Silverstone MotoGP: Marc Marquez breaks lap record as he sets pace - autosport.com

Marc Marquez broke the MotoGP lap record at Silverstone to end day one at the British Grand Prix fastest by almost three tenths of a second ahead of Maverick Vinales.

Honda rider Marquez posted a 1m59.476s in the closing moments of the 45-minute afternoon session, taking almost half a second better than his 2017 record of 1m59.941s.

That came despite a low-side crash at Vale for the reigning champion just over 10 minutes into the session, which was his first fall since May's Le Mans round.

Prior to that tumble, Marquez had installed himself at the head of the times with a 2m00.186s, briefly putting him 1.7s clear of the field, although that advantage was quickly reduced.

Morning pacesetter Fabio Quartararo was second-fastest with five minutes remaining, and after putting a fresh soft rear tyre on his Petronas SRT Yamaha he smashed the lap record with a 1m59.225s - only for that time to be disallowed for a track limits infringement.

Shortly afterwards, works Yamaha rider Vinales posted a 1m59.765s to go fastest, but he had to be content with second when he was shaded by Marquez by 0.289s.

Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) was the third and final rider to dip beneath the two-minute barrier, with Andrea Dovizioso just a tenth further back on the leading Ducati.

Franco Morbidelli ended up best of the Petronas Yamahas in fifth ahead of Tech3's Miguel Oliveira, the fastest of the KTM runners by more than two tenths.

Ducati pair Jack Miller and Danilo Petrucci were next up ahead of Aleix Espargaro - whose Aprilia stopped on-track at Brooklands early in the session - and Pol Espargaro on the factory KTM.

Quartararo finished 11th, having messed up his final attempt by running wide at Brooklands, ahead of compatriot Johann Zarco (KTM) and lead Suzuki rider Alex Rins.

Valentino Rossi was another rider to be stripped of his best time due to a track limits infringement, leaving him all the way down in 17th position and 1.6s off the pace.

Jorge Lorenzo concluded his first day of MotoGP running since June's Dutch TT in 21st place, 3.4s off the pace, only beating Karel Abraham's Avintia Ducati.

Practice two times

Pos	Rider	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Marc Marquez	Honda	1m59.476s	-	16
2	Maverick Vinales	Yamaha	1m59.765s	0.289s	17
3	Cal Crutchlow	LCR Honda	1m59.993s	0.517s	16
4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	2m00.110s	0.634s	16
5	Franco Morbidelli	Petronas Yamaha	2m00.183s	0.707s	18
6	Miguel Oliveira	Tech3 KTM	2m00.360s	0.884s	16
7	Jack Miller	Pramac Ducati	2m00.392s	0.916s	14
8	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	2m00.428s	0.952s	14
9	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	2m00.497s	1.021s	11
10	Pol Espargaro	KTM	2m00.591s	1.115s	16
11	Fabio Quartararo	Petronas Yamaha	2m00.599s	1.123s	16
12	Johann Zarco	KTM	2m00.664s	1.188s	16
13	Alex Rins	Suzuki	2m00.666s	1.190s	18
14	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda	2m00.765s	1.289s	16
15	Francesco Bagnaia	Pramac Ducati	2m00.788s	1.312s	16
16	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	2m00.907s	1.431s	15
17	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	2m01.092s	1.616s	17
18	Sylvain Guintoli	Suzuki	2m02.240s	2.764s	16
19	Hafizh Syahrin	Tech3 KTM	2m02.417s	2.941s	16
20	Tito Rabat	Avintia Ducati	2m02.473s	2.997s	18
21	Jorge Lorenzo	Honda	2m02.907s	3.431s	15
22	Karel Abraham	Avintia Ducati	2m02.993s	3.517s	14

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