the lead from Bagnaia on lap 12
at turn three, while Bastianini
found an opening to overtake
Espargaro and moved into third.
Martin's slight error at turn 13 al-
lowed Bagnaia and Bastianini to
close in, with Bastianini eventu-
ally overtaking Bagnaia for sec-
ond as Bagnaia struggled with
front-end grip issues. Bastianini
then set his sights on Martin,
gradually closing a seven-tenths
gap over the remaining six laps.
By the penultimate lap, Bas-
tianini had caught up to Martin,
who ran wide at turn three and
allowed Bastianini to take the
lead as the final lap began.
early technical issue that meant
he didn't finish the first lap, while
Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse
Racing) crashed into his team-
mate Miguel Oliveira and took
them both out of the race.
Initially, Bagnaia led with
Bastianini close behind until
Martin overtook Bastianini, who
then fell to fourth as Espargaro
moved up. Marc Marquez also
joined the leading pack as they
began to break away. Further
back, Acosta and Di Giannanto-
nio battled for seventh, with Di
Giannantonio eventually dueling
with Alex Marquez for sixth.
At the front, Martin seized
and elevated him to third in the
championship standings, 49
points off the lead. Martin led
most of the race but could not
hold off the Italian, though he re-
gained the top spot in the stand-
ings. Bagnaia finished third,
bouncing back from Saturday's
crash, marking his 43rd MotoGP
podium and placing him three
points behind Martin.
Bagnaia made a strong
launch to claim the holeshot
into turn one, ahead of Bastian-
ini and Martin. Polesitter Espar-
garo dropped to fourth, while
Marc Marquez briefly moved up
to fifth. Brad Binder faced an
The factory Hondas
celebrated Freddie Spencer's
1983 NS500 livery at
Silverstone but neither Luca
Marini (10) or Joan Mir (36)
could get a point.
ROUND 10 / AUGUST 2-4, 2024
SILVERSTONE / TOWCESTER, UNITED KINGDOM
ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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