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Round 12 of 19 Aftermath

British Grand Prix 2018

Silverstone Circuit United Kingdom

5.900 m · 20 laps · since 1977
24.08 – 26.08.2018
Aftermath

What happened

The official result against what we predicted, race craft by phase and the start.

Race result

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Sprint result

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Forecast vs reality

C14
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Lap-by-lap positions: race

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Lap-by-lap positions: sprint

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Race pace

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The race in numbers

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Incidents

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The start

C23
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Who finished better and worse than the grid suggested

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The tyre gamble

Pending · no data yet

Race weather

C25
12.7 °C
Air
max 12.9 °C
89%
Humidity
3.8 mm
Rain
24 km/h
Wind
gusts 57 km/h

Open-Meteo data at the circuit location during the race; not the track temperature.

Race weekend

As it happens

Live timing, the grid as it forms and who wins the run to turn one.

The weekend, session by session

FP1 · 24.08
Pos.RiderBest lapGapLapsTop km/hTyres (front / rear)Long-run pacePace gapn runRun rear
1Maverick Viñales02:02.073—16322.4Medium / Soft2:04.025—8Medium
2Valentino Rossi02:02.262+0.18916316.6Medium / Soft——
3Andrea Dovizioso02:02.263+0.19015325.6Medium / Soft——
4Cal Crutchlow02:02.401+0.32817325.4Medium / Medium2:04.501+0.38%5Hard
5Jack Miller02:02.973+0.90016317.2Medium / Medium2:05.298+1.03%5Medium
6Jorge Lorenzo02:03.115+1.04214323.2Medium / Soft——
7Tito Rabat02:03.136+1.06317321.6Medium / Soft2:06.088+1.66%6Medium
8Andrea Iannone02:03.207+1.13417317.1Medium / Medium2:06.416+1.93%6Medium
9Johann Zarco02:03.243+1.17016316.9Soft / Soft2:04.742+0.58%5Medium
10Marc Marquez02:03.699+1.62616320.2Medium / Medium——
11Alvaro Bautista02:03.886+1.81315317.4Soft / Medium2:04.997+0.78%7Medium
12Bradley Smith02:04.013+1.94015316.4Medium / Hard——
13Aleix Espargaro02:04.105+2.03213320.1Soft / Medium2:06.553+2.04%5Medium
14Takaaki Nakagami02:04.112+2.03915312.0Soft / Medium——
15Danilo Petrucci02:04.170+2.09716321.6Medium / Medium2:05.387+1.10%5Medium
16Alex Rins02:04.567+2.49417316.9Soft / Medium2:06.479+1.98%5Medium
17Daniel Pedrosa02:04.601+2.52816319.3Medium / Medium2:05.999+1.59%5Medium
18Scott Redding02:04.966+2.89315312.5Medium / Medium2:05.298+1.03%5Medium
19Thomas Luthi02:05.013+2.94017314.2Medium / Soft2:05.769+1.41%13Soft
