Race report

MotoGP British GP: Martin leads Aprilia domination in sprint

Aprilia’s strong form in Silverstone continued as Martin led a podium lockout, while Ducati endured a day to forget

Jorge Martin converted pole position into a commanding victory in the British Grand Prix sprint to extend his lead at the top of the MotoGP standings.

The Spaniard nailed the start and then led every lap of the half-distance race at Silverstone, only facing a brief threat from Trackhouse’s Ai Ogura during the middle stages before pulling comfortably clear in the final laps.

With Marco Bezzecchi finishing third behind team-mate Martin and Ogura, Aprilia secured its first-ever sprint podium lockout, even as Raul Fernandez crashed out early on.

At the start of the race, Martin made a clean start from pole, with Ogura jumping to second as his team-mate Fernandez slipped to sixth.

Meanwhile, Marco Bezzecchi and Marc Marquez engaged in a close battle for fourth behind Ogura and Fabio di Giannantonio, the pair making contact at Turn 4 before the factory Ducati rider found a way past into Stowe.

At the front, race leader Martin began edging ahead of the competition, as Ogura and di Giannantonio lost time squabbling for second. Di Giannantonio managed to nudge ahead at the start of lap two, but Ogura immediately fired back to maintain the status quo.

By the end of lap five, Martin was almost a second clear of the rest of the field, seemingly in control of the race. But Ogura started coming back at him on lap six after dropping di Giannantonio back, setting the foundation for a potential late race attack.

Ai Ogura, Trackhouse Racing

Photo by: Glyn Kirk / AFP via Getty Images

But Martin quickly responded to Ogura’s pace to build up the gap again, eventually taking the chequered flag by 1.5s to claim his third sprint win of 2026. Ogura had no answer to Martin’s speed but another runner-up finish helped him cement second in the standings.

After initially dropping behind Marquez, Bezzecchi repassed the reigning champion on lap five before reeling in di Giannantonio, as Ducatis struggled to maintain their pace in the second half of the sprint. Passing his countryman into Copse, Bezzecchi grabbed third to secure a hard-fought podium on his comeback.

Alex Marquez was the best Ducati rider in fourth, albeit seven seconds down on Martin, after passing di Giannantonio late on in the race. Pedro Acosta guided the factory KTM to sixth ahead of Joan Mir’s Honda, with Franco Morbidelli finishing eighth for VR46

Meanwhile, Marc Marquez suffered a severe drop in performance in the second half of the race, as he barely hung on to ninth at the flag. Completing the top 10 was Honda’s Diogo Moreria, who nearly overtook Marquez on the run to the finish line.

The most high-profile retiree from the race was Fernandez, who tucked the front of his Trackhouse Aprilia at Turn 4 on lap four while chasing Bezzecchi for what was then fifth.

Home hero Cal Crutchlow and Fermin Aldeguer’s stand-in Iker Lecuona crashed on the opening lap of the race before remounting and pulling into the pits, joining Fernandez in the list of retirees.

SPRINT

All Stats

Cla	Rider	#	Bike	Laps	Time	Interval	Retirement	Points
1	J. Martin Aprilia Racing Team	89	Aprilia	10	19'49.066			12
2	A. Ogura Trackhouse Racing Team	79	Aprilia	10	+1.530 19'50.596	1.530		9
3	M. Bezzecchi Aprilia Racing Team	72	Aprilia	10	+3.974 19'53.040	2.444		7
4	A. Marquez Gresini Racing	73	Ducati	10	+6.956 19'56.022	2.982		6
5	F. Di Giannantonio Team VR46	49	Ducati	10	+8.651 19'57.717	1.695		5
6	P. Acosta Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	37	KTM	10	+10.745 19'59.811	2.094		4
7	J. Mir Honda HRC	36	Honda	10	+10.826 19'59.892	0.081		3
8	F. Morbidelli Team VR46	21	Ducati	10	+12.539 20'01.605	1.713		2
9	M. Marquez Ducati Team	93	Ducati	10	+13.965 20'03.031	1.426		1
10	D. Moreira Team LCR	11	Honda	10	+13.992 20'03.058	0.027
11	B. Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	33	KTM	10	+14.142 20'03.208	0.150
12	L. Marini Honda HRC	10	Honda	10	+14.344 20'03.410	0.202
13	J. Miller Pramac Racing	43	Yamaha	10	+14.540 20'03.606	0.196
14	F. Quartararo Yamaha Factory Racing	20	Yamaha	10	+15.213 20'04.279	0.673
15	E. Bastianini Tech 3	23	KTM	10	+16.892 20'05.958	1.679
16	A. Rins Yamaha Factory Racing	42	Yamaha	10	+20.194 20'09.260	3.302
17	F. Bagnaia Ducati Team	63	Ducati	10	+23.722 20'12.788	3.528
18	P. Espargaro Tech 3	44	KTM	10	+24.380 20'13.446	0.658
19	A. Fernandez Yamaha Factory Racing	47	Yamaha	10	+27.593 20'16.659	3.213
20	T. Razgatlioglu Pramac Racing	7	Yamaha	10	+34.332 20'23.398	6.739
dnf	R. Fernández Trackhouse Racing Team	25	Aprilia	5	+5 Laps 10'29.683	5 Laps	Retirement
dnf	C. Crutchlow Team LCR	35	Honda	3	+7 Laps 6'43.532	2 Laps	Retirement
dnf	I. Lecuona Gresini Racing	27	Ducati	0	+10 Laps 1'49.275	3 Laps	Accident
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