Jake Dixon won the Moto2 World Championship race Sunday at Silverstone Circuit, in England. Riding his CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team Kalex on Pirelli control tires, the Brit won the 17-lap race by just 0.177 second.
Spaniard Aron Canet was the runner-up on his Fantic Racing Kalex.
Celestino Vieti took third on his Red Bull KTM Ajo Kalex.
American Joe Roberts crashed his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex earlier in the race and did not finish (DNF). Roberts leaves England third in the World Championship point standings.
American Julian Correa finished third and fifth on his Microlise Cresswell Racing Honda in the two R&G British Talent Cup races at Silverstone Circuit, in England.
Fellow American Joshua Raymond, Jr. placed 14th and 13th in the two races, while his Fibre Tec Honda teammate and countryman Eli Banish rode to 22nd and 17th.
Correa’s teammate Ryan Frost won Race One and Team City Lifting/RS Racing’s Filip Surowiak took the victory in Race Two.
Ivan Ortola won the Moto3 World Championship race Sunday at the historic Silverstone Circuit, in England. Riding his MT Helmets – MSI KTM, the Spaniard won the 15-lap race by just 0.123 second. It was his second victory in his last three races.
David Alonso was the runner-up on his Valresa Aspar Team CFMOTO and leaves England with a 53-point lead in the World Championship.
Collin Veijer finished third, just 0.226 second behind Ortola, on his Liqui Moly Intact GP Husqvarna.
The top seven finishers were separated by just 0.548 seconds at the checkered flag.
Enea Bastianini won the MotoGP World Championship Tissot Sprint Race Saturday at Silverstone Circuit, in England. Riding his Lenovo Ducati Desmosedici on Michelin control tires, the Italian won the 10-lap race by 1.094 seconds. It was his first Sprint Race win of the season, and it propelled him into third place in the Championship point standings.
Jorge Martin, another title contender, was the runner-up on his Prima Pramac Racing Ducati, bringing him to within one single point of the Championship lead.
Pole-sitter Aleix Espargaro brought his factory Aprilia RS-GP home in third.
Francesco Bagnaia, the two-time and defending World Champion and current Championship point leader, crashed his Lenovo Ducati while running fourth and did not finish (DNF).
Gresini Racing Ducati’s Marc Marquez, another title contender, also crashed out of fourth place and DNF.
1 point in it: Bastianini defeats Martin as Bagnaia and Marquez both DNF
A maiden Tissot Sprint winner, another Championship twist and a dash of drama: Saturday at Silverstone delivers some fireworks
Enea Bastianini (23) leads Jorge Martin and Aleix Espargaro Saturday at Silverstone. Photo courtesy Dorna.
Saturday, 03 August 2024
Enea Bastianini (Ducati Lenovo Team) stormed to an incredible Tissot Sprint victory at the Monster Energy British Grand Prix, taking his first Saturday podium in some style: on the top step. Beast mode was very much engaged as the #23 denied Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing), although the #89 claws back some crucial Championship points after drama for points leader Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) saw the reigning Champion slide out.
Francesco Bagnaia (1) crashed out while running fourth in the Sprint Race. Photo courtesy Dorna.
Completing the rostrum on Saturday was polesitter Aleix Espargaro as the Aprilia Racing rider ran the top two close, escaping the attentions of Bagnaia and having pulled ahead of Marc Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) on the chase. The eight-time World Champion then also slid out late on to cede third overall in the Championship to Bastianini in a dramatic afternoon at Silverstone.
As the lights went out it was a fantastic launch from Bagnaia, who pushed Espargaro wide on the entry to Turn 1. It was an immediate melee at the front, however, and Martin was able to sneak through and snatch the Sprint lead on the opening lap at Silverstone.
There was drama behind too as Franco Morbidelli (Prima Pramac Racing) and Marco Bezzecchi (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) crashed on the opening lap after the former overshot Turn 1 and sent both sliding out. Both passed fit, but Morbidelli given a double Long Lap penalty to serve on Sunday.
There was soon more drama in the fight just behind the podium battle too as Pedro Acosta (Red Bull GASGAS Tech3) and Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) clashed, with no harm done to either but a confetti shower of winglets sent into the air. The clash was also just enough for Marc Marquez to pry the door open and slice past both, needing no second invitation and at least briefly getting past the duo.
At the front, Martin continued to lead from the chasing Bastianini, with the Italian hanging on to the tail of the #89 as Espargaro and Bagnaia shadowed the duo.
The first title fight drama then unfolded, with Bagnaia losing the front on Lap 5 at Turn 4. Rider ok, but that was all she wrote and the Italian was forced to watch from the sidelines as teammate Bastianini started to harry Martin. Polesitter Espargaro was released from the pressure of having the reigning Champion sat on his tail too, and with Martin still at the front the #1 looked to have lost the Championship lead.
However, after one failed attempt that saw Martin hit back immediately, the Beast then sliced through to the lead on Lap 6 and attempted to stretch away almost instantly. The #23 put together a series of impressive times inside the 1:58 bracket with a handful of laps remaining, gaining a little breathing space but Martin still very much in touch. A Bastianini win was a 1-point lead for Bagnaia in the title fight, a Martin win was the #89 back on top.
Then, further drama for the top echelons in the standings: Marc Marquez lost the front at Turn 16. That brought an end to the Spaniard’s chance to earn some vital Championship points as he retired to the pitlane, leaving it as a KTM-GASGAS battle for fourth and likely about to drop out the top three in the standings given Bastianini was now holding station at the head of the field.