20Franco Morbidelli02:05.146+3.07315315.0Medium / Medium2:06.776+2.22%6Medium
21Karel Abraham02:05.389+3.31613318.6Medium / Soft——
22Hafizh Syahrin02:05.448+3.37517313.7Soft / Medium2:06.950+2.36%12Medium
23Xavier Simeon02:06.214+4.14113315.3Soft / Medium——
24Loris Baz02:06.731+4.65818310.2Soft / Medium2:09.327+4.28%8Soft
FP2 · 24.08
Pos.RiderBest lapGapLapsTop km/hTyres (front / rear)Long-run pacePace gapn runRun rear
1Andrea Dovizioso02:01.385—16324.7Medium / Soft2:03.049+0.37%5Soft
2Cal Crutchlow02:01.390+0.00516323.8Hard / Soft——
3Maverick Viñales02:01.446+0.06118323.0Hard / Soft2:02.611+0.02%7Soft
4Marc Marquez02:01.529+0.14417322.3Hard / Soft2:02.593—5Soft
5Jorge Lorenzo02:01.782+0.39714323.9Medium / Soft2:04.952+1.92%5Soft
6Jack Miller02:01.819+0.43416317.3Hard / Medium——
7Johann Zarco02:01.962+0.57716316.9Medium / Soft——
8Valentino Rossi02:02.152+0.76716315.1Hard / Medium2:03.540+0.77%5Soft
9Andrea Iannone02:02.231+0.84617319.6Medium / Soft2:04.293+1.39%5Soft
10Alvaro Bautista02:02.448+1.06318321.1Medium / Soft——
11Takaaki Nakagami02:02.515+1.13018315.0Medium / Soft2:03.858+1.03%5Soft
12Danilo Petrucci02:02.616+1.23116324.6Medium / Soft——
13Tito Rabat02:02.704+1.31914321.8Hard / Hard2:05.083+2.03%5Soft
14Franco Morbidelli02:02.759+1.37415315.0Hard / Soft——
15Daniel Pedrosa02:02.864+1.47917319.8Hard / Soft2:04.077+1.21%5Medium
16Aleix Espargaro02:02.938+1.55314315.7Medium / Soft——
17Bradley Smith02:02.974+1.58915317.4Hard / Soft——
18Hafizh Syahrin02:03.293+1.90816316.9Medium / Soft2:04.110+1.24%5Medium
19Alex Rins02:03.591+2.20617316.7Hard / Medium——
20Scott Redding02:03.810+2.42515314.6Medium / Soft——
21Thomas Luthi02:04.178+2.79314312.2Medium / Soft——
22Karel Abraham02:04.223+2.83815319.3Soft / Soft——
23Loris Baz02:04.773+3.38816310.1Medium / Soft——
24Xavier Simeon02:05.212+3.82713315.5Medium / Soft——
FP3 · 25.08
Pos.RiderBest lapGapLapsTop km/hTyres (front / rear)Long-run pacePace gapn runRun rear
1Cal Crutchlow02:01.866—15326.2Hard / Soft——
2Danilo Petrucci02:01.893+0.02716327.2Medium / Soft——
3Jack Miller02:02.047+0.18112320.2Soft / Soft——
4Johann Zarco02:02.076+0.21016322.6Medium / Soft2:05.895+2.63%5Soft
5Maverick Viñales02:02.088+0.22219324.9Soft / Medium2:02.664—15Medium
6Valentino Rossi02:02.088+0.22217322.2Medium / Soft——
7Franco Morbidelli02:02.321+0.45516320.0Medium / Soft——
8Andrea Dovizioso02:02.351+0.48516327.2Medium / Medium2:03.649+0.80%12Medium
9Marc Marquez02:02.550+0.68418325.1Hard / Soft2:05.056+1.95%6Medium
10Bradley Smith02:02.559+0.69316318.3Hard / Soft2:05.750+2.52%6Soft
11Tito Rabat02:02.640+0.77418325.5Hard / Soft2:06.941+3.49%6Medium
12Takaaki Nakagami02:02.940+1.07412316.0Soft / Soft——
13Andrea Iannone02:03.108+1.24213321.9Medium / Soft2:07.174+3.68%6Medium
14Alex Rins02:03.197+1.33117320.5Medium / Soft——
