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Silverstone MotoGP: Quartararo's FP2 lap record reinstated
Fabio Quartararo was reinstated as the MotoGP FP2 pace-setter at the British Grand Prix over Marc Marquez, after the Frenchman was cleared of track limits abuse.
Jamie Klein Valentin Khorounzhiy
Edited: Aug 23, 2019, 4:33 PM
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Quartararo had fired in a 1m59.225s late on with a fresh soft rear tyre, smashing the existing Silverstone MotoGP lap record by more than seven tenths.
However, he swiftly had his laptime disallowed due to a track limits infringement at Chapel, and an error at Brooklands on his final attempt meant he had been consigned to 11th in the classification.
Marquez's 1m59.476s effort stood as the FP2 benchmark at the chequered flag instead, the reigning champion having recovered from a low-side at Vale just over 10 minutes in the session.
The crash was his first since May's Le Mans round.
Following the reversal of the Quartararo decision, the Frenchman completed a clean sweep of Friday's two practice sessions, ending up a quarter of a second clear of Marquez.
Maverick Vinales was another three tenths down in third, while his works Yamaha MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi was promoted to fourth place when he, like Quartararo, had his deleted best lap reinstated after a review.
Fifth-placed Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) was the final rider to dip beneath the two-minute barrier, with Andrea Dovizioso just a tenth further back on the best of the Ducatis.
Franco Morbidelli was seventh aboard the last of the four Yamahas, ahead of Tech 3's Miguel Oliveira, the fastest of the KTM runners by more than two tenths.
Ducati pair Jack Miller and Danilo Petrucci made up the top 10, with Takaaki Nakagami of LCR Honda the third rider to have a fastest laptime deletion reversed, but still coming up half a tenth short of 10th place.
Jorge Lorenzo (Honda) 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.
Session results:
Cla # Rider Bike Time Gap 1 20 Fabio Quartararo
Yamaha 1'59.225 2 93 Marc Marquez
Honda 1'59.476 0.251 3 12 Maverick Viñales
Yamaha 1'59.765 0.540 4 46 Valentino Rossi
Yamaha 1'59.937 0.712 5 35 Cal Crutchlow
Honda 1'59.993 0.768 6 4 Andrea Dovizioso
Ducati 2'00.110 0.885 7 21 Franco Morbidelli
Yamaha 2'00.183 0.958 8 88 Miguel Oliveira
KTM 2'00.360 1.135 9 43 Jack Miller
Ducati 2'00.392 1.167 10 9 Danilo Petrucci
Ducati 2'00.428 1.203 11 30 Takaaki Nakagami
Honda 2'00.492 1.267 12 41 Aleix Espargaro
Aprilia 2'00.497 1.272 13 44 Pol Espargaro
KTM 2'00.591 1.366 14 5 Johann Zarco
KTM 2'00.664 1.439 15 42 Alex Rins
Suzuki 2'00.666 1.441 16 63 Francesco Bagnaia
Ducati 2'00.788 1.563 17 29 Andrea Iannone
Aprilia 2'00.907 1.682 18 50 Sylvain Guintoli
Suzuki 2'02.240 3.015 19 55 Hafizh Syahrin
KTM 2'02.417 3.192 20 53 Tito Rabat
Ducati 2'02.473 3.248 21 99 Jorge Lorenzo
Honda 2'02.907 3.682 22 17 Karel Abraham
Ducati 2'02.993 3.768 View full results
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