With one lap remaining, all that was coming in was perfection from Bastianini. The #23 extended his lead from a handful of tenths to one second and that was that – a first ever Sprint victory secured at Silverstone. Martin consolidated second nevertheless, clawing back crucial Championship points to now sit just one behind Bagnaia. And behind him is now Bastianini in third.
Binder and Acosta’s battle didn’t stop as they continued their fight until the line, with the South African pipping the rookie for fourth after the 10-lap dash. Alex Marquez took sixth, having homed in but not able to get the better of the two.
It was a competitive battle for seventh place and the final point-scoring positions as Jack Miller (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) crossed the line just 0.185s ahead of Maverick Viñales (Aprilia Racing) and Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team), with the latter taking that final point on Saturday.
Now all eyes turn to Sunday for the British Grand Prix, with Bagnaia and Marc Marquez aiming for redemption and Martin well within striking distance of the lead. Who will come out on top on for 25 points? The stage is set, the style will be vintage and the action is guaranteed to be a modern spectacle. So make sure you join us at 13:00 local time (UTC +1)!
Ai Ogura was fastest in Moto2 World Championship qualifying Saturday at Silverstone Circuit, in England. Riding his MT Helmets – MSI Boscoscuro on Pirelli spec tires, the Japanese star navigated the 3.7-mile (5.9 km) road course in 2:02.940. That was good enough to top the field of 31 riders and to smash the All-Time Lap Record of 2:03.433 set by Aron Canet on Saturday morning.
Canet was second-best in qualifying with a time of 2:02.992 on his Fantic Racing Kalex, and Diogo Moreira claimed the third and final spot on the front row with a 2:03.123 on his Italtrans Racing Kalex.
American Joe Roberts qualified ninth with a 2:03.289 – just 0.349 second behind the pole-sitter – on his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex.
Ivan Ortola claimed pole position during Moto3 World Championship qualifying Saturday at the Silverstone Circuit, in England. Riding his MT Helmets – MSI KTM on Pirelli control tires, the Spaniard lapped the 3.7-mile (5.9 km) course in 2:09.270. Not only was that good enough to top the 25-rider field, it also broke the All-Time Lap Record of 2:09.565 set by Colin Veijer on Friday.
Espargaro takes last dash pole to deny Bagnaia and Bastianini
The Aprilia rider becomes the sixth different polesitter over the last six GPs at Silverstone as the stage is set for two stunning showdowns
Saturday, 03 August 2024
Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) heads the grid at the Monster Energy British Grand Prix, with the 2023 winner putting in a late dash to take over on top with a new lap record. He becomes the sixth different polesitter at Silverstone in the last six Grands Prix at the venue, and is the first of four riders who broke the previous lap record in a stunningly quick Q2.
Reigning Champion Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) lines up in P2 after a little drama for the reigning Champion, just ahead of teammate Enea Bastianini completing the front row.
Q1
It was neck-at-neck after the first runs in another close battle to move through, with Alex Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) and Pedro Acosta (Red Bull GASGAS Tech3) setting the exact same laptime. By the end of the session the goalposts had moved again though, and the #73 was able to pull 0.035 out on the rookie superstar. Still, they moved through with a couple of tenths in hand over the rest, led by Franco Morbidelli (Prima Pramac Racing).
Q2
After the first runs it was a Ducati Lenovo 1-2 with Bagnaia on provisional pole, despite the best efforts of Marc Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) looking for a tow behind the #1. However, heading back out, Bagnaia suffered that drama, starting his flying lap but then slowing into the run off. A tear off or sticker on his helmet had needed some attention, and the lap was gone. Was the chance gone too?
It was. Not too long after, there was a crash for Maverick Viñales (Aprilia Racing) at Turn 2, putting out the yellow flags and putting paid to improvements for those who may have been able to make it round for one final push. That didn’t include Espargaro, however, as he was already on three red sectors looking for a fourth, taking a stunning pole position with that new lap record.
Bagnaia, although frustrated at losing the chance to make that final attack for pole, takes second ahead of Bastianini, who had looked on to challenge before sitting up out that lap. They both broke the previous lap record, as did the rider just behind them heading up Row 2: Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing).
THE GRID
Behind the Espargaro, Bagnaia, Bastianini lockout, Martin heads that second row ahead of Alex Marquez via Q1 and a solid P6 for Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing).
Marc Marquez slots into P7 and will be looking to move forward from the off, as will the rider right alongside him: Viñales, another previous winner at the venue. Acosta completes that third row.
Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) was just half a tenth behind the rookie, with Jack Miller (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and Marco Bezzecchi (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) completing the Q2 runners and looking to move forward when the lights go out.
The stage is set, the pace is hot and the lights go out not once, but twice this weekend at the awesome Silverstone Circuit. Who’s coming out on top in the battles in Britain? Tune in to find out!
Following a strenuous first day back from injury, Álex Rins has decided to sit out the remainder of the Monster Energy British Grand Prix.
After deep reflection and consideration, Álex Rins has decided to retire from the Monster Energy British Grand Prix due to the hand and foot injury he sustained in Round 8, the Dutch GP.
After a few more weeks of rest, the Spanish rider will undergo another check to assess if he can rejoin the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team at the Austrian GP round, held from 16-18 August.
