MotoGP 2026
Round 12 – Silverstone
MotoGP Sprint Race
Martín leads historic Aprilia 1-2-3 at Silverstone
Jorge Martín converted pole position into a commanding British MotoGP Sprint victory at Silverstone, leading every lap as Aprilia celebrated the first Sprint 1-2-3 in its history.
Championship rival Ai Ogura chased Martín home at 1.530s, while an injured Marco Bezzecchi fought his way through to third to complete the Aprilia sweep.
It was Martín’s third Sprint victory of 2026 and the 19th of his career, drawing him level with Marc Márquez at the top of the all-time Sprint victory tally.

More importantly, the result stretched Martín’s championship advantage over Ogura from 14 to 17 points. Bezzecchi’s seven points for third also moved him ahead of Marc Márquez into third in the standings, 193 points to 191, while Di Giannantonio remains right there on 189.

Martin leads as Márquez and Bezzecchi get their elbows out
Martín made the most of pole to lead Ogura into Turn One, while Di Giannantonio jumped into third.
Behind them, there was immediate contact and plenty of aggression between Bezzecchi and Marc Márquez on the opening lap. Márquez initially prevailed in that tussle and completed lap one in fourth ahead of Bezzecchi.

The pair continued to shadow and probe one another through the opening phase, Márquez holding fourth through the first four laps before Bezzecchi finally forced his way ahead on lap five.
That early battle was taking place behind a remarkably controlled Martín. The championship leader dipped into the 1m57s from lap two and set the fastest lap of the Sprint on lap four with a 1m57.607s.
Ogura was keeping him honest with a 1m57.785s on the same lap, while Di Giannantonio initially looked capable of joining the title contenders in the podium fight.

Fernández pays for poor start
Raúl Fernández had started alongside Martín from second, but a clutch problem compromised his launch and left him sixth by the completion of the opening lap.
The Trackhouse rider immediately set about recovering the lost ground and was tucked in behind Bezzecchi when he lost the front at The Loop on lap four.
Fernández picked the Aprilia back up but subsequently returned to pit lane and retired, ending what had otherwise been an exceptionally strong weekend to that point.
Cal Crutchlow and Iker Lecuona were the other Sprint retirements after both struck trouble on the opening lap.
Bezzecchi digs deep for the podium
Once clear of Márquez, Bezzecchi began hunting down Di Giannantonio.
The returning Aprilia rider had already admitted that his injured knee was proving more troublesome than his recently repaired collarbone, and the physical demands became increasingly apparent as the ten-lap race progressed.
Despite that, Bezzecchi found another push when it mattered. He closed more than a second on Di Giannantonio and made his move at Copse with four laps remaining.
The effort took plenty out of the Italian physically, but he held on to finish 3.974s behind Martín and complete Aprilia’s historic podium sweep.
Tyres turn the closing laps into survival
Behind the Aprilias, the defining feature of the second half of the Sprint was tyre degradation.
Most of the leading riders had chosen Michelin’s hard front and soft rear, and the rear in particular began losing performance surprisingly early in the 41-degree track temperature.
Even Martín reported feeling the rear deteriorating from around lap four. His 1m57.607s fastest lap became a 1m58.340s on lap five, 1m58.981s by lap seven, 1m59.603s on lap nine and 2m00.611s on the final lap.
Ogura followed a similar trajectory, going from 1m57.785s on lap four to 2m00.233s at the finish. Bezzecchi’s best was a 1m58.163s on lap two before he completed the final lap in 2m00.594s.
It was a significant drop, but nothing compared with what was about to happen to some of the Ducatis.
Márquez falls off the tyre cliff
Marc Márquez had looked genuinely threatening in the early stages. After his opening-lap skirmish with Bezzecchi, he was fourth and produced a 1m58.036s on lap two.
His pace remained in the 1m58s through lap four, but the rear grip then disappeared rapidly.
Márquez slowed to 1m59.766s on lap five, 2m00.143s on lap six and 2m00.743s by lap eight. The real cliff came across the final two tours: 2m02.521s followed by 2m02.992s.
That final lap was almost five seconds slower than his personal best.
