Francesco Bagnaia
Francesco Bagnaia

British MotoGP at Silverstone: Friday Practice as it happened

Recap Friday practice at the British MotoGP at Silverstone.

16:25
Jorge Martin goes fastest

2024 British MotoGP, Silverstone - Friday Practice Results

Jorge Martin💜 went faste𓂃st in FP2, here are the full results

16:01

Crash f𝓰or Alex Rins a♕t turn seven. Martin looks to have top spot secured. 

16:00

And we have𓂃 two 1m 57s lap times as Martin lead🌺s Espargaro with a minute remaining. 

15:52

Martin goes quickest as Marquez jumps up to sixth, after following th🐭e Pramac rider. 

15:43

We have more time attacks taking place as he head towards the final 15 minutes. Di Giannantonio is the latest to fit a soft rear tyre.&📖nbsp;

15:36

Very fast laps coming as Vinales smashes the fastes🀅t lap time. He's𓆏 well into the mid 1m 58s barrier. 

15:35

Impressive pace fr♏om Martin as he goes second with a used medium rear tyre. 

15:29

Some riders are already going for th꧙e soft rear, with Pedro Acosta one of those as he moves into the to♌p five. 

15:27
34 minutes to go

Marc Marquez moves up to sixth place but he's still over six tent🥃hs behind Bastianini's 🍷top time. 

15:17

Scrap that, it's now Bagnaia'st team-mateꩲ Bastianini who goe♎s fastest thank to a time of 1:59.026s.

15:14
Bagnaia is flying

Bagnaia moves the goalpost on as he goes three tenths clear of Vina🦂les, thanks to a📖 low 1m 59s lap. 

15:10

Martin is setting a red-hot pace as he now leads by over two tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚenths from Di Giannantonio. 

15:09

Takaaki Nakagami is down as Aleix Esparg꧂aro goes fastest with the first sub 2m lap time of the session. 

15:08

Big front-end ♑wobble for Miguel Oliveira w🔯ho has moved into second spot. 

15:05

And now Bezzecchi has pulled o🐠ff circuit as an oil leak seems to be the concern with his GP23 bike. 

15:03

Drama for Enea Bastianini already 🍨as smokeඣ is coming from the rear of his Ducati. 

15:00
Green flags

Here we go with second pracꩲtice! The top ten will advance directly to Saturday's Q2 session. 

14:39

Good afternoon and welcome back to the British MotoGP at Silverstone. The ✱all-important second practice 🌱is coming up at 15:00 UK time. 

11:34
Martin fastest

Martin ends FP1 -0.090s ahead of Vinales, w♔i♛th Espargaro, Miller, Morbidelli, Bastianini, Di Giannantonio, Bagnaia, Quartararo and M. Marquez rounded out the top ten. 

11:31

Martin goes quicker again! This is very impressive ꦯpace from the Pramac rider although he has fitted a new medium front tyre. 

11:29

Martin finds even more time to put two꧑ tenthꦆs between himself and Espargaro. 

11:28
Crash for #93

Crash for Marc Marquez at turn 🃏15! The eight-time world champion is back on his feet. 

11:24

Pedro Acosta has crashed at 💦turn six. The KTM rider got his braking wrong before slowly coming off as he made contact wi🌳th the air fence. 

11:17

Marc Marqu♛ez goes fifth quickest! Martin leads from Espargaro, Bagnaia, Vinales and the eight-time world champion.

11:14

Martin finally breaks Espargaro's stronghold on top spot. It's a lap time of 1:59.627s that's put him quic💧kest.