2025 British MotoGP: Sprint as it happened
Recap Sprint from the British MotoGP at Silverstone.
The British MotoGP Sprint at Silverstone i🐼s set to get underway at 16:00 local tim🍌e.
Fa♛bio Quartararo starts from pole position for the third race in succession after set🐷ting a new lap record in Q2 this morning.
Alex Marq💧uez and Francesco Bagnaia complete the front row, Marquez havin𝄹g been fastest in Practice on Friday.
Marc Marquez s♎tarts fourth, and comes into this weekend with a 22-poi♍nt lead over Alex Marquez in the riders' standings.
Alex 🦹Marquez wins the Silverstone Sprint ahead of Marc Marquez and Fabio Di Giannantonio.
Bezzecchi in a strong fourth for Aprilia, and Zarco beats Bagnaia to fifth; Quartararo seventh♍.
Alex Marquez leads onto the last lap, 1.5s over Marc. It seems o💫ver between the leaders.
Di Giannantonio clear in third place, an♍d Bezzecchi is battling wiꦍth Bagnaia for fourth.
Two ba꧙ttles for the podium positions. Marquezes for the lead, and Di Giannantonio is all over Bagnaia for third.
And Di Giannantonio makes the move at turn two.
Still nothing between the🅷 two leaders, bu🎉t Bagnaia is being caught by Di Giannantonio.
Zarco and Bezzecchi both passed Miller on lap six, the Australian back to eigh🌜th now.
Marquezes continue to lead, Alex ahead ཧof Marc. Further back, Di Giannantonio has passe🍸d Quartararo for fourth.
Marc Marquez closes ꦗthe gap on lap four, a 1:58.7 from him no💝w puts him within 0.3s.
Brad Binder crashed out on lap two at turn six.
Alex Marquez sets the fastest lap of the race: 1:58.714 gives him 🔜0.5 beginning lap four.
Bagnaia passes Quartararo🐷 for third at turn three, lap three.
Alex Mar𓆉quez to the lead at turn three when Marc runs wide.
Marc Marquez leads lap oཧ♏ne after passing Quartararo at turn 15; Alex Marquez up to second at turn one on lap two.
Marc Marquez b♔ack up to seco꧟nd at Brooklands, Bagnaia fourth and hanging on.
It's lights out for the MotoGP 🍨Sprint in Silverstone and it's Quartararo has the holeshot but Marc Marquez is up to second at turn one.
Alex Marquez to second at turn two, past Marc.
Riders are of🎀f on their warm-up lap ahead of this afte💝rnoon's Sprint.
Looks like soft front, soft rear for everyone, bar Savadori and Binder who have medium fr✤onts.
Temperatures are not bad in Silverstone this afꦅternoon, 18C ambient temperature and 28C air temperature.
It is quite windy, though, and there has been spits of rain in the air at times thiꦡs afternoon - it's very overcast.
Marc Marquez starts from fourth this afternoon, having qualified off the front row for the🐠 first time this year.
He's ওalongside Fermin𒁏 Aldeguer and Jack Miller on row two.
Row three has Fa𒅌bio Di🐎 Giannantonio, Luca Marini, and Le Mans winner Johann Zarco.
Pit lane is open for the sighting lap ahead of the Sprint. Riders heading rouꦦnd to the grid now.
It's Fabio Quartararo starting on pole this afternoon 𝄹after settinไg a new lap record in qualifying this morning.
It's his and Yamaha's third po🐽le position in succession, and alongside him will be ꦐAlex Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia on the front row.
There was a crash for Marquez in FP2 this morning, but he was okay enough to contest qualifying and should have no 🅠problems in the Sprint.
Welcome back to live coverage 🥀of today's MotoGP action from the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
The Spri🐽nt is set to get underway in just under half an hour at 16:00 local time.
But it's pole once again for Fabio Quartararo at Silverstone. Alex Marquez and Fran🐈cesco Bagnaia round out the front row.
Marc Marquez runs on at Beckett's and blows his last lap that was on✤ ♔course for pole. Fourth for him this morning.
A late crash for Johann Zarco brought out yellow flags but no cancelled ⛎lap as yet.