At one point late in the race Marc had a slide so violent that it set his air-bag off…
Bezzecchi had already gone by, then Alex Márquez swept past his brother on lap six. Pedro Acosta and Joan Mir followed late in the race before Franco Morbidelli relegated Márquez to ninth on the final lap.
Even then he came within a whisker of losing the final Sprint point, holding off Diogo Moreira by only 0.027s at the chequered flag.
It was Márquez’s second-worst classified Sprint result of the season and a particularly costly one in a championship battle this close.
Di Giannantonio also fades
Di Giannantonio experienced a similarly pronounced, if less catastrophic, deterioration.
The VR46 rider’s 1m57.898s on lap three had him running comfortably in third. By lap six he was at 1m59.421s, lap seven took 2m00.659s and his final lap stretched to 2m01.785s.
That drop cost him the podium to Bezzecchi and ultimately fourth to Alex Márquez, who was the first Ducati home.
Acosta managed his soft rear well enough to take sixth, just 0.081s ahead of Mir, whose tyre performance was relatively strong in the closing stages. Morbidelli was eighth ahead of Marc Márquez and Moreira.
Bagnaia endured an even more difficult afternoon. He initially climbed from 16th to 12th but could not sustain the pace, eventually finishing 17th. His 1m59.290s best on lap four had become 2m02.589s by the finish as he battled both a lack of rear grip and difficulty turning the Ducati.
Medium rear gives Miller food for thought
Jack Miller and Brad Binder were among the relatively small group to gamble on the medium rear rather than the soft, and their races provided some interesting information ahead of Sunday’s 20-lap Grand Prix.
Miller knew he would be vulnerable early and slipped backwards from 11th as those on the soft tyre exploited its greater initial grip.
Once the soft tyres around him began fading, however, the Australian’s race came back towards him.
Miller’s 1m59.332s personal best came on lap four, but importantly he was still circulating in 1m59.602s on lap nine – one thousandth quicker than Martín on that lap – and completed the final tour in 2m00.267s, more than three-tenths quicker than the race winner.
That wasn’t enough to recover the positions lost early on, and Miller finished 13th, but the performance curve of the medium rear may prove much more relevant over twice the distance on Sunday.
Binder provided further evidence. Starting 18th on the medium, the South African became stronger as the race progressed and remarkably set his fastest lap – a 1m59.248s – on lap eight. He charged through to finish 11th, less than two-tenths behind Moreira in tenth.
Roll the dice…
Those figures don’t guarantee the medium is the correct tyre for Sunday’s Grand Prix – traffic, riding styles and machine characteristics all complicate the comparison – but they make rear-tyre selection and management one of the central questions heading into the 20-lap race.
There are predictions in the paddock that even the medium could begin dropping away significantly after only eight laps or so. If that proves accurate, choosing the harder option will not remove the problem, merely change its shape and timing. It will be fascinating to see who rolls the dice on outright performance, who prioritises longevity, and whether anyone can make a different strategy pay.
Whatever tyre they choose, the consensus is that Sunday will be a game of conservation from almost the moment the lights go out. Riders and engineers will be working out where around Silverstone they can afford to push, and which sections punish the tyres disproportionately for relatively little gain on the stopwatch.
The numbers will be crunched long into Saturday evening. By Sunday morning, riders will have their briefs: where to attack, where to sacrifice a tenth, when to protect the rear, and, perhaps most importantly, how much tyre they need underneath them when the race enters its final five laps.
Martín takes control into Sunday
Martín will go into the 20-lap Grand Prix with 220 championship points, Ogura on 203, Bezzecchi 193, Marc Márquez 191 and Di Giannantonio 189.

The Aprilia was unquestionably the class of the field on Saturday, but doubling the Sprint distance could substantially change the equation. Aprilia riders are now 1-2-3 in the championship.

The soft rear delivered the early speed but punished several riders badly before ten laps were completed. The medium cost Miller and Binder time at the beginning but left both with considerably more performance available late.

Sunday’s British Grand Prix may therefore be as much an exercise in restraint and tyre management as outright speed.
