Amanuel Brinton claimed pole position for the opening R&G British Talent Cup race at Silverstone, holding off Ryan Frost by 0.083s at the chequered flag.
Brinton heads into this weekend trailing Lucas Brown by 22 points in the standings and he held the advantage at the end of the day with Filip Surowiak completing the front row.
Julian Correa heads the second row for Microlise Cresswell Racing with Harrison Mackay and Brown was sixth overall.
R&G British Talent Cup, MotoGP, Silverstone, Qualifying, result:
- Amanuel Brinton (Kovara Projects/ RS Racing) 2m:20.454s
- Ryan Frost (Fibre Tec Honda) +0.083s
- Filip Surowiak (Team City Lifting/RS Racing) +0.481s
- Julian Correa (Microlise Cresswell Racing) +0.586s
- Harrison Mackay (Wilson Racing / HMR) +1.081s