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2021 MotoGP World Championship Season
British MotoGP
Round 12
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone, England
Sunday, 29 August 2021
The
2021 British MotoGP, which is also known as the Monster Energy British Grand Prix, will take place in Silverstone, England on Sunday August 29.
This will be the 12h round of this year's Championship and it is scheduled to be held at the Silverstone Circuit.
The British MotoGP will be making its return having been cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The last race took place in 2019 and it was won by Alex Rins of Suzuki and he was followed by Honda's Marc Marquez and Yamaha rider Maverick Vinales respectively.
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The most recent race in the 2021 MotoGP World Championship season was the Austrian MotoGP which took place on August 15.
The entertaining race was won by Brad Binder of KTM and he was followed by the Ducati duo of Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin, who finished second and third respectively.
Yamaha rider Fabio Quartararo is still placed at the top of the 2021 Riders' standings having accumulated 181 points as the race for the MotoGP world title intensifies.
Bagnaia (134 points) and Suzuki rider Joan Mir (134 points) are now placed second and third respectively on the standings.
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"I am so incredibly happy to have walked away with the win today,” Binder said after securing his first win of the current season which took him to sixth place on the standings with 98 points.
“The beginning of the race was super hard for us. I, unfortunately, got the worst tyre since I have been here. So, I was struggling a lot in all the braking zones and with the throttle.
"But when I saw the rain starting, I took my opportunity and I fought as hard as I could and closed in front of the front group, which was great."
Ducati are placed at the top of Constructors' Championship standings and they are followed by Yamaha and KTM respectively.
2019 British MotoGP results
Winner: Alex Rins - Suzuki
Runner-Up: Marc Marquez - Honda
Third-Place: Maverick Vinales - Yamaha
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