Jorge Martin wins the British MotoGP sprint at Silverstone, leading an Aprilia podium lockout with Ai Ogura second and Marco Bezzecchi third
MOTOGP world championship leader Jorge Martin soared to victory in Saturday’s sprint race at the British Grand Prix.
The Spaniard earlier set a new lap record on the Silverstone circuit with 1min 56.160sec on his way to pole position for both Saturday’s sprint race and Sunday’s main race.
It was the second time in two days that the record fell after Martin’s Aprilia teammate Marco Bezzecchi blitzed to 1min 56.280sec in practice on Friday despite fracturing a collarbone at the German MotoGP last time out.
On Saturday, Martin clocked 19min 49.066sec for the 10-lap race, hitting speeds of up to 330 km/h.
Japan’s Ai Ogura was second at 1.530sec on another Aprilia from the Trackhouse team with Bezzecchi third 3.974sec off the pace.
Spaniard Raul Fernandez of Aprilia Trackhouse started second on the grid behind Martin but was forced to abandon the race after a fall.
The youngest of the Marquez brothers, Alex, finished fourth on his Ducati-Gresini with Italian Fabio Di Giannantonio on another Ducati completing the top five.
Reigning world champion Marc Marquez was ninth on his Ducati.
