Qualifying:

Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) took pole position during qualifying for the British Grand Prix in the final minute with an exceptional lap time of 1:57.309, seemingly obliterating the all-time lap record around the Silverstone track.

The Spaniard took pole with an advantage of 0.208s over Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) who finished in second position. Bagnaia took provisional pole position after an early flying lap in Q2, however saw his time beaten by Espargaro in the final 30 seconds of the session. It was two Ducati Lenovo Team riders on the front row as Enea Bastianini joined his teammate on the front row after taking the chequered flag in third place.

In the first of two qualifying sessions, the top two positions remained undecided until the final minute of the session. Alex Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP) finished fastest of the grid at the end of the session, logging a faster final lap and earning himself a spot in Q2 alongside Pedro Acosta (Red Bull GASGAS Tech3), who finished in P2. However, it was a late heartbreak for Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse Racing), who was relegated to third place in the final minute of Q1.

Q2 quickly got underway with a handful of riders including; Bagnaia, Bastianini, Martin and Espargaro logging flying laps in the 1:57 bracket. In the closing minutes of the session, the pace increasingly quickened, with Bagnaia having to abort his attempt after his vision became obscured by a rogue strip on his visor.

Meanwhile, Espargaro began his final fast lap attempt with only minutes left on the board, jumping from fourth to the provisional pole position around the Silverstone Circuit. Maverick Vinales brought out the yellow flags in the final moments of the session after crashing at Turn 2, with no other riders being able to improve their respective times or come near the blistering time set by Espargaro on their final laps, allowing the #41 to take pole position.

Jorge Martin (Prima Primac Racing) could only manage a time worthy of fourth place on the grid after being affected by the late crash of Vinales and being unable to improve on his early time. Alex Marquez managed an impressive fifth place on the grid ahead of the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing bike of Brad Binder.

The third row of the grid comprised of Marc Marquez in the second Gresini Racing MotoGP bike who finished the session in seventh place, alongside Vinales, who managed to walk away okay from his late crash, and Acosta who graduated from the Q1 session to finish ninth.

Sprint Race:

Enea Bastianini (Ducati Lenovo Team) excelled on Saturday to take victory in the Tissot Sprint Race at the Monster Energy British Grand Prix – his first Saturday Podium in his career. Jorge Martin (Prima Primac Racing) finished in second place allowing him to gain back crucial Championship points after a crash saw points leader and reigning Champion Francesco Bagnaia slide out of the race. Polesitter Aleix Espargaro completed the podium finishing in third position.

The race seemed drama-filled from the start, with Bagnaia getting an impressive launch off of the line, pushing pole-sitter Espargaro wide on the entry to Turn 1. This allowed Jorge Martin to sneak through and take the lead of the Sprint race on the opening lap.

Franco Morbidelli (Prima Primac Raicng) and Marco Bezzecchi (Pertamina Endura VR46 Racing Team) made contact and crashed out of the race on the opening lap, after Morbidelli overshot Turn 1 and whilst bailing off the bike, collected Bezzecchi and sent them both sliding out of the race. Both riders were checked over by doctors and given the all-clear, but Morbidelli was penalised after being deemed at fault by stewards and was handed a double Long Lap penalty to serve during Sunday’s race.

More drama followed as Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 rider Pedro Acosta and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Brad Binder made contact, although no harm came to either rider and they were able to continue racing. The clash gave just enough space for Marc Marquez to pass both riders and briefly pass the duo.

Lap 5 saw the first drama for the title fight, as Bagnaia lost the front of his bike at Turn 4. He managed to walk away from the incident seemingly okay, however, was then forced to watch from the sidelines as the battled heated up between Championship rival Martin and teammate Bastianini.

Bastianini made an attempt to pass Martin which didn’t succeed, however on Lap 6 the #23 managed to make the pass stick and take the lead of the race. The Italian didn’t hang around and quickly managed to stretch a gap from the second-placed Martin.

Marc Marquez caused further drama after losing the front at Turn 16 and crashing. The Spaniard was able to pick up his bike – although briefly getting stuck in the gravel trap – before entering the pitlane and retiring from the race, leaving Acosta and Binder battling for fourth place.

Bastianini seemed untouchable out front though, as he extended his lead to one second to take the chequered flag in first place and take his first career Sprint victory at Silverstone. Martin took second place at the line to move within one point of Championship leader Bagnaia, with pole-sitter Espargaro rounding out the podium in third.

Binder and Acosta continued to battle right up to the line, with the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider finishing fourth and rookie Acosta finishing in fifth place. Alex Marquez managed a sixth place finish after closing the gap but not being able to make a move stick in the final stages of the 10-lap dash.

Seventh place was claimed by Jack Miller on the second Red Bull KTM Factory Racing bike a mere 0.185s ahead of Maverick Vinales and Fabio Di Giannantonio, with the latter taking the final point in the Saturday Tissot Sprint race.

Sunday Race:

 Enea Bastianini made it two wins from two on Sunday after an impressive win to make it a dream weekend for the Ducati Lenovo Team rider. Bastianini became the 10th different rider to take the victory at Silverstone in the last ten events at the track, whilst also taking third place in the title standings and being only 49 points from the top of the Championship.

Lights went out in the race, with history repeating itself as Bagnaia blasted past those in front of him to take the lead of the race on the run up to Turn 1 ahead of Bastianini and Martin. Pole-sitter Aleix Espargaro had less luck on the opening lap dropping down to fourth place, before briefly being overtaken by Marc Marquez who quickly conceded the P4 position back to Espargaro.

Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) was the first retirement of the race after suffering from an issue at the start. He was quickly followed by two more retirements in the opening lap with both Miguel Oliviera and Raul Fernandez crashing out of the race.

Bastianini soon started dropping down the order, losing places to Bagnaia, Martin and Espargaro. Marc Marquez quickly joined the pack and the top five began to break away from the rest of the grid.

Further back, Fabio Di Giannantonio and Pedro Acosta began to battle for seventh place, with the VR46 rider of Di Giannantonio managing to make a pass stick before beginning to battle Alex Marquez for sixth place, with the two briefly making contact although the damage was limited to just the exchanging of some paintwork.

Lap 12 saw the lead of the race change as Martin took the opportunity to pass Bagnaia and made the move stick on the entry into Turn 3, his first time leading the pack during the race so far. Bastianini also made a move on Espargaro taking third place on track and entering the provisional podium places.

One lap later at Turn 13, Martin ran wide off the track closing the distance between himself, Bagnaia and Bastianini. The top 3 continued to shuffle around as Bastianini made an overtake stick on teammate Bagnaia for second place after the latter suffered a front end moment.

With six laps to go Martin had a gap of seven tenths on the second placed rider, and by the penultimate lap Bastianini had managed to close the gap and was right on the tail of Martin. The Prima Pramac Racing rider went wide off the track twice in the same lap, with the second at Turn 3 where he went too wide to be able to defend.

Bastianini utilised Martin’s mistake to take the lead of the race and stretched his lead to cross the line ahead of Martin and teammate Bagnaia who claimed the final position on the podium.

Marc Marquez made a late charge against Bagnaia but ultimately had to settle for fourth after failing to make a move stick, whilst also defending from Di Giannantonio who had managed to climb from 10th on the grid to take fifth position crossing the line. Pole-sitter Espargaro took sixth place ahead of Alex Marquez, Marco Bezzecchi, and Acosta who finished in P9.

Franco Morbidelli took the final points-scoring position after finishing in tenth after having to take two Long Lap penalties for causing the incident at the start of the race on Saturday.