Marco Bezzecchi of Aprilia Racing wins British MotoGP 2025

Marco Bezzecchi of Aprilia Racing wins British MotoGP 2025

Marco Bezzecchi won a chaotic British Grand Prix on Sunday for Aprilia’s first victory of the season in a race that was initially red flagged for an oil spill and riders crashed or retired while in the lead, including Fabio Quartararo.

The victory was a first for Aprilia since the Grand Prix of the Americas last year. LCR Honda’s Johann Zarco came second and Ducati’s Marc Marquez pipped Franco Morbidelli to finish third and extend his lead in the world championship.

Both Alex Marquez and his brother Marc crashed while leading before the race was restarted for an oil spill. Polesitter Quartararo took the lead at the second time of asking before being forced to retire due to an issue with his bike.

Bezzecchi’s victory was his first since the 2023 Indian Grand Prix, and the Italian also became the 11th different winner at Silverstone in the last 11 races.

“It’s amazing. It has been a really tough time for me in this past month… Aprilia trusted in me and we worked really hard,” Bezzecchi said. “The team made a wonderful job… I was waiting for a day like this since my last win.”

“When I saw Fabio with a technical problem, I even thought about a victory,” said Zarco, the first Honda rider to take back-to-back podiums since Marc in 2021.

Bezzechi held on to win while Marc swapped places with VR46 Racing’s Franco Morbidelli several times on the final lap before taking third in a photo finish.

“Today we were lucky, because I made a mistake,” said a fuming Marc, who now leads his brother Alex by 24 points in the world championship.