Alex Marquez held off a late charge from Marco Bezzecchi to win the British MotoGP sprint race at Silverstone on Saturday. Maverick Vinales completed the podium as world champion Francesco Bagnaia suffered a rare day off on his factory Ducati finishing down the field.
Bezzecchi, riding for Valentino Rossi’s VR46 Ducati satellite team, had battled atrocious conditions to claim pole in a rain-drenched qualifying in the morning.
His runner-up spot moved him up to second in the riders standings, 27 points behind Bagnaia, ahead of Sunday’s main event. Bezzecchi had been overtaken at turn two on the opening lap by Jack Miller’s KTM as Bagnaia dropped from fourth to the middle of the field.
Marquez took control at the front on lap two of 10, around half a second clear of Bezzecchi as Miller dropped out of contention.
Riding Ducati’s Gresini team satellite bike Marquez had doubled his advantage at Brad Binder of KTM completed the podium on the return of MotoGP after its mid-season break. Baignaia extended his lead in the riders’ standings after his closest challenger Marco Bezzecchi crashed out.
“It was crazy, I felt super good with the bike,” said Espargaro who continued the race’s tradition of producing a different winner every year since 2013. the halfway stage.
Bezzecchi inched ever closer to set up a tense final lap but Marquez held on for his first win sprint win.
Aleix Espargaro won the British MotoGP on the final lap from world champion Francesco Bagnaia at Silverstone on Sunday.
Source: supersport
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