Silverstone MotoGP: Marc Marquez crashes but still quickest
Marc Marquez remained the man to beat in Saturday morning MotoGP practice for the British Grand Prix, despite suffering a late-session crash
The championship leader went to the top of the order on the first lap of his second run, setting a weekend best of 2m01.906s, before the front of his Honda gave way the next time around at The Loop.
Marquez and his bike slid into the gravel in unison and the Spaniard trudged his way back to the pits unharmed.
He managed to resume running on his second machine with five minutes of the session remaining, but was unable to make further gains, unlike those behind him.
Andrea Dovizioso emerged as his nearest rival and came within a whisker of matching Marquez's time, but finished the session just 0.034 seconds adrift. His Ducati was in the middle of a Honda sandwich with Dani Pedrosa claiming third.
Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo comfortably made it into the top 10, which was a stark contrast to their Friday performance where the pair lamented that the tyres were not giving them lean angle that they needed.
Pol Espargaro finished behind the factory Yamaha duo in sixth, while Stefan Bradl, who crashed in the dying moments of the session, claimed seventh on the LCR Honda.
Tech 3's Bradley Smith continued to be the top Briton in eighth, with Andrea Iannone and Aleix Espargaro rounding off the top 10.
Alvaro Bautista and Yonny Hernandez both missed the Q2 cut-off by just 0.026s and will aim to go faster in the first qualifying session to progress to the pole position shootout.
Pos Rider Team/Bike Time Gap 1. Marc Marquez Honda 2m01.906s 2. Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 2m01.940s +0.034s 3. Dani Pedrosa Honda 2m02.116s +0.210s 4. Valentino Rossi Yamaha 2m02.243s +0.337s 5. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 2m02.359s +0.453s 6. Pol Espargaro Tech 3 Yamaha 2m02.368s +0.462s 7. Stefan Bradl LCR Honda 2m02.564s +0.658s 8. Bradley Smith Tech 3 Yamaha 2m02.605s +0.699s 9. Andrea Iannone Pramac Ducati 2m02.726s +0.820s 10. Aleix Espargaro Forward Yamaha 2m02.886s +0.980s 11. Alvaro Bautista Gresini Honda 2m02.912s +1.006s 12. Yonny Hernandez Pramac Ducati 2m02.912s +1.006s 13. Scott Redding Gresini Honda 2m03.368s +1.462s 14. Karel Abraham Cardion Honda 2m03.845s +1.939s 15. Cal Crutchlow Ducati 2m04.319s +2.413s 16. Hiroshi Aoyama Aspar Honda 2m04.350s +2.444s 17. Alex de Angelis Forward Yamaha 2m04.655s +2.749s 18. Leon Camier Aspar Honda 2m04.735s +2.829s 19. Michael Laverty PBM-Aprilia 2m05.732s +3.826s 20. Danilo Petrucci Ioda Aprilia 2m06.021s +4.115s 21. Hector Barbera Avintia FTR-Kawasaki 2m06.053s +4.147s 22. Mike di Meglio Avintia FTR-Kawasaki 2m06.909s +5.003s 23. Broc Parkes PBM-Aprilia 2m07.648s +5.742s
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