Alex Marquez wins British GP sprint to end brother Marc s winning streak

SILVERSTONE, England - Gresini Racings Alex Marquez ended his brother Marcs record streak of sprint victories when he capitalised on a mistake to win the British Grand Prix sprint on Saturday and close in on his sibling in the world championship.

Ducatis Marc had won six straight sprints in the first six rounds of the season while Alex had finished second in all sprints, but this time it was a role reversal as the younger brother gave Gresini the sprint win.

Marc lost the lead when he went wide early on, with the Spaniard shaking his head as he rejoined, allowing Alex to move into the lead and take the chequered flag while Fabio Di Giannantonio was third for VR46 Racing.

The sprint victory moved Alex to within 19 points of Marc in the riders championship ahead of Sundays race.

Super happy... We did everything perfectly, Alex said after he claimed his first gold medal of the season.

When he (Marc) went a little bit wide, I said, Okay, now I need to make my pace, I need to go until the end. It was a really good feeling with the bike. So everything was nice, everything was perfect.

Fabio Quartararo had broken a lap record for the third straight MotoGP weekend when he claimed a hat-trick of poles and when the lights went out, the Frenchman had the perfect start off the line.

But Marc made a bold move on the outside to overtake and gain two places to move up to second.

By the end of the first lap, a clinical Marc found his way through to move into the lead. But Alex seized his chance when his elder brother went wide on a turn as he took the lead and did not look back.

While Quartararo has