Marquez takes record-breaking British GP pole

Marc Marquez has broken the Silverstone track record as he scored pole for the British Grand Prix.

The Repsol Honda rider will line up on the front row alongside Valentino Rossi and Cal Crutchlow, who also helped to light up the timing screen in the latter moments of Q2.

Marquez had already broken the qualifying record on his first flyer when he nearly dropped his bike while on track to go faster again the next time around.

However, on his second run the Spaniard became the first man to lap Silverstone in less than two minutes on a motorcycle, securing his fourth consecutive pole position.

“I saw the replays and I said to the team, ‘Turn off the TV,’ because I don’t want to see, I just want to keep pushing,” laughed Marquez about watching his near-crash while waiting in the pits between runs.

“(I’m) happy because here it is so difficult to make the perfect lap but I was able to be fast and be constant.”

Rossi (Movistar Yamaha) looked like knocking Marquez off pole position when he went much faster to the second sector but lost time in the latter half of the lap and placed second.

Crutchlow also started his second run with a sector time faster than Marquez’s best in the first runs, before clocking the third-fastest lap on his LCR Honda.

Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha) starts fourth, next to the factory Ducatis of Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso.

Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) came through Q1 to head up Row 3, alongside Johann Zarco (Tech 3 Yamaha) and Aleix Espargaro (Gresini Aprilia).

Jonas Folger (Tech 3 Yamaha) also had to ride in both parts of qualifying as he qualified 10th.

He will share Row 4 with Pol Espargaro (Red Bull KTM), who suffered a frightening crash at Brooklands but was later seen walking down pit lane, and Scott Redding (Pramac Ducati).

Both factory Suzukis missed the Q1 cut with Alex Rins 13th and Andrea Iannone 15th, while Jack Miller (Marc VDS Honda) qualified 17th.

Race start is the later time of Monday morning at 0030 AEST.

Qualifying: British Grand Prix

Pos	Num	Rider	Nat	Team	Bike	Time	Gap 1st/prev
1	93	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	1’59.941
2	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	2’00.025	0.084 / 0.084
3	35	Cal CRUTCHLOW	GBR	LCR Honda	Honda	2’00.106	0.165 / 0.081
4	25	Maverick VIÑALES	SPA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	2’00.341	0.400 / 0.235
5	99	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Ducati Team	Ducati	2’00.399	0.458 / 0.058
6	04	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	2’00.572	0.631 / 0.173
7	26	Dani PEDROSA	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	2’00.578	0.637 / 0.006
8	5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	2’00.622	0.681 / 0.044
9	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	2’00.764	0.823 / 0.142
10	94	Jonas FOLGER	GER	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	2’00.829	0.888 / 0.065
11	44	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	2’01.378	1.437 / 0.549
12	45	Scott REDDING	GBR	OCTO Pramac Racing	Ducati	2’01.994	2.053 / 0.616
13	42	Alex RINS	SPA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	2’01.285	Q1 / Q1
14	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	SPA	Pull&Bear Aspar Team	Ducati	2’01.340	Q1 / 0.055
15	29	Andrea IANNONE	ITA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	2’01.567	Q1 / 0.227
16	8	Hector BARBERA	SPA	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	2’01.669	Q1 / 0.102
17	43	Jack MILLER	AUS	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	2’01.672	Q1 / 0.003
18	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	OCTO Pramac Racing	Ducati	2’01.770	Q1 / 0.098
19	38	Bradley SMITH	GBR	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	2’02.017	Q1 / 0.247
20	17	Karel ABRAHAM	CZE	Pull&Bear Aspar Team	Ducati	2’02.037	Q1 / 0.020
21	76	Loris BAZ	FRA	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	2’02.185	Q1 / 0.148
22	53	Tito RABAT	SPA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	2’02.211	Q1 / 0.026
23	22	Sam LOWES	GBR	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	2’02.787	Q1 / 0.576