15Jorge Lorenzo02:03.482+1.61614326.1Soft / Soft2:06.227+2.91%6Soft
16Daniel Pedrosa02:03.493+1.62718322.0Soft / Soft2:05.822+2.58%6Soft
17Karel Abraham02:03.701+1.83512320.6Medium / Soft——
18Aleix Espargaro02:03.702+1.83615321.4Medium / Soft2:05.621+2.41%6Soft
19Thomas Luthi02:03.813+1.94716313.8Medium / Soft2:04.321+1.35%5Soft
20Hafizh Syahrin02:03.890+2.02415316.6Soft / Soft2:07.654+4.07%5Soft
21Scott Redding02:03.932+2.06611317.9Hard / Medium——
22Alvaro Bautista02:04.235+2.36915319.9Medium / Soft2:05.596+2.39%6Soft
23Loris Baz02:04.316+2.45016313.1Medium / Soft2:07.342+3.81%8Medium
24Xavier Simeon02:05.077+3.21114319.8Soft / Soft——
FP4 · 25.08 partly wet
Pos.RiderBest lapGapLapsTop km/hTyres (front / rear)Long-run pacePace gapn runRun rear
1Maverick Viñales02:01.571—8327.1Medium / Medium2:02.498—6Medium
2Jorge Lorenzo02:01.982+0.4117328.5missing / missing——
3Marc Marquez02:02.002+0.4319325.0Hard / Soft——
4Jack Miller02:02.111+0.5406327.0Medium / Soft——
5Andrea Dovizioso02:02.133+0.5627330.0Hard / Soft——
6Cal Crutchlow02:02.150+0.5798326.0Hard / Hard——
7Alex Rins02:02.631+1.0608322.7Hard / Soft——
8Andrea Iannone02:02.632+1.0617325.3Medium / Soft——
9Johann Zarco02:02.897+1.3266322.4Medium / Soft——
10Franco Morbidelli02:02.964+1.3938321.1Hard / Medium——
11Takaaki Nakagami02:03.053+1.4827320.1Medium / Soft——
12Hafizh Syahrin02:03.231+1.6607322.7Medium / Soft2:04.839+1.91%5Soft
13Valentino Rossi02:03.273+1.7027322.7Hard / Medium——
14Aleix Espargaro02:03.275+1.7047323.8Hard / Soft——
15Danilo Petrucci02:03.287+1.7167330.2Hard / Hard——
16Scott Redding02:03.353+1.7825323.1Medium / Medium——
17Alvaro Bautista02:03.391+1.82010324.2Medium / Soft2:03.637+0.93%5Soft
18Bradley Smith02:03.467+1.8969325.3Hard / Medium2:03.544+0.85%5Medium
19Daniel Pedrosa02:03.494+1.9236312.6Medium / Soft——
20Thomas Luthi02:03.636+2.0657319.5Hard / Medium——
21Tito Rabat02:03.920+2.3499329.4Hard / Hard2:04.400+1.55%5Hard
22Loris Baz02:04.315+2.7448318.5Hard / Medium——
23Karel Abraham02:04.350+2.7797326.3Soft / Medium2:06.062+2.91%5Medium
24Xavier Simeon02:05.479+3.9085319.5Medium / Hard——
Q1 · 25.08 partly wet
Pos.RiderBest lapGapLapsTop km/hTyres (front / rear)Long-run pacePace gapn runRun rear
1Bradley Smith02:13.340—7275.0Wet-Medium / Wet-Medium——
2Alex Rins02:13.713+0.3737284.8Wet-Medium / Wet-Medium2:19.692+2.04%4Wet-Medium
3Franco Morbidelli02:13.945+0.6056256.8Wet-Soft / Wet-Medium——
4Scott Redding02:14.171+0.8316299.0Wet-Medium / Wet-Medium——
5Thomas Luthi02:14.198+0.8587271.9Wet-Soft / Wet-Medium2:16.906—4Wet-Medium
6Daniel Pedrosa02:14.866+1.5266265.4Wet-Soft / Wet-Soft——
7Aleix Espargaro02:15.141+1.8016281.1Wet-Medium / Wet-Medium——
8Loris Baz02:15.299+1.9596285.7Wet-Soft / Wet-Medium——
9Takaaki Nakagami02:15.377+2.0377275.6Wet-Soft / Wet-Soft2:20.568+2.68%4Wet-Soft
