Jorge Lorenzo took pole position for the British GP today, but he wasn’t unaffected by the conditions in FP4. Lorenzo was one of 5 riders that went off track at Stowe due to large amounts of surface water and spoke about both this incident and his pole position in the post qualifying press conference.
Andrea Dovizioso will line up second on the grid behind his Ducati team-mate Jorge Lorenzo and is now braced to see what the Silverstone weather brings on Sunday
It seems to be unanimous among riders that the conditions at Silverstone today were dangerous and would not be suitable for the race tomorrow. We will wait to see if the forecast is correct, but in the meantime the riders spoke about why the track was dangerous in the rain.
Valentino Rossi is hopeful of being competitive in tomorrow’s British Grand Prix which is likely to be rain-affected, although he will start back on the fourth row after a qualifying mix-up
Following a rain-affected Saturday at the British GP that saw a red flagged FP4 and a significantly delayed qualifying, the time of tomorrow’s MotoGP race has been moved earlier to 11:30am in the hope of avoiding the worst of the rain.
Jorge Lorenzo has claimed pole for the British GP at Silverstone in mixed conditions, setting a pole lap time of 2:10.155 ahead of Andrea Dovizioso and Johann Zarco.
Andrea Dovizioso will lead the field into Q2 this afternoon while Danilo Petrucci produced the performance of the morning to join him in the top ten
The problems Yamaha currently face have been known for some time, and both Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales have been outspoken about what needs to be improved. Following Friday practice at Silverstone, which comes after a test at Misano, it seems some improvement has finally been made.
Andrea Dovizioso comes to Silverstone as last year’s race winner and has already started strong in 2018, finishing top of the combined times after practice.
Despite finishing 2nd in the combined times on Friday, Cal Crutchlow is undecided on which direction to take with the set up of his bike for his home race. The British rider was the top Honda after FP1 and FP2 and spoke in his media debrief about his feeling with the bike after practice.
The winner of last year’s British GP, Andrea Dovizioso, was fastest in FP2 at Silverstone today, setting a lap time of 2:01.385. Seven riders went faster than Maverick Vinales’ 2:02.073 set in FP1 this morning, including Vinales himself who improved to a 2:01.446 and finished in 3rd place.
Jorge Lorenzo was fifth quickest in Friday practice ahead of the British Grand Prix but wasn’t impressed with the newl resurfaced Northamptonshire track
Marc Marquez experienced a mixed day on Friday at Silverstone, finishing fourth overall despite a dreadful morning session
Maverick Vinales enjoyed a positive day on Friday at Silverstone as Yamaha began to take steps forward with their YZR-M1
Maverick Vinales raised Movistar Yamaha’s spirits with the fastest time on Friday morning at Silverstone
Cal Crutchlow will head into his home Grand Prix this weekend with a freshly signed one-year contract extension, which will see him remain with his satellite LCR Honda team until the end of 2020.
After taking a hard fought victory last time out at the Red Bull Ring in Austria, Jorge Lorenzo is feeling confident as MotoGP heads to Silverstone for the British GP.
