MotoGP, Great Britain, Silverstone, Sprint LIVE: “The beast” Enea Bastianini shows his fangs and devours the victory, Bagnaia out.

Aleix Espargaró delivered a stunning performance during qualifying for the British Grand Prix. The Spaniard set a time of 1'57.309, lowering the previous Silverstone circuit record by four tenths and thus taking pole position. This seventh pole in the premier category for the Aprilia rider confirms his current form and that of his machine.

Behind him, the Ducati official Pecco Bagnaia et Enea Bastianini complete the first row. The Italian, although having completed a fast lap, showed himself frustrated by the behavior of certain drivers. Moreover, bagnaia experienced a problem with his visor on his second attempt, which forced him to abort his round.

Qualifying was marked by an intense battle for pole position, but also by some tensions between the drivers. Marc Marquez was singled out by several of its competitors for having adopted aggressive behavior. The Spaniard was notably accused of sticking to the Ducati of bagnaia with the aim of benefiting from his aspiration. The same Marquez then expressed some recriminations against Bezzecchi ...

Behind the leading trio, Jorge Martin, Alex Marquez et Brad Binder complete the second line. Marc Marquez, for his part, will start from seventh position, closely followed by Maverick Vinales et Pedro Acosta.

Franco Morbidelli, Raul Fernandez, Miguel Oliveira, Johann Zarco, Augusto Fernandez, Fabio Quartararo, Luca Marini, Joan Mir, Takaaki Nakagami and wild card Remy Gardner failed to make it out of Q1.

The qualifications of the British Grand Prix offered an exciting spectacle, with a fierce fight for pole position and some tensions between the drivers. Aleix Espargaró starts with an advantage for the race, but his pursuers will not fail to give everything to dethrone him. What will this Sprint at Silverstone have in store for us? Before knowing it, here is the table which summarizes the facts known so far.

MotoGP™ Great Britain, Silverstone	2023	2024
FP1	2'00.295 Marco Bezzecchi (See here)	1'59.383 Jorge Martin (See here)
Practice	1'58.183 Aleix Espargaro (See here)	1'57.911 Jorge Martin (See here)
FP2	2'18.076 Fabio Di Giannantonio (See here)	1'59.039 Jorge Martin (See here)
Q1	2'15.884 Franco Morbidelli (See here)	1'58.373 Alex Marquez (See here)
Q2	2'15.359 Marco Bezzecchi (See here)	1'57.309 Aleix Espargaro (See here)
Sprint	Alex Marquez Bezzecchi Vinales (See here)	Bastianini, Martin, Espargaro (See here)
Warm Up	2'10.207 Marco Bezzecchi (See here)	(See here)
Course	Espargaró, Bagnaia, Binder (See here)	(See here)
All time lap record	1'57.309 Aleix Espargaró 2024 (See here)

 

The time has come to get together for the Sprint race, the first race of the weekend!!

To your predictions!!!

10 laps will be completed: ground temperature 37°, ambient air 21°: the sky is overcast.

Grid! “H” hour is approaching!!!

Different tire choices…

Warming round…

It's off and it's Esparagro who takes control in front of Bastianini and Bagnaia: Martin takes control...

Morbidelli Falls, Bezzechi. Collision between the 2 pilots.

Ahead Martin continues ahead of Bastianini and Espargaro: MMarquez is 5th, Quartararo is 13th

Bastianini returns to Martin's wheel, he is 0.241s behind. Espargaro, Bagnaia, MMarquez, Binder, Acosta, Di Giannantonio and Miller complete the top10

There are 7 laps left to complete

Fall of Bagnaia!! Martin regains the lead of the championship...

Bastianini presses on Martin…Espargaro, MMarquez and Binder bring up the rear of the top 5

Bastianini passes! He takes control of the race with 4 laps to go

Long lap penalty for Di Giannantonio...he takes it while following...he has exceeded the track limits..

Fall of MMarquez!!

There are 2 laps left and in front Bastianini holds the line in front of Martin and Espargaro. Binder and Acosta complete this provisional top5. As it stands Bagnaia would still be in the lead by 1 point at championship..Martin being 2nd

Last round….

Victory for Bastianini ahead of Martin and Espargaro 

 

 

MotoGP, Great Britain, Silverstone, Sprint: classification