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Saturday at Silverstone with Tony Goldsmith

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Marc Marquez has taken pole position for tomorrow’s British Grand Prix, and broken the lap record in the process.

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Jorge Lorenzo will start from 2nd but will be a tough man to beat come race day.

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Dani Pedrosa leaves his pit box to start his 2nd qualifying run. He will start the race from the outside of the front row.

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A 4th place start for Valentino Rossi.

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Scott Redding was able to put the speculation over a proposed move move to Pramac Ducati behind him to qualify in a strong 7th place.

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Alvaro Bautista goes over some track notes during FP1.

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Cal Crutchlow shows the strain of riding a MotoGP missile. He will start his home Grand Prix from 8th.

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Bradley Smith uses all the track and a little more during FP3.

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The early season spark appears to have left Andrea Dovizioso. He has struggled this weekend and will start from 12th.

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The mood in Valentino Rossi’s garage at the end of qualifying was very upbeat. He could be a man to watch in tomorrow’s race.

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Danilo Petrucci rides the bumps hard on the brakes on the way into Vale during FP3.

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Jorge Lorenzo “gave everything” to overcome Dani Pedrosa for 2nd place in qualifying.

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Bradley Smith qualified as fastest Brit in 6th place.

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Lucio Cecchinello doing his bit for the team.

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Marc Marquez was delighted with pole position but claimed his ideal lap time would have been two tenths of a second faster as he missed a gear on the exit of the final corner.

Photos: © 2015 Tony Goldsmith / www.tonygoldsmith.net – All Rights Reserved

Tony Goldsmith is an Isle of Man based freelance motorcycle racing photographer specialising in MotoGP and the Isle of Man TT races. His website can be found at www.tonygoldsmith.net. He can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.

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