British MotoGP: Bagnaia wins to reignite title fight

    Vinales and Miller completed the podium, with just 0.614 seconds covering the top three.

    Published On Aug 08, 2022 01:24:00 PM

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    2022 MotoGP British Grand Prix Francesco Bagnaia
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    Francesco Bagnaia continues clawing his way back into championship contention after winning the British GP. There was a gap of only 0.614 secs between the three podium finishers after 20 laps of racing at Silverstone, with Maverick Vinales and Jack Miller taking second and third places, respectively.

    • Bagnaia continues his race win streak
    • Pole-sitter Zarco out on lap 12
    • Quartararo leads championship by 22 points

    Double podium for Ducati

    Polesitter Johann Zarco had a good shot at finally clinching his maiden MotoGP victory. But chances of that were washed away when he crashed on lap 5.

    Bagnaia took the lead from Alex Rins on lap 12 and Miller made it a Ducati factory top two on lap 14. But Vinales overtook Rins on lap 17 and Miller on lap 18 to secure second place. The Aprilia Racing rider made a last attempt for the win on the penultimate lap but could not make the move last for long and had to settle for second.

    With this, Bagnaia is now 49 points behind reigning world champion and current championship leader Fabio Quartararo. The Ducati rider has now scored four wins in the last seven races, but he's faced a challenging time with retirements in the remaining three.

    Quartararo eighth after long-lap penalty

    Gresini Racing's Enea Bastianini was fourth, followed by Pramac's Jorge Martin, KTM's Miguel Oliveira and Suzuki's Alex Rins. Quartararo had to serve a long-lap penalty in Silverstone, handed to him after he collided with chief title rival Aleix Espargaro in Assen, but managed to finish eighth, just ahead of the latter. 

    Marco Bezzecchi completed the top 10 for Mooney VR46 Racing Team.

    2022 MotoGP Championship standings

    Quartararo still leads the championship by 22 points from Espargaro. Bagnaia has worked back to keep himself in title contention with a string of race wins recently. He's now 27 points behind Espargaro and 49 points behind Quartararo.

    2022 British MotoGP results

    2022 British GP results
    PosRiderTeam
    1Francesco BagnaiaDucati
    2Maverick VinalesAprilia
    3Jack MillerDucati
    4Enea BastianiniGresini Racing
    5Jorge MartinPramac
    6Miguel OliveiraKTM
    7Alex RinsSuzuki
    8Fabio QuartararoYamaha
    9Aleix EspargaroAprilia
    10Marco BezzecchiMooney VR46 Racing
    11Brad BinderKTM
    12Luca MariniMooney VR46 Racing
    13Takaaki NakagamiLCR Honda
    14Pol EspargaroRepsol Honda
    15Franco MorbidelliYamaha
    16Andrea DoviziosoWithU Yamaha RNF
    17Alex MarquezLCR Honda
    18Remy GardnerTech3 KTM
    19Stefan BradlRepsol Honda
    20Darryn BinderWithU Yamaha RNF
    21Raul FernandezTech3 KTM
    22Fabio Di GinnantonioGresini Racing
    NCJoan MirSuzuki
    NCJohann ZarcoPramac

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