Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) secured the team’s first win of the season at Silverstone for the British Grand Prix. Espargaro started the race from P12. The race was yet again plagued with rain. Some teams opted for rains but the rain seemed to subside as soon as rain tires went on.
Espargaro’s win came at the demise of Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo) who Espargaro passed on the second to last corner to take the lead and win the race. Brand Binder rounded out the top three in the race. It was heartbreaking for Bagnaia after he had bounced back after a slow start to the weekend. Bagnaia finished p14 in the Sprint Race and looked to bounce back. The P2 finish in the Grand Prix was a bit of damage control for the championship standings. Bagnaia had lost ground to Marco Bezzecchi (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) due to the result in the Tissot Sprint Race. Bagnaia held a 27 point lead prior to the Grand Prix ahead of Bezzecchi. Bezzecchi missed the opportunity to close the gap as he crashed out of the Grand Prix. Bagnaia extends his championship lead to 47 points due to the Bezzecchi DNF. Bezzecchi also loses a position to Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing) who now sits in seconds place; 41 points behind Bagnaia.
There were 5 retirements in the Grand prix which included, Marco Bezzecchi, Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda), Enea Bastianini (Ducati Lenovo), Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati) and Joan Mir (Repsol Honda). It was a disappointing day for the Repsol Honda team. Both riders had made progress over the weekend but to have both riders DNF is not how the team wanted to end the weekend.
Full Race Results are Below
POS | RIDER | TEAM | TIME |
1 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23) | – |
2 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati Lenovo (GP23) | +0.215s |
3 | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.680s |
4 | Miguel Oliveira | RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22) | +0.750s |
5 | Maverick Viñales | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23) | +2.101s |
6 | Jorge Martin | Pramac Ducati (GP23) | +7.903s |
7 | Luca Marini | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) | +9.099s |
8 | Jack Miller | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +9.298s |
9 | Johann Zarco | Pramac Ducati (GP23) | +9.958s |
10 | Raul Fernandez | RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22) | +19.947s |
11 | Augusto Fernandez | Tech3 GASGAS (RC16)* | +20.296s |
12 | Pol Espargaro | Tech3 GASGAS (RC16) | +66.120s |
13 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Gresini Ducati (GP22) | +87.605s |
14 | Franco Morbidelli | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +88.913s |
15 | Fabio Quartararo | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +89.075s |
16 | Takaaki Nakagami | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +98.573s |
17 | Iker Lecuona | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +109.674s |
| Enea Bastianini | Ducati Lenovo (GP23) | DNF |
| Marc Marquez | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | DNF |
| Marco Bezzecchi | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) | DNF |
| Alex Marquez | Gresini Ducati (GP22) | DNF |
| Joan Mir | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | DNF |
New Championships Standings
POS | RIDER | NAT | TEAM | POINTS | DIFF. |
1 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP23) | 214 | |
2 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP23) | 173 | (-41) |
3 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) | 167 | (-47) |
4 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | 131 | (-83) |
5 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Pramac Ducati (GP23) | 122 | (-92) |
6 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23) | 107 | (-107) |
7 | Luca Marini | ITA | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) | 107 | (-107) |
8 | Jack Miller | AUS | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | 90 | (-124) |
9 | Alex Marquez | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP22) | 75 | (-139) |
10 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23) | 74 | (-140) |
11 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | 65 | (-149) |
12 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | 59 | (-155) |
13 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Tech3 GASGAS (RC16)* | 49 | (-165) |
14 | Alex Rins | SPA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | 47 | (-167) |
15 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22) | 40 | (-174) |
16 | Fabio di Giannantonio | ITA | Gresini Ducati (GP22) | 37 | (-177) |
17 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | 34 | (-180) |
18 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP23) | 18 | (-196) |
19 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | 15 | (-199) |
20 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | RNF Aprilia (RS-GP22) | 14 | (-200) |
21 | Dani Pedrosa | SPA | KTM Test Rider (RC16) | 13 | (-201) |
22 | Lorenzo Savadori | ITA | Aprilia Factory (RS-GP23) | 9 | (-205) |
23 | Jonas Folger | GER | Tech3 GASGAS (RC16) | 9 | (-205) |
24 | Michele Pirro | ITA | Aruba.it Ducati (GP23) | 5 | (-209) |
25 | Joan Mir | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | 5 | (-209) |
26 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP23) | 5 | (-209) |
27 | Stefan Bradl | GER | LCR Honda (RC213V) | 5 | (-209) |
28 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Tech3 GASGAS (RC16) | 4 | (-210) |
29 | Iker Lecuona | SPA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | 0 | (-214) |