It was a day for the underdogs on Saturday at Silverstone, and a day to forget for our former MotoGP™ World Champions. There was plenty to sink your teeth into during Qualifying and the Tissot Sprint, with Sunday promising even more nail-biting action. Find out more in 10 things you need to know ahead of race day at the Monster Energy British Grand Prix.

1- Bezzecchi has qualified on pole for the third time in MotoGP™ and the first time in back-to-back races, despite a crash in Q2. He is the fifth different polesitter over the last five Grands Prix here.

2- Miller qualified second, equalling his best qualifying with KTM from Jerez and taking KTM’s best MotoGP™ qualifying at Silverstone. He finished P7 in the Sprint but could make MotoGP™ history on Sunday by taking GP wins with three factories after already winning with Honda and Ducati. Maverick Viñales is his competition, having won with Suzuki and Yamaha and now racing with Aprilia.

3- Alex Marquez qualified third, despite a crash in Q2, for his third top three this year along with Argentina when he took his maiden pole and Italy, although there served a 3-place grid penalty. He took his maiden Sprint win to become the fifth different Sprint winner so far. He will now be aiming to take his maiden premier class win.

4- This is the fifth successive pole for Ducati – three with Francesco Bagnaia (France, Italy, Germany) and two with Bezzecchi (Assen, Silverstone) – and the fifth successive Sprint win for the Bologna factory. With Bezzecchi and A. Marquez, it’s also the 49th successive Grand Prix with at least one Ducati in the top three in qualifying.

5- Winner last year, Bagnaia crashed in Q2 but qualified fourth for his second-worst qualifying of the season after Spain when he qualified fifth but won. He failed to score for the first time in a Sprint, despite finishing but will be aiming to take his fifth GP win of the season, which would already only be two fewer than his total last year.

6- For the first time, none of the premier class Champions on the grid – Francesco Bagnaia, Fabio Quartararo, Joan Mir, and Marc Marquez – scored any points in the Tissot Sprint.

7- After passing through Q1, Fernandez qualified fifth for his best qualifying result in his rookie season so far. He finished P8 in the Sprint, also his best Sprint results so far, and will now be aiming to stand on the podium for the first time in MotoGP™. His best result in the class so far is P4 in France.

8- Viñales, who has finished on the podium in his last four MotoGP™ races at Silverstone, qualified eighth for his worst qualifying at the track since he qualified 11th in 2018 when the race was cancelled. Still, he finished P3 in the Sprint for his maiden Sprint podium.

9- Marc Marquez qualified 14th for his worst qualifying at Silverstone in MotoGP™; previously it was fifth. He finished P18 in the Sprint and will now be aiming to finish his first Grand Prix since Malaysia last year when he was P7.

10- Quartararo was in Q1 for the fifth time so far this year along with Argentina, Spain, France, and Italy which is already one more than between his rookie season in 2019 and 2022. He missed out on Q2 for the fifth time in MotoGP™ and qualified 22nd for his worst qualifying in MotoGP™. He finished P21 in the Sprint.