Enea Bastianini overhauled Jorge Martin to take a maiden Dash success on the British MotoGP, as Francesco Bagnaia crashed.
For the fourth time in 2024 Bagnaia crashed within the Dash race, whereas Bastianini and Martin fought for victory.
The Pramac rider initially held sway earlier than Bastianini blazed previous, whereas poleman Aleix Espargaro took a cushty third.
Not solely was it a particular breakthrough for Bastianini, it meant his teammate Bagnaia stayed within the championship lead by a single level.
Australia’s Jack Miller had a strong journey and secured vital factors with seventh.
It was an excellent begin between Bagnaia and Espargaro who went facet by facet by way of Flip 1, however by the point they reached Flip 3 it was Martin who had the momentum.
Martin soared into the lead as Bastianini additionally pounced on Espargaro, whereas Bagnaia fell to fourth.
Additional again there was a excessive velocity crash between Marco Bezzecchi and Franco Morbedelli.
Morbedelli got here into Abbey Nook far too scorching and took out Bezzecchi in dramatic trend.
In the beginning of Lap 2 future teammates Brad Binder and Pedro Acosta had a facet to facet conflict.
Along with dropping a major quantity of aero, it allowed Marc Marquez to move the pair and get fifth.
The robust tempo of Bastianini meant Martin was not allowed to journey into the space in a good two-horse race comfortably away from Espargaro.
Because the race approached halfway, Bagnaia began to indicate his hand and creep nearer to the leaders having set the quickest lap.
Nevertheless, he stopped himself from making any additional inroads when he crashed below braking at The Loop.
The battle for the lead hotted up on Lap 6 when Bastianini made his first transfer.
He dived the within at Copse, just for Martin to carry out the switchback and retain the lead after the pair charged into Maggotts facet by facet.
The competition resumed as they charged down the Hanger Straight the place Bastianini was in a position to snatch the lead for good.
Inside two laps the #23 was in a position to pull the most effective a part of half a second on the #89.
On the finish of Lap 8 Marc Marquez, who seemed settled in fourth, fell into the gravel on strategy to Membership.
Though different large Ducati names fell, Bastianini was on hearth and charged to victory by greater than a second.
Consideration turns to the Grand Prix at 22.00 AEST the place riders will race in retro liveries.
MotoGP British Grand Prix Dash outcomes
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Workforce | Time/Diff |
| 1 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP24) | 19m 49.929s |
| 2 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP24) | +1.094s |
| 3 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP24) | +2.023s |
| 4 | Brad Binder | RSA | Purple Bull KTM (RC16) | +8.644s |
| 5 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Purple Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16)* | +8.777s |
| 6 | Alex Marquez | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP23) | +9.043s |
| 7 | Jack Miller | AUS | Purple Bull KTM (RC16) | +11.504s |
| 8 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP24) | +11.689s |
| 9 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | VR46 Ducati (GP23) | +11.828s |
| 10 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP24) | +13.328s |
| 11 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +15.373s |
| 12 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP24) | +18.234s |
| 13 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Purple Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16) | +18.326s |
| 14 | Johann Zarco | FRA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +18.492s |
| 15 | Luca Marini | ITA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +19.050s |
| 16 | Joan Mir | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +19.674s |
| 17 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +29.302s |
| 18 | Remy Gardner | AUS | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +31.070s |
| Marc Marquez | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP23) | DNF | |
| Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP24) | DNF | |
| Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | VR46 Ducati (GP23) | DNF | |
| Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pramac Ducati (GP24) | DNF |
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