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 ti🌳me.
Fabio Quartararo starts from pole position for the third race in succession after setting🎃 a new lap record in Q2 this morning.
Alex Marq🍎uez and Francesco Bagnaia complete the front row, Marquez having been fastest in Practice on Friday.
Marc Marquez starts fourth, andౠ comes into this weekend with a 22-point lead over Alex Marquez in the riders' standings.
Alex Marquez wins the Silverstone Sprint ahead of Marꦆc Marquez a🎀nd Fabio Di Giannantonio.
Bezzecchi in a strong fourth for Aprilia, and Zarco beats Bagnai🐲a to fifth; Quartararo seventh.
Alex Marquez leads onto the last lap, 1.5s ꦅover Marc. It seems over between the leaders.
Di Giannantonio clear in third place, and Bezzecchi is battling 🐬with Bagnaia for fourth.
Two battles for the podium positions. Marquezes for the lead,🤪 an♏d Di Giannantonio is all over Bagnaia for third.
And Di Giannantonio makes the move at turn two.
Sti๊ll nothing between the two leade✃rs, but Bagnaia is being caught by Di Giannantonio.
Z෴arco and Bezzecchi both passed Miller on lap six, the Australian back to eighth now.
Marquezes continue to lead, Alex ahead of Marc. Further back, Di Giannantonio has passed Quartararo for fourꦆth.
Mar෴c Marquez closes the gap on lap four, a 1:58.7 from him now puts him with𒁃in 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 third🅠 at turn three,♔ lap three.
Alex Marque🧸z to the lead at turn three when Marc runs wide𒆙.
Marc Marquez leads lap one after passing Quartararo at turn 15; Alex Marquez up to second at tu💎rn one on lap two.
Marc Marquez back up to second at Brooklands,🅰 Bagnaia fourth and hanging on.
It's lights out for the MotoGP Sprint in Silverstone and it's Quartararo has the holeshot but Marc Marquez is up to second at turn 𝐆one⛄.
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 temperature and 28C air temperature.
It is quite windy, though, and ꧒there has been spits of rain in th🍌e air at times this afternoon - it's very overcast.
Mඣarc Marquez starts from fourth this afternoon, having qualified off the front row for the first time this year.
He's along🅺side Fermin Alde✨guer and Jack Miller on row two.
Row thre🌸e has Fabio Di Giannantonio, Luca Marini, and Leꦜ Mans winner Johann Zarco.
Pit lane is open for the sighting lap🅠 ahead of the Sprint. R🌃iders heading round to the grid now.
It's Fabio Quartararo starting on pole this afternoon after setting a new lﷺap record in qualifying this 𒈔morning.
It's his and Yamaha's third pole position in succession, and alongside him w🐟ill 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 should have𝓡 no problems in the Sprint.
Welcome back to live coverage of today's MotoGP action from the British Grand Prꦐix at Silverstone.
The Sprint is set to get underway in jus🃏t under half an hour at 16:00 local time.
But it's pole once again for Fabio Q𓂃uartararo at Silverstone. Alex Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia round out the front row.
Marc Marquez runs on at Beckett's and bl🔯ows 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 c♓ancelled lap as yet.