Silverstone MotoGP Sprint Race Results
|
Pos
|
Rider
|
Bike
|
Time/Gap
|
Speed
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
J. Martin
|
Apr
|
19m49.066 |
178.6
|
|
2
|
A. Ogura
|
Apr
|
+1.530
|
178.3
|
|
3
|
M. Bezzecchi
|
Apr
|
+3.974
|
178.0
|
|
4
|
A. Marquez
|
Duc
|
+6.956
|
177.5
|
|
5
|
F. Di Giannantonio
|
Duc
|
+8.651
|
177.3
|
|
6
|
P. Acosta
|
KTM
|
+10.745
|
177.0
|
|
7
|
J. Mir
|
Hon
|
+10.826
|
177.0
|
|
8
|
F. Morbidelli
|
Duc
|
+12.539
|
176.7
|
|
9
|
M. Marquez
|
Duc
|
+13.965
|
176.5
|
|
10
|
D. Moreira
|
Hon
|
+13.992
|
176.5
|
|
11
|
B. Binder
|
KTM
|
+14.142
|
176.5
|
|
12
|
L. Marini
|
Hon
|
+14.344
|
176.4
|
|
13
|
J. Miller
|
Yam
|
+14.540
|
176.4
|
|
14
|
F. Quartararo
|
Yam
|
+15.213
|
176.3
|
|
15
|
E. Bastianini
|
KTM
|
+16.892
|
176.1
|
|
16
|
A. Rins
|
Yam
|
+20.194
|
175.6
|
|
17
|
F. Bagnaia
|
Duc
|
+23.722
|
175.1
|
|
18
|
P. Espargaro
|
KTM
|
+24.380
|
175.0
|
|
19
|
A. Fernandez
|
Yam
|
+27.593
|
174.5
|
|
20
|
T. Razgatlioglu
|
Yam
|
+34.332
|
173.6
|
| Not Classified | ||||
|
DNF
|
R. Fernandez
|
Apr
|
+5 Laps
|
168.6
|
|
DNF
|
C. Crutchlow
|
Hon
|
+7 Laps
|
157.9
|
|
DNF
|
I. Lecuona
|
Duc
|
||
Silverstone MotoGP Sprint Race Top Speeds
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Pos
|
Rider | Bike | Average | Speed |
|
1
|
F. Bagnaia
|
Duc
|
336.8
|
339.6
|
|
2
|
M. Bezzecchi
|
Apr
|
335.6
|
338.5
|
|
3
|
E. Bastianini
|
KTM
|
333.7
|
336.4
|
|
4
|
R. Fernandez
|
Apr
|
325.4
|
336.4
|
|
5
|
B. Binder
|
KTM
|
335.8
|
336.4
|
|
6
|
F. Di Giannantonio
|
Duc
|
334.3
|
336.4
|
|
7
|
A. Marquez
|
Duc
|
334.9
|
336.4
|
|
8
|
L. Marini
|
Hon
|
334.1
|
335.4
|
|
9
|
J. Mir
|
Hon
|
333.5
|
335.4
|
|
10
|
P. Acosta
|
KTM
|
333.7
|
335.4
|
|
11
|
P. Espargaro
|
KTM
|
334.3
|
335.4
|
|
12
|
A. Ogura
|
Apr
|
334.5
|
335.4
|
|
13
|
M. Marquez
|
Duc
|
335.0
|
335.4
|
|
14
|
D. Moreira
|
Hon
|
332.3
|
334.3
|
|
15
|
F. Morbidelli
|
Duc
|
331.4
|
334.3
|
|
16
|
F. Quartararo
|
Yam
|
331.0
|
333.3
|
|
17
|
I. Lecuona
|
Duc
|
333.3
|
333.3
|
|
18
|
J. Miller
|
Yam
|
332.3
|
333.3
|
|
19
|
A. Rins
|
Yam
|
330.5
|
331.2
|
|
20
|
T. Razgatlioglu
|
Yam
|
326.3
|
330.2
|
|
21
|
A. Fernandez
|
Yam
|
328.8
|
330.2
|
|
22
|
J. Martin
|
Apr
|
329.4
|
330.2
|
|
23
|
C. Crutchlow
|
Hon
|
302.9
|
322.3
|
Silverstone Qualifying
Martín heads Aprilia front-row lockout
Jorge Martín continued Aprilia’s impressive Silverstone weekend by snatching pole position from Raúl Fernández by just 0.021s.