With Rins retiring from the British GP, there is a vacant spot in the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP garage. For logistical reason, Remy Gardner will move from the Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Test Team garage to the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP garage for the remainder of the race weekend. However, Gardner will still be riding for the Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Test Team.
MASSIMO MEREGALLI
Team Director
First of all, I would like to express my sympathies to Álex. Riders are always disappointed when they can’t ride, but perhaps this one is even more frustrating for Álex as the British GP is a very special round. It’s significant for Monster Energy, who sponsor this round, and also for Dorna who are staging the MotoGP 75th Anniversary celebrations. Moreover, Álex really likes Silverstone and has gotten great results here, so it’s definitely a let-down. However, his health and well-being must take priority. We therefore decided that it was not worth it for him to continue the British GP race weekend and hope to have him back in Austria in a better condition.
As of tomorrow, Remy will be operating from the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP garage. However, Remy will still be riding for the Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Test Team for the remainder of the British GP weekend.
ÁLEX RINS
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Rider
After assessing my medical condition with my doctors, we have come to the conclusion that the most responsible thing for me is to skip the remaining part of the British GP.
As you can imagine, I feel sorry for the team and for myself. Every single lap that we have done this season has proven to be useful for the development of the bike and for closing the gap to other manufacturers. But the pain that I‘m feeling and the risk of a bigger injury, along with the medical advice, makes me take this decision.
I hope to be back on track and working again very soon.
VR46 Racing Team set to become Ducati’s MotoGP factory-supported team from 2025
Ducati Corse is pleased to announce that from 2025, the VR46 Racing Team will be Ducati’s MotoGP factory-supported team under a multi-year agreement. The team will field an official Desmosedici GP on track and enjoy full technical and sporting support from the Borgo Panigale-based constructor.
Founded in Tavullia (PU) in 2014 by nine-time World Champion Valentino Rossi, the VR46 Racing Team entered MotoGP in 2021 after years of repeated success in the Moto2 and Moto3 categories. With the Pesaro-based team, Ducati Lenovo Team rider and current reigning MotoGP World Champion Francesco Bagnaia won his first Moto2 World Title in 2018. Additionally, in 2023, VR46 Racing Team rider Marco Bezzecchi finished third in the MotoGP World Championship after fighting for the title for much of the season.
Luigi Dall’Igna (Ducati Corse General Manager):
“From day one, the VR46 Racing Team has shown its ability to work in perfect harmony with Ducati, and in recent years, we achieved important results together. We are happy, therefore, to be able to fortify our relationship further, providing the Pesaro-based team with full factory support starting next season. I am sure that together we can achieve other significant goals! Once again, I would like to thank Valentino, Uccio, Pablo, and all the people working with the team with great passion and dedication.”
Alessio Salucci (Team Director VR46 Racing Team):
“I can only be proud to announce that from the next year the VR46 Racing Team will be the Ducati Factory Supported Team in MotoGP. We will be on track with an official bike and a GP24. If they had said it a few years ago, I wouldn’t have believed it. It’s a truly significant moment for the entire group: having achieved this result in just three years, with a young team, with so many guys with us from Moto3, is something extraordinary. I want to thank all the people who work in the Team, the partners, Ducati and Gigi Dall’Igna for having believed in this project and having today managed to enhance it as it deserves. We have demanding years ahead of us, full of challenges, but we can’t wait to test ourselves and try to achieve ambitious results”.
More, from a press release issued by VR46 Racing Team:
PERTAMINA ENDURO VR46 RACING TEAM AS DUCATI FACTORY SUPPORTED TEAM FROM 2025
The Tavullia team becomes the reference of the factory from Borgo Panigale in MotoGP with an official bike and a Ducati Desmosedici GP24
Tavullia (Italy), August 2nd 2024 – Agreement signed between the Tavullia team and Ducati: three years from its debut in the premier class, the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team becomes, from 2025, with a multi-year contract, the Factory Supported Team of the Borgo Panigale factory.
A choral result of the entire technical crew of the Team VR46 – which in just a few years has become a reference in the Top class – to give new life to a successful Made in Italy synergy. A winning duo since their debut in 2022, which has become increasingly solid, with three victories in 2023 and an important contribution, as a Team in terms of points, to the conquest of the Constructors Championship in the same year.
Shared objectives and boundless passion with a new agreement with significant changes and the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team which becomes Factory Supported Team. In the garage there will be an official bike and a Ducati Desmosedici GP24, together with new Ducati technical staff.
Alessio Salucci, Team Director Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team
“I can only be proud to announce that from the next year the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team will be the Ducati Factory Supported Team in MotoGP. We will be on track with an official bike and a GP24. If they had said it a few years ago, I wouldn’t have believed it. It’s a truly significant moment for the entire group: having achieved this result in just three years, with a young team, with so many guys with us from Moto3, is something extraordinary. I want to thank all the people who work in the Team, the partners, in particular Pertamina Lubricants, Ducati and Gigi Dall’Igna for having believed in this project and having today managed to enhance it as it deserves. We have demanding years ahead of us, full of challenges, but we can’t wait to test ourselves and try to achieve ambitious results”.
Luigi Dall’Igna, Ducati Corse General Manager
“From day one, the VR46 Racing Team has shown its ability to work in perfect harmony with Ducati, and in recent years, we achieved important results together. We are happy, therefore, to be able to fortify our relationship further, providing the Pesaro-based team with full factory support starting next season. I am sure that together we can achieve other significant goals! Once again, I would like to thank Valentino, Uccio, Pablo, and all the people working with the team with great passion and dedication”.
