Quartararo storms to victory at British Grand Prix

Pol
on
pole!
Espargaro
earns
dramatic
British
GP
pole

Having
qualified
third
at
Silverstone,
the
Monster
Energy
Yamaha
rider
surged
to
the
front
early
on
and
led
superbly
to
claim
an
18th
podium
finish
in
the
top
category,
level
with
Christian
Sarron
for
the
most
achieved
by
a
Frenchman.

Quartararo
has
finished
in
the
points
for
13
consecutive
races
–
surpassing
the
previous
career
high
of
12
that
he
achieved
in
MotoGP2
in
2018
–
and
he
now
leads
the
championship
by
65
points
from
Joan
Mir,
who
climbed
to
second.

Valentino
Rossi,
chasing
a
double-century
of
podium
finishes
and
a
fifth
in
six
races
at
Silverstone,
finished
down
in
16th.

British
GP:
Quartararo
bounces
back
after
crash
to
dominate
Day
1
at
Silverstone

This
race
has
turned
into
one
dominated
by
Spanish
riders,
who
have
won
six
of
the
most
recent
10,
but
the
chasing
cohort
could
not
put
French
star
Quartararo
under
enough
pressure
in
overcast
conditions
in
Northamptonshire.

Brothers
Pol
and
Aleix
Espargaro
were
locked
in
a
tussle
for
first
from
the
off
as
the
former
fought
determinedly
to
avoid
a
third-straight
outing
without
a
points
finish,
something
he
last
endured
three
years
ago.

However,
once
Quartararo
put
his
extra
pace
to
good
use
on
lap
five
and
built
a
three-second
advantage,
the
leader
never
looked
under
threat.

Alex
Rins,
winner
of
this
race
in
2019,
picked
off
Pol
Espargaro
on
lap
eight
and
took
second,
but
Suzuki
Ecstar
team-mate
Mir
could
not
do
likewise
and
eventually
limped
through
in
ninth.

Aprilia
celebrated
their
first
MotoGP
podium
as
Aleix
Espargaro
just
held
off
the
challenge
of
Jack
Miller
for
third,
the
Australian
at
least
collecting
points
at
the
British
GP
for
just
the
second
time.

It
proved
an
historic
race
as,
for
the
first
time
in
MotoGP,
there
were
six
different
manufacturers
in
the
top
six.

TOP
10

1.
Fabio
Quartararo
(Monster
Energy
Yamaha)
2.
Alex
Rins
(Suzuki
Ecstar)
+2.663s
3.
Aleix
Espargaro
(Aprilia)
+4.105s
4.
Jack
Miller
(Ducati)
+4.254s
5.
Pol
Espargaro
(Repsol
Honda)
+8.462s
6.
Brad
Binder
(Red
Bull
KTM)
+12.189s
7.
Iker
Lecuona
(Tech
3
KTM)
+13.560s
8.
Alex
Marquez
(LCR
Honda)
+14.044s
9.
Joan
Mir
(Suzuki
Ecstar)
+16.226s
10.
Danilo
Petrucci
(Tech
3
KTM)
+16.287s

CHAMPIONSHIP
STANDINGS
Riders

1.
Fabio
Quartararo
(Monster
Energy
Yamaha)
206
2.
Joan
Mir
(Suzuki
Ecstar)
141
3.
Johann
Zarco
(Pramac
Racing)
137
4.
Francesco
Bagnaia
(Ducati)
136
5.
Jack
Miller
(Ducati)
118

Teams

1.
Monster
Energy
Yamaha
301
2.
Ducati
254
3.
Pramac
Racing
205
4.
Suzuki
Ecstar
205
5.
Red
Bull
KTM
199