Starting grid for the 2026 Silverstone MotoGP Sprint race
The full starting grid for Saturday’s 2026 Silverstone MotoGP Sprint race.
Jorge Martin will seek to extend his MotoGP title lead after claiming pole position in this afternoon’s Silverstone Sprint race.
The Spaniard pipped Raul Fernandez for pole by 0.021s after delivering a new Silverstone lap record.
Fernandez’s Trackhouse team-mate Ai Ogura will complete an all-Aprilia front row.
Martin begins the Sprint 14-points ahead of nearest rival Ogura.
VR46’s Fabio di Giannantonio starts as the top Ducati rider in fourth, just ahead of Martin’s factory RS-GP team-mate Marco Bezzecchi.
Reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez held provisional pole after the opening run but was later pushed back to sixth.
Alex Marquez also faded as the Aprilias attacked, dropping from the front row to seventh, where he will start alongside VR46’s Franco Morbidelli and KTM’s Pedro Acosta.
Gresini replacement Iker Lecuona joined Morbidelli in fighting through Qualifying 1 before putting his GP25 into tenth on the grid.
Jack Miller and Joan Mir start as the top Yamaha and Honda rider respectively, in eleventh and twelfth.
The 10-lap Silverstone Sprint starts at 4pm local time.
There are currently no penalties for the Sprint or Grand Prix.
2026 Silverstone MotoGP Sprint race: Full starting grid
Row 1: Jorge Martin (pole), Raul Fernandez, Ai Ogura
Row 2: Fabio Di Giannantonio, Marco Bezzecchi, Marc Marquez
Row 3: Alex Marquez, Franco Morbidelli, Pedro Acosta
Row 4: Iker Lecuona, Jack Miller, Joan Mir
Row 5: Fabio Quartararo, Diogo Moreira, Luca Marini
Row 6: Francesco Bagnaia, Alex Rins, Brad Binder
Row 7: Enea Bastianini, Cal Crutchlow, Pol Espargaro
Row 8: Toprak Razgatlioglu, Augusto Fernandez
2026 Silverstone MotoGP race: Full starting grid
Row 1: Jorge Martin (pole), Raul Fernandez, Ai Ogura
Row 2: Fabio Di Giannantonio, Marco Bezzecchi, Marc Marquez
Row 3: Alex Marquez, Franco Morbidelli, Pedro Acosta
Row 4: Iker Lecuona, Jack Miller, Joan Mir
Row 5: Fabio Quartararo, Diogo Moreira, Luca Marini
Row 6: Francesco Bagnaia, Alex Rins, Brad Binder
Row 7: Enea Bastianini, Cal Crutchlow, Pol Espargaro
Row 8: Toprak Razgatlioglu, Augusto Fernandez
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