Raul Fernandez cruises to dominant British MotoGP victory

[p]Championship leader [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/martin-jorge/zBBka6dR/"]Jorge Martin[/a] started on pole but was outpaced from the flag by his 25-year-old compatriot. Martin finished second with Italian [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bezzecchi-marco/EXzAZEse/"]Marco Bezzecchi[/a] rounding off the podium.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fernandez-raul/dIyisVJD/"]Fernandez[/a] led all 20 laps of the Silverstone circuit from start to finish after Martin got off to a poor start, possibly due to a mechanical problem following a shower of sparks from the rear.[/p][p]Fernandez is the 12th different winner at Silverstone in 12 Grand Prix races on the legendary course, which also hosts Formula One Grands Prix.[/p][embed guid="03911be5-bbb1-45a7-8341-a9d91ebd5d94" url="https://x.com/MotoGP/status/2086434306637942813" social-type="twitter" /][p]It was nonetheless a fine weekend for 2024 world champion and Silverstone sprint winner Martin as he grew his lead in the overall standings to 31 points.[/p][p]Japan's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ogura-ai/A3AtM47b/"]Ai Ogura[/a], who had started second on the grid and was sitting second overall, slid off midway through the race and now trails Martin by 37 points.[/p][p]Instead, Martin's Aprilia teammate Bezzecchi is now his principal challenger for the title following a heroic weekend after he had spent the summer break recovering from a collarbone fracture suffered in qualifying at the Germany MotoGP last month.[/p][p]Spain's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/marquez-alex/6uLgHlWF/"]Alex Marquez[/a] of Ducati-Gresini finished fourth, ahead of KTM's Spaniard [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/acosta-pedro/KrGeaHq5/"]Pedro Acosta[/a] and Italy's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/di-giannantonio-fabio/pI4o388M/"]Fabio Di Giannantonio[/a] of Ducati satellite team VR46.[/p][p]Reigning world champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/marquez-marc/UPhfij2b/"]Marc Marquez[/a] of Spain, on his factory Ducati, finished only seventh.[/p]