MotoGP: Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) wins the British Grand Prix and retake the Championship lead.

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Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) became the first man to win four races this season, as the Championship challenger put on a tactical masterclass once again. In a close second but unable to make a last lap lunge was Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP), with early leader Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) completing the podium. As well as the podium finishers, the standings took a shake up as Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) was forced to retire.

It was Rossi who bolted off the line; the nine-time World Champion getting a lightning start from the middle of the front row and disappearing into the distance in the initial stages. Behind the ‘Doctor’, Marquez led a close five rider train with Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda), Viñales, Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team) and Dovizioso on the chase. Marquez suffered a huge moment early on, but the rider from Cervera remained in charge of the chasing pack.

Soon, the Dovizioso struck against Lorenzo and the group began to pull away from the ‘Spartan’, just as Rossi pulled away on his own at the front. The game of high-octane chess continued with the four in line and staying within touching distance of Rossi, until a sudden puff of smoke gave the Championship a serious shake up and Marquez was out of it.

That left four, with Rossi then reeled in and everything looking like it would go down to the wire. And that it did, with Dovizioso able to pounce with three to go and get past his compatriot, swiftly followed by Viñales. The ‘Doctor’ tried to fight back but found the duo able to just stay clear – and the final lap was approaching.

With the concertina effect seeing the Ducati able to pull a gap and then the Yamaha able to close, it was incredibly tight as the two headed around the final 5.9km lap of Silverstone. Having played his hand to perfection, Dovizioso was able to keep the advantage to the line – taking his fourth win of the year. Viñales took second, with Rossi completing the podium. Crutchlow, not quite able to get close enough to make his move, took fourth.

Lorenzo had a great race to cross the line in fifth – and only 3.5 seconds off the race winning time of his teammate. The ‘Spartan’ overcame Johann Zarco (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) in the latter stages to pull a sizeable gap on the Frenchman over the line as he continues to move forward. Zarco took P6, comfortably ahead of a more difficult day at the office for Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team).

Scott Redding (Octo Pramac Racing) showed his home race pace once again to take eighth, with Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) equaling his best rookie result in ninth just behind the Brit. Alvaro Bautista (Pull&Bear Aspar Team), after a more difficult qualifying day, completed the top ten.

Pol Espargaro (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) was hugely impressive once again for KTM, taking P11 after also getting straight through to Q2. Tito Rabat (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) followed him home, with Karel Abraham (Pull&Bear Aspar Team) and Reale Avintia Racing pairing Hector Barbera and Loris Baz locking out the fastest fifteen.

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MotoGP Race Classification 2017.

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	173.7	40’45.496
2	20	25	Maverick VIÑALES	SPA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	173.6	+0.114
3	16	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	173.6	+0.749
4	13	35	Cal CRUTCHLOW	GBR	LCR Honda	Honda	173.5	+1.679
5	11	99	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Ducati Team	Ducati	173.4	+3.508
6	10	5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	173.2	+7.001
7	9	26	Dani PEDROSA	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	172.9	+10.944
8	8	45	Scott REDDING	GBR	OCTO Pramac Racing	Ducati	172.7	+13.627
9	7	42	Alex RINS	SPA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	172.6	+15.661
10	6	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	SPA	Pull&Bear Aspar Team	Ducati	171.9	+25.279
11	5	44	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	171.5	+30.336
12	4	53	Tito RABAT	SPA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	171.4	+31.609
13	3	17	Karel ABRAHAM	CZE	Pull&Bear Aspar Team	Ducati	171.4	+31.945
14	2	8	Hector BARBERA	SPA	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	171.3	+33.567
15	1	76	Loris BAZ	FRA	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	171.3	+33.901
16		43	Jack MILLER	AUS	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	170.7	+43.012
17		38	Bradley SMITH	GBR	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	170.3	+48.683
Not Classified
		41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	171.8	2 Laps
		9	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	OCTO Pramac Racing	Ducati	171.8	3 Laps
		29	Andrea IANNONE	ITA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	171.8	3 Laps
		93	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	173.6	7 Laps
		22	Sam LOWES	GBR	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	169.6	15 Laps

MotoGP World Standing 2017.

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	Ducati	ITA	183
2	Marc MARQUEZ	Honda	SPA	174
3	Maverick VIÑALES	Yamaha	SPA	170
4	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	ITA	157
5	Dani PEDROSA	Honda	SPA	148
6	Johann ZARCO	Yamaha	FRA	109
7	Jorge LORENZO	Ducati	SPA	90
8	Cal CRUTCHLOW	Honda	GBR	89
9	Jonas FOLGER	Yamaha	GER	77
10	Danilo PETRUCCI	Ducati	ITA	75
11	Alvaro BAUTISTA	Ducati	SPA	58
12	Scott REDDING	Ducati	GBR	45
13	Aleix ESPARGARO	Aprilia	SPA	43
14	Jack MILLER	Honda	AUS	43
15	Loris BAZ	Ducati	FRA	39
16	Andrea IANNONE	Suzuki	ITA	33
17	Karel ABRAHAM	Ducati	CZE	28
18	Tito RABAT	Honda	SPA	27
19	Pol ESPARGARO	KTM	SPA	26
20	Hector BARBERA	Ducati	SPA	23
21	Alex RINS	Suzuki	SPA	19
22	Bradley SMITH	KTM	GBR	8
23	Michele PIRRO	Ducati	ITA	7
24	Mika KALLIO	KTM	FIN	6
25	Sam LOWES	Aprilia	GBR	2
26	Sylvain GUINTOLI	Suzuki	FRA	1
27	Takuya TSUDA	Suzuki	JPN

Credits : Photos and content courtesy of motoGP.com

MotoGP: Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) wins the British Grand Prix and retake the Championship lead.

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MotoGP World Standing 2017.

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