Jorge Lorenzo has extended his lead in the MotoGP world championship by winning the British Grand Prix at Silverstone today.
The Spaniard worked his way into the lead, passing Australian Honda star Casey Stoner to score his third-consecutive win.
Stoner held the lead in the early stages, only to watch Lorenzo pass and gap him.
Stoner was given a glimmer of hope in the flossing laps when Lorenzo had a minor moment, but Lorenzo knuckled down to take another win – less than a week after announcing he had resigned a two year deal with Yamaha.
Stoner held off a valiant effort from team-mate Dani Pedrosa to secure second and third for the factory Honda team.
San Carlo Gresini pole-sitter Alvaro Bautista finished fourth, ahead of factory Yamaha rider Ben Spies, who scored the best result of his difficult 2012 season.
Tech 3 rider Cal Crutchlow finished a fighting sixth after suffering a fractured left ankle earlier in the weekend. The local British rider secured sixth on the final lap, passing Ducati’s Nicky Hayden.
Eighth place went to Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda), Valentino Rossi (Ducati) and Hector Barbera (Pramac) rounded out the top 10 finishers.
Tech 3 rider Andrea Dovizioso was the highest profile rider to crash. He returned to the circuit to finish a lap down.
Results, British Grand Prix
| Pos. | Points | Num. | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Km/h | Time/Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 | 99 | Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 171.5 | 41’16.429 |
| 2 | 20 | 1 | Casey STONER | AUS | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 171.3 | +3.313 |
| 3 | 16 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 171.3 | +3.599 |
| 4 | 13 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 171.2 | +5.196 |
| 5 | 11 | 11 | Ben SPIES | USA | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 170.7 | +11.531 |
| 6 | 10 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 170.5 | +15.112 |
| 7 | 9 | 69 | Nicky HAYDEN | USA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 170.5 | +15.527 |
| 8 | 8 | 6 | Stefan BRADL | GER | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 170.0 | +22.521 |
| 9 | 7 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 169.1 | +36.138 |
| 10 | 6 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | SPA | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 168.7 | +41.328 |
| 11 | 5 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | SPA | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 167.3 | +1’03.157 |
| 12 | 4 | 14 | Randy DE PUNIET | FRA | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 167.3 | +1’03.443 |
| 13 | 3 | 51 | Michele PIRRO | ITA | San Carlo Honda Gresini | FTR | 167.0 | +1’07.290 |
| 14 | 2 | 77 | James ELLISON | GBR | Paul Bird Motorsport | ART | 166.5 | +1’14.782 |
| 15 | 1 | 68 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | COL | Avintia Blusens | BQR | 166.5 | +1’15.108 |
| 16 | 5 | Colin EDWARDS | USA | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | Suter | 165.5 | +1’29.899 | |
| 17 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ITA | Came IodaRacing Project | Ioda | 164.9 | +1’40.302 | |
| 18 | 22 | Ivan SILVA | SPA | Avintia Blusens | BQR | 164.1 | +1’52.099 | |
| 19 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 160.7 | 1 Lap | |
| Not Classified | ||||||||
| 54 | Mattia PASINI | ITA | Speed Master | ART | 164.3 | 6 Laps | ||
Championship standings
| Pos. | Rider | Bike | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Jorge LORENZO | Yamaha | SPA | 140 |
| 2 | Casey STONER | Honda | AUS | 115 |
| 3 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | SPA | 101 |
| 4 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | Yamaha | GBR | 66 |
| 5 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Yamaha | ITA | 60 |
| 6 | Valentino ROSSI | Ducati | ITA | 58 |
| 7 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Honda | SPA | 58 |
| 8 | Stefan BRADL | Honda | GER | 51 |
| 9 | Nicky HAYDEN | Ducati | USA | 49 |
| 10 | Hector BARBERA | Ducati | SPA | 37 |
| 11 | Ben SPIES | Yamaha | USA | 35 |
| 12 | Aleix ESPARGARO | ART | SPA | 20 |
| 13 | Randy DE PUNIET | ART | FRA | 11 |
| 14 | Michele PIRRO | FTR | ITA | 9 |
| 15 | James ELLISON | ART | GBR | 7 |
| 16 | Mattia PASINI | ART | ITA | 6 |
| 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | CZE | 4 |
| 18 | Colin EDWARDS | Suter | USA | 4 |
| 19 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ioda | ITA | 4 |
| 20 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | BQR | COL | 4 |
| 21 | Ivan SILVA | BQR | SPA | 1 |
