MotoGP Sunday guide for fans: GoPro British GP

MotoGP
•    Jorge Lorenzo starts from pole position for the second time this year and the 67th time in his Grand Prix career. This is Lorenzo’s second pole position since joining Ducati in 2017, equalling Andrea Iannone in fourth place in the list of Ducati riders with most pole positions in the premier class.

•    This is the second pole position for Jorge Lorenzo at Silverstone, along with 2010. This is also the first pole position for a Ducati rider at the track.

•    The winner last year at Silverstone, Andrea Dovizioso, starts from second on the grid for the second successive time. In addition, this is his third successive front-row start.

•    With Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso, this is the first Ducati 1–2 in qualifying since the Italian GP back in 2006 with Sete Gibernau and Loris Capirossi, and the fourth overall in the MotoGP class.

•    The highest-placed Yamaha and top Independent Team rider on the grid is Johann Zarco, which is his first front row start since he was on pole position at Le Mans earlier this season.

•    Yamaha riders have not won since Assen last year with Valentino Rossi (21 successive races). The last time Yamaha had a winless streak of more than 21 races was the 22-race sequence including the 15 races of 1997 and the opening seven races of 1998.

•    Cal Crutchlow heads the second row as the highest-placed Honda rider, which is his best qualifying result since he was second at the Dutch GP this season. This is the worst qualifying result for the Japanese manufacturer at Silverstone since the track came back on the calendar in 2010.

•    Marc Márquez has qualified in fifth place on the grid, which is his worst qualifying result since he was sixth at Mugello earlier this year. He retired from the race last year at Silverstone after suffering from an engine problem while in third place.

•    Danilo Petrucci, who stood on the podium for the first time in his Grand Prix career at Silverstone in 2015, completes the second row of the grid. This is the fourth successive time he has qualified on the first two rows on the grid.

•    Heading the third row on the grid is Andrea Iannone, which is the best qualifying result for Suzuki at Silverstone since Maverick Viñales was third two years ago – the race in which Viñales went on to take his maiden victory and the first win for Suzuki since 2007. This is also his best qualifying result since he was fifth at Catalunya this year.

•    Fourth-placed Ducati rider Jack Miller starts from ninth on the grid, which is his best qualifying result since he was seventh at Le Mans.

•    Valentino Rossi has qualified in 12th on the grid, which is the fourth time this year he has failed to qualify on the first three rows. He’s finished on the podium over his last four visits to Silverstone.

•    In Q2 for the first time since Australia last year, Bradley Smith has qualified in eighth position on the grid, which is the best qualifying result for KTM since Pol Espargaró was sixth fastest, also in Australia last year.

•    Scott Redding has qualified in 14th place on the grid, which is his best qualifying result since joining Aprilia and his best result since Malaysia last year. Redding’s best result across the line at the British GP in the premier class is a sixth place finish in 2015.

•    Tom Lüthi, who won the Moto2 race at Silverstone two years ago, starts from 15th on the grid, which is his best qualifying result since he stepped up to the MotoGP™ class this year.

•    Loris Baz, who stands in for Pol Espargaró this weekend, has qualified in 18th place on the grid. Baz won in both 2012 and 2013 at Silverstone in WorldSBK and scored a point last year at the British GP in his best result in the premier class at this track.

Moto2
•    Francesco Bagnaia starts from pole position for the fourth time this year. On his three previous pole positions, he went on to win the race. Only Pol Espargaró, in 2012, has won from pole position at Silverstone in the Moto2 class.

•    Remy Gardner has qualified in second place on the grid, which is his first front row on what is his 59th Grand Prix start. This equals the best qualifying result for a rider on a Tech 3 machine in the Moto2 class.

•    Álex Márquez has qualified in third on the grid, which is his seventh front row start of the season. Márquez’ best result in the Moto2 class at Silverstone is a fourth place finish in his rookie season in 2015, equalling his best result at that time.

•    Marcel Schrötter heads the second row, which is his best qualifying result since he was second at the Dutch GP earlier this year.

•    Luca Marini, who has stood on the podium in the last three races, is in fifth place on the grid, which is the fifth time this year he has qualified on the first two rows.

•    Fabio Quartararo completes the second row as the top Speed Up rider, and this is his best qualifying result in any class at Silverstone.

•    Mattia Pasini, who started from pole position at Silverstone last year and crossed the line in second place, is seventh on the grid, which is his worst qualifying result since he was 11th in Assen earlier this season.

•    Iker Lecuona, who made his first Grand Prix appearance at Silverstone two years ago, starts from eighth on the grid, which is his best qualifying result in Grand Prix racing.

•    Second in the Championship, Miguel Oliveira, has qualified in 23rd on the grid, which is his worst qualifying result since he joined the Moto2 class in 2016.

Moto3
•    Jorge Martín has qualified on pole position for the seventh time this year and the 16th time overall. This is his 10th front-row start of the season; his worst qualifying result being ninth in Argentina earlier this year.

•    This is the 10th pole position for a Honda rider so far this season. Only two riders have won from pole position at Silverstone in the Moto3 class since 2012: Maverick Viñales (2012) on an FTR-Honda, and Álex Rins (2014).

•    Jaume Masia, who crashed out of the race at Silverstone last year, starts from second on the grid as the highest-placed KTM rider, which is his best qualifying result in what is his 16th Grand Prix race in the Moto3 class.

•    Lorenzo Dalla Porta is third on the grid, which is his first front row start in what is his 48th race so far. Dalla Porta’s best result at Silverstone is an eighth place finish back in 2015 after qualifying in 27th.

•    Heading the second row on the grid is Albert Arenas, who has failed to score points in his two previous visits to Silverstone.

•    Fabio Di Giannantonio has qualified in fifth place on the grid, which is his best qualifying result since he was also fifth at Brno earlier this year. Di Giannantonio crossed the line in sixth place two years ago at the British GP, his best result at Silverstone.

•    Tatsuki Suzuki start from sixth on the grid, which is his best position on the grid since he was third at Barcelona this year. He will be aiming to become the first Japanese rider to stand on the podium in the lightweight category since Tomoyoshi Koyama at the Sachsenring in 2010.

•    Championship leader Marco Bezzecchi is eleventh on the grid, which is the sixth time this year he failed to qualify on the first two rows. Bezzecchi’s best result at Silverstone is 19th last year from 24th on the grid.

•    Arón Canet, who won his most recent Moto3 race last year at the British GP after starting from 16th, starts from 11th, which is the first time he has failed to qualify on the first two rows since he was 28th at Le Mans earlier this year.