MotoGP returns from its summer break this weekend as Silverstone hosts the 2026 British Grand Prix. Ahead of the action, live on SPOTV NOW, here are five things to know.
Closest title race after 11 rounds
The 2026 MotoGP title fight resumes with only 24 points separating the top five riders after the opening 11 rounds. It is the closest championship battle at this stage of the season since the pandemic-affected 2020 campaign, when the leading five were covered by 29 points. By comparison, the gap between championship leader Marc Marquez and second-placed Alex Marquez had already stretched to 83 points at the same stage last year.
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Silverstone’s streak of different winners
The British Grand Prix has produced 11 different MotoGP winners across its last 11 editions, with Jorge Lorenzo starting the sequence in 2013 before Marco Bezzecchi extended it last season. The next-longest active streak is just six races, shared by Qatar, Barcelona and the Circuit of the Americas, underlining Silverstone’s reputation as one of MotoGP’s most unpredictable venues.
Winners at Britain’s two MotoGP venues
Several riders have won Grands Prix at both Donington Park and Silverstone across different categories, but only three have achieved the feat in the MotoGP class: Casey Stoner, Valentino Rossi and Andrea Dovizioso.
Stoner triumphed at Donington in 2007 and 2008 before winning at Silverstone in 2011. Rossi’s victory in 2015 came after seven premier-class wins at Donington, while Dovizioso added Silverstone success in 2017 to his maiden MotoGP victory at Donington eight years earlier.
Feast or famine for Marc
Silverstone has rarely produced an ordinary weekend for Marc Marquez. Across 10 MotoGP starts at the circuit since 2013, the Spaniard has claimed four podium finishes, with his sole win in 2014, but also suffered four retirements. He finished fourth in the other two races.
In other words, Marquez has stood on the podium, finished just off it or failed to finish altogether in every MotoGP appearance at Silverstone, highlighting the circuit’s all-or-nothing nature for the eight-time world champion.
More racing action for fans
The British Grand Prix weekend also features two support championships alongside MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3: the Moto4 British Talent Cup and the Harley-Davidson Bagger World Cup. The latter will feature former MotoGP rider Bradley Smith, who has received a wildcard to race in front of his home crowd.
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