Maverick Vinales has claimed his
first MotoGP Victory and the first for Suzuki since 2007 with a dominant
performance in the British MotoGP at Silverstone. The Spaniard broke away early
in the restarted race and never looked back, pulling a near five second lead as
a thrilling fight developed behind him.
Suzuki hasn’t won a race since
Chris Vermeulen at Le Mans in 2007, with its last pure dry win back in 2000
with Kenny Roberts Jr. rising star Vinales is the fourth new race winner of the
season and different winner so far. Home star Cal Crutchlow eventually finished
3.5s from Vinales to be best of the rest in second place, having got the better
of Marc Marquez in the closing stages.
The world championship leader ran
wide while trying to re-pass Crutchlow LCR Honda after a close moment at the
end of the Hangar Straight, initially dropping Marquez back to fifth. The Repsol
Honda rider had earlier been involved in an equally close duel with Valentino
Rossi who completed the podium after he made his late mistake.
Ducati Andrea Lannone slid out of
second as the race entered its closing stages, with Dani Pedrosa completing the
lead group. Marquez overtook his team-mate after rejoining the track following
the near miss with Crutchlow. Marquez now takes a slightly reduced 50 point
advantage over Rossi into next weekend Misano round. Reigning champion Jorge
Lorenzo meanwhile lost further ground in the championship with a forgettable
eighth place.
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