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ROUND 10 / AUGUST 2-4, 2024 SILVERSTONE / TOWCESTER, UNITED KINGDOM ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P70 victory at Silverstone. Martin's second-place finish brought him within one point of Bagnaia in the championship, with Bastiani- ni now third. Binder narrowly beat Acosta for fourth place, with Marc's brother, Alex Marquez, finishing sixth. The battle for seventh saw Jack Miller (Red Bull KTM Fac - tory Racing) finish just ahead of Maverick Vinales (Aprilia Rac- onship standings. This allowed Bastianini to close in on Martin, eventually overtaking him on lap six and maintaining his lead with consistent lap times under 1:58. In the latter stages, Marquez crashed at turn 16, leaving the fight for fourth place to Binder and Acosta. Bastianini extended his lead to one second by the final lap, securing his first Sprint BAGNAIA SLAMS QUALIFYING ANTICS Pecco Bagnaia spoke out against what he believed were "ridiculous" antics in qualifying, where a high number of riders were dawdling on track, awaiting a tow in the closing minutes. It was, he felt, unprofes- sional of riders of their standing and set a poor example for the ju- nior classes. "The Stewards need to be more focused about the important things, and less focused about the things that don't mat- ter," he said later in the day. "We are at the top of our sport. We are the fastest riders in the world. Our speed is great alone. I don't un- derstand why some riders need a tow. These kinds of things remove your focus on the performance. Moto3 riders with four minutes to go, six riders did the lap time, because a tow is more important than—I don't know—and right now, they can do it because they have us as an example." RINS WITHDRAWS Alex Rins pulled out of the Brit- ish Grand Prix on Friday despite returning from a hand and foot injury, sustained in a huge turn- one crash at the Dutch TT. Rins confirmed he broke four bones in his right foot as well as the radius and ulna bones in his right arm. BAGNAIA'S SUZUKA DESIRES Pecco Bagnaia has revealed he is open to competing in the Suzuka 8 Hours race in future years, but stated Ducati must go with a pack- age capable of winning before he'd agree. "I'm pushing Ducati a lot to give me the possibility to go to Suzuka and do the 8 Hours," Briefly...