Bezzecchi claims British GP no one wanted to win

In a British Grand Prix that saw leaders crash and crawl out of contention, Marco Bezzecchi emerged victorious.

Across 19 wild laps Bezzecchi remained calm to get a first win in Aprilia colours and be the 11th different winner in 11 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

Johann Zarco backed his famous French win with a second place as Marc Marquez extended his championship lead by being third, but that was only after a very eventful ride to get there.

Despite both Marquez brothers crashing in the first two laps, a red flag waved on Lap 2 for an oil spillage ensured they escaped jail and rejoined the race.

It then appeared destined to go to Fabio Quartararo, who had not won in almost three years, but he was reduced to tears after his Yamaha let him down.

This left Bezzecchi in control and this time there was no bad luck stopping the Italian from riding into victory lane.

Australia’s Jack Miller soared to as high as second on a soft front tyre, but drifted to seventh in the end.

At the first attempt of racing, Alex Marquez got the best launch but he did not get to enjoy it for a single corner.

As soon as he grabbed the front brake, Alex lost control of his Gresini Ducati and fell hard at Abbey.

With his brother and championship rival out at the earliest possible moment, Marc Marquez went about cementing the advantage.

The drama left Marc Marquez and Quartararo dice for the lead and the factory Ducati won it comfortably in the winding run down to Village.

The #93 not only won the battle convincingly, but built an advantage as Aussie Jack Miller made a big and successful dive for fifth on Marini at Vale.

But the drama was far from over as Franco Morbidelli and Aleix Espargaro came together at the same corner and spilled the oil that brought the race to a halt.

But this call was not before Marc Marquez crashed all on his own in the lead going through Maggots and Becketts.

After everyone caught their breath and reset, a second attempt at racing proved successful, but not without more intrigue.

Bagnaia had a flying start to soar into the lead at Turn 1, only for Quartararo to hit back at Farm and put the Yamaha back into P1 and he checked out.

Meanwhile, the Marquez brothers were going backwards after they slow start and they had a fast Australian for company.

Miller was speedy on the soft front tyre and after flying to fourth on the opening lap, he caught Marc Marque napping at Village.

Then the next factory Ducati was in the Australian’s sights and he came from nowhere at Brooklands to steal second from Bagnaia.

A lap later the two factory Ducatis were not even in the podium picture as Marc Marquez followed Bagnaia off the track at Copse.

Marc Marquez then found himself just inside the top 10, while Bagnaia was suddenly out of the race for good after falling at Luffield.

As Quartararo was riding more than 5s into the distance, Miller was also looking good for a fairytale podium as well.

But soon his grip on the soft front tyre was running out and on Lap 6 he slipped from second to fourth in one corner as both Bezzecchi and Zarco shot by.

Marc Marquez found his groove again as the race reached the halfway mark and importantly snared sixth from his brother Alex on Lap 9.

A lap later the #93 also pushed Miller out of the top five at the high-speed Maggots.

After 11 laps Quartararo looked on course for a stunning win, but it was robbed.

The #20 Yamaha suddenly slowed coming out of Brooklands as the Frenchman crawled to a halt on pit straight.

Having not won in three painful years, Quartararo was on his knees in tears behind the bike that let him down.

This pushed Bezzecchi into the lead by 3s over Zarco and Marc Marquez, who found himself back on the podium ahead of Miller and Morbidelli.

Despite losing fourth to Morbidelli, the Australian put up a valiant fight with Alex Marquez in the final laps.

However, it was only a matter of time before the Gresini rider got by as the Aussie ended up dropping to ninth.

But Alex was on the move as the Marquez brothers ganged up on Morbidelli.

The trio put on a grand show in a fight for third that was not decided until the final corner where the #93 did just enough to hold on by nothing over Morbidelli and Alex.

Next up is the Aragon Grand Prix on June 6-8.

British MotoGP results

Pos	Rider	Nat	Team
1	Marco Bezzecchi	ITA	Aprilia Factory (RS-GP25)
2	Johann Zarco	FRA	Castrol Honda LCR (RC213V)
3	Marc Marquez	SPA	Ducati Lenovo (GP25)
4	Franco Morbidelli	ITA	Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP24)
5	Alex Marquez	SPA	BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)
6	Pedro Acosta	SPA	Red Bull KTM (RC16)
7	Jack Miller	AUS	Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)
8	Luca Marini	ITA	Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V)
9	Fermin Aldeguer	SPA	BK8 Gresini Ducati (GP24)
10	Fabio Di Giannantonio	ITA	Pertamina VR46 Ducati (GP25)
11	Joan Mir	SPA	Honda HRC Castrol (RC213V)
12	Maverick Viñales	SPA	Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)
13	Raul Fernandez	SPA	Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP25)
14	Brad Binder	RSA	Red Bull KTM (RC16)
15	Alex Rins	SPA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)
16	Miguel Oliveira	POR	Pramac Yamaha (YZR-M1)
17	Enea Bastianini	ITA	Red Bull KTM Tech3 (RC16)
18	Lorenzo Savadori	ITA	Aprilia Factory (RS-GP25)
19	Somkiat Chantra	THA	Idemitsu Honda LCR (RC213V)
	Fabio Quartararo	FRA	Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1)
	Francesco Bagnaia	ITA	Ducati Lenovo (GP25)
	Aleix Espargaro	SPA	HRC Test Team (RC213V)

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