2018 British motorcycle Grand Prix

United Kingdom  2018 British Grand Prix
Race details
Race 12 of 19 races in the
2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date 26 August 2018
Official name GoPro British Grand Prix
Location Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, United Kingdom
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.900 km (3.666 mi)

The 2018 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the scheduled twelfth round of the 2018 MotoGP season. Planned to be held at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone on 26 August 2018, the race was cancelled due to heavy rain.[1] This is the first cancelled MotoGP race since the cancellation of the MotoGP class race during the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix due to Marco Simoncelli's fatal accident, and also marks for the first time since the 1980 Austrian Grand Prix, all classes were cancelled.

Qualifying

Qualifying was conducted on 25 August 2018, with Jorge Lorenzo in a Ducati winning the MotoGP pole with a time of 2:10.155. Francesco Bagnaia score the Moto2 pole at 2:08.153, and Jorge Martín in a Honda scored the Moto3 pole at 2:13.292, all with inclement weather involved.

Track surface issues

On 9 February 2018, Silverstone Circuit announced the track would be repaved in its entirety for the first time since 1996 [2]. Shortly after the track was repaved and opened for testing, Cal Crutchlow said the new surface was perfect to Dorna officials.

Three months later, during the Formula One round at Silverstone in early July, Lewis Hamilton blasted the repaving as "wasted money," calling it the "worst job ever," saying the rough surface was worse than the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Carlos Sainz, Jr. said the roughness of the surface, especially bumps, were worse after the repaving [3].

Shortly after the cancellation, MotoGP officials blamed the track's newly repaved surface as the problem. Media reports from various motorsport sites noted the problems since the F1 race and the new tarmac was to blame.

Championship standings after the race

References

  1. ↑ Sports, Dorna. "Races cancelled due to track surface". www.motogp.com. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  2. ↑ Circuit, Silverstone. "Track Resurfacing 2018". www.silverstone.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  3. ↑ Mitchell, Scott. "Sainz "feels sorry" for MotoGP riders over Silverstone repave". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  • "MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 23 August 2018.
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