Jorge Martin extends his MotoGP world championship lead with a lights-to-flag victory within the 2026 Silverstone MotoGP Dash race.
The Spaniard celebrated his first victory since Le Mans by preserving fellow Aprilia rider and closest championship challenger Ai Ogura at bay all through the ten lap contest.
Martin’s manufacturing unit team-mate Marco Bezzecchi obtained the higher of Ducati riders Marc Marquez and Fabio di Giannantonio on his approach to finishing an all-RS-GP podium, the primary ever in a Dash race.
Marc Marquez struggles
Marc Marquez was visibly struggling for grip within the closing laps, being overtaken by future team-mate Pedro Acosta, former team-mate Joan Mir and at last GP25 rider Franco Morbidelli, leaving him ninth.
In the meantime, brother Alex extracted fourth place from di Giannantonio.
Martin out of attain
Ranging from pole, and utilizing the most recent Aprilia aero tweaks, Martin took the early lead forward of Ogura and di Giannantonio.
In the meantime Bezzecchi, using in his first race since collarbone and knee surgical procedure throughout the summer season break, delivered an aggressive opening lap to cross Marc Marquez for fourth.
Ducati’s reigning champion responded however was on the defensive from mid-distance.
Raul Fernandez falls
Ogura’s team-mate Raul Fernandez dropped from the entrance row to sixth on the opening lap, then crashed out simply earlier than the halfway stage.
Gresini alternative Iker Lecuona fell from the highest ten on the finish of the primary lap, gesturing at rumoured 2027 Ducati WorldSBK team-mate Franco Morbidelli after climbing to his toes.
The incident was put beneath investigation by the FIM Stewards, with no additional motion taken.
House rider Cal Crutchlow crashed within the opening turns of the race, rejoining earlier than pitting.
All riders used the onerous entrance tyre, with most additionally choosing the comfortable rear.
2026 British MotoGP, Silverstone – Dash Race Outcomes |
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| Pos | Rider | Nat | Group | Time/Diff |
| 1 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP26) | 19m 49.066s |
| 2 | Ai Ogura | JPN | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP26) | +1.530s |
| 3 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP26) | +3.974s |
| 4 | Alex Marquez | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP26) | +6.956s |
| 5 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP26) | +8.651s |
| 6 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Purple Bull KTM (RC16) | +10.745s |
| 7 | Joan Mir | SPA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +10.826s |
| 8 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25) | +12.539s |
| 9 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Ducati Lenovo (GP26) | +13.965s |
| 10 | Diogo Moreira | BRA | Professional Honda LCR (RC213V)* | +13.992s |
| 11 | Brad Binder | RSA | Purple Bull KTM (RC16) | +14.142s |
| 12 | Luca Marini | ITA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +14.344s |
| 13 | Jack Miller | AUS | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +14.540s |
| 14 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +15.213s |
| 15 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Purple Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +16.892s |
| 16 | Alex Rins | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +20.194s |
| 17 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP26) | +23.722s |
| 18 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Purple Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +24.380s |
| 19 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing (YZR-M1) | +27.593s |
| 20 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)* | +34.332s |
| Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP26) | DNF | |
| Cal Crutchlow | GBR | Castrol Honda LCR (RC213V) | DNF | |
| Iker Lecuona | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP26) | DNF | |
* Rookie
Qualifying:
Title chief Jorge Martin rockets to a file pole place on the 2026 Silverstone MotoGP, heading an all-Aprilia entrance row.
Trackhouse riders Raul Fernandez and Ai Ogura held the benefit till manufacturing unit star Martin’s late surge.
Behind them, VR46’s Fabio di Giannantonio, Martin’s team-mate Marco Bezzecchi and defending champion Marc Marquez will begin on row two.

Marc Marquez, Ducati Corse, 2026 British MotoGP
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Marc Marquez’s Q2 started with a quick leg-off second at Farm curve, however he went on to carry provisional pole – forward of youthful brother Alex – after the opening run.
Bezzecchi then blasted from seventh to pole with three minutes to go earlier than the injured former world championship chief bowed out of the qualifying battle.
Whereas Bezzecchi backed off, having additionally misplaced some rear aero, Fernandez promptly broke the Italian’s Friday lap file, with team-mate Ogura slotting into a detailed second.
However Martin then attacked, snatching a debut pole away from Fernandez by simply 0.021s.
Martin will begin this afternoon’s Dash race 14 factors forward of Ogura.
The GP25s of Franco Morbidelli and alternative Iker Lecuona fought by Qualifying 1 to achieve Q2, the place they claimed eighth and tenth on the grid.
Nonetheless, Francesco Bagnaia was amongst these to overlook out in Q1 and can begin simply sixteenth on the grid.
The ten-lap Silverstone Dash race begins at 4pm native time.
2026 British MotoGP, Silverstone – Full Qualifying Outcomes |
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| Pos | Rider | Nat | Group | Time/Diff | Lap | Max |
| 1 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP26) | 1’56.160s | 7/7 | 335k |
| 2 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP26) | +0.021s | 5/6 | 333k |
| 3 | Ai Ogura | JPN | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP26) | +0.189s | 6/7 | 338k |
| 4 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP26) | +0.255s | 7/7 | 333k |
| 5 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP26) | +0.296s | 5/7 | 338k |
| 6 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Ducati Lenovo (GP26) | +0.367s | 3/7 | 336k |
| 7 | Alex Marquez | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP26) | +0.379s | 3/7 | 336k |
| 8 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25) | +0.729s | 2/6 | 332k |
| 9 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Purple Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.772s | 6/7 | 336k |
| 10 | Iker Lecuona | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP26) | +1.162s | 3/5 | 331k |
| 11 | Jack Miller | AUS | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.334s | 6/6 | 331k |
| 12 | Joan Mir | SPA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +1.883s | 2/6 | 333k |
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| 13 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | 1’57.433s | 7/7 | 327k |
| 14 | Diogo Moreira | BRA | Professional Honda LCR (RC213V)* | 1’57.596s | 6/7 | 334k |
| 15 | Luca Marini | ITA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | 1’57.877s | 2/7 | 335k |
| 16 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP26) | 1’57.891s | 6/7 | 332k |
| 17 | Alex Rins | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | 1’57.940s | 5/7 | 330k |
| 18 | Brad Binder | RSA | Purple Bull KTM (RC16) | 1’58.081s | 3/6 | 338k |
| 19 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Purple Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | 1’58.120s | 5/7 | 334k |
| 20 | Cal Crutchlow | GBR | Castrol Honda LCR (RC213V) | 1’58.140s | 5/7 | 333k |
| 21 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Purple Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | 1’58.414s | 5/7 | 336k |
| 22 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)* | 1’58.590s | 2/7 | 331k |
| 23 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing (YZR-M1) | 1’58.842s | 5/7 | 329k |
* Rookie
Official Silverstone MotoGP Information:
Finest lap: Marco Bezzecchi, Aprilia, 1m 56.280s (2026)
Quickest race lap: Aleix Espargaro, Aprilia, 1m 58.895s (2024)
Ultimate Follow:

