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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 sess🥀ions as he looks to bounce back after Sachsen♕ring.

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

Marc Marquez squeezed directly into Q2, however, it was a difꦑficult Friday for the eight-time world ch🧜ampion.

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

15:23
Bastianini takes his first sprint win

Bastianini wins the British🐭 MotoGP spriဣnt 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 waꦓs alone. 

15:17
4 Laps to go

Bastianini has finally made his move on Martin and he leads the sprꩲint 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 spri♚nt at tu🐟rn four. Drama in the sprint at Silverstone. 

15:07
Lap 3 of 10

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

15:07
Lap 2 of 10

Big contact between Binder and Acosta and Marquez takes 💧advantage. 

15:04

It's Jorge Martin who leads from fourth on the grid. ♏Bagnaia is down to fou🔯rth. 

15:03
The sprint race is go

And it's lights out ꦏfor the sprint 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 moꦛved from the soft front to the hard front option. 

14:51

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

14:49

It looks like most of the grid wiജll be using a soft rear, including Martin. 

14:44

Aleix Esparg🌜aro starts from pole ahead of Francesco Bagnaia and Enea Bastianini. 

14:29

Good afternoon and welcomꦰe back to Silverstone. Up next at 15:00pm UK time is the 10-lap sprint race. 

11:32
Espargaro on pole

Espargaro has taken pole while team-mate Vin🐼ales was the reason for the yellow flags after crashing at turn two.

It's Espargaro ahead of Bagnaia, Bastianini, Martin, Alex Marquez and Brad Bind⛦er. 

11:30

Aleix Espargaro smashes Bagnaia's pole time and moves into top spot as yellow flags come out in sector one.&nbs꧙p;

11:29

Mistake from Bagnaia at the beginni♛ng 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 p🅠ole ahead of Bastianini and Martin. What an opening time attack run.

11:20

Bagnaia smashes🌸 into the 1m 5🐷7s barrier but Bastianini goes even quicker to take top spot. 

11:15
Shootout for pole is underway

The battle 🐼for pole position at Silverstone is underway.

11:06

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