MotoGP: Bagnaia continues his fightback with an epic British GP win

Francesco Bagnaia has continued to breathe life back into his MotoGP World Championship hopes by winning an epic Monster Energy British Grand Prix.

Just 0.614 seconds covered the top three after 20 laps of racing at the Silverstone Circuit as Aprilia Racing’s Aleix Espargaro finished second and Jack Miller made it a double podium for the Ducati Lenovo Team.

Seemingly every rider had a tale to tell after a breathtaking Sunday afternoon in Britain. Championship leader Fabio Quartararo finished eighth after serving his Long Lap Penalty, but only after re-passing a battered Aleix Espargaro on the final lap.

#20 Fabio Quartararo

Pole-sitter Johann Zarco, however, was one of two retirements after he crashed while leading.

In the Championship standings, Quartararo is now 22 points up on Aleix Espargaro, but Bagnaia has closed to 49 points off top spot. ‘Pecco’ now has two wins in a row and is proving he is certainly not out of the hunt.

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British Grand Prix – Race Results

Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor Time/Gap
1 Bagnaia Francesco 62 ITA 25 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 40’10.260
2 Vinales Maverick 12 SPA 20 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 0.426
3 Miller Jack 43 AUS 16 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 0.614
4 Bastianini Enea 23 ITA 13 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 1.651
5 Martin Jorge 89 SPA 11 Pramac Racing Ducati 1.750
6 Oliveira Miguel 88 POR 10 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 2.727
7 Rins Alex 42 SPA 9 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 3.021
8 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA 8 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 3.819
9 Espargaro Aleix 41 SPA 7 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 3.958
10 Bezzecchi Marco 73 ITA 6 Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 6.646
11 Binder Brad 33 RSA 5 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 7.730
12 Marini Luca 10 ITA 4 Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 13.439
13 Nakagami Takaaki 30 JPN 3 LCR Honda Honda 13.706
14 Espargaro Pol 44 SPA 2 Repsol Honda Team Honda 13.906
15 Morbidelli Franco 21 ITA 1 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 16.359
16 Dovizioso Andrea 4 ITA 0 WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team Yamaha 20.805
17 Marquez Alex 73 SPA 0 LCR Honda Honda 21.099
18 Gardner Remy 87 AUS 0 Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 24.579
19 Bradl Stefan 6 GER 0 Repsol Honda Team Honda 28.773
20 Binder Darryn 40 RSA 0 WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team Yamaha 33.653
21 Fernandez Raul 25 SPA 0 Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 35.601
22 Di Giannantonio Fabio 49 ITA 0 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 36.460
23 Mir Joan 36 SPA 0 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki DNF
24 Zarco Johann 5 FRA 0 Pramac Racing Ducati DNF

Rider Standings

Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor
1 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA 180 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha
2 Espargaro Aleix 41 SPA 158 Aprilia Racing Aprilia
3 Bagnaia Francesco 62 ITA 131 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati
4 Bastianini Enea 23 ITA 118 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati
5 Zarco Johann 5 FRA 114 Pramac Racing Ducati
6 Miller Jack 43 AUS 107 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati
7 Binder Brad 33 RSA 98 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM
8 Rins Alex 42 SPA 84 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki
9 Vinales Maverick 12 SPA 82 Aprilia Racing Aprilia
10 Martin Jorge 89 SPA 81 Pramac Racing Ducati
11 Oliveira Miguel 88 POR 81 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM
12 Mir Joan 36 SPA 77 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki
13 Bezzecchi Marco 73 ITA 61 Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati
14 Marquez Marc 93 SPA 60 Repsol Honda Team Honda
15 Marini Luca 10 ITA 56 Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati
16 Nakagami Takaaki 30 JPN 45 LCR Honda Honda
17 Espargaro Pol 44 SPA 42 Repsol Honda Team Honda
18 Marquez Alex 73 SPA 27 LCR Honda Honda
19 Morbidelli Franco 21 ITA 26 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha
20 Di Giannantonio Fabio 49 ITA 18 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati
21 Binder Darryn 40 RSA 10 WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team Yamaha
22 Dovizioso Andrea 4 ITA 10 WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team Yamaha
23 Gardner Remy 87 AUS 9 Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing KTM
24 Fernandez Raul 25 SPA 5 Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing KTM