Zarco shatters Silverstone lap record to take British GP pole

Pole for Johann Zarco and Aleix Espargaró's heroics at Silverstone

The Spaniard fell at 165 km/h in the last free session and suffers a contusion on the calcaneus of his right foot. In spite of everything, he managed to qualify sixth.

MotoGP qualifying: Sixth Zarco after crash - Silverstone pole for Espargaro

(Motorsport-Total.com) – Johan Sarko secured his second pole position of the season in qualifying for the British Grand Prix in MotoGP. With a new course record of 1:57.767 minutes, the Pramac-Ducati driver narrowly beat Maverick Vinales (Aprilia/+0.098 seconds) and Jack Miller (Ducati/+0.164). © Motorsport Pictures After Portimao, Johan Sarko is on pole for the second time this season Zoom in However, after the fourth free practice, al…

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Record-setting Johann Zarco on Silverstone pole, Espargaro 6th after crash

Zarco shatters Silverstone lap record to take British GP pole

Pramac Ducati's Johann Zarco obliterated the all-time lap record at the Silverstone circuit on Saturday to take pole position at the British Grand Prix, while Aleix Espargaro salvaged a sixth-placed finish after a massive highside crash in earlier in the day.