Marc Márquez keep untouchable at Hertz British Grand Prix in Silverstone. The Catalan has been fastest of second practice followed by Bradl and Dovizioso. The surprise of the session was Scott Redding finishing on top10, as opposed to both Yamahas, out of top10 positions.

Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) was fastest in the morning session too with a 2’03.208 to lead by 0.661s and he improved in the afternoon to 2’02.126, again leading the practice by more than half a second. The World Champion has a point to prove this weekend at Silverstone having not won at Brno, his first race of the year which has not resulted in victory.

 

Bradl (LCR Honda MotoGP) showed his FP2 pace with a 2’02.635, whilst Dovizioso (Ducati Team) put in a late best time for third – lapping 0.885s behind Marquez.

 

Local rider Bradley Smith (Monster Yamaha Tech3) looked good in fourth and Yonny Hernandez (Energy T.I. Pramac Racing) impressed by making it into the top five. Likewise Scott Redding (GO&FUN Honda Gresini) was well up the timesheet in sixth place, striving to please the crowd at his home GP.

 

Italian Andrea Iannone (Pramac Racing) and Spanish trio Alvaro Bautista (GO&FUN Honda Gresini), Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) and Aleix Espargaro (NGM Forward Racing) rounded out the top ten.

 

Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) and Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) will aim to improve on Saturday after lapping 11th and 13th respectively, whilst Cal Crutchlow (Ducati Team) was down in 14th. Lorenzo (+1.374s) and Rossi (+1.826s) were well off the pace of Marquez.

 

Leon Camier (Drive M7 Aspar) had a crash with five minutes to go in FP2 and ended up 17th overall.

 

Results:

 

Pos. Rider Team Motorbike Gap Diff Laps
1 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 2:02.126 16
2 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda + 00,509 + 00,509 18
3 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati + 00,376 + 00,885 14
4 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha + 00,059 + 00,944 17
5 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Ducati + 00,257 + 01,201 17
6 45 Scott REDDING GBR GO&FUN Honda Gresini Honda + 00,006 + 01,207 16
7 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Pramac Racing Ducati + 00,020 + 01,227 15
8 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA GO&FUN Honda Gresini Honda + 00,038 + 01,265 16
9 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda + 00,019 + 01,284 15
10 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA NGM Forward Racing Forward Yamaha + 00,058 + 01,342 15
11 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha + 00,032 + 01,374 14
12 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha + 00,042 + 01,416 17
13 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha + 00,410 + 01,826 15
14 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Ducati Team Ducati + 00,105 + 01,931 15
15 15 Alex de ANGELIS FRA NGM Forward Racing Forward Yamaha + 00,354 + 02,285 16
16 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Drive M7 Aspar Honda + 00,351 + 02,636 14
17 2 Leon CAMIER GBR Drive M7 Aspar Honda + 00,166 + 02,802 12
18 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Honda + 00,074 + 02,876 14
19 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Octo IodaRacing Team ART + 00,825 + 03,701 15
20 70 Michael LAVERTY GBR Paul Bird Motorsport PBM + 00,508 + 04,209 15
21 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing Avintia + 00,034 + 04,243 16
22 23 Broc PARKES AUS Paul Bird Motorsport PBM + 01,486 + 05,729 14
23 63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Avintia Racing Avintia + 00,542 + 06,271 15