MotoGP British GP: Bastianini wins sprint from Martin, Bagnaia crashes

Enea Bastianini won MotoGP's British Grand Prix sprint for the factory Ducati team, but a crash for his team-mate Francesco Bagnaia allowed Jorge Martin to close in the title race.

Bastianini passed long-time leader Martin on lap seven of 10, claiming a first victory of any kind in MotoGP since Malaysia 2023, while Aleix Espargaro recovered from a slow start to complete the podium for Aprilia.

At the start, Bagnaia got the holeshot from second on the grid as he jumped polesitter Espargaro, but both were passed by Pramac rider Martin.

Bastianini also managed to get through on Espargaro and Bagnaia, putting himself right behind new race leader Martin.

For the next phase of the race, Martin and Bastianini ran in close formation, with both Bagnaia and Espargaro circulating slightly adrift of the leading duo in third and fourth positions.

Just after Bagnaia had picked up his speed and set the fastest lap on the fourth tour, the factory Ducati rider lost the front end of his GP24 into Turn 4 and fell on the ground, retiring immediately from the race.

With Bagnaia out of the picture, Bastianini upped the pressure on Martin, attempting a move into Copse on the following lap before running wide and allowing the Spaniard back through.

But a lap later he sealed the pass on the Pramac rider into Stowe, before streaking clear of his rival to win by 1.094s.

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Martin couldn’t keep pace with Bastianini, but managed to pull away from Espargaro to secure second position and cut the deficit to Bagnaia in the championship to just one point.

Gresini’s Marc Marquez seemed set to take fourth place after climbing up from seventh on the grid, but the six-time champion lost control of his GP23 going into Vale on the penultimate lap and ended up in the gravel.

This elevated KTM’s Brad Binder up to fourth ahead of Tech3 GasGas rider Pedro Acosta, the duo surviving contact on lap two that threw pieces of bodywork into the air.

Alex Marquez took sixth on the sole-surviving Gresini bike, while KTM’s Jack Miller recovered from a poor qualifying to finish seventh.

Maverick Vinales couldn’t replicate the pace of his team-mate Espargaro and was classified a distant eighth, while the top 10 was rounded out by VR46’s Fabio di Giannantonio and Trackhouse rider Miguel Oliveira.

Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo was the highest-placed rider on a Japanese bike in 11th, three places clear of the LCR Honda of Johann Zarco.

There was a massive crash at the start of the race when Pramac’s Franco Morbidelli fell going into Turn 1, taking VR46 rider Marco Bezzecchi with him.

Although Bezzecchi had to be put on a stretcher and Morbidelli also struggled to get up on his feet, both were reported to be conscious and taken to medical centre for check-ups.

MotoGP British GP - Sprint results:

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Cla	Rider	#		Bike	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h	Retirement	Points
1	E. Bastianini Ducati Team	23		Ducati	10	19'49.929		178.4		12
2	J. Martin Pramac Racing	89		Ducati	10	+1.094 19'51.023	1.094	178.3		9
3	A. Espargaro Aprilia Racing Team	41		Aprilia	10	+2.023 19'51.952	0.929	178.1		7
4	B. Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	33		KTM	10	+8.644 19'58.573	6.621	177.2		6
5	P. Acosta Tech 3	31		KTM	10	+8.777 19'58.706	0.133	177.1		5
6	A. Marquez Gresini Racing	73		Ducati	10	+9.043 19'58.972	0.266	177.1		4
7	J. Miller Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	43		KTM	10	+11.504 20'01.433	2.461	176.7		3
8	M. Viñales Aprilia Racing Team	12		Aprilia	10	+11.689 20'01.618	0.185	176.7		2
9	F. Di Giannantonio Team VR46	49		Ducati	10	+11.828 20'01.757	0.139	176.7		1
10	M. Oliveira Trackhouse Racing Team	88		Aprilia	10	+13.328 20'03.257	1.500	176.5
11	F. Quartararo Yamaha Factory Racing	20		Yamaha	10	+15.373 20'05.302	2.045	176.2
12	R. Fernández Trackhouse Racing Team	25		Aprilia	10	+18.234 20'08.163	2.861	175.8
13	A. Fernandez Tech 3	37		KTM	10	+18.326 20'08.255	0.092	175.7
14	J. Zarco Team LCR	5		Honda	10	+18.492 20'08.421	0.166	175.7
15	L. Marini Repsol Honda Team	10		Honda	10	+19.050 20'08.979	0.558	175.6
16	J. Mir Repsol Honda Team	36		Honda	10	+19.674 20'09.603	0.624	175.5
17	T. Nakagami Team LCR	30		Honda	10	+29.302 20'19.231	9.628	174.2
18	R. Gardner Yamaha Factory Racing	87		Yamaha	10	+31.070 20'20.999	1.768	173.9
dnf	M. Marquez Gresini Racing	93		Ducati	9	+1 Lap 18'47.600	1 Lap	169.5	Retirement
dnf	F. Bagnaia Ducati Team	1		Ducati	4	+6 Laps 7'57.678	5 Laps	177.8	Accident
dns	M. Bezzecchi Team VR46	72		Ducati	0	10 laps			Accident in warm up
dns	F. Morbidelli Pramac Racing	21		Ducati	0	10 laps			Accident in warm up
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