The British GP never disappoints and 2025 was no exception; every year from 2013, we’ve had a different winner and that run continued this year, courtesy of Marco Bezzecchi’s (Aprilia Racing) stunning Sunday display. 11 victors in a row is no easy feat in MotoGP with riders like Marc Marquez (Ducati Lenovo Team), teammate Francesco Bagnaia, ex-World Champions Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP), Joan Mir (Honda HRC Castrol) and a host of Grand Prix winners all on the grid. We look into how it happened, the unpredictability of MotoGP at Silverstone and indeed in 2025.
SUNDAY AT SILVERSTONE: a stunning Grand Prix
A red flag, two race leaders suffering drama and the eventual winner coming through from 10th on the grid, it’s hard to know where to start. The first start saw Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Racing MotoGP) get the best launch he’s had all season but as he disengaged the holeshot device with more lean angle than normal, the front tucked and he was on the floor. Then, a lap later, brother and Championship leader Marc fell at Turn 11, both of them seemingly out of contention.
However, a red flag was thrown for a previous incident involving rivals Franco Morbidelli (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) and wildcard Aleix Espargaro (Honda HRC Test Team) at Vale, resulting in oil on the track and thus the stoppage. One of the most dramatic starts of the year, everyone could take part in the restart due to the race being stopped within 3 laps.
On the restart, it was polesitter Fabio Quartararo who stole the march and led the way, instantly pulling out a gap and consistently increasing his advantage lap on lap. Jack Miller (Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP) was sitting in second whilst Johann Zarco (CASTROL Honda LCR) was showing Le Mans was no fluke, battling away with a hard-charging Bezzecchi. Once ‘Bez’ had moved into P2, he was the fastest rider on the track but it seemed impossible to catch ‘El Diablo’… until the #20’s rear ride height device failed. A cruel end to what was, in his words, one of the best races of the last three or four years. This paved the way for Bezzecchi to take an astonishing victory, his first for Aprilia and their first of the year, whilst Johann Zarco was second ahead of a combative Marc, who had to fight through from P9 after a mistake at Turn 9.
ALWAYS A THRILLER: Silverstone delivers once again
The fact that had Quartararo not retired, it would have been him, Bezzecchi and Zarco on the podium is already quite something. Quartararo would have ended the streak of British GP winners but for Zarco, it would have been his first podium at the circuit. The P2 achieved by the French sensation likewise means he joins Maverick Viñales (Red Bull KTM Tech 3) in the league of having more than one podium for three manufacturers – ‘Top Gun’ has a sole podium with KTM to give him the edge overall but both have multiple podiums with three brands.
Bezzecchi keeps the streak going and for Aprilia, they become the latest winner in MotoGP in 2025: the last time three manufacturers won a GP in the opening seven Grands Prix was in 2022. However, it’s not just the Silverstone streak that Bezzecchi keeps alive, it’s another one that is perhaps more indicative of MotoGP this season.
FIVE WINNERS IN A ROW: unpredictability in 2025
Pecco won at COTA, Marc reclaimed P1 at Lusail, he fell at Jerez and brother Alex took a first GP win, Zarco was a hero at home and Bezzecchi fought through the field. Five winners, five stories from the last five Grands Prix. The last three GPs have welcomed three different winning manufacturers and perhaps a question mark over Ducati’s “dominance”.
The GP25, as confirmed by Marc and Pecco at Silverstone, had its problems this weekend, with just one Ducati on the rostrum – courtesy of Quartararo’s absence; it could have been the first podium without the Bologna brand since… Silverstone, 2021. The Ducati is still clearly the bike to be on but with Marc making the difference and still just scraping a podium in the UK, there’s work to be done in red.
THE FUTURE: what streaks and records are up for grabs at Aragon?
Silverstone holds the record for different winners in a row of tracks on the current calendar but we’re now on for six different winners in a row for the first time since 2020, when Viñales, Quartararo, Danilo Petrucci, Alex Rins, Morbidelli and Mir shared the spoils from the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix to the European GP in Valencia. Aragon itself may well be Marquez territory but with four different winners in the last four, you can’t write off anyone.