Fernández had lowered the outright benchmark to 1m56.181s late in Q2 before Martín responded with a 1m56.160s on his final attack. Ai Ogura completed an all-Aprilia front row in third, making this the Noale marque’s third front-row lockout of the season after Mugello and Assen.
Martín also became the eighth different pole-sitter across the past eight British Grands Prix.
Fabio Di Giannantonio was the first non-Aprilia in fourth, ahead of Marco Bezzecchi and Marc Márquez. That meant the top six riders in the World Championship also filled the first two rows, albeit in a different order.
Alex Márquez headed row three from Franco Morbidelli and Pedro Acosta, while substitute Iker Lecuona impressed in tenth after progressing from Q1.
Jack Miller qualified 11th as the leading Yamaha despite a spill in FP2 earlier on Saturday, while Joan Mir completed the fourth row.
Fabio Quartararo missed promotion from Q1 by just 0.050s and will start 13th, while Francesco Bagnaia faces a considerable task from 16th on the grid.
Silverstone MotoGP Combined Qualifying Times
|
Pos
|
Rider | Bike |
TIme/Gap
|
Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
J. Martin
|
Apr
|
1m56.160
|
335.4
|
|
2
|
R. Fernandez
|
Apr
|
+0.021
|
333.3
|
|
3
|
A. Ogura
|
Apr
|
+0.189
|
337.5
|
|
4
|
F. Di Giannantonio
|
Duc
|
+0.255
|
333.3
|
|
5
|
M. Bezzecchi
|
Apr
|
+0.296
|
337.5
|
|
6
|
M. Marquez
|
Duc
|
+0.367
|
336.4
|
|
7
|
A. Marquez
|
Duc
|
+0.379
|
336.4
|
|
8
|
F. Morbidelli
|
Duc
|
+0.729
|
332.3
|
|
9
|
P. Acosta
|
KTM
|
+0.772
|
336.4
|
|
10
|
I. Lecuona
|
Duc
|
+1.162
|
331.2
|
|
11
|
J. Miller
|
Yam
|
+1.334
|
331.2
|
|
12
|
J. Mir
|
Hon
|
+1.883
|
333.3
|
| Q1 | ||||
|
13
|
F. Quartararo
|
Yam
|
+0.260
|
327.2
|
|
14
|
D. Moreira
|
Hon
|
+0.423
|
334.3
|
|
15
|
L. Marini
|
Hon
|
+0.704
|
335.4
|
|
16
|
F. Bagnaia
|
Duc
|
+0.718
|
332.3
|
|
17
|
A. Rins
|
Yam
|
+0.767
|
330.2
|
|
18
|
B. Binder
|
KTM
|
+0.908
|
337.5
|
|
19
|
E. Bastianini
|
KTM
|
+0.947
|
334.3
|
|
20
|
C. Crutchlow
|
Hon
|
+0.967
|
333.3
|
|
21
|
P. Espargaro
|
KTM
|
+1.241
|
336.4
|
|
22
|
T. Razgatlioglu
|
Yam
|
+1.417
|
331.2
|
|
23
|
A. Fernandez
|
Yam
|
+1.669
|
329.2
|
2026 MotoGP Championship Standings
|
Pos
|
Rider
|
Points
|
|---|---|---|
|
1
|
J. Martin
|
220
|
|
2
|
A. Ogura
|
203
|
|
3
|
M. Bezzecchi
|
193
|
|
4
|
M. Marquez
|
191
|
|
5
|
F. Di Giannantonio
|
189
|
|
6
|
R. Fernandez
|
159
|
|
7
|
P. Acosta
|
152
|
|
8
|
F. Bagnaia
|
143
|
|
9
|
A. Marquez
|
93
|
|
10
|
L. Marini
|
79
|
|
11
|
F. Aldeguer
|
76
|
|
12
|
E. Bastianini
|
76
|
|
13
|
B. Binder
|
64
|
|
14
|
F. Quartararo
|
55
|
|
15
|
D. Moreira
|
48
|
|
16
|
F. Morbidelli
|
48
|
|
17
|
J. Zarco
|
34
|
|
18
|
J. Mir
|
29
|
|
19
|
A. Rins
|
21
|
|
20
|
J. Miller
|
19
|
|
21
|
T. Razgatlioglu
|
12
|
|
22
|
M. Viñales
|
10
|
|
23
|
I. Lecuona
|
9
|
|
24
|
A. Fernandez
|
5
|
|
25
|
C. Crutchlow
|
0
|
|
26
|
J. Folger
|
0
|
|
27
|
P. Espargaro
|
0
|
|
28
|
M. Pirro
|
0
|
Moto2 Qualifying
Guevara smashes record to claim Silverstone pole
Izan Guevara delivered a formidable qualifying performance at Silverstone, setting a new outright Moto2 lap record before effectively sitting out the remainder of a disrupted Q2 session.
The BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2 rider stopped the clock at 2m01.483s on only his second lap, taking another 0.332s from the benchmark Dani Holgado had established on Friday.

That ultimately proved more than enough for Guevara’s third pole position of the season, with returning Alonso López 0.326s behind in second and Ivan Ortola completing the front row.
López’s performance was particularly impressive given he is returning this weekend after missing the previous three rounds through injury.
Red flag interrupts Q2
The session was halted with a little under nine minutes remaining following an incident involving Mario Aji and Zonta van den Goorbergh at Turn 11.
Both riders were sent for medical checks and subsequently declared fit, although neither was able to feature at the sharp end once proceedings resumed. Van den Goorbergh will also carry a Long Lap Penalty into Sunday’s race.
Guevara already had pole in hand before the stoppage and played his cards intelligently after the restart.
Rather than burn another new tyre chasing a lap he did not believe he needed, Guevara delayed going back out and preserved an additional fresh tyre for Sunday’s 17-lap race.
His original 2m01.483s remained untouched.
González heads second row
Championship leader Manuel González will start fourth after a 2m02.090s, ahead of Daniel Muñoz and Filip Salač.
Friday pace-setter Holgado was unable to reproduce his 2m01.815s from Practice and qualified seventh, with Alex Escrig and Joe Roberts alongside and immediately behind him.
Roberts had progressed from Q1, as had Ayumu Sasaki, Tony Arbolino and van den Goorbergh.
Agius to fire from row four
Senna Agius was unable to capitalise on the speed that had carried him to second on Friday.
The Australian’s opening 2m02.423s remained his best and left him 11th, 0.940s from pole. The red flag and a few mistakes during his later attempts prevented Agius from piecing together the improvement he had been chasing.
His sector data suggests there was around a tenth still available in a theoretically perfect lap, but not the half-second-plus required to transform the session completely. Agius will therefore start from the middle of row four and turn his attention towards the race pace that carried him to victory here last season.
David Alonso faces an even steeper Sunday task after failing to progress from Q1. The Colombian starts 19th while team-mate Holgado launches from seventh, an important contrast with only one championship point separating the two Aspar riders coming into the weekend.
Guevara, meanwhile, starts from pole with both a sizeable qualifying advantage and an extra fresh tyre in hand. That could become a useful combination when the Moto2 race gets underway at 1115 local time on Sunday.
