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British GP Banter with Boris | Silverstone MotoGP

Trev by Trev
August 30, 2017
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MotoGP 2017 – Round 12 – Silverstone
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Rossi teased, Marquez smoked, but Dovi won

It was almost like 1967 again. I think that was the last time I’d seen Rossi hare off the grid and lead for the majority of the race. And it was glorious. This was the Doctor’s 300th MotoGP start, and even his detractors are being forced to admit he remains a force to be reckoned with.

Valentino Rossi

His fans, and I am one of them, literally beam with pride each time he puts on a display like he did at Silverstone, and are crushed like broken-hearted schoolgirls when it doesn’t end like we all hope it would.

The Doctor did not win. He was beaten by both his team-mate, Maverick Vinales, and the new championship leader, Andrea Dovizioso, who rode a technically brilliant race.

Maverick Vinales

As an illustration of “When you’re hot, you’re hot”, you won’t get a better one than Dovi. This is his fourth win this season. I’m inordinately pleased for him, and surprised, as no doubt he is too.

Had someone predicted the likeable journeyman of MotoGP, who was looking more and more like becoming the Other Dani Pedrosa, would find form in 2017 against a field bursting with talent, people would have laughed.

Silverstone MotoGP Podium

Yet here he is. Nine points clear of Marquez, 13 ahead of Vinales and 26 clear of Rossi with only six races left to run. No-one can recall a season that’s been closer.

While we all whine and grumble at Dorna’s machinations, for the last three seasons it has delivered the most exciting motorsport spectacle on the planet. Formula One is a snore-fest by comparison.

Valentino Rossi leads

The weekend began with changeable weather, and lots of riders complaining about how bumpy Silverstone had become. Rossi was the only one who shrugged and said it was much like it was last year, and quietly set about the business of being fast.

There were two dry practices and then there was a damp practice, and a dry qualifying. Crutchlow, no doubt buoyed by local support, had inserted himself at the pointy end of the field.

Cal Crutchlow

Even Lorenzo managed to recall what it was like to be the fastest man on the track during FP4 and ran a salty second in FP1. Zarco showed some promise in FP 3, and Vinales was dominant in FP1.

Jorge Lorenzo

Marquez did nothing much until Qualifying, and then jammed himself onto pole, ahead of Rossi and Crutchlow. A paltry eight-tenths of a second separated the top ten starters, and Asparagus P made his KTM bosses happy by trailing less than one-and-a-half seconds off pole back in eleventh spot.

Marc Marquez

Dovi, the eventual winner, hid his light under a bushel for Qualifying and was tucked away back in sixth place on the grid behind his team-mate, Lorenzo. Dani Pedrosa’s weight and the bumps of Silverstone did not gel, so I reckon he treated the race as a bit of a by and qualified in seventh.

Andrea Dovizioso

But what would the English weather do? Nothing, as it turned out. Race day was a ferociously hot (for England) 25 degrees. That didn’t concern Jonas Folger, who was showing some blistering pace in the practice sessions, but then fired his satellite Yamaha into space during Warm-Up and got to sit the race out with doctors shining torches into his eyes.

Jonas Folger

When the lights went out, Rossi was first into Turn One, followed by Marquez, Vinales and Crutchlow, and within two laps had eked out a one-second lead.

MotoGP Silverstone

Over the ensuing laps, that lead was pulled back to between half a second and eight-tenths, but the Doctor looked strong and smooth, and his fans were already opening the champagne.

But Rossi, who had chosen to go out on hard tyres, has consistently had his tyres drop off towards the end of each race this season. And the pack behind him knew this.

Valentino Rossi

Bit by bit they began to reel him in, and in the second half of the race, Dovi was coming on strong, having relegated Crutchlow into fifth, while he, Vinales, and Marquez started to gnaw on each other, swapping places and giving Rossi fans hope their dicing would allow the Doctor to keep his lead all the way to the end.

Cal Crutchlow

Lap 13 proved to be the sorting mechanism. Dovi had clawed his way into second, with Marquez on his heels, and Vinales appearing to lose the will to race, back in fourth. Then Marc’s Honda expired in a puff of smoke and the championship changed dramatically.

Dovi redoubled his efforts and began to close Rossi down, as Vinales also began to smell a podium.

Try as he might, Crutchlow just couldn’t stay with them, and contented himself with keeping Lorenzo behind him in fifth place, which Jorge later said was his strongest race this season – presumably because being beaten by Cal is the new reality for Jorge this year.

Jorge Lorenzo

The Doctor managed to keep his pursuers at bay until the last two laps. Then both Dovi and Vinales sailed past him, and the race was pretty much run. Try as they might, neither Vinales or Rossi could match Dovi over the last two laps. For his part, Andrea rode a brilliantly measured and tactically sound race, and certainly deserved his fourth win of the season.

