Here are the five main talking point after the Silverstone race
MotoGP’s 10th round of the season following a second three-week break this summer was a celebration of the series’ 75-year history.
Ducati locked out the podium for the seventh race in a row, setting a new record, while Desmosedicis occupied the top five spots in the grand prix classification. Starting on the front row ultimately kept the #23 in play in those early laps where he isn’t so explosive. He passed Martin on lap six of the sprint to claim his first Saturday win, and did the same in the grand prix on the penultimate tour after Martin ran wide at Turn 3 before easing away to the chequered flag by 1.931s.
Leading by 10 points coming to Silverstone, Bagnaia was in strong form throughout practice and would have put in a good fight for pole had a sponsor sticker not worked itself loose on his visor and obscured his vision as he started his last flying lap. A moment on the front at Luffield cleared the way for Bastianini to overtake him for second on lap 14, and from then self-preservation kicked in for Bagnaia after what happened in the sprint.
Third in the sprint was a solid return for Espargaro has he elected to go against the grain and run the hard front tyre as a test for the grand prix. That proved to be a prescient move as it turned out to be “the solution” to Espargaro coming away with a best of sixth on Sunday having run inside the podium battle early on.
“But in terms of managing the rear tyre, there was nothing I could do. It was very frustrating to see one and another one overtake me, going away and nothing I could really do. I tried my best with the electronics, going up and down on the TC but there was nothing more I could do.” But Aprilia must also try to develop its current bike with three of its riders set to leave with a lot of its secrets for rival marques in 2025, with Espargaro joining Honda as a test rider, Vinales signing for KTM to race and Oliveira likely taking a Yamaha at Pramac.Marc Marquez’s performances on the GP23 at Gresini so far this year have been such that it’s easy to forget the British GP was just his 10th round on the bike.
While he admits he was “in delay” all weekend in terms of finding his pace, he is now conceding that the 2024 Ducati is a step ahead of the GP23 “at some tracks” - with Silverstone being one of those. And even when he can get to the level he needs to fight for podiums, it’s “on the limit” relative to his factory Ducati counterparts.
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