2025 British MotoGP: Sprint as it happened
Recap Sprint from the British MotoGP at Silverstone.
The British MotoGP Sprint 🧜at Silverstone is set to get underway at 16:00 local time.
Fabio Quartararo starts from pole position fo♐r the third race in succes🌜sion after setting a new lap record in Q2 this morning.
Alex Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia compꦿlete the front row, Marquez having been fast𒁃est in Practice on Friday.
Marc Marqu🎃ez starts fourth, and comes into this weekend with a 22-point lead over Alex Marquez in the riders' standings.
Alex Marquez wins the Silverstone Sprint ahead of Marc🌠 Mar🦹quez and Fabio Di Giannantonio.
Bezzecchi in a s🐻trong fourth for Aprilia, and Zarco beats Bagnaia to fifth; Quartararo seventh.
Alex Marquez 𒐪leads onto the last lap, 1.5s over Marc. It seems over between the leade🥃rs.
Di Giannantonio clear in third place, and Bezzecchi is battling ඣwith Bagnaia for f🌃ourth.
Two battles for the podium positions. Marquezes for the lead, and Di Giannantonio is all over Bagnaia for thir🃏d.
And Di Giannantonio makes the move at turn two.
Still nothing between t🌳he two leaders, b🐼ut Bagnaia is being caught by Di Giannantonio.
Zarco🔴 and Bezzecchi both passed Miller on lap six, the Austr💜alian back to eighth now.
Marquezes c💜ontinue to lead, Alex ahead of Marc.ಞ Further back, Di Giannantonio has passed Quartararo for fourth.
Marc Marquez closes the gap on lap four, a 1:58.7 from him now 🥃𝄹puts him within 0.3s.
Brad Binder crashed out on lap two at turn six.
Alex Marquez sets the fastest la🧔p of the race: 1:58.714 gives hi෴m 0.5 beginning lap four.
Bagnaia passes Quartara🍌ro for third at turn three, lap three.
Alex Marquez to the lead at turn three when Marc ꦅruns wide.
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 Brookl꧙ands, Bagnaia fourth and hanging o🐎n.
It's lights out for the MotoGP Sprint in Silverstone and it's Quartararo has 🌄the holeshot but Ma𝄹rc Marquez is up to second at turn one.
Alex Marquez to second at turn two, past Marc.
Riders are off on their warm-up lap ahead ♏of this afternoon's Sprint.
Looks like soft front, soft rea♏r for everyone, bar Savadori and Binder who have medium fronts.
Temperatures are not bad in Silverstone this afternoon, 18C ambient te♍mperature and 28C air temperature.
It is quite windy, though, and there has been spits of rain🎃 in the air at times this 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 alongsideꦺ Fermi🍷n Aldeguer and Jack Miller on row two.
Row three🃏 has Fabio Di Giannantonio, Luca Marin🐼i, and Le Mans winner Johann Zarco.
Pit lane is open for the 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 morning.
It's his and Yamaha's third pole position in succession, and alon🅘gside him will be Alex 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 shoꦛuld have no problems in the Sprint.
Welcome ba🍎ck to live coverage of today's MotoGP action from the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
The Sprint is set to get underway in just under half an hour at ♛16:00 local time.
But it's pole once again for Fabio Quartarar💮o at Silverstone. Alex Marquez and Francesco 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 Z♕arco brought out yellow flags but no cancelled lap as yet.
