To absolutely no-one's surprise, Milwaukee Yamaha's James Ellison has walked away with the honours in first practice for this weekend's Silverstone 200 MotoGP support race, lapping a second faster than the pack.
Ellison put in a 2'08.698 earlier today with Dan Linfoot, on the GBmoto Honda on a 2'09.598 and his team-mate Peter Hickman fractionally slower with a 2'09.868. Ellison's teamster Josh Waters was fourth quickest on a 2'10.945 at a track he hasn't seen before.
The Kendal man's time would have put him in front of Lukas Pesek on the MotoGP grid and he is only a second slower than Bryan Staring.
David Johnson, on the Fork Handles Kawasaki, is leading the Superstock 1000 contenders (but this is all one race, you understand) with Jonathan Railton behind him while Graeme Gowland is the quickest of the Supersport men.
Silverstone 200 free practice - conditions dry
1 77 James ELLISON GBR Milwaukee Yamaha YAMAHA 2'08.698 5 10 282.5
2 4 Dan LINFOOT GBR Lloyds British GBmoto Racing HONDA 2'09.598 10 10 0.900 0.900 278.5
3 60 Peter HICKMAN GBR Lloyds British GBmoto Racing HONDA 2'09.868 10 10 1.170 0.270 275.7
4 21 Josh WATERS AUS Milwaukee Yamaha YAMAHA 2'10.945 7 10 2.247 1.077 279.2
5 20 David JOHNSON AUS Four Anjels Racing KAWASAKI 2'11.415 8 10 2.717 0.470 271.6
6 40 Jonathan RAILTON GBR Team WD40 KAWASAKI 2'11.856 4 9 3.158 0.441 266.6
7 81 Graeme GOWLAND GBR Team Appleyard Macadam Doo YAMAHA 2'12.139 10 10 3.441 0.283 252.8
8 9 Marshall NEILL GBR Wilson Craig Honda HONDA 2'12.314 10 10 3.616 0.175 277.1
9 64 Aaron ZANOTTI GBR STEL Suzuki SUZUKI 2'12.521 7 10 3.823 0.207 271.4
10 56 James EAST GBR Idaq Motorsport KAWASAKI 2'12.579 9 10 3.881 0.058 274.6
11 10 Josh ELLIOTT GBR GAR Acorns Proseal Kawasaki KAWASAKI 2'13.042 6 9 4.344 0.463 272.2
12 12 Dominic USHER GBR Team Green G&S Racing KAWASAKI 2'13.173 10 10 4.475 0.131 278.3
13 53 Joe BURNS GBR JG Speedfit Kawasaki Racing KAWASAKI 2'13.237 8 9 4.539 0.064 275.2
14 80 Mike BOOTH GBR Rapidsolicitors.co.uk KAWASAKI 2'13.734 10 10 5.036 0.497 272.8
15 62 Sam WEST GBR Water Lane Physio KAWASAKI 2'13.838 10 10 5.140 0.104 271.2
16 55 Josh WAINWRIGHT GBR Eurologistics London Ltd by Be KAWASAKI 2'13.869 7 9 5.171 0.031 271.2
17 24 Johnny BLACKSHAW GBR Accident Advice Solicitors Raci KAWASAKI 2'13.976 9 10 5.278 0.107 270.8
18 47 Paul CURRAN GBR Idaq Motorsport KAWASAKI 2'14.848 5 9 6.150 0.872 272.5
19 82 Luke JONES GBR KGD HONDA 2'15.108 8 9 6.410 0.260 275.0
20 18 Jordan SIMPKIN GBR Team AHR Go Racing Develop YAMAHA 2'15.320 5 5 6.622 0.212 239.3
21 7 Deane BROWN GBR Team Colin Appleyard/Macada YAMAHA 2'15.676 9 10 6.978 0.356 255.0
22 3 Hudson KENNAUGH RSA Homer RacingIionic balance Lin KAWASAKI 2'15.871 3 3 7.173 0.195 270.5
23 45 Tom FISHER GBR Team Green G & S Racing KAWASAKI 2'16.722 7 10 8.024 0.851 270.9
24 2 Bjorn ESTMENT RSA Team Colin Appleyard/Macada YAMAHA 2'16.884 5 10 8.186 0.162 247.3
25147 Nick ANDERSON GBR Be Wiser Kawasaki KAWASAKI 2'18.511 9 9 9.813 1.627 239.6
26 31 Sam COX GBR FRO Systems TRIUMPH 2'19.300 8 9 10.602 0.789 235.4
27 71 Jody LEES GBR Midland VW Racing KAWASAKI 2'19.478 4 9 10.780 0.178 269.2
28 27 Sam MIDDLEMAS GBR A1 Grafix TRIUMPH 2'19.520 8 9 10.822 0.042 240.0
29 5 John INGRAM GBR Krombacher Mackrory KAWASAKI 2'20.105 9 9 11.407 0.585 235.9
30 52 James SHAW GBR Brabus/Opus KAWASAKI 2'20.121 8 9 11.423 0.016 265.2
31 6 Matt OGDEN GBR Ogden Racing YAMAHA 2'20.441 4 7 11.743 0.320 241.6
32 67 Stefan CAPPELLA GBR Motodex Performance First Suz SUZUKI 2'21.472 7 9 12.774 1.031 252.9
33 19 Dan HELYER GBR Littlewood Racing TRIUMPH 2'22.568 3 9 13.870 1.096 239.2
34 23 Derek GULBRANDSEN GBR Lenzkes GB Ltd HONDA 2'24.182 8 8 15.484 1.614 258.4
35 75 Dan HILL GBR Shaw Hill Racing KAWASAKI 2'25.081 8 9 16.383 0.899 238.9
36 79 Simon O’DONNELL GBR Simon O’Donnell Racing KAWASAKI 2'28.850 7 7 20.152 3.769 240.6
Not Classified
86 Danny JOHNSON GBR Four Anjels Racing KAWASAKI
Air: 22° Ground: 30° Humidity: 59%
