Silverstone – Race: Bastianini doubles the stake

Le MotoGP is back to compete at the start of this second part of the eleven-round 2024 season. In Great Britain, the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the discipline are gaining momentum, as each team arrived at Silverstone with a special historic livery. In the standings, Francesco Bagnaia is ten points ahead of his direct opponent, Jorge Martin.

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Main race:

• After his fall in the Sprint, Francesco Bagnaia bounced back in the best possible way and got the better of his competitors at the start of the main race. Behind, Jorge Martin and Enea Bastianini are fighting for second place.
• The first lap of the event was marked by the collision between the two Trackhouse Aprilias in the first sector, which forced Miguel Oliveira and Raul Fernandez to retire.
• The classification will change very little at the front during the first part of the race, and the gap between Bagnaia and Martin is around three tenths to the advantage of the Italian.

Bastianini above the rest

• It was on the 11th lap that the Pramac driver decided to attack the n°1. A successful maneuver, which propelled him into control of the race. Two loops later it's Enea Bastianini who surprises her neighbor in the garage, delicately with her motorbike in the Luffield bend.
• The No. 23 will not take long to catch up with the No. 89, before overtaking him with some ease, when the latter went wide in the first sequence of the 17th lap.
• The future Tech3 driver then arrived in the lead without being worried, to secure his first victory in a main race since the 2023 Malaysian Grand Prix.

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• Marc Marquez limits the damage after a disappointing Qualification, and falls just short of the podium, one second behind Francesco Bagnaia
• Brad Binder, who was until then the only driver to have scored points in every main race this season, retired on the first lap and ended this series.
• The French, fabio quartararo and Johann Zarco put in a good collection of points this Sunday. The Niçois finished eleventh, while the Honda driver finished 14th, as in the Sprint.
• Luca Marini scored a point, which he will lose by receiving a penalty for an infraction of the tire pressure regulations. As a result, Takaaki Nakagami enters the top-15.

MotoGP Silverstone – Race Standings

Ranking : MotoTiming