Aprilia’s Espargaro wins British MotoGP with last-lap pass

Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro denied Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia his fifth grand prix win of the season by 0.215 of a second.

Reigning champion Bagnaia finished runner-up and stretched his overall lead to 41 points after a nail-biting four-way battle in tricky conditions, with South African Brad Binder third for KTM. Marco Bezzecchi, Bagnaia’s closest title rival before the race, crashed out at Stowe while chasing his compatriot and slipped to third overall with Pramac Ducati’s Spaniard Jorge Martin moving up to second.“It was crazy. From lap one, even if I started 12th I felt immediately super good with the bike,” said the 34-year-old veteran.Espargaro was up to second by lap six, helped also by teammate Maverick Vinales and Jack Miller clashing and running wide ahead of him.

“And then on the last lap I had something more so I tried to overtake him. But the last laps were quite dramatic, a lot of riders coming from behind, very slippery. I was quite scared in the last part.”“It was tricky…we chose the soft front tyre but it was a bit on the limit,” said the Italian. “It was very easy with our bike to lose the front. Then when it started to rain I didn’t know how much to push, where was the limit.

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