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British MotoGP at Silverstone: Sprint race LIVE UPDATES!

Live updates from the British MotoGP sprint race.

Jorge Martin topped both Friday practice s🌠essions as he looks to bounce back after Saﷺchsenring.

But Ducati might not have it all their own way as Aprilia were consistent challengers, with Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales showing spe𝕴e📖d. 

Marc Marquez squeezed directly into Q2, however, iཧt was a difficult Friday for the eight-time world champion.

FP2 is up first at 10:10am UK time, before qualifying follow 🌠straight after. The sprint race is at 15:00pm UK time. 

15:23
Bastianini takes his first sprint win

Bastianin🔜i wins the British MotoGP sprint ahead of Martin and Espargaro.

15:19
Marquez is down as well

More drama as Marc Marquez has gone down at t🌠u✨rn 16. A huge mistake from the eight-time world champion as he was alone. 

15:17
4 Laps to go

Bastianini has finally made his move on Martin and he lead🐓s the sprint at Silverstone. 

15:14

Bastianini attempts to t♌ake the lead but Martin snaps straighജt back. 

15:12
Bagnaia is down!

Bagnaia has crashed out of the sprint ♔a🧜t turn four. Drama in the sprint at Silverstone. 

15:07
Lap 3 of 10

It's Martin who leads from Bastianini, Esparg🌸aro, Bagnaia and Marquez. 

15:07
Lap 2 of 10

Big contact between Binder and Acosta and Ma𒅌rque⛦z takes advantage. 

15:04

It'𒁃s Jorge Martin who leads from fourth on the grid. Bagnaia is down to fourth. 

15:03
The sprint race is go

And it's lights out for the sprint race at💟 Silverstone🅠.

15:00
Formation lap is underway

The formation lap is underway at Silverstone.

14:55

Big chanཧge for Marc Marquez - h💝e's moved from the soft front to the hard front option. 

14:51

The bike that can make it work better than anyone other brand, Apri🍌lia's riders are electing for the hard front, whereas Ducati have some on the medium 🍒and some on the soft. 

14:49

It looks like most of the grid will be using a soft rear, iꦦncluding Martin. 

14:44

Aleix Espargaro starts from💜 pole ahead of Francesco Bagna🌺ia and Enea Bastianini. 

14:29

Good afternoon and welcome back to Silverstone. Up next at 1💙5:00pm UK time is the 10-lap sprint race. 

11:32
Espargaro on pole

Espargaro has taken pole while team-mate Vinales was the reason for the y🥃ellow flags after crashing at turn two.

It's Espargaro ahead of Bagnaia, Bastianini, Martin, Alex Marquez and Brad Binꦓder. 

11:30

Aleix Espargaro smashes Bagnaia's pole 🉐time and moves into to𒊎p spot as yellow flags come out in sector one. 

11:29

Mistake from Bagnaia at the beginning of his latest lap while Marc🅰 Marquez has been held up by Fabio Di Giannantonio.

11:22

Bagnaia fires in a new lap record to take provisional pole ahead of Bastianini and Martin. What an opening ❀time attack run.

11:20

Bagnaia smashes into the 1ไm ꦺ57s barrier but Bastianini goes even quicker to take top spot. 

11:15
Shootout for pole is underway

The bat🍌tle for ꦜpole position at Silverstone is underway.

11:06

Alex Marquez goes 🃏top right at thᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚe end of the session. It's Marquez and Acosta who advance.