MotoGP Great Britain, Qualifying: Espargaro on Pole With a New Lap Record
MotoGP heads to Silverstone this weekend for the 2024 British Grand Prix with Francesco Bagnaia arriving with a 10-point championship lead. Aleix Espargaro took pole position in qualifying at MotoGP Great Britain.
Qualifying
Aleix Espargaro set pole position with a new lap record of the Silverstone circuit in MotoGP qualifying for the British Grand Prix.
Espargaro was fourth after his first run, with only the Ducati GP24s of Francesco Bagnaia, Jorge Martin, and Enea Bastianini ahead of him.
The #41 was able to overcome the Ducatis on his second run, though, beating the time Bagnaia set on his first run, a 1:57.517, by over 0.2 seconds with a 1:57.309.
A crash for Maverick Vinales late in the session meant that the second runs were compromised for many riders, and for Bagnaia that was added to an issue with his visor at the beginning of the first lap of his second run that forced him to pull out of the lap.
Bagnaia had to settle for second, as a result, while Enea Bastianini was third. Jorge Martin was fourth-fastest, ahead of Alex Marquez and Brad Binder who complete the second row.
Marc Marquez was seventh, ahead of Maverick Vinales who never got to complete his second run, while Pedro Acosta was ninth. Fabio Di Giannantonio completed the qualifying top 10, ahead of Jack Miller and Marco Bezzecchi finalised the fourth row.
