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the start. He lost the rear, and
his bike slid straight under the
wheels of third-row starter An-
drea Dovizioso, whose Mission
Winnow Ducati looped spec-
tacularly and caught fire as the
riders tumbled through the run-
off. Both were lucky to escape
serious injury.
longest track of the year. It was
a second win of the year for
Rins, but his first in a straight
fight with Marquez.
A sun-baked and resurfaced
Silverstone made up for last
year's flood-canceled debacle
for some 50,000 fans, with a
race full of tension, although de-
pleted by a first-corner crash that
took out two important players.
Star-studded rookie Fabio
Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha),
leading the second row of the
grid, was bamboozled by the
lack of traction control when
tackling the usually third-gear
first corner in second after
Alex Rins (42) hooked the Suzuki
up like a rifle and shot to the
line, stealing the win from
Marc Marquez (93) at the death.
It seems like Silverstone is just made for incredible finishes, and
Alex Rins made sure we got one in this year's MotoGP thriller
