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
11:27

Bezzecchi goes fastest but his teammate Marini is in the gravel at turn one following another crash for a Ducati rider.

11:25
Marquez goes down too

Alex Marquez suffers the same fate as he goes down at turn one. 

11:24

Bagnaia has gone down! Fast crash for the world champion who is back on his feet and already heading back to pit lane. 

11:23

Miller's former teammate Francesco Bagnaia goes second, however, the gap is still a big one for the Austrlaian. He leads by four tenths. 

11:21

It will come as no surprise to hear that Jack Miller is your current leader after one flying lap for every rider.

11:15

Here we go. The shootout for pole is underway! 

11:09
Quartararo last in Q1

Quartararo will start the British MotoGP from last.

11:07

Marquez fails to get through as so it's Morbidelli and Fernandez who go through to Q2. 

11:05

Morbidelli and Bastianini are currently heading for Q2 but Marquez could spoil the party...

11:03

The top five with just under two minutes to go is Morbidelli, Bastianini, Fernandez, Marquez and Miguel Oliveira. 

11:02

Quartararo is now last - disaster for the 2021 world champion.

11:00

Quartararo is back in pit lane as Morbidelli goes fastest for Yamaha. 

10:59

Huge moment for Quartararo at turn 16. The Yamaha rider is trying to get his bike restarted

10:56

Fabio Di Giannantonio has crashed at turn one after going fastest. 

10:52

It remains very wet out on track as Marc Marquez and Fabio Quartararo are already out on circuit. 

10:51

Qualifying 1 for the British MotoGP is underway.

10:42

Saturday practice comes to an end with Fabio di Giannantonio fastest from Francesco Bagnaia and Miguel Oliveira. Conditions have not improved and, if anything, seem to be worse.

10:39

Now fastest man Fabio di Giannantonio is off track, while Aleix Espargaro is back in after his latest run and seems to be unhappy with the vision from his visor.

10:37

4mins to go and LCR Honda stand-in Iker Lecuona is the latest to be caught out by the rear tyre sliding out, at the same corner as Oliveira's fall. He surfs on top of the bike into the gravel, fortunately without becoming tangled up with the bike. 

10:33

Aleix Espargaro, fastest in the dry on Friday, is currently seventh with Vinales in eleventh.

10:32

Aleix Espargaro walks over to speak with team-mate Maverick Vinales in the pits, their body language suggests the conditions are borderline.

10:31

Pol Espargaro, Takaaki Nakagami and Franco Morbidelli are currently bottom of the timesheets, with Augusto Fernandez yet to set a time after his early fall.

10:29

Further down the order Marc Marquez and Fabio Quartararo, who will take part in the upcoming Qualifying 1, are only 13th and 14th at the moment.

10:29

Miguel Oliveira, another renowned wet weather rider, climbs to third but then becomes another rider to lose the rear, which spins out completely from under him - fortunately no highside.