Aprilia's Jorge Martin takes pole at Silverstone after smashing lap record

[p]The lap record fell several times in ‌qualifying before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/martin-jorge/zBBka6dR/"]Martin[/a] went fastest, clocking one minute ‌and 56.160 seconds to claim his second pole with ‌Aprilia.[/p][p]"[b]I put everything I had on the track, ‌I didn't expect to do this great lap time, honestly[/b]," Martin said.[/p][p]"[b]But yesterday we confirmed that the feeling is improving, ‌today we did another small step. ⁠Last year I didn't ‌race (much) and I was struggling a lot to manage ​the speed, of how fast are we going[/b].[/p][p]"[b]But to be in pole position is always ​super special and for sure here in Silverstone is something else. So let's try to work well ⁠and try to ​fight for that victory[/b]."[/p][p]Trackhouse riders [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fernandez-raul/dIyisVJD/"]Raul Fernandez[/a] of Spain and Japan's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ogura-ai/A3AtM47b/"]Ai Ogura[/a], who is second in the championship, complete the front row.[/p][embed guid="c37307b6-cf64-431d-b1b0-00fb53359227" url="https://x.com/MotoGP/status/2086056916405362960" social-type="twitter" /][p]"[b]I'm happy, but always we ‌are missing this pole position for small details[/b]," Fernandez said.[/p][p]"[b]But, anyway, I think we are working well. Now we have to think which is the right tyre for the sprint race because still we are not 100% clear. But I think we are doing a good job, step-by-step I feel much more comfortable with the bike[/b]."[/p][p]VR46 Racing's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/di-giannantonio-fabio/pI4o388M/"]Fabio Di ‌Giannantonio[/a] was fourth quickest while Aprilia's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bezzecchi-marco/EXzAZEse/"]Marco Bezzecchi[/a] marked ​his return from shoulder surgery to go ‌fifth-fastest.[/p][p]Reigning champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/marquez-marc/UPhfij2b/"]Marc Marquez[/a] could only manage sixth and the Ducati rider will start from the second row after he edged his brother Alex.[/p][p]Only 24 points separate the top five of Martin, ⁠Ogura, Marquez, Bezzecchi and ⁠Di Giannantonio heading into ‌Saturday's sprint.[/p]