British MotoGP: Quartararo dominates the BritishGP, Marquez wipes out Martin

Fabio Quartararo dominates the British MotoGP to win his fifth race of the season, while Marc Marquez takes out Jorge Martin on lap one.
Fabio Quartararo, MotoGP, British MotoGP 28 August 2021
Fabio Quartararo, MotoGP, British MotoGP 28 August 2021
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Fabio Quartararo has extended his champions⛦hip lead thanks to a thoroughly dominating British MotoGP win.

Pol Espargaro made a sensational start as he kept the lead into turn one, however, drama soon followed as🍷 Marc Marquez took out Jorge Martin. 

The two Spaniards made contact into turn seven as Martin moved Marquez wide, but the main incident ca꧂me two corners later when Marquez aggressively cut across Ma💮rtin on the exit of turn nine and lost the front. 

The first overtake attempt for the lead came on la👍p two as Aleix Espargaro challenged his brother Pol into turn seven. 

The Ap🐷rilia rider got alongside the Honda down the Hangar straight before outbraking himself which allowed Pol back through. 

Quartararo then began his charge to 🅺the front as he passed Francesco Bagnaia, Aleix and Pol Espargaro in consecutive laps.

Quartararo immediately pulled clear of Aleix Espargaro to the tune of 1.3 seconds in just a lapꦆ and a half. The Yamaha rider’s gap then became 1.8s with 13 laps remaining. 

The two Suzuki’s of Alex Rins and Joan Mir impressively moved up the order after getting ahead of Miller and Bagnaia.&nb♚sp;

While Quartararo continued to extend his lead, Ri🌺ns then turned 🍷fourth into third with a lovely move on Pol Espargaro. 

The top fiv♐e then stabilised itself for a few laps before a mistake from Aleix Espargaro allowed﷽ Rins through at turn seven. 

While the Suzuki man ꧋completed the move for second, team-mate Mir went backwards as Miller repassed the Spa🥃niard.

With six laps remaining Miller moved up to fourt𝔍h after Pol Espargaro made the same mistake as Aleix earlier on by running wide at turn s🍨even.

Quartararo remained on a level nobody else could match aℱs the gap increased over Rins to four seconds𝓀.

As the checkered flag ꧙dropped,🌱 the front two remained the same with Quartararo safely coming across the line first from Rins. 

Despite a late move from Miller on Aleix Espargaro for third, the Aprilia man performed a well timed switch-b𓃲ack to regain that position and claim Aprilia’s first MotoGP 🅺podium.  

Fifth was Pol Espargaro, while the fast charging Brad Binder and Iker Lecuoꦛna claimed sixth and sevꦑenth. Alex Marquez finished eighth, Mir ninth and Danilo Petrucci in tenth.

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