Raul Fernandez dominates the 2026 British MotoGP, extending Silverstone’s run of various grand prix winners to 12 in a row.
The Trackhouse star made amends for his Dash error by main from begin to end, taking the chequered flag 2.5s away from title chief Jorge Martin.
Martin’s exhausted team-mate Marco Bezzecchi held off late strain from Gresini Ducati’s Alex Marquez to finish one other all-Aprilia podium.
Raul Fernandez, 2026 Silverstone MotoGP.
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Whereas fellow entrance row starters Martin and Ai Ogura ran vast when their rear ride-height gadgets remained locked-down at Flip 1, Fernandez snatched the holeshot and blasted into the gap.
The Spaniard was over 4 seconds away from manufacturing unit Aprilia duo Martin and Bezzecchi by the midway stage, when team-mate Ogura crashed out of seventh along with his first race mistake of the yr.
After a giant tyre drop on the tender within the Dash, all riders ran the medium rear – once more with the arduous entrance – for the grand prix.
Fernandez’s searing early tempo raised questions over whether or not he’d pay a excessive value in a while.
However he was capable of safely handle his benefit over Dash winner Martin to the chequered flag.
Behind the Bezzecchi-Alex Marquez battle, KTM’s Pedro Acosta, VR46’s Fabio di Giannantonio and reigning champion Marc Marquez accomplished the highest seven.
Marc Marquez, 2026 Silverstone MotoGP.
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Marc, who suffered an enormous tyre drop and slipped to ninth within the Dash, appeared centered on nursing his rear tyre within the grand prix, reasonably than making an attempt to assault.
Joan Mir and Alex Rins tangled on the opening lap, leaving them each on the bottom. No additional motion was taken by the FIM Stewards.
Enea Bastianini, Iker Lecuona, Cal Crutchlow, Pecco Bagnaia and Ogura later crashed on their very own.
The following spherical at Aragon takes place on the finish of this month.
2026 British MotoGP, Silverstone – Race Outcomes |
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| Pos | Rider | Nat | Crew | Time/Diff |
| 1 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP26) | 39m 45.93s |
| 2 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP26) | +2.538s |
| 3 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP26) | +3.393s |
| 4 | Alex Marquez | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP26) | +4.702s |
| 5 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Purple Bull KTM (RC16) | +6.256s |
| 6 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP26) | +6.382s |
| 7 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Ducati Lenovo (GP26) | +9.550s |
| 8 | Brad Binder | RSA | Purple Bull KTM (RC16) | +22.288s |
| 9 | Luca Marini | ITA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +23.845s |
| 10 | Diogo Moreira | BRA | Professional Honda LCR (RC213V)* | +25.411s |
| 11 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25) | +26.301s |
| 12 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +26.883s |
| 13 | Jack Miller | AUS | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +29.458s |
| 14 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Purple Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +41.310s |
| 15 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)* | +41.492s |
| 16 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing (YZR-M1) | +42.379s |
| Ai Ogura | JPN | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP26) | DNF | |
| Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP26) | DNF | |
| Cal Crutchlow | GBR | Castrol Honda LCR (RC213V) | DNF | |
| Iker Lecuona | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP26) | DNF | |
| Enea Bastianini | ITA | Purple Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | DNF | |
| Alex Rins | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | DNF | |
| Joan Mir | SPA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | DNF | |
*Rookie
Heat-up:
Alex Marquez, 2026 Silverstone MotoGP.
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After an Aprilia Dash sweep, Alex Marquez places Ducati again on high of the timesheets throughout warm-up for the 2026 Silverstone MotoGP.
The Gresini rider, who completed as the highest Desmosedici in fourth on Saturday, outpaced Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse) and brother Marc Marquez.
After the main tender rear-tyre drop – suffered most notably by the likes of manufacturing unit Ducati riders Marc Marquez and Pecco Bagnaia – within the Dash, all riders besides Marco Bezzecchi ran the medium rear tyre in warm-up.
Aprilia advised MotoGP pit lane reporter Jack Appleyard that Bezzecchi, getting back from collarbone and knee accidents at Sachsenring, used the tender merely to avoid wasting power this morning.
