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Cycle News 2026 Issue 32 August 11

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ROUND 12 / AUGUST 7-9, 2026 SILVERSTONE / TOWCESTER, UNITED KINGDOM ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P58 Di Giannantonio challenged Ogura for second on lap two, but the Japanese rider held firm as Martin established a five-tenths- of-a-second advantage. Fernan- dez crashed at turn four while following Bezzecchi, promoting Alex Marquez (BK8 Gresini Rac- ing MotoGP) to sixth. Bezzecchi soon made his move on Marc Marquez at Copse to take fourth, before Alex Marquez passed his brother for fifth at Woodcote. Bezzecchi then began closing rapidly on Di Giannantonio, cut - ting more than a second from the gap before making his move at Copse with four laps remain - ing to claim third. Di Giannantonio and Marc Mar- quez both struggled badly with rear grip in the closing stages. 79 AI OGURA 2ND/DNF MOTOGP "The crash was just a small mistake— a bit more angle with the same amount of brake pressure, and I locked the front and crashed," Ogura said. "It's a shame that I made this kind of mistake, but after the bad start, I was making my way to recover positions, which was quite difficult. I wasn't really fast enough at that stage of the race and pushed in the wrong place, wrong moment. I feel like I could have done a much better race, and overall the weekend was good, I think. I'm not happy with myself be- cause my approach to the main race wasn't correct so, a lot to learn from this weekend, and we keep going." 73 ALEX MARQUEZ 4TH/4TH MOTOGP "Honestly, we had the pace to fight for second place with Jorge [Martin] today," Alex said. "Unfortunately, the mistake at turn one, which was entirely my fault, compromised the race and probably cost us the podium. In any case, we leave a very solid weekend behind us. We were the best Ducati, and my physical condition continues to improve. Now we'll keep preparing, as Aragon will be a completely different story." MYOWNRACE Lap two and Fernandez (25) has laid down the gauntlet already to Marco Bezzecchi (72), with Martin (89) trying to make up ground after his infernal rear ride-height device was stuck on off the start, all but ruining his chances of victory.

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