Silverstone Moto2 Qualifying Times
|
Pos
|
Rider | Bike | Time/Gap | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
I. Guevara
|
Bos
|
2m01.483
|
279.0
|
|
2
|
A. Lopez
|
Kal
|
+0.326
|
279.7
|
|
3
|
I. Ortola
|
Kal
|
+0.419
|
275.5
|
|
4
|
M. Gonzalez
|
Kal
|
+0.607
|
274.1
|
|
5
|
D. Muñoz
|
Kal
|
+0.782
|
272.0
|
|
6
|
F. Salac
|
Kal
|
+0.795
|
277.6
|
|
7
|
D. Holgado
|
Kal
|
+0.813
|
273.4
|
|
8
|
A. Escrig
|
For
|
+0.828
|
275.5
|
|
9
|
J. Roberts
|
Kal
|
+0.861
|
273.4
|
|
10
|
A. Sasaki
|
Kal
|
+0.907
|
279.0
|
|
11
|
S. Agius
|
Kal
|
+0.940
|
272.7
|
|
12
|
C. Vietti
|
Bos
|
+0.948
|
276.9
|
|
13
|
T. Arbolino
|
Kal
|
+0.949
|
276.9
|
|
14
|
B. Baltus
|
Kal
|
+0.949
|
272.7
|
|
15
|
C. Veijer
|
Kal
|
+1.044
|
276.2
|
|
16
|
S. Garcia
|
Kal
|
+1.681
|
272.7
|
|
17
|
Z. Vd Goorbergh
|
Kal
|
+8.695
|
269.3
|
| Q1 | ||||
|
18
|
M. Aji
|
Kal
|
||
|
19
|
D. Alonso
|
Kal
|
+0.577
|
272.7
|
|
20
|
A. Ferrandez
|
Bos
|
+0.768
|
274.1
|
|
21
|
D. Öncü
|
Bos
|
+0.812
|
278.3
|
|
22
|
A. Huertas
|
Kal
|
+0.866
|
278.3
|
|
23
|
J. Rueda
|
Kal
|
+0.897
|
274.1
|
|
24
|
L. Lunetta
|
Bos
|
+1.041
|
273.4
|
|
25
|
A. Piqueras
|
Kal
|
+1.101
|
274.8
|
|
26
|
A. Canet
|
Bos
|
+1.251
|
274.1
|
|
27
|
X. Zurutuza
|
For
|
+1.648
|
273.4
|
|
28
|
T. Furusato
|
Kal
|
||
Moto2 Championship Standings
|
Pos
|
Rider
|
Nation
|
Points
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
M. Gonzalez
|
SPA
|
129.5
|
|
2
|
I. Guevara
|
SPA
|
95
|
|
3
|
C. Vietti
|
ITA
|
93
|
|
4
|
S. Agius
|
AUS
|
78
|
|
5
|
D. Holgado
|
SPA
|
65
|
|
6
|
D. Alonso
|
COL
|
58
|
|
7
|
I. Ortola
|
SPA
|
52.5
|
|
8
|
A. Lopez
|
SPA
|
49.5
|
|
9
|
D. Muñoz
|
SPA
|
41
|
|
10
|
C. Veijer
|
NED
|
36.5
|
|
11
|
T. Arbolino
|
ITA
|
31.5
|
|
12
|
A. Escrig
|
SPA
|
30
|
|
13
|
F. Salac
|
CZE
|
30
|
|
14
|
B. Baltus
|
BEL
|
24
|
|
15
|
J. Roberts
|
USA
|
18
|
|
16
|
D. Öncü
|
TUR
|
15.5
|
|
17
|
A. Canet
|
SPA
|
13.5
|
|
18
|
A. Huertas
|
SPA
|
12
|
|
19
|
A. Sasaki
|
JPN
|
8
|
|
20
|
J. A. Rueda
|
SPA
|
8
|
|
21
|
L. Lunetta
|
ITA
|
7
|
|
22
|
S. Garcia
|
SPA
|
5
|
|
23
|
Z. vd Goorbergh
|
NED
|
5
|
|
24
|
M. Aji
|
INA
|
3
|
|
25
|
A. Ferrandez
|
SPA
|
1.5
|
|
26
|
T. Furusato
|
JPN
|
0
|
|
27
|
M. Ramirez
|
SPA
|
0
|
|
28
|
U. Orradre
|
SPA
|
0
|
|
29
|
J. Navarro
|
SPA
|
0
|
|
30
|
D. Foggia
|
ITA
|
0
|
|
31
|
X. Zurutuza
|
SPA
|
0
|
Moto3 Qualifying
Ogden makes British history as Quiles suffers broken collarbone
Scott Ogden produced a last-gasp home pole at Silverstone on Saturday, becoming the first British rider to qualify on Moto3 pole at the venue.
The Briton had already picked himself up from another fall during Saturday morning’s FP2 before delivering when it mattered in Q2.

