2024 MotoGP British Grand Prix: Race results

After Saturday’s electrifying MotoGP Sprint Race and an exhilarating battle for the win between Enea Bastianini and Jorge Martín, it was high time for the one everyone had been waiting for.

The 75th Anniversary Grand Prix promised fans a blend of nostalgic delight with historic liveries adorning bikes up and down the grid, as well as a race of intrigue and the latest seismic shift in the 2024 MotoGP title battle.

2024 MotoGP British Grand Prix Race results

The Race in detail

Francesco Bagnaia got the best launch from the middle of the front row to take the lead into Abbey, with Enea Bastianini slotting into second while Jorge Martín cut underneath Aleix Espargaró for third at The Loop.

Bastianini ran wide into Brooklands on Lap 2 and Martín needed no further invitation to take second from the factory Ducati rider.

The pain wasn’t over for Bastianini, either, as he was shuffled back to fourth by Espargaró on Lap 3.

As the field settled into an early race rhythm, Martín and Espargaró kept Bagnaia on a short leash.

With the race approaching half distance, Álex Márquez and Fabio Di Giannantonio went into battle over fifth place, with the VR46 rider eventually winning that tussle.

Remarkably, the top five were separated by less than a second and a half; Bagnaia, Martín, Espargaró, Bastianini and Marc Márquez comprised the leading group at the 10-lap stage.

The halfway mark proved to be a turning point in the race, when Martín closed in on Bagnaia and the pair started to drop Espargaró.

Recognising the leading pair getting away up front, Bastianini moved quickly to take third from Espargaró into Stowe and faced a 1.2-second gap to bridge to the top two.

On Lap 12, the move for the lead came at Village when Martín sent it up the inside of Bagnaia, enabling Bastianini to close the gap to less than half a second in less than a lap.

At the same corner just one lap later, Martín was on the limit and ran wide, allowing the factory Ducati duo to close in.

Then, at Luffield, Bagnaia also ran wide and Bastianini seized his opportunity to duck underneath the double champion.

With a one-second gap to Martín, Bastianini set about chipping away at the Spaniard’s lead.

Espargaró’s troubles compounded as Márquez relegated him to fifth at The Loop.  
Just three tours remained, and the lead gap was down to just two-tenths of a second. A lap later, a mistake at Abbey meant Martín was off line into Farm and Village, allowing Bastianini through and into the lead at The Loop.

From then on, Bastianini was untroubled and took his first win of the season ahead of Martín and Bagnaia, M Márquez and Di Giannantonio.

Not only does Bastianini’s victory make it 10 British Grand Prix MotoGP winners in the past 10 years, but it also has significant championship permutations, thrusting him into contention for the 2024 title with the riders he shared the Silverstone podium with. 

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Moto2

In the Moto2 race, it was Ai Ogura who got the holeshot, navigating expertly through Abbey, Farm, and Village. Celestino Vietti made his way into second place, followed closely by Aron Canet in third and Jake Dixon in fourth. Meanwhile, championship leader Sergio Garcia’s struggles continued as he fell from 16th to 23rd at Turn 1.

Canet quickly reclaimed second place from Vietti before the end of the opening lap, with Dixon also overtaking Vietti to move into third. By the end of Lap 1, Canet had snatched the lead from Ogura.

On Lap 2, Dixon launched an attack on Ogura into Brooklands, running wide in the process but managing to retain third place. He succeeded on his second attempt at Copse, moving past Ogura and into second. Roberts and Ogura then engaged in a fierce battle for third, squabbling over the position for several laps.

Dixon made a bold move at Village, attempting to take the lead from Canet but couldn't make it stick. Having secured third, Joe Roberts set about chasing down the leaders but crashed at Farm as he pushed for ultimate pace, thus allowing Manuel Gonzalez to take over the third spot.

Dixon and Canet pulled away at the front, establishing a seven-second gap to the rest of the field. With five laps to go, the home favourite closed to within a tenth of the lead.

Garcia mounted an impressive comeback, claiming third from Gonzalez at the start of the penultimate lap. However, Vietti denied Garcia a hard-fought podium on the final tour.

In an extraordinary climax, Jake Dixon closed in and took the lead into Abbey at the start of the final lap. The British crowd roared in approval, but Canet wasn’t done yet, applying immense pressure, but Dixon ensured there was nowhere to go on inside of the Hangar Straight. Chased all the way to the line, Dixon secured a thoroughly deserved home victory from Canet and Vietti.

Moto3

Iván Ortolá got the best start from pole and led into Abbey, but, with a superior run through Farm, Kelso snatched the lead into Village. 

At the end of Lap 2, Moto3’s only British rider Scott Ogden was helpless to avoid the bike of his team-mate and crashed out at the last corner.

For the first 10 laps, Daniel Holgado, Joel Kelso and Ortolá battled, no holds barred for the lead, and the leading group went five abreast into Stowe on more than one occasion. 

As the race entered the last five laps, weekend pacesetters David Alonso and Collin Veijer began moving forward through the pack and, as they saw Ortola creating a gap out front, they made their way into the top three and began to chase down the leader. 

Now it was the turn of Veijer and Alonso to battle over the lead, but it was short-lived as Holgado and Ortolá disrupted Veijer’s rhythm. 

By the penultimate lap, Veijer had made his way back into contention and seized the lead from Alonso into Stowe. The Colombian was shuffled back through the order, but managed to regain second from Holgado into Brooklands on the final tour. 

Ortolá was now the man on the move, taking second from Alonso into Copse and then the lead from Veijer on the run down to Maggotts. Alonso followed him through, with an aggressive move that put Veijer off line. 

Try as he might, Alonso was unable to retake the lead from Ortolá in the final sector, who won a frenetic race from Alonso and Veijer.