Marc Márquez keep untouchable at Hertz British Grand Prix in Silverstone. The Catalan has been fastest of second practice followed by Bradl and Dovizioso. The surprise of the session was Scott Redding finishing on top10, as opposed to both Yamahas, out of top10 positions.
Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) was fastest in the morning session too with a 2’03.208 to lead by 0.661s and he improved in the afternoon to 2’02.126, again leading the practice by more than half a second. The World Champion has a point to prove this weekend at Silverstone having not won at Brno, his first race of the year which has not resulted in victory.
Bradl (LCR Honda MotoGP) showed his FP2 pace with a 2’02.635, whilst Dovizioso (Ducati Team) put in a late best time for third – lapping 0.885s behind Marquez.
Local rider Bradley Smith (Monster Yamaha Tech3) looked good in fourth and Yonny Hernandez (Energy T.I. Pramac Racing) impressed by making it into the top five. Likewise Scott Redding (GO&FUN Honda Gresini) was well up the timesheet in sixth place, striving to please the crowd at his home GP.
Italian Andrea Iannone (Pramac Racing) and Spanish trio Alvaro Bautista (GO&FUN Honda Gresini), Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) and Aleix Espargaro (NGM Forward Racing) rounded out the top ten.
Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) and Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) will aim to improve on Saturday after lapping 11th and 13th respectively, whilst Cal Crutchlow (Ducati Team) was down in 14th. Lorenzo (+1.374s) and Rossi (+1.826s) were well off the pace of Marquez.
Leon Camier (Drive M7 Aspar) had a crash with five minutes to go in FP2 and ended up 17th overall.
Results:
| Pos. | Nº | Rider | Team | Motorbike | Gap | Diff | Laps | |
| 1 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 2:02.126 | 16 | |
| 2 | 6 | Stefan BRADL | GER | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | + 00,509 | + 00,509 | 18 |
| 3 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | + 00,376 | + 00,885 | 14 |
| 4 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | + 00,059 | + 00,944 | 17 |
| 5 | 68 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | COL | Energy T.I. Pramac Racing | Ducati | + 00,257 | + 01,201 | 17 |
| 6 | 45 | Scott REDDING | GBR | GO&FUN Honda Gresini | Honda | + 00,006 | + 01,207 | 16 |
| 7 | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | ITA | Pramac Racing | Ducati | + 00,020 | + 01,227 | 15 |
| 8 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | GO&FUN Honda Gresini | Honda | + 00,038 | + 01,265 | 16 |
| 9 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | + 00,019 | + 01,284 | 15 |
| 10 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | SPA | NGM Forward Racing | Forward Yamaha | + 00,058 | + 01,342 | 15 |
| 11 | 99 | Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | + 00,032 | + 01,374 | 14 |
| 12 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARO | SPA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | + 00,042 | + 01,416 | 17 |
| 13 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | + 00,410 | + 01,826 | 15 |
| 14 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | Ducati Team | Ducati | + 00,105 | + 01,931 | 15 |
| 15 | 15 | Alex de ANGELIS | FRA | NGM Forward Racing | Forward Yamaha | + 00,354 | + 02,285 | 16 |
| 16 | 7 | Hiroshi AOYAMA | JPN | Drive M7 Aspar | Honda | + 00,351 | + 02,636 | 14 |
| 17 | 2 | Leon CAMIER | GBR | Drive M7 Aspar | Honda | + 00,166 | + 02,802 | 12 |
| 18 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | CZE | Cardion AB Motoracing | Honda | + 00,074 | + 02,876 | 14 |
| 19 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ITA | Octo IodaRacing Team | ART | + 00,825 | + 03,701 | 15 |
| 20 | 70 | Michael LAVERTY | GBR | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | + 00,508 | + 04,209 | 15 |
| 21 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | SPA | Avintia Racing | Avintia | + 00,034 | + 04,243 | 16 |
| 22 | 23 | Broc PARKES | AUS | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | + 01,486 | + 05,729 | 14 |
| 23 | 63 | Mike DI MEGLIO | FRA | Avintia Racing | Avintia | + 00,542 | + 06,271 | 15 |