Submitted by Jacob Leech on
Full Report and Results Below:
Scott Redding has taken a hard-fought victory during his home Grand Prix at Silverstone. The proud Brit took the hole shot after a fantastic start and pushed the pace from the off, only losing the lead momentarily to Takaaki Nakagami with six and a half laps of the race remaining.
From there a heated four rider battle ensued at the front of the race, but Redding timed his run perfectly and managed to edge away in the final two laps to finish ahead of the squabbling Takaaki Nakagami, Thomas Luthi and Esteve Rabat in fourth.
Dominique Aegerter finished in fifth ahead of Mika Kallio, Johan Zarco, a bitterly disappointed Pol Espargaro, Simone Corsi and Mattia Pasini rounded out the top ten. Redding's main title rival Espargaro suffered horribly throughout the race, feeling the effects of illness all weekend, he lapped consistently slower than the front runners and never threatened for the podium places. Redding's championship advantage over Espargaro now stands at an ominous 38 points heading into Misano.
There were crashes for Alberto Moncayo, Gino Rea and Xavier Simeon. All riders managed to walk away unhurt.
Results:
| Pos. | Num. | Rider | Bike | Time/Gap |
| 1 | 45 | Scott REDDING | Kalex | 38'22.897 |
| 2 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Kalex | 1.066 |
| 3 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | Suter | 1.170 |
| 4 | 80 | Esteve RABAT | Kalex | 1.427 |
| 5 | 77 | Dominique AEGERTER | Suter | 2.226 |
| 6 | 36 | Mika KALLIO | Kalex | 8.142 |
| 7 | 5 | Johann ZARCO | Suter | 12.146 |
| 8 | 40 | Pol ESPARGARO | Kalex | 13.228 |
| 9 | 3 | Simone CORSI | Speed Up | 15.162 |
| 10 | 54 | Mattia PASINI | Speed Up | 15.225 |
| 11 | 18 | Nicolas TEROL | Suter | 20.734 |
| 12 | 60 | Julian SIMON | Kalex | 22.353 |
| 13 | 81 | Jordi TORRES | Suter | 25.657 |
| 14 | 15 | Alex DE ANGELIS | Speed Up | 25.994 |
| 15 | 24 | Toni ELIAS | Kalex | 28.900 |
| 16 | 23 | Marcel SCHROTTER | Kalex | 32.012 |
| 17 | 88 | Ricard CARDUS | Speed Up | 32.730 |
| 18 | 52 | Danny KENT | Tech 3 | 32.800 |
| 19 | 4 | Randy KRUMMENACHER | Suter | 40.942 |
| 20 | 95 | Anthony WEST | Speed Up | 50.214 |
| 21 | 11 | Sandro CORTESE | Kalex | 50.507 |
| 22 | 49 | Axel PONS | Kalex | 50.623 |
| 23 | 72 | Yuki TAKAHASHI | Moriwaki | 51.003 |
| 24 | 96 | Louis ROSSI | Tech 3 | 51.526 |
| 25 | 22 | Jason O'HALLORAN | Motobi | 51.856 |
| 26 | 7 | Doni Tata PRADITA | Suter | +1'24.159 |
| 27 | 10 | Thitipong WAROKORN | Suter | +1'25.074 |
| 28 | 97 | Rafid Topan SUCIPTO | Speed Up | 1 Lap |
| Not Classified | ||||
| 19 | Xavier SIMEON | Kalex | 1 Lap | |
| 8 | Gino REA | FTR | 2 Laps | |
| 17 | Alberto MONCAYO | Speed Up | 15 Laps | |
Comments
Get in Scott Reading, looks
Get in Scott Reading, looks like he's riding a mini moto can't wait to see him in motogp. Brilliant, oh and have yamaha been out trumped by Honda again?? Pol looks a long long way off a Marquez challenger...
Was he crying again?????
It looked like it. Brother Aleix was trying to console him. He'll go to MotoGP without a championship and there are much better riders in Moto3 right now than him.
Great for Redding, he has been a class act all weekend. Great ride at home and further take the lead out on the championship. I think Yamaha picked the wrong guy. Lol.
So proud
To see the way Scott handled himself and the pressure this weekend. Really maturing nicely as a rider and championship contender which bodes well for his learning year on the proddie Honda in MotoGP next year. Great ride and greater things to come. Congrats to Scott and Marc VDS.
Brilliant ride from Scott. In
Brilliant ride from Scott. In spite of what the Spanish commentators were saying, he looked comfortable race long. It's really looking like a tough call for Pol from now on.
Class act
Well done Scott. I was there and he looked great all weekend. So many critics here at the start of the season. Humble pie? Our favourite flavour...