Silverstone MotoGP LIVE: Updates from qualifying and the Sprint at the British GP

Live updates from the qualifying session and Sprint at the 2026 Silverstone MotoGP. Qualifying is due to start at 10:50 local time, with the Sprint coming up this afternoon at 16:00.

Key Moments

• Martin takes pole & lap record as Aprilia lock out front row
• Morbidelli, Lecuona advance to Q2 as Quartararo just misses out
• Di Giannantonio tops FP2 from Fernandez, Bezzecchi

Marco Bezzecchi comes into Saturday as the fastest rider after a record-breaking Practice on Friday that saw the lap record beaten by almost a second. The Italian was pleased with his lap, but admitted he was struggling more over longer runs to maintain his pace given his physical condition at the moment.

Bezzecchi was one of four Aprilia riders in the top-five. Jorge Martin was third-fastest of them, in fourth overall ahead of Ai Ogura, and said afterwards that he felt he'd been able to recover some of the front confidence he's been missing since Barcelona.

Fabio Di Giannantonio was the only non-Aprilia rider in the top-five, finishing third-fastest. Second-best of the Ducati riders was Marc Marquez in sixth, the reigning champion feeling afterwards that he is "far from the podium".

Marquez's team-mate Francesco Bagnaia was more downbeat than the Spaniard after Practice, the Italian having crashed as a result of ongoing difficulties in braking. The crash left Bagnaia down in 13th in Practice.

Alex Marquez came into the weekend as one of the pre-race favourites but was only seventh on day one. He explained that this was because he ran out of energy in the hour-long Practice session to be able to maximise a time attack.

Pedro Acosta was another crasher for KTM, falling once in each session yesterday. The FP1 crash came at turn 15, while the Practice crash happened at turn four, and the Spaniard was fortunate to squeeze into the final Q2 spot. He was also pessimistic about potential fixes for the reliability problems he's had so far this season being enough to bridge the gap to the leading manufacturers.