ome not untypical British summertime rain turned Round 12 of the MotoGP season on its head at Silverstone, as Valentino Rossi scored his fourth win of 2015 to take a grip of the championship lead.
Increasing rain as the riders prepared for the race to get underway delayed the start for 25 minutes, and after lining up on wet set-up bikes the race was anything but a damp affair as far as excitement went.
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Jorge Lorenzo shot into the lead but before long both Rossi and Marc Márquez had passed him. As the Italian led, Márquez tracked him, sizing up an opportunity to overtake after starting from pole position following an untouchable qualifying display the previous day.
However, the World Champion fell victim to the tough conditions as he lost control of his Repsol Honda with eight laps to go. Rossi managed his advantage from there on, and with his Yamaha team-mate Lorenzo eventually finishing fourth it means Rossi now holds sole leadership of the overall standings, 12 points ahead of Lorenzo.
For Márquez, his chances of winning a third successive title now look very slim, with a 77-point deficit to Rossi and just six races remaining. Márquez had come into the British GP off the back of four straight podiums (two wins and two second places).
Ducati scored a double podium with Pramac rider Danilo Petrucci getting his first MotoGP top-three result, and factory man Andrea Dovizioso back on the rostrum after a lengthy absence from it. Dani Pedrosa completed the top five behind Lorenzo.
The race from the podium
When I saw Marc crashed, I slowed down a bit... I was hoping Danilo didn’t risk too much.. My bike was great. I enjoyed it very much!
- Valentino Rossi
I was scared about the front but the last corner, I started laughing and laughing! I didn’t realise. I still don’t!
- Danilo Petrucci
It was very tough. The rear tyre dropped a lot for everybody. I was scared for Petrucci but he rode very well! I am very happy.
- Andrea Dovizioso
Tweet of the weekend
It was a long way down for Moto2 World Champion Tito Rabat when he caught a particularly aggressive looking highside in qualifying on Saturday. Fortunately he escaped with nothing more than bruising to his knee, and it made for spectacular footage…
Image of the weekend
The official MotoGP Instagram account knocked out a nice comparison of riding styles between Pol Espargaró, Jorge Lorenzo, Marc Márquez and Aleix Espargaró. This image neatly illustrated the different approaches to getting the right balance when braking into corners.
Stat of the weekend
With Rossi, Petrucci and Dovizioso the top three, this was the 16th all-Italian podium in the premier class’s history.
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