10 things we learned from the 2023 MotoGP British GP
MotoGP’s return from its summer break did not disappoint, as a dramatic weekend concluded with a thrilling British Grand Prix. The rider market saga kicked off proceedings at Silverstone, with news of Alex Rins replacing Franco Morbidelli at Yamaha in 2024 opening up more rumours about bike swaps. On track, Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro put in […]
Quartararo says Marini MotoGP British GP tangle «not even a mistake»
The 2021 world champion came together with the VR46 rider on lap 18 of Sunday’s race, losing the front of his fairing, which forced him to pit for his other bike. Marini escaped unscathed, while Quartararo went on to finish 15th of the 17 riders to cross the line, the Frenchman running as high as […]
British GP 2023: Lap by lap visualization
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Marquez has ‘rebuilt confidence’ after MotoGP British GP despite Bastianini crash
The eight-time world champion endured a torrid first half of the 2023 campaign, scoring just 15 points from eight rounds in which he missed races in five of them and crashed 14 times. It plunged his continued future at Honda into doubt, though he said during the Silverstone weekend that his “intention” is to see […]
Espargaro near-crash set up last-lap Silverstone MotoGP thriller with Bagnaia
The Aprilia rider pipped championship leader Bagnaia on the line by 0.215 seconds after an enthralling last-lap battle on slick tyres as rain fell in parts of the Silverstone track. Espargaro made his decisive move on the run into the first part of the Maggotts complex on the final tour, slicing through on Bagnaia to […]
Full Moto2 and Moto3 race results
A frantic 15-lap Moto3 contest kicked of Sunday’s race action at Silverstone, with Aspar’s David Alonso coming from last on the grid to take a sensational maiden victory. The Spaniard aced his start from last to get into the lead battle early on and hit the front for the first time on lap six. He […]
Espargaro wins after last-lap pass over Bagnaia
The Aprilia rider’s second career grand prix victory came after he threw his RS-GP up the inside of Ducati’s Bagnaia into Maggotts on the final lap and fended him off through the rest of the tour. A late rain shower turned the final laps into a five-rider battle for the win, with KTM’s Brad Binder […]
Bagnaia unsure of issue after «very difficult» MotoGP British GP sprint
The Ducati rider lined up fourth for Saturday’s race before dropping five positions on the opening lap. He then ran wide at Turn 15 to drop more positions, eventually finishing the race behind team-mate Enea Bastianini as the lowest-running Ducati. Reigning world champion Bagnaia said he felt like “something was not working well” during the […]
Alex Marquez reveals “bastard” reaction to British MotoGP sprint win from Marc
The Gresini rider went from third on the grid in the damp 10-lap sprint at Silverstone on Saturday to claim his first MotoGP victory after fending off a late charge from poleman Marco Bezzecchi. It marked Alex Marquez’s first grand prix win of any kind since 2019 in Moto2, and the first for the Marquez […]