Marco Bezzecchi crushes Silverstone record in MotoGP pre-qualifying

[p]The Italian timed 1min 56.280sec to beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/quartararo-fabio/UsfVoiLM/"]Fabio Quartararo[/a]'s 1min 57.233sec set in the 2025 edition as he placed first despite fracturing a collarbone at the German MotoGP last time out.[/p][p][b]Spain's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fernandez-raul/dIyisVJD/"]Raul Fernandez[/a] of Trackhouse Aprilia was just 0.335sec slower in second. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/di-giannantonio-fabio/pI4o388M/"]Fabio Di Giannantonio[/a] was third and championship leader [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/martin-jorge/zBBka6dR/"]Jorge Martín[/a] half a second slower than his teammate [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bezzecchi-marco/EXzAZEse/"]Bezzecchi[/a] saying his bike was so good it made him "mentally stronger".[/b][/p][p][b]Yamaha's Quartararo finished 17th saying he had "never felt so bad" on his ride.[/b][/p][image alt="Bezzecchi at Silverstone" id="6b02734c-26cb-46a6-94f9-a850e6ab3442" credit-line="David Horn / ČTK / imago sportfotodienst" guid="bd020fe5-5e42-417b-ad7a-788dbd42b45d" original-width="1400" original-height="932" /][p]Sunday's race will be the 12th of the 22-event calendar with a tight race for the world title with Martin on 208 points and a clutch of rivals able to dislodge him over the weekend.[/p]