Francesco Bagnaia, British MotoGP, 4 August
Francesco Bagnaia, British MotoGP, 4 August

British MotoGP: Live Sprint race updates from Silverstone

After a dry Friday, the forecast rain arrived at Silverstone for Saturday morning at the British MotoGP.

Marco Bezzecchi will lead the field away from top spot after securing his second consecutive pole position. 

05 Aug 2023
15:30

The top five finishers were A. Marquez, Bezzecchi, Vinales, Zarco and A. Espargaro.

15:25
Marquez is a winner in MotoGP

Alex Marquez wins the sprint ahead of Bezzecchi and Vinales. 

15:24

Here comes Bezzecchi, he is charging with a few corners to go...

15:23
Last lap

Marquez leads comfortably from Bezzecchi and Vinales, but Zarco has just passed Espargaro for P4. 

15:21

Bagnaia's miserable sprint continues as Fabio Di Giannantonio has passed him for P12. 

15:18
4 Laps to go

Zarco passes Miller for P5 but not before giving him the same treatement as Bagnaia. This time it resulted in Miller having to run off circuit. 

15:17

After seeing Bezzecchi begin his charge back towards him, Marquez has upped his pace to keep the gap at around nine tenths. 

15:14
Lap 6

VInales is finally through on Miller as Marquez leads Bezzecchi by over a second.

15:12
Lap 5

Nearly contact between Vinales and Miller on the exit of turn one.

15:11

Vinales is through on Martin and is now closing in on Miller for P3. 

15:09

Bagnaia has lost touch with the lead group after nearly being hit by Johann Zarco. 

15:09

It's Alex Marquez who now leads on lap 3 after quick overtakes on Bezzecchi and Miller.

15:06
Lap 2

Miller is facing huge pressure from Martin in second, but the Australian still leads. Bagnaia has made a very poor start from fourth as he's currently P12.

15:04
Lap 1

But Miller is back ahead at turn three. 

15:03

Miller makes a good start and gets alongside Bezzecchi but the Ducati rider swoops around the outside to keep the lead. 

15:02

And it's lights out for MotoGP sprint at Silverstone. 

15:00

Riders are on the formation lap. 

14:50

Marco Bezzecchi will start from pole, with Jack Miller and Alex Marquez for company on the front row. 

14:48

Good afternoon and welcome back to the British MotoGP at Silverstone. Up next is the Sprint race at 15:00 UK time. 

11:31

The top five for today's sprint is Bezzecchi, Miller, Marquez, Bagnaia and Fernandez. 

11:30
Bezzecchi on pole at Silverstone

Bezzecchi takes pole for the second race weekend in a row.

11:29
Q2 has been a crash-fest for Ducati

Bezzecchi has gone down in a big way but he is okay.