10Karel Abraham02:15.721+2.3817248.1Wet-Soft / Wet-Soft2:19.617+1.98%5Wet-Soft
11Alvaro Bautista02:16.106+2.7667271.8Wet-Soft / Wet-Soft2:18.882+1.44%4Wet-Soft
12Xavier Simeon02:16.451+3.1117266.9Wet-Soft / Wet-Soft——
13Hafizh Syahrin02:16.483+3.1436270.1Wet-Soft / Wet-Medium——
RetiredTito Rabat—00.0— / ———
Q2 · 25.08 partly wet
Pos.RiderBest lapGapLapsTop km/hTyres (front / rear)Long-run pacePace gapn runRun rear
1Jorge Lorenzo02:10.155—7306.1Wet-Medium / Wet-Medium2:14.953—5Wet-Medium
2Andrea Dovizioso02:10.314+0.1597306.0Wet-Medium / Wet-Medium——
3Johann Zarco02:10.439+0.2847295.4Wet-Medium / Wet-Medium——
4Cal Crutchlow02:10.615+0.4607286.3Wet-Medium / Wet-Medium——
5Marc Marquez02:11.083+0.9287307.4Wet-Medium / Wet-Medium——
6Danilo Petrucci02:11.317+1.1626294.5Wet-Medium / Wet-Medium——
7Andrea Iannone02:11.495+1.3407273.8Wet-Medium / Wet-Medium——
8Bradley Smith02:11.514+1.3596295.6Wet-Medium / Wet-Medium——
9Jack Miller02:12.173+2.0187303.1Wet-Medium / Wet-Medium——
10Alex Rins02:12.504+2.3497292.2Wet-Medium / Wet-Medium——
11Maverick Viñales02:12.514+2.3597297.4Wet-Medium / Wet-Medium——
12Valentino Rossi02:13.504+3.3496291.4Wet-Medium / Wet-Medium——
Warm Up · 26.08 partly wet
Pos.RiderBest lapGapLapsTop km/hTyres (front / rear)Long-run pacePace gapn runRun rear
1Maverick Viñales02:01.980—10322.1Medium / Medium2:03.828+0.68%7Medium
2Andrea Dovizioso02:02.183+0.20310324.4Medium / Soft2:03.832+0.69%8Soft
3Marc Marquez02:02.550+0.57010318.3Medium / Soft2:02.990—7Soft
4Jorge Lorenzo02:02.760+0.78010320.6Soft / Soft2:04.389+1.14%7Soft
5Cal Crutchlow02:02.786+0.8069321.2Medium / Soft——
6Jack Miller02:02.794+0.81410315.6Soft / Soft2:03.485+0.40%7Soft
7Johann Zarco02:02.796+0.81610317.7Soft / Soft2:03.288+0.24%8Soft
8Alvaro Bautista02:02.818+0.83810321.5Medium / Soft2:04.038+0.85%8Soft
9Danilo Petrucci02:03.003+1.02310323.6Medium / Soft2:03.604+0.50%8Soft
10Valentino Rossi02:03.074+1.0949318.8Medium / Soft——
11Takaaki Nakagami02:03.284+1.30410313.7Soft / Soft2:04.988+1.63%8Soft
12Scott Redding02:03.492+1.5128319.9Medium / Medium——
13Andrea Iannone02:03.582+1.6029315.1Medium / Soft——
14Franco Morbidelli02:03.652+1.6729311.8Medium / Medium——
15Daniel Pedrosa02:03.714+1.7349317.3Medium / Soft2:05.517+2.06%6Soft
16Hafizh Syahrin02:03.724+1.74410314.6Soft / Soft2:05.303+1.88%8Soft
17Bradley Smith02:03.769+1.7899317.6Medium / Soft2:04.020+0.84%6Soft
18Alex Rins02:03.865+1.8859318.1Medium / Soft2:04.352+1.11%5Soft
19Karel Abraham02:03.926+1.94610319.7Soft / Soft2:05.207+1.80%6Soft
20Aleix Espargaro02:04.538+2.5588314.3Medium / Soft——
21Thomas Luthi02:04.929+2.94910309.3Medium / Soft2:05.914+2.38%8Soft
22Xavier Simeon02:05.601+3.6218315.9Soft / Soft——
23Loris Baz02:05.659+3.6799307.1Medium / Soft2:06.745+3.05%6Soft

