The weather at Silverstone lived up to the good old British norm, and the races took place in a cold, wet and windy setting. Despite this, the turn out at the track was high.
The big surprise of the day was Bradley Smith in the Moto2 race, who relished in the wet surface by climbing from 28th on the grid, to finishing 2nd behind Stefan Bradl.
British fans had something else to cheer about by the end of the Moto2 race, with Scott Redding finishing in 5th place, joining Smith in becoming the two highest placing British riders of the day.Unfortunately, the home favourite for the MotoGP race, Cal Crutchlow, was unable to ride due to the injury sustained yesterday during qualifying, which left him with a broken left collar bone.
However, the race was still an eventful one, seeing Marco Simoncelli crash after just 10 laps as he fought for 3rd place from Dovizioso, followed by both factory Yamaha's, which paved the way for Casey Stoner to claim his 4th win of the season, which puts him first in the championship standings.With Crutchlow out of the race, the hero of the day was the second Tech 3 rider, Colin Edwards, who roared in to 3rd place just 8 days after an operation on his collar bone. Hopefully this bodes well for Crutchlow, who we all hope is fit again for Assen.
In the 125cc race, three of the British contenders finished in succession, with Danny Kent scooping 10th, Danny Webb finishing 11th and Taylor Mackenzie finishing in 12th place.
The day didn't go so well for yesterdays pole qualifier Maverick Viñales, who crashed during lap 6, leaving the race win open to Jonas Folger, who was followed closely by Johann Zarco, with Hector Faubel making up the top 3.
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