A grueling weekend in the UK concluded with just two points for the Repsol Honda Team as Pol Espargaro and Stefan Bradl endure another difficult race.

Near perfect conditions continued to grace Silverstone on Sunday as race day dawned. A fast crash at Turn 4 during Warm Up for Pol Espargaro made for a busy midday for the Repsol Honda Team mechanics. Impeccable teamwork saw the #44 head into the race with both bikes prepared. Unfortunately, a slow start to the race saw Espargaro immediately drop out of contention for any major points, his pace improving dramatically in the second half of the race. Crossing the line in 14th, his race time was some five seconds faster than the previous year.

Stefan Bradl was left to rue yet more bad luck. Starting from 21st instead of 18th due to a penalty made for a complicated start to the race for the German. Then, during the race, he was handed a long lap penalty for a shortcut. The German was able to take the chequered flag in 19th position and gain more race experience.

In Japan, Team HRC celebrated a dominant victory at the Iconic Suzuka 8 Hours with Tetsuta Nagashima, Iker Lecuona and Takumi Takahashi at the helm of the Honda CBR1000RR-R. This returns Honda to the top step of the podium for the first time since 2014.

Pol Espargaro

14th

“The summary is that we have had a complicated weekend. We really struggled in the first laps and that’s where we lost contact because at the end of the race our speed was not so bad. The pace was decent but I was 21st on the first lap and I made my way up into the points, you can’t expect much more when you start so far back. It was good to complete a race after missing two and the summer. In Austria I will be stronger and we will be aiming for a higher finish.”

Stefan Bradl

19th

“We have been unlucky this whole weekend, we had the penalty yesterday which made the race difficult. I was fighting with Dovi and I had to take the shortcut as we were fighting, then I tried to overtake but there was a yellow flag. I got another penalty for the shortcut which dropped us back more. We made a bit of a risk with the tyre choice which I think could have helped us without the bad luck. The positive point is that we have shown speed during the weekend as my pace is improving, it’s motivating for the next race.”

MotoGP 2022
Race Round 12   Great Britain

British Grand Prix - Race Results

Dry
Humidity
46%
Track Temp
43°C
Air Temp
22°C
Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor Time/Gap
1 Bagnaia Francesco 62 ITA 25 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 40'10.260
2 Vinales Maverick 12 SPA 20 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 0.426
3 Miller Jack 43 AUS 16 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 0.614
4 Bastianini Enea 23 ITA 13 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 1.651
5 Martin Jorge 89 SPA 11 Pramac Racing Ducati 1.750
6 Oliveira Miguel 88 POR 10 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 2.727
7 Rins Alex 42 SPA 9 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 3.021
8 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA 8 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 3.819
9 Espargaro Aleix 41 SPA 7 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 3.958
10 Bezzecchi Marco 73 ITA 6 Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 6.646
11 Binder Brad 33 RSA 5 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 7.730
12 Marini Luca 10 ITA 4 Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati 13.439
13 Nakagami Takaaki 30 JPN 3 LCR Honda Honda 13.706
14 Espargaro Pol 44 SPA 2 Repsol Honda Team Honda 13.906
15 Morbidelli Franco 21 ITA 1 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 16.359
16 Dovizioso Andrea 4 ITA 0 WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team Yamaha 20.805
17 Marquez Alex 73 SPA 0 LCR Honda Honda 21.099
18 Gardner Remy AUS 0 24.579
19 Bradl Stefan 6 GER 0 HRC Test Team Honda 28.773
20 Binder Darryn 40 RSA 0 WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team Yamaha 33.653
21 Fernandez Raul SPA 0 35.601
22 Di Giannantonio Fabio 49 ITA 0 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 36.460
23 Mir Joan 36 SPA DNF Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki DNF
24 Zarco Johann 5 FRA DNF Pramac Racing Ducati DNF
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Rider standings

Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor
1 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA 180 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha
2 Espargaro Aleix 41 SPA 158 Aprilia Racing Aprilia
3 Bagnaia Francesco 62 ITA 131 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati
4 Bastianini Enea 23 ITA 118 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati
5 Zarco Johann 5 FRA 114 Pramac Racing Ducati
6 Miller Jack 43 AUS 107 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati
7 Binder Brad 33 RSA 98 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM
8 Rins Alex 42 SPA 84 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki
9 Vinales Maverick 12 SPA 82 Aprilia Racing Aprilia
10 Oliveira Miguel 88 POR 81 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM
11 Martin Jorge 89 SPA 81 Pramac Racing Ducati
12 Mir Joan 36 SPA 77 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki
13 Bezzecchi Marco 73 ITA 61 Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati
14 Marquez Marc 93 SPA 60 Repsol Honda Team Honda
15 Marini Luca 10 ITA 56 Mooney VR46 Racing Team Ducati
16 Nakagami Takaaki 30 JPN 45 LCR Honda Honda
17 Espargaro Pol 44 SPA 42 Repsol Honda Team Honda
18 Marquez Alex 73 SPA 27 LCR Honda Honda
19 Morbidelli Franco 21 ITA 26 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha
20 Di Giannantonio Fabio 49 ITA 18 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati
21 Binder Darryn 40 RSA 10 WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team Yamaha
22 Dovizioso Andrea 4 ITA 10 WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team Yamaha
23 Gardner Remy AUS 9
24 Fernandez Raul SPA 5
25 Pirro Michele ITA 0
26 Bradl Stefan 6 GER 0 HRC Test Team Honda
27 Savadori Lorenzo 32 ITA 0 Aprilia Racing Test Team Aprilia
Location Information

The Silverstone Circuit is long, fast and flowing, with a lot of fast changes of direction and a mixture of corners: the stadium section from Abbey through the Loop to Aintree is tight and technical, Woodcote and Copse are long and fast, the Maggotts/Becketts complex a bit of both. It… read more.

Length 5.900 kilometres / 3.666 miles
Width 17 metres
Left corners 8
Right corners 10
Longest straight 0.770 kilometres / 0.478 miles
Constructed 1948
Modified 2011

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Records

Pole Position 1m 57.767s (180.3 km/h) Johann Zarco (Ducati, 2022)
Race Lap 1m 59.346s (177.9 km/h) Alex Rins (Suzuki, 2022)
Race Time 40m 10.260s (176.2 km/h) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati, 2022)
2023 Race Winner Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia)
2023 Sprint Winner Alex Marquez (Ducati)