MotoGP Silverstone Race LIVE: Bagnaia wins in front of a fiery Viñales, Quartararo and Aleix Espargaró neutralize each other

Johann Zarco qualified on pole position after setting a new lap record at Silverstone. This is the second time since the start of the year, with Portugal, and for the eighth time in MotoGP, that he has commanded a starting grid, half as many as Fabio Quartararo (16 poles). He will try to achieve his first victory in the premier category, and thus stop his streak of the greatest number of top positions without a victory.

This is the third time since the return of Silverstone to the MotoGP calendar in 2010 (12 qualifying sessions) that a rider Honda is not in pole position, with Jorge Lorenzo at Yamaha in 2010 and Ducati in 2018. Marc Marquez (2014) is the last driver to qualify on pole at Silverstone and go on to win the race.

Maverick Vinales qualified in second position for his very first row since joining Aprilia and it is also his first appearance on the front row since Assen last year, where he was in pole position aboard a Yamaha before finishing the race in second position. Jack Miller qualified third for his third front row this season, after the Americas (where he finished P3) and France (where he finished P2). He will try to win for the first time since France last year.

Championship leader and winner last year at Silverstone, fabio quartararo qualified in fourth position. It is the first time he has failed to qualify on the front row since Italy this year, where he finished second from sixth on the grid. He will have to comply with a long lap penalty during the race.

Francis Bagnaia qualified in fifth position, which is the sixth time since the start of the season that he has failed to qualify among the top three. He will attempt to make it back-to-back MotoGP victories for the first time since Algarve/Valencia last year. Alex Espargaro, who suffered a highside during FP4, qualified in sixth position, which is the ninth time in 12 qualifying sessions this year that he has been in the top 6. He will try to move up to the podium for the second consecutive time at Silverstone.

After going through Q1, Marco Bezzecchi qualified in seventh position, which is the fifth time in his rookie season that he has qualified on the top three rows. He will be aiming for his first consecutive MotoGP podiums. Enea Bastianini, who also made it through Q1, qualified in eighth position, his best result since his fifth place in France earlier this year on his bike, as he was on the verge of his most recent victory and his most recent podium.

George Martin, who crashed on the first lap last year at Silverstone after a collision with Marc Marquez, qualified in ninth position, his worst qualification since Italy this year, where he qualified in 11th position before starting from 14th place. He will try to get on the podium for the first time since Catalonia where he was P2.

Winner in 2019 and on the podium last year at Silverstone, alex rins qualified 11th as the best Suzuki rider, but this was his worst qualifying result in his five appearances at Silverstone in MotoGP.

Alex Marquez is the best Honda driver after qualifying in 17th position. This is the first time that no Honda driver has been in the top 16 in premier class qualifying at Silverstone since 1980.

What will this twelfth round of this exciting MotoGP have in store for us which opens on the last part of the campaign made up of nine rounds? Before knowing it, here is the table which summarizes the facts known so far.

It's a warm and sunny day that welcomes this twelfth round of the championship at Silverstone. Here are the live images that prove it…

22° in the air and 44° on the track are the conditions proposed for the 20 laps of this race. Incidentally, we learned that we will return there next year from 4 at 6 August 2023. This is the second event confirmed for the next calendar after that of Portimao in Portugal which will open hostilities in place of the traditional Qatar of 24 at 26 March.

The gladiator goes to fight in the arena...

The poleman gets into position.

Little celebration for Ronaldo’s compatriot…

Mavercick Vinales can go down in history...

zarco et Casa Particular in Viñales are in medium hard and Miller with the soft at the front and the hard at the back. It’s the big moment when the lights go out which sets the pack loose. The first to take the first turn is zarco before Quartararo Miller Bagnaia Rins et Aleix Espargaro. Casa Particular in Viñales is sixth.

After the first round, Zarco, Quartararo et Miller open a small gap. Quarterly learns that he must serve his penalty. He has 3 turns to do it. Behind the two Frenchmen (1st zarco , 2nd Quarterly ) there are two Ducatis: Miller is currently 3rd, bagnaia is 4th. The Australian also sets the fastest lap.

Quarterly enters the last tolerated lap to take his penalty. He accomplished it and came out fifth, 1s4 behind the leader zarco. He entered bagnaia et Casa Particular in Viñales.

Aleix Espargaró is eighth. zarco fall 16 laps from the goal at turn 8… Miller et Kidneys fight for the lead in the race ahead bagnaia.

The gaps 15 laps from the finish

George Martin is overexcited, here he is fourth after having overtaken Quarterly to, present in the claws of Casa Particular in Viñales. Kidneys leads ahead with Suzuki.

12 laps from the goal, Casa Particular in Viñales pass Quarterly who finds himself sixth.

Aleix I will espargaro is eighth. The Frenchman confirms his difficulties in racing in the middle of a group. bagnaia (2nd) wins a tenth on Kidneys (1st).

Kidneys gets pulled over by the three Ducatis of Bagnaia, Miller et Martin. We're halfway through the race.

The gaps 10 laps from the finish