Pol Espargaro’s early weekend form converted into a sensational pole position at the British GP, his first on board the Repsol Honda Team RC213V.
The Spaniard’s 1.58.889 was enough to beat Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) by 0.022s as World Championship leader Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) takes P3, with Jorge Martin’s (Pramac Racing) eventual cancelled lap causing plenty of confusion at the checkered flag.
A typically gloomy British morning was waiting as the MotoGP World Championship rolled out of pitlane for Free Practice 3. The cooler conditions didn’t stop the quick lap times as all of the top 11 dropped into the 1’59s.
Pol Espargaro 44
“Incredible. Just incredible. I almost can’t believe it. We arrived here in Silverstone after two really difficult weekends in Austria and this gave me a lot of motivation, a lot of fire to push this weekend. I have been feeling so good this weekend with the bike, the track, the grip and I am so pleased we were able to make the most of it today. I want to say a huge thank you to the Repsol Honda Team, to Alberto Puig, to Takeo, to Kuwata-san, all of them have helped me so much and continued to work 100% behind me no matter what. We have kept working all this time, and we will keep working, but I just want to enjoy this moment for now.”
British GP Qualifying Results
| Pos. | Rider | Num | Nation | Team | Constructor | Time/Gap |
| 1 | ESPARGARO Pol | 44 | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1’58.889 |
| 2 | BAGNAIA Francesco | 63 | ITA | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 0.022 |
| 3 | QUARTARARO Fabio | 20 | FRA | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 0.036 |
| 4 | MARTIN Jorge | 89 | SPA | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 0.185 |
| 5 | MARQUEZ Marc | 93 | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 0.197 |
| 6 | ESPARGARO Aleix | 41 | SPA | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 0.384 |
| 7 | MILLER Jack | 43 | AUS | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 0.479 |
| 8 | ROSSI Valentino | 46 | ITA | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha | 0.642 |
| 9 | ZARCO Johann | 5 | FRA | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 0.690 |
| 10 | RINS Alex | 42 | SPA | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 0.750 |
| 11 | MIR Joan | 36 | SPA | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 0.874 |
| 12 | BINDER Brad | 33 | RSA | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 1.088 |
| 13 | BASTIANINI Enea | 23 | ITA | Avintia Esponsorama | Ducati | 0.265 Q1 |
| 14 | MARINI Luca | 10 | ITA | SKY VR46 Avintia | Ducati | 0.476 |
| 15 | NAKAGAMI Takaaki | 30 | JPN | LCR Honda | Honda | 0.593 |
| 16 | PETRUCCI Danilo | 9 | ITA | Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 0.709 |
| 17 | MARQUEZ Alex | 73 | SPA | LCR Honda | Honda | 0.829 |
| 18 | LECUONA Iker | 27 | SPA | Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 0.843 |
| 19 | CRUTCHLOW Cal | 35 | GBR | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 0.929 |
| 20 | OLIVEIRA Miguel | 88 | POR | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 1.103 |
| 21 | DIXON Jake | 96 | GBR | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha | 1.581 |