Francesco Bagnaia held off a late challenge from Maverick Vinales to claim his second MotoGP win in succession, while Fabio Quartararo had a disaster for Yamaha, finishing eighth.
With Aleix Espargaro a doubt for today’s British MotoGP at Silverstone, Aprilia’s hopes could rest largely on the shoulders of Maverick Vinales, not just for the win, but to take points off championship leader Fabio Quartararo.
Despite leaving Ducati for KTM at the end of the current MotoGP season, Jack Miller is still getting his hands on Ducati’s very latest aero innovations even if ‘it’s definitely not the easiest thing on the eye’.
Aprilia and Ducati continued their Silverstone domination by claiming five of the top six positions, but here’s why some of the biggest names still managed to shock us during qualifying for the British MotoGP.
Johann Zarco will start the British MotoGP from pole after setting a new all-time lap record at Silverstone. Aleix Espargaro sixth after heroic effort.
Fabio Quartararo gets the better of his main title rivals after setting the only sub 1m 59s lap of the day during FP2 for the British MotoGP at Silverstone.
Johann Zarco bounced back from an early crash at turn seven to top the opening British MotoGP practice session ahead of Francesco Bagnaia, who also crashed at turn four.
MotoGP series leader Fabio Quartararo is aiming for a second consecutive Silverstone win despite needing to serve a Long Lap penalty in Sunday’s race which has only fuelled the Frenchman’s fire.
Aprilia’s rise from MotoGP strugglers to title contenders, team continuity being integral to success and the talent of Maverick Vinales - Sam Lowes shares his thoughts on his former team.
While the summer break might have come at the right time for some, there are several MotoGP riders who will be facing a crucial second half to the year, whether that’s in regards to keeping their seat or setting themselves up for a better 2023 season.
‘If I have the chance I will do it’ - Maverick Vinales admits he’s prepared to sacrifice his own result if it means helping Aleix Espargaro win the 2022 MotoGP World Championship.
Aprilia team-mates Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales both featured in the Sachsenring podium battle, but were blighted by very different technical issues in Sunday’s German MotoGP.
Fabio Quartararo ‘best’ victory, another Francesco Bagnaia fall, Johann Zarco top Ducati, a bittersweet race for Aprilia and Honda’s Sachsenring woes all feature on this week’s Crash.net MotoGP podcast featuring Keith Huewen.
The chance to fight for a MotoGP title after spending most of his career outside of the championship top ten may explain Aleix Espargaro’s ‘very strange’ reaction to the last-lap mistake in Barcelona.
Aprilia’s rivals were lining up to praise the low grip performance of the RS-GP after Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales topped Friday practice for the Catalunya MotoGP.
Fabio Quartararo has blamed ‘low grip’ conditions for his disappointing day-one performance at the Catalan MotoGP, while also claiming “had the race been today, we would have been in damage limitation.”