Ogden’s final 2m09.126s lap vaulted him to the head of the order by 0.274s and secured a CIP Green Power 1-2, with team-mate Adrian Cruces second.
Friday pace-setter Valentin Perrone completed the front row for Red Bull KTM Tech3, only 0.058s behind Cruces and just 0.003s ahead of David Almansa.
Ogden came agonisingly close to adding the outright lap record to his historic pole. His 2m09.126s was just 0.022s outside Álvaro Carpe’s 2m09.104s Silverstone benchmark from 2025.
Quiles injured in heavy Q2 crash
The championship picture changed significantly when runaway points leader Máximo Quiles suffered a heavy high-side while pushing during Q2.
Quiles was taken to the medical centre where a fracture of his right collarbone was diagnosed and he was declared unfit for Sunday’s race.
The CFMOTO Valresa Aspar rider will return to Madrid for surgery and begin his recovery with the considerable consolation of a 104-point championship advantage.
His absence nevertheless presents Brian Uriarte with a rare opportunity to make substantial inroads into that lead. Uriarte qualified seventh and will start from the head of row three.
Kelso and Buchanan well placed
Australasian interest will be well represented near the front.
New Zealander Cormac Buchanan equalled his best World Championship qualifying performance with eighth place, putting the CODE Motorsports KTM in the middle of row three.
Joel Kelso will start immediately behind him from tenth. The Australian recorded exactly the same 2m09.977s time to the thousandth as Hakim Danish in ninth, leaving the pair 0.851s from Ogden’s pole.
Kelso also effectively extracted everything available from his best lap, with his theoretical combination of fastest sectors matching the 2m09.977s he actually recorded.
With Quiles withdrawn, the updated grid has Ryusei Yamanaka 11th, Joel Esteban 12th and Marco Morelli promoted to 13th.
At the front, Ogden will share the opening row with Cruces and Perrone, followed by Almansa, Carpe and Adrian Fernández on row two.
The absence of Quiles removes the dominant championship figure from Sunday’s 15-lap race and gives the chasing pack an unusually valuable opportunity when Moto3 gets underway at 1430 local time.
Silverstone Moto3 Qualifying Times
| Pos |
Rider
|
Bike
|
Time/Gap |
Speed
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
S. Ogden
|
KTM
|
2m09.126
|
232.7
|
|
2
|
A. Cruces
|
KTM
|
+0.274
|
233.2
|
|
3
|
V. Perrone
|
KTM
|
+0.332
|
233.7
|
|
4
|
D. Almansa
|
KTM
|
+0.335
|
229.7
|
|
5
|
A. Carpe
|
KTM
|
+0.459
|
231.2
|
|
6
|
A. Fernandez
|
Hon
|
+0.717
|
232.7
|
|
7
|
B. Uriarte
|
KTM
|
+0.725
|
228.8
|
|
8
|
C. Buchanan
|
KTM
|
+0.765
|
233.2
|
|
9
|
H. Danish
|
KTM
|
+0.851
|
225.9
|
|
10
|
J. Kelso
|
Hon
|
+0.851
|
232.7
|
|
11
|
M. Quiles
|
KTM
|
+1.207
|
227.8
|
|
12
|
R. Yamanaka
|
KTM
|
+1.286
|
