ROUND 10 / AUGUST 2-4, 2024
SILVERSTONE / TOWCESTER, UNITED KINGDOM
ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P74
Moto2 Race
Jake Dixon (CFMoto Inde Aspar
Team) thrilled the Silverstone
crowd by becoming only the
fourth British rider to win on
home turf since 1977. He
secured victory with a dramatic
last-lap pass on Aron Canet
(Fantic Racing), the two sepa-
rated by just 0.177 of a second
at the
finish line. Celestino Vietti
(Red Bull KTM Ajo) claimed third
place, marking his first podium
of the year.
Polesitter Ai Ogura (MT Hel-
mets - MSI) got off to a perfect
start,
with Vietti taking second
ahead of Canet. Dixon aggres-
sively climbed from fifth to third
early on, while
Canet quickly
Bagnaia but couldn't catch
him. Di Giannantonio climbed
from 10th on the grid to finish
fifth, followed by Espargaro in
sixth, just ahead of Alex Mar
-
quez. Marco Bezzecchi finished
eighth, with Acosta in ninth.
Morbidelli overcame
his double
Long Lap penalties from Satur-
day's incident to claim the final
top-10
spot.
In the championship, Martin is
back on top on 241 from Bag
-
naia's 238 and Bastianini now
looking like a title threat on 192.
Bastianini extended his lead to
secure victory, finishing ahead
of Martin and teammate Bag-
naia.
"It
was a difficult race, as I
made a few mistakes in the first
two laps and lost some ground,"
Bastianini said. "Then, I was
able to find the right confidence
to get back to the leading group:
I bridged the gap first to Aleix
[Espargaro], who was not an
easy one to pass, and then to
Pecco [Bagnaia]. In the last four
to five laps, Jorge [Martin] was
pushing really hard, and it wasn't
easy to catch him. It's a fantas
-
tic feeling to be back on top of
the podium in a
Sunday race."
Marc Marquez finished fourth
after a late push to challenge
Marc Marquez (93) chucked
it away again in the Sprint
race but held on for fourth in
the Sunday GP.
