Third for Tito Rabat & career best fourth for Alex Marquez at Silverstone

Silverstone marked the best result for Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS in Moto2 this year, with Tito Rabat and Álex Márquez finishing in the top four at the British Grand Prix.

A morning rain shower left treacherous conditions at Silverstone but Rabat took the lead on the opening lap from fourth on the grid. However, the race rapidly evolved into a six-rider scrap at the front. Rabat, the reigning Moto2 World Champion made a robust overtaking move on Johann Zarco but ultimately the Frenchman was able to break away from the group, leaving the Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS riders to fight for the remaining rostrum places with Álex Rins.

With a dry line rapidly developing the wet tyres overheated in the second half of the 18-lap race and it left Rabat and Márquez fighting with one another for third. At the flag it was Rabat who claimed the honours, but it was a hugely impressive and mature ride from Márquez.

The reigning Moto3 World Champion has slowly been gaining momentum through the season with his increasing experience of the Moto2 machine. With such difficult conditions today it was a mark of the young Spaniard’s talent that he was able to pick his way through the group and fight with his teammate. At the flag it was a career best result for Márquez in fourth.

Tito Rabat: 3rd
“I’m happy because yesterday I had a very bad crash and it was lucky that nothing was broken. In this morning’s warm-up I had a very good feeling but in the race, once the track started to dry, I thought it was a little bit dangerous with the drying line and it was difficult to get feedback from the bike. In these conditions Johann has always been good and Álex was pushing a lot and has been performing well this weekend. Today I enjoyed the race and I only made one mistake, when the front tyre closed at the chicane when I was trying to pass Rins. After that I pushed as hard as I could on the last lap for third. I’m happy with the work that the team are doing and we can now look forward to Misano.”

Álex Márquez: 4th
“The conditions were really difficult and the most important thing was to finish the race. In the beginning of the race I felt really good but when the track began to dry I started to struggle a little bit. We knew from the test in Jerez that we needed to improve in these conditions and to keep pushing. But in the race the podium was close so we need to keep at this level. We’ll go to Aragon for a test to make some of our setup ideas clearer but our level is good now.”

Source: Marc VDS Racing