MotoGP™ – Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) ousts Marquez by 0.013 to win dramatic British GP.

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Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) claimed a sensational victory at the GoPro British Grand Prix as he and Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) treated us to a phenomenal MotoGP™ race, the Suzuki man eventually beating the Honda rider to the line in a stunning finish. Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) picked up P3 but there was drama at the first turn involving Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha SRT) and Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team).

Silverstone was set for a barnstormer, but nobody saw what was coming at the first corner. The lights went out and heading into Copse for the first time, Quartararo’s back end slipped round as the Frenchman reacted to Rins getting out of shape in front of him. Quartararo crashed and unable to take avoiding action, Dovizioso collided with the stricken Petronas Yamaha as two leading race contenders crashed out on Lap 1. Dovi headed to the medical centre for a checkup after landing heavily and was later transported to Coventry hospital, confirmation that Dovi has no broken bones, but he needs further checks after taking a big knock to the head.

Meanwhile, Marquez had got away well from pole and was leading the race from second place Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP), with Rins third. The latter didn’t take much time to pass ‘The Doctor’ though and the number 42 slipped into second, with himself and Marquez slowly edging clear of Rossi in third. On Lap 4, the leading duo were over a second clear, with the gap to Rossi stretching lap by lap as Viñales smelt blood on his teammate. Lap 6 ticked by and Viñales pounced, passing Rossi down the Hanger Straight but at this point, Marquez and Rins were over two seconds up the road.

Rins was locked onto the tailpipes of Marquez. Sector 1 and 3 looked like the areas where Rins had an edge on the number 93 and on Lap 8, the Suzuki was leading. Coming up the hill from Copse, Marquez sat up slightly to seemingly tell Rins: ‘go on then, you can lead for a bit.’ That didn’t last long however, Rins was wide at Stowe corner and it was Marquez who had the baton once more. There was nothing to separate the pair, with Viñales flirting around the 1.5/2 second margin behind.

With four laps remaining, an error. On the exit of the Vale chicane, Rins was out the seat. This dropped Rins 0.6 back to give Marquez some breathing space but would it be the turning point of the Grand Prix? No. Rins reeled in Marquez by the end of the lap as we set ourselves for a tense final three laps. In the meantime, Viñales was still hovering at 1.5 seconds back.

On the penultimate lap, Rins made a move stick. A unique one too, the GSX-RR dived under the RC213V at Turn 15 but immediately, on the Wellington Straight, Marquez blasted back past. Last lap time, nothing between them. But a Yamaha rider was now just 0.5 back from Rins – surely Viñales couldn’t claw this back? A little further down the road, Marquez was on the defensive. Heading into Sector 3 – a place Rins had been strong all race – the Repsol Honda was holding the tight line. No way through at The Loop for Rins, but would Marquez’ run onto the straight be hampered? Seemingly not. Marquez held it into Brooklands – the last real overtaking spot – but Rins was strong round Luffield and through Woodcote. The lap previous saw Rins get alongside Marquez round the outside at the finish line – Roberts and Sheene esque from 1979 – but was ran wide. At the final corner, Marquez knew Rins had the advantage and tried to cover it off. The Repsol Honda had a slight twitch on the rear as Rins took a wide, sweeping line on his Suzuki and spectacularly won the race to the line to win by just 0.013! Later on, Rins revealed he thought it was the last lap on the penultimate lap.

Viñales was close, but not close enough to challenge in third. Rossi’s dreams of a return to winning ways faded as the race went on but nevertheless, ‘The Doctor’ will take the positives from another P4. Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha SRT) had his mentor in sight but couldn’t quite hunt him down, a top-five for the Italian equals his best MotoGP™ result. Home hero Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) takes a P6 away from Silverstone after starting from ninth, the Coventry-born rider held off a late charge from Danilo Petrucci (Ducati Team) and close friend Jack Miller (Pramac Racing). The Ducatis finished seventh and eighth respectively, as Pol Espargaro (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) had the trio in his sights to land KTM a top 10. And completing the top 10 was Aprilia Racing Team Gresini’s Andrea Iannone – the Italian claiming his best result on board an RS-GP.

Johann Zarco (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and Miguel Olveira (Red Bull KTM Tech 3) crashed out at The Loop with 12 to go, with Aleix Esparagro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) the other non-finisher.