Trimby becomes the first non-rider to be inducted in the Hall of Fame, honouring his off-track contributions to the sport
Friday, 02 August 2024
Mike Trimby is now officially a MotoGP™ Legend, having been inducted into the Hall of Fame at the Monster Energy British Grand Prix. Trimby, who sadly passed away in 2023, becomes the first Legend inducted wholly due to their work off-track.
Trimby was the founder and CEO of IRTA, thereby becoming one of the most important figures in the history of motorcycle Grand Prix racing and playing a pivotal role in shaping the sport MotoGP™ has become.
Trimby did begin his career as a rider and mechanic in the 1960s, but soon started to emerge as a key figure off-track and had established himself as such by the late 1970s. In 1982, the riders then officially requested Trimby to act as their representative, something further formalised with the founding of the International Road Racing Teams Association (IRTA) in 1986, with Trimby at the helm.
Advocating for riders and teams, IRTA has remained a pivotal part of the sport. The huge progress in safety made since the organisation was founded is thanks in large part to the work undertaken by Trimby, his wife Irene, and IRTA.
1992 also marked the beginning of the great collaboration between the FIM, IRTA and Dorna Sports, which likewise owes much to the foundations laid by IRTA over the decade before, giving riders and teams a voice at the table.
Tony Congram, speaking on behalf of Irene, Mike’s family and IRTA, said: “Irene has asked me to say a few words on her behalf and that of the Trimby family. Thank you all very much for being here today to witness Mike’s induction into the Legends. Thank you, Carmelo, thank you very much for Mike’s invitation to this very prestigious club, it is unbelievable. Mike and Carmelo as you said have had a very strong relationship over the years and it is a testament to Mike’s memory that you have asked him to become a part of the Legends. It is a very proud moment, an honour for Irene to have Mike’s name alongside all of these incredible riders, past and present, so to be amongst them Irene is very proud and so would Mike be very proud. As you can imagine it is still a very emotional time. On behalf of Irene we would like to thank you for your messages, your emails, and all the forms of communication that Irene has had from all of you, and for your kind words and support in this particularly sad time. Again, thank you, Carmelo, and thank you very much, everybody, thank you.”
(From left) IRTA Security Manager Tony Congram, Irene Trimby, and Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta. Photo courtesy Dorna.
Carmelo Ezpeleta, CEO of Dorna Sports, said: “This is a very special moment for me, as Mike is the first non-rider to be a part of the MotoGP™ Legends. A big reason why MotoGP™ is as it is right now is because of Mike Trimby. I met him many many years ago for the first time when he was representing the riders, even before IRTA, I was the director of the Jarama circuit. I remember well that he arrived on an enduro bike and looked at the paddock and different things and made an incredible effort. To be honest it was considered strange to be representing the riders and it was not really well accepted by the authorities of the paddock. Mike continued doing that and later on, it was growing and growing and with the creation of IRTA he was doing everything to improve the most important thing, the safety of the riders. He was crucial for that and without Mike Trimby I am absolutely sure we would not be as we are right now.
“Later on, when we started in 1991, signing the agreement between IRTA, FIM, Dorna and Two Wheel Promotions, to be honest, Mike was not especially happy at this moment. But working together we achieved what we have achieved right now and for me, it is a very emotional moment, not just as the CEO of Dorna and representing what the Championship thinks but we became very good friends. I was very happy to deal with him, he always had a typical British sense of humour when he was explaining many things to me and, to be honest in the beginning it was very difficult to understand each other but finally we did it. It was a very emotional moment when he left us last year in Misano, it was something that was very strange and right now with Irene here I think it is the proper moment to show everybody how important Mike Trimby was to us. I am extremely happy to announce him as a MotoGP™ Legend because MotoGP™ is as it is right now thanks to Mike Trimby.”
Irene Trimby, the widow of IRTA founder and CEO Mike Trimby, wearing his MotoGP Legends medal. Photo courtesy Dorna.
Mike joins the list of his fellow MotoGP™ Legends in the Hall of Fame: Giacomo Agostini, Hugh Anderson, Hans-Georg Anscheidt, Kork Ballington, Max Biaggi, Alex Crivillé, Mick Doohan, Stefan Dörflinger, Andrea Dovizioso, Geoff Duke, Wayne Gardner, Mike Hailwood, Nicky Hayden, Jorge Lorenzo, Daijiro Kato, Eddie Lawson, Marco Lucchinelli, Randy Mamola, Anton Mang, Jorge ‘Aspar’ Martinez, Angel Nieto, Dani Pedrosa, Wayne Rainey, Phil Read, Jim Redman, Kenny Roberts, Kenny Roberts Jr, Valentino Rossi, Jarno Saarinen, Kevin Schwantz, Barry Sheene, Marco Simoncelli, Freddie Spencer, Casey Stoner, John Surtees, Luigi Taveri, Carlo Ubbiali and Franco Uncini.
Jake Dixon won the Moto2 World Championship race Sunday at Silverstone Circuit, in England. Riding his CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team Kalex on Pirelli control tires, the Brit won the 17-lap race by just 0.177 second.
Spaniard Aron Canet was the runner-up on his Fantic Racing Kalex.
Celestino Vieti took third on his Red Bull KTM Ajo Kalex.
