Pol Espargaro will start the British MotoGP on pole position - the Spaniard’s fꦐirst pole since the EuropeanGP a🌠t Valencia in 2020. 

It’s not only Espargaro’s first pole for Repsol Honda, but also his f꧋irst front row of the seasoဣn. 

Fabio Quartararo immediately set thꦺe pace courtesy of a first sub 1m 59s lap of the weekend, while Ducati riders Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin rounded out the front row following the opening runsꦛ. 

Marc Marquez ▨did set a time good enough for second, however, the Repsol Honda rider had his lap canꩲcelled due to exceeding track limits. 

Like Marquez, Espargaro also had to recover from a first stint that saw him hav🧔e a time deleted, however, the 30 year-old did just that with a 1:58.889s - the fastest lap of the weekend. 

Francesco Bagnaia kept his second place from the opening run, while Quartararo was unable to better his ඣtime and dropped to P3. 

Ther🎐e was a bizarre moment late on as Jorge Martin set a time over eight tenths quicker, including a middle sector that was 1.5s faster than Espargaro. 

The Spaniard remained on pole for several minutes before replays showed him cutting the corner at turn eig🐼ht. 

Martin will start Sunday’s race from fourth, while Marc Marquez put in a late effort that was enough for fifth. A♉leix Espargaro makes up the final position on the second row. 

The third row consis🔯ts of Jack Millꦇer seventh, Valentino Rossi eighth and Johann Zarco in tenth for Pramac Ducati. 

Qualifying One

MotoGP rookie Enea Bastianini was fastest after the initial run - more than a tenth quicker than Zarco, while Alex Rins was a further thr🎃ee te💃nths back in third. 

As Q1 headed into the final two minutes, ꦐpace setter Bastianini suffered a big crash at turn ♊12. It was a fall that cost the Italian as Rins and Zarco both jumped ahead of Bastianini with their final attempts.

Bastianini’s team-mate Luca Marini was fourth ♛(14th overall), while Takaaki Nakagami had a disappointing session as h꧟e will line-up 15th for tomorrow’s race.