The Italian was fourth forward of VR46 riders Fabio di Giannantonio and Franco Morbidelli.
Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo, Aprilia’s title chief and Dash winner Jorge Martin and KTM’s Pedro Acosta accomplished the highest ten.
The 20-lap British MotoGP begins at 1pm, between the Moto2 (11:15) and Moto3 (14:30) races.
2026 British MotoGP, Silverstone – Heat-up Outcomes |
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| Pos | Rider | Nat | Crew | Time/Diff | Lap | Max |
| 1 | Alex Marquez | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP26) | 1’57.68s | 4/5 | 339k |
| 2 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP26) | +0.073s | 3/5 | 335k |
| 3 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Ducati Lenovo (GP26) | +0.474s | 4/5 | 334k |
| 4 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP26) | +0.541s | 5/5 | 341k |
| 5 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP26) | +0.604s | 5/5 | 332k |
| 6 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25) | +1.121s | 4/5 | 327k |
| 7 | Ai Ogura | JPN | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP26) | +1.179s | 5/5 | 336k |
| 8 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.180s | 4/5 | 324k |
| 9 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP26) | +1.218s | 5/5 | 335k |
| 10 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Purple Bull KTM (RC16) | +1.334s | 3/5 | 338k |
| 11 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP26) | +1.374s | 4/5 | 334k |
| 12 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Purple Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +1.410s | 4/4 | 336k |
| 13 | Luca Marini | ITA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +1.444s | 4/5 | 333k |
| 14 | Alex Rins | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.481s | 3/5 | 327k |
| 15 | Iker Lecuona | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP26) | +1.563s | 4/5 | 332k |
| 16 | Diogo Moreira | BRA | Professional Honda LCR (RC213V)* | +1.568s | 3/5 | 332k |
| 17 | Brad Binder | RSA | Purple Bull KTM (RC16) | +1.778s | 4/5 | 336k |
| 18 | Jack Miller | AUS | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.991s | 4/5 | 332k |
| 19 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)* | +2.046s | 4/5 | 331k |
| 20 | Joan Mir | SPA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +2.129s | 5/5 | 332k |
| 21 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Purple Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +2.365s | 4/5 | 336k |
| 22 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing (YZR-M1) | +2.837s | 4/5 | 326k |
| 23 | Cal Crutchlow | GBR | Castrol Honda LCR (RC213V) | +2.928s | 3/5 | 331k |
* Rookie
Official Silverstone MotoGP Data:
Finest lap: Jorge Martin, Aprilia, 1m 56.160s (2026)
Quickest race lap: Aleix Espargaro, Aprilia, 1m 58.895s (2024)
The place is the Aprilia so quick?
Jorge Martin leads the MotoGP standings from fellow Aprilia rider Ai Ogura because the 2026 season restarts after the summer season break.
Martin’s manufacturing unit team-mate and former title chief Marco Bezzecchi is making his return to motion after a collarbone fracture and knee harm in Germany.
Nonetheless, Tech3’s Maverick Vinales has withdrawn from the Silverstone spherical to endure additional therapy on his shoulder harm and is changed by KTM take a look at rider Pol Espargaro.
Pol Espargaro, 2026 Silverstone MotoGP.
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Gresini’s Fermin Aldeguer stays absent because of a vertebra fracture at Assen, along with his seat taken by Ducati WorldSBK race winner and former MotoGP rider Iker Lecuona.
Lecuona is making his second look for Gresini this season, after ending seventh on his Ducati MotoGP debut at Balaton Park as an harm substitute for Alex Marquez.
This time Lecuona – who lastly broke team-mate Nicolo Bulega’s unbeaten WorldSBK run at Donington Park – can be driving the satellite-spec GP25 reasonably than manufacturing unit GP26.
Johann Zarco continues to be sidelined by knee ligament accidents at Catalunya in Might, with LCR substitute Cal Crutchlow competing in a house British Grand Prix for the primary time since 2021.
Yamaha take a look at rider Augusto Fernandez is making his newest wildcard look.