American Joe Roberts crashed his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex earlier in the race and did not finish (DNF). Roberts leaves England third in the World Championship point standings.
American Julian Correa finished third and fifth on his Microlise Cresswell Racing Honda in the two R&G British Talent Cup races at Silverstone Circuit, in England.
Fellow American Joshua Raymond, Jr. placed 14th and 13th in the two races, while his Fibre Tec Honda teammate and countryman Eli Banish rode to 22nd and 17th.
Correa’s teammate Ryan Frost won Race One and Team City Lifting/RS Racing’s Filip Surowiak took the victory in Race Two.
Ivan Ortola won the Moto3 World Championship race Sunday at the historic Silverstone Circuit, in England. Riding his MT Helmets – MSI KTM, the Spaniard won the 15-lap race by just 0.123 second. It was his second victory in his last three races.
David Alonso was the runner-up on his Valresa Aspar Team CFMOTO and leaves England with a 53-point lead in the World Championship.
Collin Veijer finished third, just 0.226 second behind Ortola, on his Liqui Moly Intact GP Husqvarna.
The top seven finishers were separated by just 0.548 seconds at the checkered flag.
Enea Bastianini won the MotoGP World Championship Tissot Sprint Race Saturday at Silverstone Circuit, in England. Riding his Lenovo Ducati Desmosedici on Michelin control tires, the Italian won the 10-lap race by 1.094 seconds. It was his first Sprint Race win of the season, and it propelled him into third place in the Championship point standings.
Jorge Martin, another title contender, was the runner-up on his Prima Pramac Racing Ducati, bringing him to within one single point of the Championship lead.
Pole-sitter Aleix Espargaro brought his factory Aprilia RS-GP home in third.
Francesco Bagnaia, the two-time and defending World Champion and current Championship point leader, crashed his Lenovo Ducati while running fourth and did not finish (DNF).
Gresini Racing Ducati’s Marc Marquez, another title contender, also crashed out of fourth place and DNF.
1 point in it: Bastianini defeats Martin as Bagnaia and Marquez both DNF
A maiden Tissot Sprint winner, another Championship twist and a dash of drama: Saturday at Silverstone delivers some fireworks
Enea Bastianini (23) leads Jorge Martin and Aleix Espargaro Saturday at Silverstone. Photo courtesy Dorna.
Saturday, 03 August 2024
Enea Bastianini (Ducati Lenovo Team) stormed to an incredible Tissot Sprint victory at the Monster Energy British Grand Prix, taking his first Saturday podium in some style: on the top step. Beast mode was very much engaged as the #23 denied Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing), although the #89 claws back some crucial Championship points after drama for points leader Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) saw the reigning Champion slide out.
Francesco Bagnaia (1) crashed out while running fourth in the Sprint Race. Photo courtesy Dorna.
Completing the rostrum on Saturday was polesitter Aleix Espargaro as the Aprilia Racing rider ran the top two close, escaping the attentions of Bagnaia and having pulled ahead of Marc Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) on the chase. The eight-time World Champion then also slid out late on to cede third overall in the Championship to Bastianini in a dramatic afternoon at Silverstone.
As the lights went out it was a fantastic launch from Bagnaia, who pushed Espargaro wide on the entry to Turn 1. It was an immediate melee at the front, however, and Martin was able to sneak through and snatch the Sprint lead on the opening lap at Silverstone.
There was drama behind too as Franco Morbidelli (Prima Pramac Racing) and Marco Bezzecchi (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) crashed on the opening lap after the former overshot Turn 1 and sent both sliding out. Both passed fit, but Morbidelli given a double Long Lap penalty to serve on Sunday.
There was soon more drama in the fight just behind the podium battle too as Pedro Acosta (Red Bull GASGAS Tech3) and Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) clashed, with no harm done to either but a confetti shower of winglets sent into the air. The clash was also just enough for Marc Marquez to pry the door open and slice past both, needing no second invitation and at least briefly getting past the duo.
At the front, Martin continued to lead from the chasing Bastianini, with the Italian hanging on to the tail of the #89 as Espargaro and Bagnaia shadowed the duo.
The first title fight drama then unfolded, with Bagnaia losing the front on Lap 5 at Turn 4. Rider ok, but that was all she wrote and the Italian was forced to watch from the sidelines as teammate Bastianini started to harry Martin. Polesitter Espargaro was released from the pressure of having the reigning Champion sat on his tail too, and with Martin still at the front the #1 looked to have lost the Championship lead.
However, after one failed attempt that saw Martin hit back immediately, the Beast then sliced through to the lead on Lap 6 and attempted to stretch away almost instantly. The #23 put together a series of impressive times inside the 1:58 bracket with a handful of laps remaining, gaining a little breathing space but Martin still very much in touch. A Bastianini win was a 1-point lead for Bagnaia in the title fight, a Martin win was the #89 back on top.
Then, further drama for the top echelons in the standings: Marc Marquez lost the front at Turn 16. That brought an end to the Spaniard’s chance to earn some vital Championship points as he retired to the pitlane, leaving it as a KTM-GASGAS battle for fourth and likely about to drop out the top three in the standings given Bastianini was now holding station at the head of the field.
With one lap remaining, all that was coming in was perfection from Bastianini. The #23 extended his lead from a handful of tenths to one second and that was that – a first ever Sprint victory secured at Silverstone. Martin consolidated second nevertheless, clawing back crucial Championship points to now sit just one behind Bagnaia. And behind him is now Bastianini in third.
