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British MotoGP at Silverstone: Sprint race LIVE UPDATES!

Live updates from the British MotoGP sprint race.

Jorge Martin topped both Friday practice sessions as 🔜he looks to bounce back♑ after Sachsenring.

But Ducati might not have it all their own way as Aprilia were consistent challengers, with Aleix Espargaro 🍌and Maverick Vinales showing speed. 

Marc Marquez squeezed directly i💧nto Q2, however, it was a difficult Friday for the eight-time world champion.

FP2 is up first at 10:10am UK time, beforeꩲ qualifying follow straight after. The sprint race is at 15:00pꩲm UK time. 

15:23
Bastianini takes his first sprint win

Bastianini wins the British MotoGP sprint ahead of Martin and꧂ Espargaro.

15:19
Marquez is down as well

More drama as Marc Marquez has gone🅰 down at turn 16. A huge mistake from the eight-time world champion as he was alone. 

15:17
4 Laps to go

Bastianini has finally made his move on Martin💦 and he leads the sprint at Silverstone. 

15:14

๊Bastianini attempts to take the lead but Martin snaps straight back. 

15:12
Bagnaia is down!

Bagnaia has crashed﷽ out of the sprint at turn four. Drama in the sprint at Silverstone. 

15:07
Lap 3 of 10

It's Martin w𓆉ho leads from Bastianini, Espargaro, Bagnaia and Marquez. 

15:07
Lap 2 of 10

Big contact between Binder and Acosta and Marquez takes a🐽dvantage. 

15:04

It's Jorge Martin who leads from fourth on the grid. Baꦓgnaia is down to four🎃th. 

15:03
The sprint race is go

And it's lights out for the ꦯsprint race at 🎀Silverstone.

15:00
Formation lap is underway

The formation lap is underway at Silverstone.

14:55

Big change for Marc Marquez - he's moved from the soft front to the hard fro🎀nt optio♛n. 

14:51

The bike that can make it work better than anyone other brand, Aprilia's riders are electing for the hard front, whereas Ducat🐻i have some on the medium and some on the soft. 

14:49

It looksꦿ like most of the grid will be using a soft rear, including Marti🍃n. 

14:44

A🌠leix Espargaro starts 🐻from pole ahead of Francesco Bagnaia and Enea Bastianini. 

14:29

Good afternoon and welcome back to Silverstone. Up next at 15:00pm UK 𝓀t﷽ime is the 10-lap sprint race. 

11:32
Espargaro on pole

Espargaro has taken poꦏle while team-mate Vinales was the reason for the yellow flags after crashing at turn two.

It's Espargaro ahead of Bagnaia, Bastianini🎀, Martin, Alex Marquez and Brad Bi🅘nder. 

11:30

Aleix Es🍬pargaro smashes Bagnaia's🃏 pole time and moves into top spot as yellow flags come out in sector one. 

11:29

Mistake fr𓆉om Bagnaia at the beginning of his latest lap while Marc Marquez has been held up by Fabio Di Giannantonio.

11:22

Bagnaia fires in a new lap record to take provisional pole ahead of Bastianini and Martin🦂. What an opening time attack run.

11:20

Bagnaia smashes into the 1m 57s barri﷽er but Bastianini goes even quicker to ta✅ke top spot. 

11:15
Shootout for pole is underway

The ba🌠ttle for pole position at Silver🍌stone is underway.

11:06

Alex Marquez goes top right at the🥂 end of the session. It's Marquez and Acosta who advance.