A dramatic British GP ends with Rins on top of the world once more. 40 years on, the Suzuki man was able to do what MotoGP™ Legend Sheene couldn’t – pass a reigning World Champion at Woodcote to win at Silverstone. However, Marquez now sits 78 points clear in the Championship standings with Dovizioso’s early exit as we look ahead to San Marino.

Top 10:
1. Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar)
2. Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) + 0.013
3. Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) + 0.620
4. Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) + 11.439
5. Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha SRT) + 13.109
6. Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) + 19.169
7. Danilo Petrucci (Ducati Team) + 19.682
8. Jack Miller (Pramac Racing) + 20.318
9. Pol Espargaro (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) + 21.079
10. Andrea Iannone (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) + 25.144.

GoPro BRITISH GRAND PRIX

MotoGP Race Classification 2019.

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	42	Alex RINS	SPA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	176.0	40’12.799
2	20	93	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	176.0	+0.013
3	16	12	Maverick VIÑALES	SPA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	176.0	+0.620
4	13	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	175.2	+11.439
5	11	21	Franco MORBIDELLI	ITA	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	175.1	+13.109
6	10	35	Cal CRUTCHLOW	GBR	LCR Honda CASTROL	Honda	174.6	+19.169
7	9	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	174.6	+19.682
8	8	43	Jack MILLER	AUS	Pramac Racing	Ducati	174.5	+20.318
9	7	44	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	174.5	+21.079
10	6	29	Andrea IANNONE	ITA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	174.2	+25.144
11	5	63	Francesco BAGNAIA	ITA	Pramac Racing	Ducati	173.1	+40.317
12	4	50	Sylvain GUINTOLI	FRA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	172.8	+45.478
13	3	55	Hafizh SYAHRIN	MAL	Red Bull KTM Tech 3	KTM	172.1	+54.783
14	2	99	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	172.0	+56.651
15	1	17	Karel ABRAHAM	CZE	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	169.7	+1’29.282
16		53	Tito RABAT	SPA	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	169.6	+1’31.716
17		30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	LCR Honda IDEMITSU	Honda	169.0	+1’40.420
Not Classified
		41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	171.7	1 Lap
		88	Miguel OLIVEIRA	POR	Red Bull KTM Tech 3	KTM	173.7	12 Laps
		5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	173.6	12 Laps
Not Finished 1st Lap
		20	Fabio QUARTARARO	FRA	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha		0 Lap
		4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati		0 Lap

MotoGP World Standing 2019.

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Marc MARQUEZ	Honda	SPA	250
2	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	Ducati	ITA	172
3	Alex RINS	Suzuki	SPA	149
4	Danilo PETRUCCI	Ducati	ITA	145
5	Maverick VIÑALES	Yamaha	SPA	118
6	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	ITA	116
7	Jack MILLER	Ducati	AUS	94
8	Fabio QUARTARARO	Yamaha	FRA	92
9	Cal CRUTCHLOW	Honda	GBR	88
10	Franco MORBIDELLI	Yamaha	ITA	69
11	Pol ESPARGARO	KTM	SPA	68
12	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Honda	JPN	62
13	Joan MIR	Suzuki	SPA	39
14	Aleix ESPARGARO	Aprilia	SPA	33
15	Francesco BAGNAIA	Ducati	ITA	29
16	Andrea IANNONE	Aprilia	ITA	27
17	Miguel OLIVEIRA	KTM	POR	26
18	Johann ZARCO	KTM	FRA	22
19	Jorge LORENZO	Honda	SPA	21
20	Stefan BRADL	Honda	GER	16
21	Tito RABAT	Ducati	SPA	14
22	Michele PIRRO	Ducati	ITA	9
23	Sylvain GUINTOLI	Suzuki	FRA	7
24	Hafizh SYAHRIN	KTM	MAL	6
25	Karel ABRAHAM	Ducati	CZE	5
26	Bradley SMITH	Aprilia	GBR

Credits : Photos and content courtesy of Dorna WSBK Organization Srl

MotoGP™ – Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) ousts Marquez by 0.013 to win dramatic British GP.

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GoPro BRITISH GRAND PRIX

MotoGP World Standing 2019.

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