Binder and Acosta’s battle didn’t stop as they continued their fight until the line, with the South African pipping the rookie for fourth after the 10-lap dash. Alex Marquez took sixth, having homed in but not able to get the better of the two.
It was a competitive battle for seventh place and the final point-scoring positions as Jack Miller (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) crossed the line just 0.185s ahead of Maverick Viñales (Aprilia Racing) and Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team), with the latter taking that final point on Saturday.
Now all eyes turn to Sunday for the British Grand Prix, with Bagnaia and Marc Marquez aiming for redemption and Martin well within striking distance of the lead. Who will come out on top on for 25 points? The stage is set, the style will be vintage and the action is guaranteed to be a modern spectacle. So make sure you join us at 13:00 local time (UTC +1)!
Ai Ogura was fastest in Moto2 World Championship qualifying Saturday at Silverstone Circuit, in England. Riding his MT Helmets – MSI Boscoscuro on Pirelli spec tires, the Japanese star navigated the 3.7-mile (5.9 km) road course in 2:02.940. That was good enough to top the field of 31 riders and to smash the All-Time Lap Record of 2:03.433 set by Aron Canet on Saturday morning.
Canet was second-best in qualifying with a time of 2:02.992 on his Fantic Racing Kalex, and Diogo Moreira claimed the third and final spot on the front row with a 2:03.123 on his Italtrans Racing Kalex.
American Joe Roberts qualified ninth with a 2:03.289 – just 0.349 second behind the pole-sitter – on his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex.
Ivan Ortola claimed pole position during Moto3 World Championship qualifying Saturday at the Silverstone Circuit, in England. Riding his MT Helmets – MSI KTM on Pirelli control tires, the Spaniard lapped the 3.7-mile (5.9 km) course in 2:09.270. Not only was that good enough to top the 25-rider field, it also broke the All-Time Lap Record of 2:09.565 set by Colin Veijer on Friday.
Espargaro takes last dash pole to deny Bagnaia and Bastianini
The Aprilia rider becomes the sixth different polesitter over the last six GPs at Silverstone as the stage is set for two stunning showdowns
Saturday, 03 August 2024
Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) heads the grid at the Monster Energy British Grand Prix, with the 2023 winner putting in a late dash to take over on top with a new lap record. He becomes the sixth different polesitter at Silverstone in the last six Grands Prix at the venue, and is the first of four riders who broke the previous lap record in a stunningly quick Q2.
Reigning Champion Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) lines up in P2 after a little drama for the reigning Champion, just ahead of teammate Enea Bastianini completing the front row.
Q1
It was neck-at-neck after the first runs in another close battle to move through, with Alex Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) and Pedro Acosta (Red Bull GASGAS Tech3) setting the exact same laptime. By the end of the session the goalposts had moved again though, and the #73 was able to pull 0.035 out on the rookie superstar. Still, they moved through with a couple of tenths in hand over the rest, led by Franco Morbidelli (Prima Pramac Racing).
Q2
After the first runs it was a Ducati Lenovo 1-2 with Bagnaia on provisional pole, despite the best efforts of Marc Marquez (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) looking for a tow behind the #1. However, heading back out, Bagnaia suffered that drama, starting his flying lap but then slowing into the run off. A tear off or sticker on his helmet had needed some attention, and the lap was gone. Was the chance gone too?
It was. Not too long after, there was a crash for Maverick Viñales (Aprilia Racing) at Turn 2, putting out the yellow flags and putting paid to improvements for those who may have been able to make it round for one final push. That didn’t include Espargaro, however, as he was already on three red sectors looking for a fourth, taking a stunning pole position with that new lap record.
Bagnaia, although frustrated at losing the chance to make that final attack for pole, takes second ahead of Bastianini, who had looked on to challenge before sitting up out that lap. They both broke the previous lap record, as did the rider just behind them heading up Row 2: Jorge Martin (Prima Pramac Racing).
THE GRID
Behind the Espargaro, Bagnaia, Bastianini lockout, Martin heads that second row ahead of Alex Marquez via Q1 and a solid P6 for Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing).
Marc Marquez slots into P7 and will be looking to move forward from the off, as will the rider right alongside him: Viñales, another previous winner at the venue. Acosta completes that third row.
Fabio Di Giannantonio (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) was just half a tenth behind the rookie, with Jack Miller (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and Marco Bezzecchi (Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team) completing the Q2 runners and looking to move forward when the lights go out.
The stage is set, the pace is hot and the lights go out not once, but twice this weekend at the awesome Silverstone Circuit. Who’s coming out on top in the battles in Britain? Tune in to find out!
Alex Rins (42). Photo courtesy Monster Energy Yamaha.
Álex Rins Retires from the British GP
Silverstone (UK), 2nd August 2024
Following a strenuous first day back from injury, Álex Rins has decided to sit out the remainder of the Monster Energy British Grand Prix.
After deep reflection and consideration, Álex Rins has decided to retire from the Monster Energy British Grand Prix due to the hand and foot injury he sustained in Round 8, the Dutch GP.
After a few more weeks of rest, the Spanish rider will undergo another check to assess if he can rejoin the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team at the Austrian GP round, held from 16-18 August.
With Rins retiring from the British GP, there is a vacant spot in the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP garage. For logistical reason, Remy Gardner will move from the Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Test Team garage to the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP garage for the remainder of the race weekend. However, Gardner will still be riding for the Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Test Team.
