Jorge Martín has secured pole position for the Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Great Britain. The #89 rider put in an exceptional final flying lap to take pole off his fellow Aprilia riders and the all-time lap record at Silverstone. We may not be on summer break anymore, but the MotoGP weekend continues to heat up. Read on for all the MotoGP qualifying results and highlights at the British GP.
Battle for Final Q2 Spots Turns Up the Heat
It was all or nothing for riders battling it out in Q1 for the final two spots in Q2. For Francesco Bagnaia, this was nothing new, having been here a few times already in the MotoGP 2026 season.
But given that #63 is recovering from arm pump surgery (a common procedure for most MotoGP riders), the session would be a true test of strength and endurance. Initial time attacks rolled in a few minutes after the session began, with Diogo Moreira, Iker Lecuona, and Franco Morbidelli all taking the top spots.
Unfortunately for Bagnaia, his earlier frustrations persisted. The Ducati Lenovo Team rider lit up the first sector in red before having to back out of the lap and costing him the chance to advance. Morbidelli was set in the top spot, and it looked like Moreira was going along with him. That is, until Lecuona put in one final flying lap to push the Brazilian rider out of Q2 contention.
Fabio Quartararo was much closer to getting one of the coveted top two spots, improving on every lap. However, the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP rider missed out on it by five hundredths of a second.
The Hunt for the British GP Pole
Morbidelli and Lecuona joined the rest of the Q2 pack for another 15 minutes of intense time attacks. Eyes were on Marco Bezzecchi after the Aprilia Racing rider made a great comeback in the Practice session. But Fabio Di Giannantonio had already shown promise after a great morning session in FP2. However, it was Marc Márquez turning heads with a near-miss incident as he began his first time attack.
There were no such moments for Raúl Fernández, who took the top spot with a lap time of 1:56.593 and knocked Álex Márquez down the order. But, as any MotoGP fan knows, you can always count on a Márquez brother to pull something out of the hat. Á. Márquez was quickly back on top with 1:56.539, until M. Márquez beat that by a little more than a hundredth of a second.
Bezzecchi had one more lap in him, giving it everything to come up to the top of the board. But already the sectors were lit up red for Fernández, and a moment later broke the all-time lap record with a 1:56.181. With less than two minutes remaining, it was going to take something very special to beat that. And Martín was the rider to do it, pushing after the checkered flag to finish atop an Aprilia lockout with a 1:56.160.
Tissot Sprint and Race to Come
With the grid set, we now move on to the points-scoring section of the weekend. But there are a few riders playing a delicate balancing act. Even with Bezzecchi on the front row, the Italian is clearly feeling the strain. As is Bagnaia, though it will be the #63 rider’s worst start in a long time. But though the Márquez brothers were bumped down to start on the second row, no one would count them out of possible podiums. All that excitement can only mean that we’re in for some equally thrilling racing later in the Sprint and Sunday race.