ROUND 12 / AUGUST 5-7, 2022
SILVERSTONE CIRCUIT / TOWCESTER, UK
P66
MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Bagnaia, meanwhile, kept his
nose clean in third as Rins tried
and failed to make a break for it as
Quartararo swept into the long-lap
penalty lane to take his punish-
ment for barging into Aleix Espar-
garo (Aprilia Racing) at the previ-
ous round at Assen. Quartararo
would eventually drop back down
to eighth at the flag, citing an over-
heating rear tire as the cause.
By lap eight, Bagnaia had dived
underneath Miller and set about
chasing down Rins for the lead,
a feat he accomplished on lap
12. By this stage, the man on the
charge was Aprilia's Maverick
Vinales, the Spaniard moving
MYOWNRACE
63 FRANCESCO BAGNAIA
1ST MOTOGP
"I didn't expect to win today," Bagnaia
said. "Un l yesterday, I would have been
happy with a top-five result. We decided
to race with a medium-front re because
we weren't sure if the so could hold up
to the end, and, at first, I wasn't happy
with that decision. In the race, though,
it turned out to be the right choice
because, in the end it allowed me to be
fast, even though the rear re was worn.
I want to thank my team because I was
struggling a lot, and thanks to their sup-
port, I was able to win this, which is one
of the best of my career."
20 FABIO QUARTARARO
8TH MOTOGP
"I'm not happy about my race," Quar-
tararo said. "I was just suffering so much.
I wasn't having fun. With that medium
rear re, we struggled so much. A er the
long-lap penalty, I was behind four riders
and the rear re overheated. There was
no more performance, and the re drops
much quicker. So, at that moment our
race was gone. I was suffering. I was suf-
fering from this lap to the end."
(Above) Quartararo never recovered
from the long-lap penalty, his tire
temperature soaring in the chasing
pack. (Right) Rins (42) led early but a
fading tire dropped him down the order.
