British MotoGP: Raul Fernandez dominates at Silverstone to beat Martin

Aprilia rider’s victory over championship leader Jorge Martin extends Silverstone’s run of different Grand Prix winners to twelve in a row.Published On 9 Aug 20269 Aug 2026Trackhouse Aprilia Racing’s Raul Fernandez led from the opening lap to win the British MotoGP at Silverstone on Sunday, capitalising on an early setback for championship leader Jorge Martin.Fernandez swept past pole-sitter Martin into turn one and never looked back, stretching his advantage to more than four seconds before taking the chequered flag 2.54 seconds clear. The victory was the Spaniard’s second in MotoGP and his first since last year’s Australian Grand Prix, completing an impressive recovery from a crash in Saturday’s sprint.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Barca eye three-peat as Mourinho back at Madrid in new La Liga seasonlist 2 of 4FIFA decries ‘concerted’ effort to undermine Infantino as crisis deepenslist 3 of 4Morocco, Algeria book World Cup 2027 spots with quarterfinal wins at WAFCONlist 4 of 4Tennis: World number one Sabalenka ousted in Toronto by Alexandrovaend of list“I am really happy for the team. Yesterday (Saturday) I was quite frustrated after my mistake. But we are human a...