Submitted by Jacob Leech on
Marc Marquez has dominated the opening MotoGP practice session for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, however the cool session was interrupted by light rain and Marquez' lap was some three seconds slower than last year's quickest effort. The Repsol Honda rider was not deterred by the light sprinkle of rain midway through the session and posted a benchmark time of 2:03.208, which was over half a second quicker than Andrea Iannone. Fellow Italian Andrea Dovizioso also put in a strong showing to make it two Ducatis in the top three as he edged out Alvaro Bautista and Aleix Espargaro.
Stefan Bradl posted the sixth quickest lap time to end up ahead of the factory Yamaha pairing of Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi who appeared to struggle with the slippery mixed conditions. Yonny Hernandez put in another fine performance to finish in ninth place while Dani Pedrosa completed the top ten.
Full Results:
| Pos. | Num. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Diff Prev |
| 1 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | Honda | 2'03.208 | ||
| 2 | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | Ducati | 2'03.869 | 0.661 | 0.661 |
| 3 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati | 2'04.052 | 0.844 | 0.183 |
| 4 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Honda | 2'04.187 | 0.979 | 0.135 |
| 5 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Forward Yamaha | 2'04.212 | 1.004 | 0.025 |
| 6 | 6 | Stefan BRADL | Honda | 2'04.232 | 1.024 | 0.020 |
| 7 | 99 | Jorge LORENZO | Yamaha | 2'04.240 | 1.032 | 0.008 |
| 8 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | 2'04.281 | 1.073 | 0.041 |
| 9 | 68 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | Ducati | 2'04.301 | 1.093 | 0.020 |
| 10 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | 2'04.338 | 1.130 | 0.037 |
| 11 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | Yamaha | 2'04.609 | 1.401 | 0.271 |
| 12 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARO | Yamaha | 2'04.628 | 1.420 | 0.019 |
| 13 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | Ducati | 2'05.130 | 1.922 | 0.502 |
| 14 | 45 | Scott REDDING | Honda | 2'05.503 | 2.295 | 0.373 |
| 15 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Honda | 2'06.085 | 2.877 | 0.582 |
| 16 | 7 | Hiroshi AOYAMA | Honda | 2'06.250 | 3.042 | 0.165 |
| 17 | 15 | Alex DE ANGELIS | Forward Yamaha | 2'06.333 | 3.125 | 0.083 |
| 18 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ART | 2'07.761 | 4.553 | 1.428 |
| 19 | 2 | Leon CAMIER | Honda | 2'07.774 | 4.566 | 0.013 |
| 20 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | Avintia | 2'08.358 | 5.150 | 0.584 |
| 21 | 63 | Mike DI MEGLIO | Avintia | 2'09.056 | 5.848 | 0.698 |
| 22 | 23 | Broc PARKES | PBM | 2'10.042 | 6.834 | 0.986 |
| NC | 70 | Michael LAVERTY | PBM | 2'11.919 | 8.711 | 1.877 |
Comments
No apostrophe...
...required for "Ducatis" in this instance. I created an account just to tell you this - wow I'm almost as crazy about incorrect apostrophe usage as I am about racing. I've been visiting and enjoying this site for a long time - thank you all for all your work, cheers.
My mistake..
I hope you can appreciate that I'm writing from Australia and it's after a long day at my full-time job.. I also hope I got my apostrophe usage correct in this reply. Thirdly, I hope you continue to enjoy the site, regardless of the odd minor grammatical hiccup.
No Apostrophe -
If you've been visiting and enjoying for a long time, then become a site supporter. Otherwise, minor grammatical shout outs will not be honored.
Sorry...
...I was being a bit silly and tongue in cheek by bringing up the apostrophe as my first comment - I have been meaning to register and support the site for a while. I very much appreciate your excellent efforts, Jacob. My apologies, I didn't mean to offend.
Love it!
All the above is why.