The Spanish pilot Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia) has signed this Sunday the victory in the long race of MotoGP of the British Grand Prixninth round of the Motorcycle World Championship, a success forged against the championship leader, the Italian Francis Bagnaia (Yamaha), whom he overtook in the last lap.
The man from Granollers, who started twelfth, completed a spectacular performance that led him to overtake ‘Pecco’ on the last lap, in which he defended himself masterfully. In this way, he achieves his second victory in the premier class and becomes the fifth winner in the nine races held.
Bagnaia, for his part, consolidates his first position in the general classification thanks to his second place and the debacle of his compatriot Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati)while South African Brad Binder (KTM) completed the podium for the day.
With Bezzecchi’s result, the Spanish Jorge Martín (Ducati), sixth this Sunday, regains second place in the championship. Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda), for its part, suffered a new crash and continues without scoring on a Sunday.
Once the traffic lights are off, Australian Jack Miller (KTM) took command of the testAfter beating the ‘poleman’ on Saturday, the Italian Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati), although ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia soon arrived from behind to take the lead.
The leader of the general classification began to pull and only Bezzecchi, after recovering the position from the ocean driver -who dropped several positions after a collision with Maverick Viñales (Aprilia)-, managed to follow him. However, just a few laps later, with 14 laps to go, the Rimini rider suffered a crash that prevented him from taking second place in the World Championship.
Bagnaia seemed to be left alone, but even Alex Espargaró and Maverick Viñales arrived; the Aprilias were ready to put up a fight. The sky, meanwhile, gave a serious warning. With seven laps to go, the threat of the first drops meant that the race was declared wet, waving the white flag.
A turn later, it started to rain and Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda) and the Italian Enea Bastianini (Ducati) went to the ground. In front, the South African Brad Binder (KTM) and the Portuguese Miguel Oliveira (Aprilia), rain specialists, joined the fight.
It was in the last turn when Aleix managed to overtake Bagnaia to go on to lead the race; he withstood the pressure of the transalpine in the last corners and crossed the finish line to sign his second victory in the premier class of his life.
As for the rest of Spaniards, Viñales finished fifth, just ahead of Jorge Martín, while Raúl Fernández (Aprilia) closed the ‘Top 10’. Augusto Fernández (KTM) was eleventh, Pol Espargaró (KTM) twelfth and Iker Lecuona (Honda) seventeenth.
2023-08-07 06:38:00
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