But on the right corners, I couldn’t help the bike to turn. “Exactly. Today they made a big step in terms of the championship. “I think this year the Aprilia works quite good everywhere, almost in every race, we put one bike on the podium,” Espargaro said of the upcoming Red Bull Ring event. “I knew it was only for one point but it wasn’t a matter of points - it was about finishing in front. “But for sure Austria is a very good track for Ducati - it is quite easy for them, they have the most powerful bike. But I think with time to recover, I will be 100 percent in Austria.” And I had zero traction on the right side. But I say you have to try,” he said. “It was impossible, my overtake on the last lap. “It’s a shame because I couldn’t overtake, I wasn’t able to be aggressive. “Today’s race I cannot understand a lot,” Espargaro admitted.

The three-time MotoGP race winner will join KTM next year at its factory squad after signing a two-year deal to join the Austrian manufacturer, ...

“In my honest opinion I can’t feel anything, except I just got to watch my leg when I put my leg on the bike,” he noted. “I mean, at the end of the day they were straight up with me,” he said when asked by Autosport how valued Ducati’s decision to continue giving him updates despite his impeding exit made him feel. This is despite Miller leaving for rival marque KTM at the end of the year, though the Australian says Ducati has been “100% honest” with him in what its plans are since he made the decision on his future.

Silverstone race winner Francesco Bagnaia says he asked MotoGP legends Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner for advice after struggling in practice for the ...

I’m always fighting to gain points but I would like to think race by race, that is better.” “My objective is always to be competitive and to win races. I tried to wait more on opening gas, it was a bit better. We have time to think of that. He said: “This weekend I spoke a lot with Valentino, more. “Today was very important to take an advantage from the long-lap penalty of Fabio and that was the key, Fabio with this long-lap lost time because he started on the medium rear tyre and if he was in the front, in first position, I think he was opening a gap, because today was very competitive.

"We need to look at Pecco" - Bagnaia form worries Quartararo. Admitting to a tyre choice mistake, the World Champion feels the title momentum has swung the ...

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