Fabio di Giannantonio, 2026 Silverstone MotoGP.
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Fabio di Giannantonio strikes again for Ducati to steer last follow for the 2026 Silverstone MotoGP.
The Italian was the one rider into the 1m 57s this morning, ending the session 0.117s forward of Trackhouse Aprilia’s Raul Fernandez.
Manufacturing unit RS-GP star and Friday chief Marco Bezzecchi led a lot of the session on the way in which to 3rd, forward of Ducati’s reigning champion Marc Marquez.
Then got here the Aprilias of Jorge Martin and Ai Ogura, first and second within the present world championship, who accomplished the highest six.
Pramac Yamaha’s Jack Miller, who secured direct Qualifying 2 entry with ninth on Friday, suffered an early fall at Flip 16.
Most riders used comfortable compound tyres, entrance and rear, for last follow.
Nonetheless, Bezzecchi was amongst a number of riders to start out on the medium rear earlier than later switching to a comfortable.
Qualifying 1, for these out of the highest ten on Friday, together with Pecco Bagnaia – who spent a lot of ultimate follow close to the again of the timesheets, earlier than rising to twelfth – will now start.
2026 British MotoGP, Silverstone – Saturday Free Follow Outcomes |
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| Pos | Rider | Nat | Group | Time/Diff |
| 1 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP26) | 1’57.885s |
| 2 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP26) | +0.117s |
| 3 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP26) | +0.184s |
| 4 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Ducati Lenovo (GP26) | +0.258s |
| 5 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP26) | +0.446s |
| 6 | Ai Ogura | JPN | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP26) | +0.502s |
| 7 | Alex Marquez | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP26) | +0.540s |
| 8 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Purple Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.616s |
| 9 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.827s |
| 10 | Brad Binder | RSA | Purple Bull KTM (RC16) | +1.056s |
| 11 | Luca Marini | ITA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +1.109s |
| 12 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP26) | +1.127s |
| 13 | Diogo Moreira | BRA | Professional Honda LCR (RC213V)* | +1.214s |
| 14 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25) | +1.554s |
| 15 | Jack Miller | AUS | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.618s |
| 16 | Joan Mir | SPA | Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V) | +1.625s |
| 17 | Iker Lecuona | SPA | BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP26) | +1.878s |
| 18 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Purple Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +2.102s |
| 19 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)* | +2.132s |
| 20 | Cal Crutchlow | GBR | Castrol Honda LCR (RC213V) | +2.352s |
| 21 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Yamaha Manufacturing unit Racing (YZR-M1) | +2.374s |
| 22 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Purple Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +2.516s |
| 23 | Alex Rins | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +2.555s |
* Rookie
Official Silverstone MotoGP Information:
Finest lap: Marco Bezzecchi, Aprilia, 1m 56.280s (2026)
Quickest race lap: Aleix Espargaro, Aprilia, 1m 58.895s (2024)

Jorge Martin, 2026 Silverstone MotoGP.
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Jorge Martin leads the MotoGP standings by 14-points from fellow Aprilia rider Ai Ogura and with Ducati’s reigning Marc Marquez simply 18 from the highest because the 2026 season restarts after the summer season break.
Martin’s manufacturing unit team-mate and former title chief Marco Bezzecchi has been relegated to fourth as he makes his return to motion after a collarbone fracture in Germany.
Nonetheless, Tech3’s Maverick Vinales has withdrawn from the Silverstone spherical to endure additional remedy on his shoulder damage and is changed by KTM check rider Pol Espargaro.

Pol Espargaro, 2026 Silverstone MotoGP.
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Gresini’s Fermin Aldeguer stays absent on account 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 damage alternative for Alex Marquez.
This time Lecuona – who lastly broke team-mate Nicolo Bulega’s unbeaten WorldSBK run at Donington Park – will likely be using the satellite-spec GP25 fairly than manufacturing unit GP26.
Johann Zarco continues to be sidelined by knee ligament accidents at Catalunya in Might, with LCR alternative Cal Crutchlow competing in a house British Grand Prix for the primary time since 2021.
Yamaha check rider Augusto Fernandez is making his newest wildcard look.