13:09
The stewards have had a look at the Mir-Rins incident and decided to take on further action.
Jorge Martin leads 2026 MotoGP British Grand Prix Sprint. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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Silverstone MotoGP LIVE: Reaction from the British GP after dominant Fernandez win
Live coverage of the race from the 2026 Silverstone MotoGP, with Jorge Martin starting from pole position.
Live updates from the Sunday race at the 2026 Silverstone MotoGP as Jorge Martin looks to double up from pole position this weekend. The race is due to start at 13:00 local time.
Key Moments
- Fernandez wins British GP from Martin, Bezzecchi as Ogura crashes out
- Bezzecchi drops behind Martin
- Fernandez leads at the start as Martin drops back
- Race to start at 13:00 local time
Jorge Martin starts from pole position for today's 20-lap British Grand Prix. The Spaniard converted that to victory yesterday, his first Sprint win since Le Mans, where he also won his only grand prix of the season a day later. He urged caution, though, after the race, feeling that the improvements he has found at Silverstone will need to be reconfirmed at future races.
Martin's team-mate, Marco Bezzecchi, struggled physically in the Sprint but finished on the podium in third. He was doubtful afterwards, though, of his potential to repeat that over 20 laps today.
Ai Ogura finished between the two factory Aprilias in second, and behind the Aprilias was Alex Marquez, a unique rider among the Ducati contingent as he suffered relatively little with rear tyre wear in the second half of the Sprint. Marquez said afterwards that he was able to manage the tyre better than the others at the end of the race because he had already experienced the extreme degradation in practice. However, he feels it will be "impossible" to fight with the Aprilias on Sunday.
Reigning champion Marc Marquez was one of the riders who suffered the most with tyre wear, falling from third to ninth in the closing laps as he ran into grip issues he felt he hadn't experienced before.
Marquez's team-mate Francesco Bagnaia didn't fair any better, finishing 17th and saying afterwards he couldn't even get his knee down because of the lack of grip.
There was a similar feeling for Toprak Razgatlioglu, who suggested afterwards that his grip was so poor at the end that there may have been a problem on his bike.
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13:07
Fernandez speed
Fastest lap of the race for Fernandez on lap three, 0.7s quicker than Bezzecchi, who was 0.4s faster than Martin.
Could that pace come back to bite him later?
13:06
Acosta and Alex Marquez both through on Ogura before the end of lap two.
13:06
Ogura is struggling early on, he's a second or so behind Marc Marquez and has Acosta and Alex Marquez right behind him.
13:05
Martin re-passed Marquez for third before the end of the first lap, but it's still Fernandez leading by over a second ahead of Bezzecchi.
13:04
Mir and Rins have gone down together at turn seven.
Rins has got back on, Mir hasn't.
13:03
Race start
It's lights out at Silverstone and we are underway for the British Grand Prix.
Fernandez leads Bezzecchi and Marquez at the start, Martin dropped back to fourth because his ride height device didn't disengage at turn one.
12:59
Warm-up lap
Warm-up lap is underway at Silverstone ahead of the British Grand Prix.
12:57
Safety car is away from the grid, so just a few minutes to the warm-up lap.
12:49
Tyres & conditions
Perfectly dry weather at Silverstone ahead of the MotoGP race. Currently with 27C air temperature and 44C track temperature, which is a bit higher than in the Sprint.
Currently, everyone is with the hard-compound front and medium-compound rear tyre. Hard front was used by everybody yesterday, and obviously the soft rear proved its fragility in the Sprint.
Marco Bezzecchi did ride with the soft rear in Warm Up this morning but at least for now he's not using it for the race.
12:44
Grid
Here is the starting order for today's British Grand Prix.
| 1 | Jorge Martin | ESP | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia RS-GP |
| 2 | Raul Fernandez | ESP | Trackhouse Racing | Aprilia RS-GP |
| 3 | Ai Ogura | JPN | Trackhouse Racing | Aprilia RS-GP |
| 4 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina Enduro VR46 | Ducati GP26 |
| 5 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia RS-GP |
| 6 | Marc Marquez | ESP | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati GP26 |
| 7 | Alex Marquez | ESP | Gresini Racing | Ducati GP26 |
| 8 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina Enduro VR46 | Ducati GP25 |
| 9 | Pedro Acosta | ESP | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM RC16 |
| 10 | Iker Lecuona | ESP | Gresini Racing | Ducati GP26 |
| 11 | Jack Miller | AUS | Prima Alpine Pramac Yamaha | Yamaha YZR-M1 |
| 12 | Joan Mir | ESP | Honda HRC Castrol | Honda RC213V |
| 13 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Energy Yamaha | Yamaha YZR-M1 |
| 14 | Diogo Moreira | BRA | Pro Honda LCR | Honda RC213V |
| 15 | Luca Marini | ITA | Honda HRC Castrol | Honda RC213V |
| 16 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati GP26 |
| 17 | Alex Rins | ESP | Monster Energy Yamaha | Yamaha YZR-M1 |
| 18 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM RC16 |
| 19 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Red Bull KTM Tech3 | KTM RC16 |
| 20 | Cal Crutchlow | GBR | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda RC213V |
| 21 | Pol Espargaro | ESP | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM RC16 |
| 22 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | Prima Alpine Pramac Yamaha | Yamaha YZR-M1 |
| 23 | Augusto Fernandez | ESP | Yamaha Test Team | Yamaha YZR-M1 |
12:38
Pit lane is open at Silverstone and the riders are heading to the grid on their extremely slow sighting lap.
12:30
‘The best racing we put on’ - The bright future for MotoGP at Silverstone
Crash sat down with Silverstone boss Stuart Pringle to discuss the track’s new MotoGP deal and the future of the British Grand Prix earlier today.
‘The best racing we put on’ - The bright future for MotoGP at Silverstone
Cal Crutchlow, 2026 Silverstone MotoGP.
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12:30
Tyre management "nightmare"
Tyre wear was the key issue in the Sprint yesterday, especially for some of the Ducati riders like Marc Marquez who dropped from third to ninth by the finish.
The grand prix is also likely to be a race characterised by tyre management, Jack Miller describing it as a nightmare this morning.
Full story here.
2026 Silverstone MotoGP Sprint race.
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12:18
Moto2 finish
The Moto2 race has just finished at Silverstone with a pretty chaotic final lap.
Filip Salac took the victory after this moment for Manuel Gonzalez as the leaders headed onto the final lap.
12:10
Welcome to live coverage of today's MotoGP race from Silverstone, which will be getting underway in around 50 minutes at 13:00 local time.