For Aprilia’s first victory of the 2025 season, Marco Bezzecchi won a chaotic British Grand Prix, including pole-sitter Fabio Quartararo, in a race that was initially flagged for an oil spill due to riders who crashed or retired while in the lead.
Aprilia won the race first since the Grand Prix of the Americas last year. Johann Zarco of LCR Honda came second on Sunday, while Marc Marquez of Ducati surpassed Franco Morbidelli to finish third, extending his lead over riders worldwide.
Before the race was restarted for an oil spill, Alex Marquez and his brother Marc both crashed while leading, forcing him to retire on lap 12 due to a technical issue with his bike. Yamaha’s Quartararo then took the lead after the restart.
Bezzecchi became the 11th different winner at Silverstone in the previous 11 races with his first victory coming from the Indian Grand Prix in 2023.
It’s incredible, I thought. For me, this past month has been a really difficult time. Aprilia had faith in me, and we worked really hard, Bezzecchi said.
The team did a fantastic job, they claim. Since my last victory, I had been anticipating a day like this.
Sprint champion Alex Marquez had a flawless launch to take over from Quartararo on the first start, but as he leant into turn one, he lost control and crashed, allowing Marc Marquez to take the lead.
However, the Marquez brothers earned a break when the oil spill occurred in the final sector following the collision and crash of Franco Morbidelli and Aleix Espargaro, but the elder Marquez also lost control and crashed out of the lead.
Race resuming
All riders were permitted to restart because three laps had not yet been completed. Quartararo took Francesco Bagnaia’s place in the lead and led the race until the final lap when Quartararo took the lead.
As Marc Marquez and Bagnaia fell into ninth and tenth place on lap three of the Copse corner, both factory Ducatis suffered a wide crash.
The race ended with Bagnaia colliding with Bezzecchi, who was trailing Jack Miller of Pramac Racing, on the following lap.
As he methodically maneuvered his way through the pack, Marc Marquez was a man on a mission behind them, and by lap 11 he was in fourth place.
When Quartararo called him about a problem with his bike, Yamaha lost almost five seconds of lead because his ride-height device had failed, sparking his desire to win the chequered flag.
As the shell-shocked Yamaha garage watched, Quartararo stopped by the side of the track, hopped off, and sank to his knees with his head on the tarmac.
The first Honda rider to earn back-to-back podiums since Marc Marquez in 2021, “I even thought about winning when I saw Fabio with a technical problem.”
However, Bezzecchi held on to win while Franco Morbidelli and Marc Marquez alternated places on the final lap before placing third in a photo finish.
Marc Marquez, who now leads his brother by 24 points in the world championship, yelled, “Today we were lucky because I made a mistake.
Source: Aljazeera
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