MASSIMO MEREGALLI
Team Director
First of all, I would like to express my sympathies to Álex. Riders are always disappointed when they can’t ride, but perhaps this one is even more frustrating for Álex as the British GP is a very special round. It’s significant for Monster Energy, who sponsor this round, and also for Dorna who are staging the MotoGP 75th Anniversary celebrations. Moreover, Álex really likes Silverstone and has gotten great results here, so it’s definitely a let-down. However, his health and well-being must take priority. We therefore decided that it was not worth it for him to continue the British GP race weekend and hope to have him back in Austria in a better condition.
As of tomorrow, Remy will be operating from the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP garage. However, Remy will still be riding for the Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Test Team for the remainder of the British GP weekend.
ÁLEX RINS
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Rider
After assessing my medical condition with my doctors, we have come to the conclusion that the most responsible thing for me is to skip the remaining part of the British GP.
As you can imagine, I feel sorry for the team and for myself. Every single lap that we have done this season has proven to be useful for the development of the bike and for closing the gap to other manufacturers. But the pain that I‘m feeling and the risk of a bigger injury, along with the medical advice, makes me take this decision.
I hope to be back on track and working again very soon.
(From left) VR46 Racing Team Manager Pablo Nieto, VR46 Racing Team Director Alessio Salucci, Ducati Corse General Manager Gigi Dall'Igna, and Ducati Corse Sporting Director Mauro Grassilli. Photo courtesy Ducati.
VR46 Racing Team set to become Ducati’s MotoGP factory-supported team from 2025
Ducati Corse is pleased to announce that from 2025, the VR46 Racing Team will be Ducati’s MotoGP factory-supported team under a multi-year agreement. The team will field an official Desmosedici GP on track and enjoy full technical and sporting support from the Borgo Panigale-based constructor.
Founded in Tavullia (PU) in 2014 by nine-time World Champion Valentino Rossi, the VR46 Racing Team entered MotoGP in 2021 after years of repeated success in the Moto2 and Moto3 categories. With the Pesaro-based team, Ducati Lenovo Team rider and current reigning MotoGP World Champion Francesco Bagnaia won his first Moto2 World Title in 2018. Additionally, in 2023, VR46 Racing Team rider Marco Bezzecchi finished third in the MotoGP World Championship after fighting for the title for much of the season.
Luigi Dall’Igna (Ducati Corse General Manager):
“From day one, the VR46 Racing Team has shown its ability to work in perfect harmony with Ducati, and in recent years, we achieved important results together. We are happy, therefore, to be able to fortify our relationship further, providing the Pesaro-based team with full factory support starting next season. I am sure that together we can achieve other significant goals! Once again, I would like to thank Valentino, Uccio, Pablo, and all the people working with the team with great passion and dedication.”
Alessio Salucci (Team Director VR46 Racing Team):
“I can only be proud to announce that from the next year the VR46 Racing Team will be the Ducati Factory Supported Team in MotoGP. We will be on track with an official bike and a GP24. If they had said it a few years ago, I wouldn’t have believed it. It’s a truly significant moment for the entire group: having achieved this result in just three years, with a young team, with so many guys with us from Moto3, is something extraordinary. I want to thank all the people who work in the Team, the partners, Ducati and Gigi Dall’Igna for having believed in this project and having today managed to enhance it as it deserves. We have demanding years ahead of us, full of challenges, but we can’t wait to test ourselves and try to achieve ambitious results”.
More, from a press release issued by VR46 Racing Team:
PERTAMINA ENDURO VR46 RACING TEAM AS DUCATI FACTORY SUPPORTED TEAM FROM 2025
The Tavullia team becomes the reference of the factory from Borgo Panigale in MotoGP with an official bike and a Ducati Desmosedici GP24
Tavullia (Italy), August 2nd 2024 – Agreement signed between the Tavullia team and Ducati: three years from its debut in the premier class, the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team becomes, from 2025, with a multi-year contract, the Factory Supported Team of the Borgo Panigale factory.
A choral result of the entire technical crew of the Team VR46 – which in just a few years has become a reference in the Top class – to give new life to a successful Made in Italy synergy. A winning duo since their debut in 2022, which has become increasingly solid, with three victories in 2023 and an important contribution, as a Team in terms of points, to the conquest of the Constructors Championship in the same year.
Shared objectives and boundless passion with a new agreement with significant changes and the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team which becomes Factory Supported Team. In the garage there will be an official bike and a Ducati Desmosedici GP24, together with new Ducati technical staff.
Alessio Salucci, Team Director Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team
“I can only be proud to announce that from the next year the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team will be the Ducati Factory Supported Team in MotoGP. We will be on track with an official bike and a GP24. If they had said it a few years ago, I wouldn’t have believed it. It’s a truly significant moment for the entire group: having achieved this result in just three years, with a young team, with so many guys with us from Moto3, is something extraordinary. I want to thank all the people who work in the Team, the partners, in particular Pertamina Lubricants, Ducati and Gigi Dall’Igna for having believed in this project and having today managed to enhance it as it deserves. We have demanding years ahead of us, full of challenges, but we can’t wait to test ourselves and try to achieve ambitious results”.
