Brad Pitt narrates MotoGP documentary on Spain’s Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo

US megastar Brad Pitt is part of a documentary tracking the careers of the world’s fastest drivers.

The MotoGP superfan will be producing and narrating Hitting the Apex.

Tracing the stories of ‘six of the fastest men of all time’, Pitt takes a look at the rivalry between Italian Valentino Rossi and Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo and the meteoric rise of young Spaniard Marc Marquez.

But Pitt is not the first Hollywood star to transfer his love of motorbikes to the big screen.

Scottish A-lister Ewan McGregor is the voice to both Faster and Fastest MotoGPdocumentaries.

British MotoGP: What you need to know

ome not untypical British summertime rain turned Round 12 of the MotoGP season on its head at Silverstone, as Valentino Rossi scored his fourth win of 2015 to take a grip of the championship lead.

Increasing rain as the riders prepared for the race to get underway delayed the start for 25 minutes, and after lining up on wet set-up bikes the race was anything but a damp affair as far as excitement went.

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Putting the brakes on, Márquez style© GEPA/Gold & Goose

A wave for the Silverstone fans from Rossi© Yamaha Racing

Lorenzo was fast around Silverstone all weekend© Yamaha Racing

Dani Pedrosa gets low through a corner© Repsol Honda Team

Jorge Lorenzo shot into the lead but before long both Rossi and Marc Márquez had passed him. As the Italian led, Márquez tracked him, sizing up an opportunity to overtake after starting from pole position following an untouchable qualifying display the previous day.

However, the World Champion fell victim to the tough conditions as he lost control of his Repsol Honda with eight laps to go. Rossi managed his advantage from there on, and with his Yamaha team-mate Lorenzo eventually finishing fourth it means Rossi now holds sole leadership of the overall standings, 12 points ahead of Lorenzo.

For Márquez, his chances of winning a third successive title now look very slim, with a 77-point deficit to Rossi and just six races remaining. Márquez had come into the British GP off the back of four straight podiums (two wins and two second places).

Ducati scored a double podium with Pramac rider Danilo Petrucci getting his first MotoGP top-three result, and factory man Andrea Dovizioso back on the rostrum after a lengthy absence from it. Dani Pedrosa completed the top five behind Lorenzo.

Valentino Rossi celebrates on the podium© Getty Images

The race from the podium

When I saw Marc crashed, I slowed down a bit... I was hoping Danilo didn’t risk too much.. My bike was great. I enjoyed it very much!

- Valentino Rossi

I was scared about the front but the last corner, I started laughing and laughing! I didn’t realise. I still don’t!

- Danilo Petrucci

It was very tough. The rear tyre dropped a lot for everybody. I was scared for Petrucci but he rode very well! I am very happy.

- Andrea Dovizioso

Márquez was pleased with his qualifying display© GEPA/Gold & Goose

Tweet of the weekend

It was a long way down for Moto2 World Champion Tito Rabat when he caught a particularly aggressive looking highside in qualifying on Saturday. Fortunately he escaped with nothing more than bruising to his knee, and it made for spectacular footage…

Image of the weekend

The official MotoGP Instagram account knocked out a nice comparison of riding styles between Pol Espargaró, Jorge Lorenzo, Marc Márquez and Aleix Espargaró. This image neatly illustrated the different approaches to getting the right balance when braking into corners.

Stat of the weekend

With Rossi, Petrucci and Dovizioso the top three, this was the 16th all-Italian podium in the premier class’s history.

Márquez: "This is where we say goodbye"

Marc Márquez,after crashing duringthe Silverstone race, has admitted that he has no chance of winning the World Cup this season.

"I made a mistake because I fell, but it was a strange fall. The important thing is that we were in the running. This is another big zero in the World Championship and this is really where we have to wave goodbye to it. Now all that we can do is win races and have fun", the Repsol Honda rider declared.

The Catalan rider could find no explanation for his fall. "We will have to look at the stats to see what happened. Whatever it was, at the end of the day the important thing is that physically we are fine, because it was a hard fall", he explained.

Márquez, pole and record at Silverstone

Marc Márquezhad everyone eating his dust at Silverstone. The Spaniard beat the best lap record twice on the English circuit, easily claiming pole position for tomorrow's race.

Already on his first attempt the rider looked dangerous. Redding kept close, but the Catalan was so on form that there was little that could be done to even get near him. He crossed the line with a time of 2:00.564, beating Dani Pedrosa's previous record of 2:00.691. Lorenzo came second, but Pedrosa later managed to out-race him and steal second position off him. As the day wore on, Rossi dropped down to fifth.

In the second attempt, once again Redding kept close to Márquez. This did not faze the Spaniard in the slightest, as he opened up the throttle even more, clocking a time of 2:00.234 and breaking the record yet again. Lorenzo pulled out all the stops and reclaimed his second place, while Pedrosa did well in finishing third. At the last minute, Rossi reacted and will be starting in fourth place. Pol Espargaró, after overtaking his English teammate Smith, came in fifth. A disappointing day for Ducati, passable for Suzuki.

Márquez crashes out of the World Championship

Valentino Rossi came out the winner at Silverstone, with Jorge Lorenzo coming in fourth and Marc Márquez out from a fall. The Italian racer is now leader with a 12-point lead over the man from the Balearic isles. 

Rain can make all the difference and indeed was on the side of Rossi in the Silverstone GP. It was thought that the race would be a dry one, as had been announced, but no sooner had race proceedings commenced and the warm-up lap was underway, it started to rain. All bikers subsequently went into the pit lane to have their tyres changed, which caused so much havoc that the race organisers decided to restart the race.

And so all racers went back to the grid, kitted up for the wet weather. Lorenzo was fast away, wanting to get away from the crowd. Márquez had no intention of letting him get far and a surprising Pol Esparagó was close on their heels. Rossi was fourth.

Things didn't last long as they stood, however, 'Vale' soon managed to slip by Marc, and then Jorge. 'Il Doctore' was out to break away from the crowd. Lorenzo kept close, while Miller made a mess of things behind them, taking out Crutchlow.Both racers lost their chance for a place on the podium and both were sanctioned.

The man from Mallorca started to lose rhythm and was soon overtaken by the Ducati's commanded by Petrucci,Doviszioso and Pedrosa. Things were not looking good, as now he was sixth and Rossi, first.

Disaster then struck for Márquez. With just eight laps to go to the finishing line, he fell while attempting to keep up with Rossi. This calamity meant that the Catalan has said goodbye to any championship hopes.

It looked like Rossi could then just cruise along to victory, but Petrucci opened up the gas and closed the gap to 1.4 seconds. The Italian was quick to react, however, covering his back and coming out the winner. Danilo came in second and Andrea Dovizioso made it that all three riders on the podium were Italians.