MotoGP Silverstone: Aleix Espargaro wins after sublime final lap overtake on Francesco Bagnaia

Unable toꦡ hold off the defenses of Jack Miller like in the sprint, Marco Bezzecchi had to slot in P2 as the KTM rider led the way ahead of three Ducati riders and Maverick Vi✤nales.
Making a much better start in the Grand Pri♋x, Ba🔜gnaia went forward as opposed to backwards as he claimed P3 off Alex Marquez, before turning that into P2 after diving to the inside of Bezzecchi.
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Bezzecchi responded immediately, however, the world champion was not to be denied as he rode around the outside of hi﷽s fellow Italian at turn nine.
Bagnaia wasted no time🥀 in challenging for the race lead as he overtoo🌳k Miller just one corner later.
On lap three there was an incident 🦹between Maverick Vinales and Miller, with the ওAprilia rider unable to make the apex as he challenged for P4.
Vinales’ move resulted in him going wide while also pushi🍸ng Miller off circuit. While the battles intensified at the front, Joan ⭕Mir suffered a fall on lap four.
As Bagnaia set the fastest lap of the race on lap four, ✨Bezzecchi came across the line and bettered his time by just under a tenth.
As Bezzecchi made a small mistake on the approach to turn 15, Alex Marquez saw his Grand Prix end on lap six due to a technꦜical issue.
Bezzecchi then saw his race end after making another mistake at turn 15, however, this time he carried more speed into the corner which resulted in him losing the front-end꧂.
Despite Bezzecchi’s fall seemingly handing Bagnaia 𝓀a big advantage, the race was far from over as Espargaro began catching the world champion.
Espargaro closed to within four tenths come the end of lap six, before🌞 takin﷽g another tenth out of Bagnaia’s lead in sector one [lap seven].
With the two leaders still separated by🐭 half a second, Vinales beജgan another charge as he overtook Binder for the final spot on the podium at mid-race distance.
The Aprilia rider took four tenths out of the top two a🔴s he dragged Binder along with him.
While lap𒆙 times were similar between the topꦏ four riders, Vinales and Binder were continuing to close in on Bagnaia and Espargaro.
Bagnaia then saw his lead shrink completely with six🥃 laps to go as Vinales made his first 💞move at securing P2.
But Espargaro responded straight away which gave the Ducati rider a small advantage once again. ✃;
Bi🤪nder then pounced as both Aprilia riders ran wide at turn 15, while the rain was getting heavier and heavier in the final sector.
Espargaro tried to respond one lap later but Binder was ha🃏ving none of it as he kept hold of P2.
Espargaro then secured P2 with four laps remaining before catching Bagnaia immediately.ꦉ Binder was then quickly passed by Vinales who was also showing more pace.
Vinales ꦬwas then passed by Miguel Oliveira, who had quietly caught the top four and was the fastest rider on circuit for several laps.
Further back, Fabio Quartararo was the latest rider to crash after losing a huge chu𒀰n🍒k of his fiaring after contact with Luca Marini.
At the front, Bagnai♐a was still u🌠nchallenged until the final lap but that changed when Espargaro produced a sensational move a turn 11.