Luigi Dall’Igna, Ducati Corse General Manager
“From day one, the VR46 Racing Team has shown its ability to work in perfect harmony with Ducati, and in recent years, we achieved important results together. We are happy, therefore, to be able to fortify our relationship further, providing the Pesaro-based team with full factory support starting next season. I am sure that together we can achieve other significant goals! Once again, I would like to thank Valentino, Uccio, Pablo, and all the people working with the team with great passion and dedication”.
IRTA staff members at the press conference officially inducting the late Mike Trimby into the MotoGP Hall of Fame with Trimby's widow Irene seated front and center. Photo courtesy Dorna.
Mike Trimby named MotoGP™ Legend
Trimby becomes the first non-rider to be inducted in the Hall of Fame, honouring his off-track contributions to the sport
Friday, 02 August 2024
Mike Trimby is now officially a MotoGP™ Legend, having been inducted into the Hall of Fame at the Monster Energy British Grand Prix. Trimby, who sadly passed away in 2023, becomes the first Legend inducted wholly due to their work off-track.
Trimby was the founder and CEO of IRTA, thereby becoming one of the most important figures in the history of motorcycle Grand Prix racing and playing a pivotal role in shaping the sport MotoGP™ has become.
Trimby did begin his career as a rider and mechanic in the 1960s, but soon started to emerge as a key figure off-track and had established himself as such by the late 1970s. In 1982, the riders then officially requested Trimby to act as their representative, something further formalised with the founding of the International Road Racing Teams Association (IRTA) in 1986, with Trimby at the helm.
Advocating for riders and teams, IRTA has remained a pivotal part of the sport. The huge progress in safety made since the organisation was founded is thanks in large part to the work undertaken by Trimby, his wife Irene, and IRTA.
1992 also marked the beginning of the great collaboration between the FIM, IRTA and Dorna Sports, which likewise owes much to the foundations laid by IRTA over the decade before, giving riders and teams a voice at the table.
Tony Congram, speaking on behalf of Irene, Mike’s family and IRTA, said: “Irene has asked me to say a few words on her behalf and that of the Trimby family. Thank you all very much for being here today to witness Mike’s induction into the Legends. Thank you, Carmelo, thank you very much for Mike’s invitation to this very prestigious club, it is unbelievable. Mike and Carmelo as you said have had a very strong relationship over the years and it is a testament to Mike’s memory that you have asked him to become a part of the Legends. It is a very proud moment, an honour for Irene to have Mike’s name alongside all of these incredible riders, past and present, so to be amongst them Irene is very proud and so would Mike be very proud. As you can imagine it is still a very emotional time. On behalf of Irene we would like to thank you for your messages, your emails, and all the forms of communication that Irene has had from all of you, and for your kind words and support in this particularly sad time. Again, thank you, Carmelo, and thank you very much, everybody, thank you.”
(From left) IRTA Security Manager Tony Congram, Irene Trimby, and Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta. Photo courtesy Dorna.
Carmelo Ezpeleta, CEO of Dorna Sports, said: “This is a very special moment for me, as Mike is the first non-rider to be a part of the MotoGP™ Legends. A big reason why MotoGP™ is as it is right now is because of Mike Trimby. I met him many many years ago for the first time when he was representing the riders, even before IRTA, I was the director of the Jarama circuit. I remember well that he arrived on an enduro bike and looked at the paddock and different things and made an incredible effort. To be honest it was considered strange to be representing the riders and it was not really well accepted by the authorities of the paddock. Mike continued doing that and later on, it was growing and growing and with the creation of IRTA he was doing everything to improve the most important thing, the safety of the riders. He was crucial for that and without Mike Trimby I am absolutely sure we would not be as we are right now.
“Later on, when we started in 1991, signing the agreement between IRTA, FIM, Dorna and Two Wheel Promotions, to be honest, Mike was not especially happy at this moment. But working together we achieved what we have achieved right now and for me, it is a very emotional moment, not just as the CEO of Dorna and representing what the Championship thinks but we became very good friends. I was very happy to deal with him, he always had a typical British sense of humour when he was explaining many things to me and, to be honest in the beginning it was very difficult to understand each other but finally we did it. It was a very emotional moment when he left us last year in Misano, it was something that was very strange and right now with Irene here I think it is the proper moment to show everybody how important Mike Trimby was to us. I am extremely happy to announce him as a MotoGP™ Legend because MotoGP™ is as it is right now thanks to Mike Trimby.”
Irene Trimby, the widow of IRTA founder and CEO Mike Trimby, wearing his MotoGP Legends medal. Photo courtesy Dorna.
Mike joins the list of his fellow MotoGP™ Legends in the Hall of Fame: Giacomo Agostini, Hugh Anderson, Hans-Georg Anscheidt, Kork Ballington, Max Biaggi, Alex Crivillé, Mick Doohan, Stefan Dörflinger, Andrea Dovizioso, Geoff Duke, Wayne Gardner, Mike Hailwood, Nicky Hayden, Jorge Lorenzo, Daijiro Kato, Eddie Lawson, Marco Lucchinelli, Randy Mamola, Anton Mang, Jorge ‘Aspar’ Martinez, Angel Nieto, Dani Pedrosa, Wayne Rainey, Phil Read, Jim Redman, Kenny Roberts, Kenny Roberts Jr, Valentino Rossi, Jarno Saarinen, Kevin Schwantz, Barry Sheene, Marco Simoncelli, Freddie Spencer, Casey Stoner, John Surtees, Luigi Taveri, Carlo Ubbiali and Franco Uncini.
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