British MotoGP: Raul Fernandez dominates at Silverstone to beat Martin

British MotoGP: Raul Fernandez dominates at Silverstone to beat MartinAprilia rider’s victory over championship leader Jorge Martin extends Silverstone’s run of different Grand Prix winners to twelve in a row.Aprilia-racing" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="181615" data-entity-type="organization">Trackhouse Aprilia Racing’s Raul Fernandez led from the opening lap to win the British MotoGP at Silverstone on Sunday, capitalising on an early setback for championship leader Jorge Martin.Fernandez swept past pole-sitter Martin into turn one and never looked back, stretching his advantage to more than four seconds before taking the chequered flag 2.54 seconds clear. The victory was the Spaniard’s second in MotoGP and his first since last year’s Australian Grand Prix, completing an impressive recovery from a crash in Saturday’s sprint.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Barca eye three-peat as Mourinho back at Madrid in new La Liga seasonlist 2 of 4FIFA decries ‘concerted’ effort to undermine Infantino as crisis deepenslist 3 of 4Morocco, Algeria book World Cup 2027 spots with quarterfinal wins at WAFCONlist 4 of 4Tennis: World number one Sabalenka ousted in Toronto by Alexandrovaend of list“I am really happy for the team. Yesterday (Saturday) I was quite frustrated after my mistake. But we are human and it is part of the sport,” Fernandez said.Spain’s Martin, who won the sprint, was hampered at the start when his ride-height device failed to disengage at turn one, dropping him behind Marc Marquez and fellow Aprilia rider Marco Bezzecchi. The championship leader recovered to reclaim second from Bezzecchi on lap nine but was unable to get close enough to challenge Fernandez.Martin’s runner-up finish extended his championship lead to 31 points, with Bezzecchi, who finished third, moving up to second in the standings. Ogura lost ground after his first retirement of the season, falling 37 points behind Martin.“The results here are a big boost of confidence for me and the team,” Martin said.“It seems like we found a bit of direction to get the momentum on our side now. The race was fantastic. I made a small mistake at the start, but I am glad I was able to fight back.”Fernandez leads during the British MotoGP at Silverstone [Glyn Kirk/AFP]Defending world champion Marc Marquez endured another difficult afternoon, finishing seventh after starting sixth on the grid and dropping to fourth in the standings.