Silverstone chaos and control as Raul Fernandez storms to British grand prix victory

We have all missed MotoGP, haven't we? Sunday's British GP delivered the absolute chaos and poetry we crave, and Raul Fernandez (SuperFile Trackhouse MotoGP Team) made sure he was at the very front of it. The Spaniard put on a stunning, flawless display to charge to a dominant victory, controlling the race from the opening corner and crossing the line with a 2.538s advantage over the rest. It makes him our 12th different winner from the last 12 British GPs, bouncing back in style after a Sprint blunder.

Fernandez admitted the machine felt dialed in from the word go. "The race was better than what we expected because from the first corner I was first and I started to manage the race," he explained. He even used his own anger from earlier in the day to fuel his pace, adding: "I think the Warm Up helped me to understand where the limit of the rear tyre was. This morning I was quite angry with myself when I pushed maybe too much. I used this frustration to be faster."

Behind him, it was another unforgettable Sunday for the Noale factory as Aprilia Racing locked out the rest of the podium. Championship leader Jorge Martin salvaged P2 on Sunday following a Sprint win, stretching his standings lead to 31 points over his teammate. Martin’s race was far from straightforward, though. "I think I was really compromised by the start," Martin said. "I was trying to keep first position, so I went into the first corner without braking. My rear device was stuck down, and I just lost a lot of positions." Despite the early drama and finishing five seconds behind the winner, the 2024 World Champion remains entirely relaxed about the numbers: "I’m already a World Champion. I just want to keep winning. The leader or not, I don’t really care."

Completing the Aprilia party on the podium was a fighting fit Marco Bezzecchi, who grabbed third after collecting silverware on both Saturday and Sunday. The Italian star left nothing on the table, though he certainly paid a physical price for it, attending the press conference with an ice pack and admitting everything felt a bit sore. "The shoulder is painful, but it's more the muscles around the shoulder, the neck, the back," Bezzecchi said, praising his crew for their unbelievable work during a tough recovery period.