Official classification of each session (Dorna). Best lap and the tyres used on it: official FIM PDFs. Long-run pace: median of the clean laps in long runs (5 flying laps or more); blank if the rider did none. Every rider runs their own programme and fuel load, so long-run pace only compares within the same session.

Long-run pace in practice

RiderPaceGapDeg. s/lapRearn
Andrea Dovizioso2:02.833*—+0.226Medium4
Valentino Rossi2:03.155*+0.322+0.508Medium4
Danilo Petrucci2:03.405+0.572+0.574Medium6
Alvaro Bautista2:03.797*+0.964+0.086Medium3
Loris Baz2:05.922+3.089—Medium5
Xavier Simeon2:06.570*+3.737—Medium3

Estimated practice pace: median of the clean laps on the medium compound used in practice. It is an estimate: every team runs its own programme and fuel load. n = laps used (at least 3). * = only 3 or 4 laps: pace less reliable.

Grid penalties

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Sprint forecast

C13s

Win and podium chances in Saturday’s sprint, based on the grid.

Pending · no data yet

Race forecast

C13

Forecast based on the starting grid.

RiderGridWinPodiumTop 5Top 10P(DNF)
Jorge Lorenzo129%61%78%89%10%
Andrea Dovizioso220%52%69%84%13%
Johann Zarco316%48%69%87%9%
Cal Crutchlow49%29%48%67%28%
Marc Marquez58%30%53%82%13%
Danilo Petrucci65%21%40%70%22%
Andrea Iannone73%15%31%65%26%
Bradley Smith83%14%33%73%14%
Jack Miller92%8%19%57%26%
Alex Rins101%6%15%53%27%
Maverick Viñales111%6%14%58%10%
Valentino Rossi121%4%10%52%9%
Franco Morbidelli130%3%8%44%8%
Scott Redding140%2%5%32%16%
Thomas Luthi150%1%3%23%24%
Daniel Pedrosa160%1%2%22%12%
Aleix Espargaro170%0%1%12%25%
Loris Baz180%0%1%10%20%
Takaaki Nakagami190%0%1%7%19%
Karel Abraham200%0%0%4%32%
Alvaro Bautista210%0%0%4%20%
Xavier Simeon220%0%0%2%24%
Hafizh Syahrin230%0%0%2%19%
Tito Rabat240%0%0%1%16%

What the sprint changed

C13b

Who rises and who drops in the race forecast after the sprint.

Pending · no data yet

Sprint pace

Pending · no data yet
Preview

Before the race

What to expect this weekend: race and qualifying outlook, the weight of the grid and the weather.

Who rules each sector

C6
S1 · ViñalesS2 · ViñalesS3 · DoviziosoS4 · Viñales

Finish line S1 S2 S3 S4 · 5,905 m per lap

Approximate sectors: estimated from the time spent in each sector (typical error 5 to 10% of a lap) until we have the official split points.

© OpenStreetMap contributors

Fastest per sector: 2018

Median gap to the fastest rider in each sector within each session, across all seasons at this circuit; active riders only. The name on the layout is the sector leader. Sector split points on the map are approximate.

A track for grid position, or an open one?

C15

In between: the grid matters, but there is room to come back.

48/100
Position index
0%
Pole wins
38%
Front row on the podium
0.72
Grid ↔ result

When two teammates disagree between pace and grid, pace wins 33% of the time (between 6% and 79%; 3 cases).

Descriptive, over 7 races (2019–2026). 100 = the track where the grid matters most; 0 = the most open. Within a team, practice pace tells who will finish ahead 7 times in 10, but when the faster teammate qualifies behind, they finish behind 6 times in 10: grid position weighs more than pace.

The last race here in numbers

2017 edition

38
Overtakes
1
Lead changes
2 leaders
3/20
Laps led by the winner
Andrea Dovizioso

Comeback of the day: Tito Rabat, from P21 to P12.

Longest battle: Alex Rins vs Scott Redding (17 laps).

Overtakes are counted at the finish line: moves undone within the same lap are not seen. It is a measure of movement, not an official statistic.

Race pace at the last edition

C1
Pending · no data yet

Winners here

  • 2026Raul FernandezAprilia
  • 2025Marco BezzecchiAprilia
  • 2024Enea BastianiniDucati
  • 2023Aleix EspargaroAprilia
  • 2022Francesco BagnaiaDucati
  • 2021Fabio QuartararoYamaha
  • 2019Alex RinsSuzuki
  • 2017Andrea DoviziosoDucati

Attrition here

Average here 16% · global 19%
YearDNFs%
20267/2330%
20253/2214%
20244/2218%
20235/2223%
20222/248%
20212/2110%

Tyres at the last edition

Pending · no data yet