2025 British MotoGP: Sprint as it happened
Recap Sprint from the British MotoGP at Silverstone.
The British ꧒MotoGP Sprint at Silverstone is 🥃set to get underway at 16:00 local time.
Fabio Quartararoꦆ starts fr💙om pole position for the third race in succession after setting a new lap record in Q2 this morning.
Alex Marquez and Francꦆesco Bagnaia complete the front row, Marquez having been fastest in Pr🧔actice on Friday.
Marc Marquez starts fourth, and comes into this weekenꦫd with a 22-point lead over Alex Marquez in the riders' standings.
Alex Marquez wins the Silverstone Sprint ahead ওof Marc Marquez and Fabio Di Giannantonio.
Bezzecchꦛi in a strong fourth for Aprilia, and Zar🍌co beats Bagnaia to fifth; Quartararo seventh.
Alex Marquez leads onto the last lap, 1.5s over Marc. It seems over between 😼the l💜eaders.
Di Giannꦆantonio clear in third place, and Bezzecch♚i is battling with Bagnaia for fourth.
Two battles for the podi🔯um positions. Marquezes for tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhe 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, but Bagnaia is being caught by Di Giannantonio.
Zarco and Bezzecchi bot🐟h passed Millerജ on lap six, the Australian back to eighth now.
Marqﷺuezes continue to lead, Alex ahead of Marc. Further back, Di Giannantonio has passed Quartararo for fourth.
Marc M🎶arquez closes the gap on lap four, a 1:58.7 from him now put🌺s 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 𒈔third at tur♏n three, lap three.
Alex Marquez to the lead at turn three when Marc runs wꦺide.
Marc Marquez leads lap one after passing Quartararo at turn 15; Alex Marquez up to second at turn 🥀one on lap two.
Marc Marquez back up to second at Brooklands, B﷽agnaia fourth and hangi💃ng on.
It's lights out for the MotoGP Sprint in Sil𝐆verstone 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 a💦re off on their warm-up lap ah😼ead of this afternoon's Sprint.
Looks like soft front, soft rear 🌜for everyone, bar Savadori and Binder who have medium 🥂fronts.
Temperatures are not bad in Silverstone this afternoon, 18C ambient temperature and 28C a𒆙ir tempera📖ture.
It is quite windy, though, and there has been𓆉 spits of rain in the air at times this afternoon - it's 🏅very overcast.
M♒arc Marquez starts from fourth this afternoon, having qualified off the front row for the first time this year.
He's alongside Fermin Aldeguer and Jack Miller o𒀰n row two.
Row three has Fabio Di Giannantonio, Luc❀a Marini, and Le Mans winner Johann Zarco.
Pit lane is open for th⛦e sighting lap ahead of the Sprint. Riders heading round to the grid now.
It's Fabio Quartararo starting on pole this afternoon after setting❀ a new lap record in qualifying this morn🌠ing.
It's his and Yamaha's third pole posi🗹tion in succession, and alongside him will be Alex Marquez and Fran🔴cesco Bagnaia on the front row.
There was a crash for Marquez in FP2 this morning, but he was okay enough to contest quaཧlifying 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 Spr꧒int is set to get underway in just under half an hour at 16:00 local ꦬtime.
Bu🅘t it's pole o🌱nce again for Fabio Quartararo at Silverstone. Alex Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia round out the front row.
Marc Marquez✨ runs on at B𒅌eckett'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.
