Team Suzuki Press Office – September 3.
Maverick Viñales – 3rd.
Aleix Espargaró – 11th.
Team SUZUKI ECSTAR’s Maverick Viñales battled treacherous wet weather conditions to put his GSX-RR onto the front row of the grid in tomorrow’s Octo British GP at Silverstone while team-mate Aleix Espargaró will start from row four.
Both riders qualified directly to Q2 from FP3 this morning’s drier session, Viñales scoring second position just 0.003 from fastest and Espargaró in ninth. But conditions worsened during the afternoon. The expected rain finally arrived and the team reacted as planned. FP4 proved to be a hard session for both riders, struggling to find a good feeling and lap with consistent and fast times.
The modifications applied for the Qualifying, and with the track becoming more consistent in grip, helped Viñales to score his third front-row start of the season.