Silverstone MotoGP: Quartararo's FP2 lap record reinstated

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
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