Maverick Vinales

Marquez’s exploding Honda, one of those MotoGP rarities that just happened to occur on the closest season of racing in the history of MotoGP, has ensured the championship is still anyone’s to win.

Marc Marquez

There are still 150 points up for grabs on six of the world’s most iconic tracks, and everyone’s getting that look in their eye as the season enters its cruel and unusual phase.

Misano is next. The date, September 10. 


MotoGP 2017 – Round 12 – Silverstone – MotoGP Race Results
  1. DOVIZIOSO Andrea 4 ITA 25 Ducati Team Ducati 40’45.496
  2. VINALES Maverick 25 SPA 20 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 0.114
  3. ROSSI Valentino 46 ITA 16 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 0.749
  4. CRUTCHLOW Cal 35 GBR 13 LCR Honda Honda 1.679
  5. LORENZO Jorge 99 SPA 11 Ducati Team Ducati 3.508
  6. ZARCO Johann 5 FRA 10 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 7.001
  7. PEDROSA Dani 26 SPA 9 Repsol Honda Team Honda 10.944
  8. REDDING Scott 45 GBR 8 Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 13.627
  9. RINS Alex 42 SPA 7 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 15.661
  10. BAUTISTA Alvaro 19 SPA 6 Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 25.279
  11. ESPARGARO Pol 44 SPA 5 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 30.336
  12. RABAT Tito 53 SPA 4 Team EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 31.609
  13. ABRAHAM Karel 17 CZE 3 Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 31.945
  14. BARBERA Hector 8 SPA 2 Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 33.567
  15. BAZ Loris 76 FRA 1 Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 33.901
  16. MILLER Jack 43 AUS 0 Team EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 43.012
  17. SMITH Bradley 38 GBR 0 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 48.683
  18. ESPARGARO Aleix 41 SPA 0 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 2 laps
  19. PETRUCCI Danilo 9 ITA 0 Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 3 laps
  20. IANNONE Andrea 29 ITA 0 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 3 laps
  21. MARQUEZ Marc 93 SPA 0 Repsol Honda Team Honda 7 laps
  22. LOWES Sam 22 GBR 0 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 15 laps
 
MotoGP 2017 – Round 12 – Silverstone – MotoGP Championship Standings
  1. DOVIZIOSO Andrea 4 ITA 183 Ducati Team Ducati
  2. MARQUEZ Marc 93 SPA 174 Repsol Honda Team Honda
  3. VINALES Maverick 25 SPA 170 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha
  4. ROSSI Valentino 46 ITA 157 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha
  5. PEDROSA Dani 26 SPA 148 Repsol Honda Team Honda
  6. ZARCO Johann 5 FRA 109 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha
  7. LORENZO Jorge 99 SPA 90 Ducati Team Ducati
  8. CRUTCHLOW Cal 35 GBR 89 LCR Honda Honda
  9. FOLGER Jonas 94 GER 77 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha
  10. PETRUCCI Danilo 9 ITA 75 Octo Pramac Racing Ducati
  11. BAUTISTA Alvaro 19 SPA 58 Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati
  12. REDDING Scott 45 GBR 45 Octo Pramac Racing Ducati
  13. ESPARGARO Aleix 41 SPA 43 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia
  14. MILLER Jack 43 AUS 43 Team EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda
  15. BAZ Loris 76 FRA 39 Reale Avintia Racing Ducati
  16. IANNONE Andrea 29 ITA 33 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki
  17. ABRAHAM Karel 17 CZE 28 Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati
  18. RABAT Tito 53 SPA 27 Team EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda
  19. ESPARGARO Pol 44 SPA 26 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM
  20. BARBERA Hector 8 SPA 23 Reale Avintia Racing Ducati
  21. RINS Alex 42 SPA 19 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki
  22. SMITH Bradley 38 GBR 8 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM
  23. PIRRO Michele 51 ITA 7 Ducati Test Team Ducati
  24. KALLIO Mika 36 FIN 6 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM
  25. LOWES Sam 22 GBR 2 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia
  26. GUINTOLI Sylvain 50 FRA 1 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki
Tags: 2017 MotoGPAleix EspargaroAlex RinsAlvaro BautistaAndrea DoviziosoAndrea IannoneAprilia Racing Team GresiniAspar MotoGPAvintia Racing DucatiBradley SmithBritish GPCal CrutchlowDani PedrosaDanilo PetrucciDucati TeamHector BarberaJack MillerJonas FolgerJorge LorenzoKarel AbrahamLoris BazLRC HondaMarc MarquezMarc VDSMaverick VinalesMonster Yamaha Tech 3MotoGPMotoGP 2017Movistar Yamaha MotoGPOcto Pramac Yakhnich DucatiPol EspargaroRepsol HondaSam LowesScott ReddingSilverstoneTeam Suzuki EcstarTito RabatValentino Rossi
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