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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 sessions as he looks🦩 t🐎o bounce back after Sachsenring.

But Ducati might not have it all their own way as Aprilia w⛎ere consistent challengers, with Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales showing speed. 

Marc Marquez squeezed dir🔯ectly into Q2, however, it was a d💯ifficult Friday for the eight-time world champion.

FP2 is up first at 10:10am UK time, before qualifying follow straight after. Th♏e sp൩rint race is at 15:00pm UK time. 

15:23
Bastianini takes his first sprint win

B꧃astianini wins the British MotoGP sprint ahead of Martin and Espargaro.

15:19
Marquez is down as well

More drama as Marc Mar♔quez has gone down at turn 16. A huge mistake from the eight-tim𒁃e world champion as he was alone. 

15:17
4 Laps to go

Bastianini has finally🎶 made his move on Martin and he leads the sprint at Silverstone. 

15:14

Bastianini attempts to🧸 take the lead but Martin snaps straight𒁃 back. 

15:12
Bagnaia is down!

Bag💙naia has crashed out of the sprint a🧜t turn four. Drama in the sprint at Silverstone. 

15:07
Lap 3 of 10

It's Martin who leads from Bastianini, Esparg🧔aro, Bagnaia and Marquez. 

15:07
Lap 2 of 10

Big contact between Binder and Acosta a🔥nd Marquez takes advan💛tage. 

15:04

It's Jorge Martin who leads from fourth on the grid. Bagnaia is down to fourth💞. 

15:03
The sprint race is go

And it's lights out for the sprint ra♛ce at Silverstone.

15:00
Formation lap is underway

The formation lap is underway at Silverstone.

14:55

Big chang🔯e for Marc Marquez ജ- he's moved from the soft front to the hard front option. 

14:51

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

14:49

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

14:44

Aleix Espargaro starts from pole ahead of Francesco Bagnaia𓆏 and Enඣea Bastianini. 

14:29

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

11:32
Espargaro on pole

Espargaro has taken pole w𒀰hile team-mate Vinales was the reason for the ye⛄llow flags after crashing at turn two.

It's Espargaro ahead of♏ Bagnaia, Bastianini, Martin, Alex Marquez and Brad Binder. 

11:30

Aleix Espargaro smashes Bagnaia's pole time and moves into top spot as yellow flags come ඣout in sector one.ꦦ 

11:29

Mistake from Bagnaia at the beginning of his latest lap while Marc Marque♑z has been held up by Fabio Di Giannantonio.

11:22

Bagnaia fires in a new lap record to take provisional pole ahead of Bastianini and Martin. What an opening time attack r🌳un.

11:20

Bagnaia▨ smashes into the 1m 57s barr🍒ier 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🐬 the session. It's Marquez and A෴costa who advance.