2025 British MotoGP: Sprint as it happened
Recap Sprint from the British MotoGP at Silverstone.
The British MotoGP Spr♚int at Silverstone is set to get underway at 16:00 local time.
Fabio Quartararo starts from pole position for theღ third race in succession after setting a new lap record in Q2 this morning.
Alex Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia complete the front row, Marquez having been fastest i꧙n Practice on Friday.
Marc Marquez starts fourth, and co🃏mes into this weekend with a 22-point lead over Alex Marquez in the riders' standings.
Alex Marquez wins the Silve🍸rstone Sprint ahead of Maꦉrc Marquez and Fabio Di Giannantonio.
Bezzecchi in a st🅷rong fourth for Ap🏅rilia, and Zarco beats Bagnaia to fifth; Quartararo seventh.
Alex Marquez leaﷺds onto the last lap, 1.5s over Marc. It seems over ♎between the leaders.
Di Giannantonio clear in third 🐻place, and Bezzecchi is battliꦏng with Bagnaia for fourth.
Two battles for the podiu🌃m ꦛpositions. Marquezes for the lead, and Di Giannantonio is all over Bagnaia for third.
And Di Giannantonio makes the move at turn two.
Sti💟ll nothing between the two leaders, but Bagnaia is being caught by Di Giannantonio📖.
Zarco and Bezzecchi both passed Miller on lap s🧸ix, the Australian bac𓂃k to eighth now.
Marquezes continue to lead, Alex ahead of M♊arc. F🐻urther back, Di Giannantonio has passed Quartararo for fourth.
Marc Marquez closes the gap on lap four, a 1:58.7 froಌm him now puts♓ him within 0.3s.
Brad Binder crashed out on lap two at turn six.
Alex Marquez sets the fasꩲtest lap of the race: 1:58.714 gives him 0.5 beginning lap four꧒.
Bagnaia passes Quarﷺtararo for third at turn three, lap three.
Alex Marquezಞ to the lead at turn three when Marc runs wide.
Marꦐc 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 Brooklands, Bagnaia fou🧸rth and hanging on.
It's lights out for the Mo🌳toGP Sprint in Silverstone and it's Quartararo has the holeshot but Marc Ma﷽rquez 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.🐼
Loo🌠ks like soft front, soft rear for everyone, bar Savadori and Binder who have mediumꦿ fronts.
Temperatures ꦐare not bad in Silverstone this afternoon, 18C ambient temperature꧃ and 28C air temperature.
It is quite windy, though, and there has been spits of rain in the a✤ir at times this afternoon - it's very overcast.
Mar🐓c Marquez starts from fourth this afternoon, having qualified off the front row for the first time this year.
He's𓆉 alongside Fermin Aldeguer and Jack Miller on row two.
Row three has Fabio Di Gian💃nantonio, Luca Marini, andꩲ Le Mans winner Johann Zarco.
Pit lane is open for the sighting😼 lap a💖head of the Sprint. Riders heading round to the grid now.
It's Fabio Quartararo starting on pole tꦯhis afternoon after setting a new lap record in qualifying this morning.
It's his and Yama✤ha's third pole position in succession, and alongside him will be Alex Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia on t🔯he front row.
There was a cra𒁏sh for Marquez in FP2 this morning, but he was okay enough to contest qualifying and should have no problems in the Sprint.
Welcome back to live coveraﷺge of today's MotoGP action from the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
The ꦛSprint is set to get underway in just under half an hour at 16:00 local time.
But it's pole once again for Fabio Quartararo at Silverstone. Alex Marquez and Franℱcesco Baꦇgnaia round out the front row.
Marc Marquez runs on at Beckett's and blow♋s his last lap that was on course for pole. Fourth for him this morning.
A late crash f🦋or Johann Zarco brought out yellow flags but noꦫ cancelled lap as yet.
