2023-08-05 14:41:09
Gresini driver Alex Marquez won the 10-lap British GP sprint race after the rain, making him the fifth driver to win the sprint race this season; Francesco Bagnaia, who started fourth, had a serious disorder and only finished 14th. This allowed Marco Bezzecchi, who finished second, to close the points gap.
Qualifying practice: A. Espargaro sets the fastest lap Yamaha, Honda are still wiped out
In order for the drivers to get familiar with the track and obtain enough data to develop a strategy for the competition week, MotoGP arranges three practice sessions on Friday morning, afternoon and Saturday morning during the competition week, of which the 60-minute session on Friday afternoon is changed after the rules of the summer vacation The top ten drivers with lap times can directly advance to the “Qualifying Practice” of Q2 qualifying.
Although Silverstone is famous for its changeable weather, the track was in a cloudy and rainless environment on Friday, which made the first qualifying practice counting mode still a three-point situation for Ducati, KTM and Aprilia. Among them, Aprilia relied on the main driver A. Espargaro to win the fastest lap with a big gap of 0.671 seconds, and the combined gap between Martin, Binder, Vinales, Zarco, Bagnaia and other advanced drivers was within 0.5 seconds.
Yamaha and Honda, the two Japanese car manufacturers who were struggling in the first half of the season, did not have a driver to directly guarantee Q2. Yamaha ranked 11th in Quartararo as the best. . Marquez’s No. 13 topped the list.
Qualifying: Bezzecchi takes the pole position in the wind and rain, Quartararo accidentally hangs the tail
The qualifying session on Saturday at 10:50 track time is divided into two sessions. Q1 lasts 15 minutes, and 12 drivers after Quartararo, who is 11th in qualifying practice, will participate, and the top two drivers will advance.
Silverstone was in a strong windy and wet environment on Saturday as the weather forecast, which made the race difficult from the start. The most surprising thing is that Quartararo took the very unsatisfactory last place in this rainy race. Close, and watch teammate Morbidelli, who will leave the team at the end of the season, and A. Fernandez, who beat M. Marquez and Bastianini, advance to Q2.
In the same 15-minute Q2, a total of 12 drivers will participate in the qualifying practice, including the top ten drivers and Q1 promotion drivers, and determine the arrangement of the starting pole position and the top 12 starting positions for the two rounds of races. Although Miller, who has experience in rain battles, took the lead in the start of Q2, the Ducati camp caught up in the second half, and Bezzecchi broke Miller’s record at the last 3 minutes.
Although Bezzecchi, who wanted to continue to refresh the lap, turned over, Bezzecchi still managed to keep the pole position and shared the first row with Miller and A. Marquez.
Sprint: A. Marquez joins Sprint Championship club
The sprint race scheduled to be held on Saturday at 15:00 track time is 10 laps, and annual points will be awarded to the top nine finishers. Although the Silverstone circuit was still in a cold environment with a temperature of 16 degrees Celsius and a track temperature of 22 degrees Celsius during the warm-up lap, rain tires were required, but the rain has stopped and the track may appear completely dry. , each team prepares a racing car with slick tires in the maintenance area for drivers to return and replace at any time.
After the start of the race, although the top three positions did not change when they entered Turn 1, Miller quickly took the lead, Martin advanced to third, A. Fernandez fourth, A. Marquez fell to fifth, and Bagnaia also fell to Ninth, and then fell out of the top ten. Although Martin actively launched an offensive when entering the fourth time period, Miller still maintained the lead after the opening lap.
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