A three-time MotoGP race winner so far this season, Quartararo heads into the British Gran♑d Prix as one of the favourites to claim victory. 

Along with A♉prilia’s Aleix Espargaro, the Monster Energy Yamaha rider has been the ♒standout rider of a hugely competitive 2022 season thus far. 

And although mistakes have been at a premium from the reigning world champion, Quartar▨aro will start Sunday’s Grand Prix on the backfoot after making a significant error in Assen. 

Quartararo, who crashed into Espargaro while fighting for second place, was subsequently aw🔯arded a Long Lap penalty for this weekend, the first of his MotoGP ca🎃reer. 

Despite his disadvantage, Quartararo has his eyes set on victory: "I‘m happy to start riding again. I used the summer break to get some rest, but I also put in a lot of h🎉ours of training. My mind was always still on returning to action in the best shape possible. 

"I🦹 am really💖 looking forward to Silverstone - I won there last year. This time will be tricky because we know that we have that long-lap penalty… But if I‘m really honest, that only motivates me to do even better."

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Can Espargaro, Bagnaia take advantage of Quartararo’s penalty?

While Silverstone shoﷺuld suit Quartararo and Yamaha, it’s also a circuit where Espargaro claimed his first podium for Aprilia last season.

𒅌And given how consistent Espargaro has been in 2022, there’s no reason t꧟o suggest he won’t be in contention for the win. 

For Francesco Bagnaia, th💜e Ducati rider will be looking to carry on the momentumꦅ from Assen after taking a dominant victory ahead of Marco Bezzecchi and Maverick Vinales. 

Strong at every circuit so far this season, Silverstone should be no different for Ducati despite the Italian manufact♈urer having not won at Silverstone since 2017 - the British Grand Prix did not take place in 2018 and 2𝔉020. 

Can Bastianini take his fourth MotoGP win after ‘rollercoaster’ first-half of the year?

Althou🍷gh mistakes have hampered Bastianini’s eaꦰrly season title challenge, the Italian remains equal on three wins with Bagnaia and Quartararo, showing just how strong the Gresini rider can and has been. 

But outsid☂e of his three wins Bastianini has not finished inside the top five in any race, thus consistency needs to be found following a first pa𒐪rt of the year he described as a ‘rollercoaster’.

"We’re finally back in action! The break has bee✤n very useful to reset and look back at the mistakes made in the first part of the season,"&nb꧒sp;said Bastianini. 

"I really like Silverstone and I really want to get a good result, so we can return to our best form. Our season has been a bit of a rollercoaster right now, so we want to be more consistent from 🐼now on."

Silverstone ‘crazy good’ - Fabio Di Giannantonio

Team-mate to Bastianini, Di Giannantonio has actually out-performed his fellow Italian in recent roun꧑ds, es🍎pecially when it comes to qualifying.

Speaking ahead of his f༺irst British Grand Prix on MotoGP machinery, Di Giannantonio added: "Silverstone is a crazy good track. I like almost every circuit, but this one is simply fantastic. We return to action💫 after a good break, which allowed us to recharge our batteries between holiday, training and WDW (World Ducati Week). 

ജ"We’re surely ready: we hope to pick up from where we lef🍰t off and continue to build on it for the whole second part of the season."