MotoGP, Silverstone GP: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Silverstone with dry grass, the sun and a winning Ducati. The world goes the other way around and Pecco Bagnaia, if he can’t influence the weather, takes his time to do it on the race. He is no longer just a fast driver, he is now mature, cooked in the English sun to the right point. On the Sunday when Quatararo misses the rubber and Espargarò fighting against his physical condition, the only cloud in the sky is the red one.

On the podium there is (still) room for Vinales and Miller, while Bastianini worries about the future by putting Martin in line in the present.

Could it have been better? Yes with Foggia who wins and finds himself back in the running for the World Cup.

IL BELLO – Perhaps his biggest victory is having Valentino and Stoner collaborate (at a distance). Pecco Bagnaia managed to get even the old rivals and all the fans to agree. It was known that he was fast, but winning when you were not the fastest was missing from his to-do list. Now that he has checked the list he can move on to the next, more difficult item.

THE UGLY – The emergency landing after taking off from his Aprilia took Aleix Espargarò out of the game. A shame because the Spaniard would have been a sure protagonist, the good news is that he has shown that he knows how to fight even when things go (and do) badly.

ITHE BAD – The new summer game of Moto3 is to knock down whoever is playing the World Championship: the two winners are surgical Sasaki on Sergio Garcia and Ivan Ortolà who took care of Izan Guevara. The Stewards preferred the Japanese and in fact gave him two Long Lap Penalties for the Austrian GP, ​​while the Spaniard has a clean criminal record. Why is not known.

THE DELUSION – We will still have to wait before seeing Zarco perform another backflip. It was his hopes that went backwards for Johann on Sunday at Silverstone. The Frenchman always seems to be close to finishing his solo, but cue.

CONFIRMATION – He smiles, has fun and goes fast. The Aprilia treatment is bearing fruit with Maverick Vinales, who is one step away from full recovery. Third at Assen, second at Silverstone, the difficulty will be respecting the progression at the Red Bull Ring.

THE ERROR – Sunday was already complicated, the wrong tire only made it worse. Impeccable all the way to Holland, the crash in Assen and the mistake at the Red Bull Ring made Fabio Quartararo fall back from Olympus to clay. The leaderboard parachute worked, but better not to use it just yet.

THE SURPRISE – Nobody ruined the race of Dennis Foggia, who decided to celebrate with a victory. A normal Sunday is something incredible for the Leopard driver.

THE PASS – Bastianini’s on Martin earned him an extra position, perhaps even a better future. Enea wants it in red and builds it on the track. With an extra wing she could have been better, but the Beast is enough to make the GP21 fly.

THE CURIOSITY’ – A victory and a fall, until Silverstone this had been the program offered by Bagnaia. In the summer he must have realized that a change was needed. Succeeded.

I TOLD YOU SO – “In the race I will fight for the top positions”The promise of Alex Rins, half fulfilled.