232.2
|
|
13
|
J. Esteban
|
KTM
|
+1.322
|
230.7
|
|
14
|
M. Morelli
|
KTM
|
+1.455
|
230.7
|
|
15
|
E. O’Shea
|
Hon
|
+1.499
|
233.2
|
|
16
|
V. Pratama
|
Hon
|
+1.784
|
230.7
|
|
17
|
M. Bertelle
|
KTM
|
+1.967
|
233.7
|
|
18
|
C. O’Gorman
|
Hon
|
+1.995
|
233.2
|
| Q1 | ||||
|
19
|
R. Salmela
|
KTM
|
+1.669
|
230.2
|
|
20
|
D. Gonzalez
|
KTM
|
+1.725
|
232.2
|
|
21
|
J. Rios
|
Hon
|
+1.906
|
230.2
|
|
22
|
G. Pini
|
Hon
|
+2.010
|
231.2
|
|
23
|
K. Singhapong
|
Hon
|
+2.516
|
228.8
|
|
24
|
L. Abruzzo
|
KTM
|
+2.780
|
230.7
|
|
25
|
L. Rammerstorfer
|
Hon
|
+3.342
|
230.2
|
|
26
|
N. Carraro
|
Hon
|
+3.860
|
231.2
|
Moto3 Championship Standings
|
Pos
|
Rider
|
Nation
|
Points
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
M. Quiles
|
SPA
|
145
|
|
2
|
A. Carpe
|
SPA
|
93
|
|
3
|
A. Fernandez
|
SPA
|
89
|
|
4
|
B. Uriarte
|
SPA
|
67
|
|
5
|
V. Pratama
|
INA
|
66
|
|
6
|
M. Morelli
|
ARG
|
61
|
|
7
|
V. Perrone
|
ARG
|
56
|
|
8
|
D. Almansa
|
SPA
|
52
|
|
9
|
G. Pini
|
ITA
|
47
|
|
10
|
D. Muñoz
|
SPA
|
47
|
|
11
|
H. Danish
|
MAL
|
43
|
|
12
|
J. Esteban
|
SPA
|
35
|
|
13
|
M. Bertelle
|
ITA
|
29
|
|
14
|
E. O’Shea
|
GBR
|
29
|
|
15
|
A. Cruces
|
SPA
|
26
|
|
16
|
C. O’Gorman
|
IRL
|
22
|
|
17
|
R. Salmela
|
FIN
|
21
|
|
18
|
J. Kelso
|
AUS
|
15
|
|
19
|
J. Rios
|
SPA
|
14
|
|
20
|
S. Ogden
|
GBR
|
12
|
|
21
|
R. Yamanaka
|
JPN
|
7
|
|
22
|
L. Rammerstorfer
|
AUT
|
2
|
|
23
|
M. Uriarte
|
SPA
|
2
|
|
24
|
Z. Mitani
|
JPN
|
0
|
|
25
|
R. Moodley
|
RSA
|
0
|
|
26
|
N. Carraro
|
ITA
|
0
|
|
27
|
C. Buchanan
|
NZE
|
0
|
2026 MotoGP Calendar
|
Rnd
|
Date
|
Event
|
Circuit
|
| 1 |
01 Mar
|
Thai
|
Chang International Circuit
|
| 2 |
22 Mar
|
Brazil*
|
Autodromo Internacional Ayrton Senna
|
| 3 |
29 Mar
|
US
|
Circuit of the Americas
|
| 4 |
26 Apr
|
Spain**
|
Circuito de Jerez-Angel Nieto
|
| 5 |
10 May
|
France
|
Le Mans
|
| 6 |
17 May
|
Catalonia
|
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
|
| 7 |
31 May
|
Italy
|
Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello
|
| 8 |
07 Jun
|
Hungary
|
Balaton Park Circuit
|
| 9 |
21 Jun
|
Czech
|
Automotodrom Brno
|
| 10 |
28 Jun
|
Netherlands
|
TT Circuit Assen
|
| 11 |
12 Jul
|
Germany
|
Sachsenring
|
| 12 |
09 Aug
|
GB
|
Silverstone Circuit
|
| 13 |
30 Aug
|
Aragon
|
MotorLand Aragon
|
| 14 |
13 Sep
|
San Marino
|
Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli
|
| 15 |
20 Sep
|
Austria
|
Red Bull Ring-Spielberg
|
| 16 |
04 Oct
|
Japan
|
Mobility Resort Motegi
|
| 17 |
11 Oct
|
Indonesia
|
Pertamina Mandalika International Circuit
|
| 18 |
25 Oct
|
Australia
|
Phillip Island
|
| 19 |
01 Nov
|
Malaysia
|
Petronas Sepang International Circuit
|
| 20 |
08 Nov
|
Qatar
|
Lusail International Circuit
|
| 21 |
22 Nov
|
Portugal
|
Autodromo Internacional do Algarve
|
| 22 |
29 Nov
|
Valencia
|
Circuit Ricardo Tormo
|





